Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride, MP for Central Devon
Mel Stride has been an MP since 2010.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2019 | |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General (HM Treasury) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons) (HM Household) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2014 to 2015 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations | 2022 | |
| Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill | 2021 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2019 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2019 | |
| Public Accounts Commission | 2019 | |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 2019 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| House of Commons Commission | 2019 | |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2010 to 2011 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Mel Stride has 27 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Susan Green - £5,000.00 | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | David Archer - £1,500.00 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | David Archer - £5,000.00 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Park Garage Group PLC - £1,500.00 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Park Garage Group PLC - £10,000.00 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Robert Derek Calrow - £5,000.00 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Robert Derek Calrow - £897.00 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Andrew Dawber - £5,000.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | John Ruskin - £5,000.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | John Ruskin - £897.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Hakluyt - £550.00 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | British Asian Trust - £2,000.00 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Conservative Party Foundation - £600.00 | 26 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lloyds Banking Group PLC - £1,839.00 | 26 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Paddy Nicoll - £897.00 | 19 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Paddy Nicoll - £10,000.00 | 19 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Brechin Investment Ltd - £1,514.00 | 7 May 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Joy Dawber - £1,514.00 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Andrew Dawber - £1,483.00 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Susan Green - £2,000.00 | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | IPGL Limited - £2,000.00 | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Kensington, Bayswater, Chelsea & Fulham Conservatives - £340.00 | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited - £25,000.00 | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Honorary Fellowship awarded by St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. This is an unpaid role. | 7 Nov 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Graham Edwards - £4,000.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 06 September 2025 and 10 September 2025 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Venture Marketing Group Ltd | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Mel Stride asked 45 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
40 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Mel Stride represents Central Devon. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Mel Stride won with 31% of the votes, and Ollie Pearson (Labour) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Stride | Conservative | 16,831 | 31.5% |
| Ollie Pearson | Labour | 16,770 | 31.4% |
| Mark Wooding | Liberal Democrat | 8,232 | 15.4% |
| Jeffrey Leeks | Reform UK | 7,784 | 14.6% |
| Gill Westcott | Green Party | 3,338 | 6.2% |
| Arthur Price | Independent | 477 | 0.9% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Mel Stride took part in 164 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Mel Stride voted the same way as their party in 162 of the 162 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this