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Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride MP

Conservative Central Devon M
The Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride is the Conservative MP for Central Devon, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £29,586 / £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £4,000
2 registered interests published in 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP £4,000
Total (salary + chair + declared) £33,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2024-07-04present
Central Devon current
2010-05-062024-05-30
Central Devon

Party history

2010-05-06present
Conservative current

Government posts

2022-10-252024-07-05
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2019-05-232019-07-24
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
2017-06-122019-05-23
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
2016-07-182017-06-12
Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
2015-05-132016-07-17
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2014-07-152015-03-30
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

2024-11-04present
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
2024-07-082024-11-04
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Committee memberships

2010-07-262011-11-28
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2019-05-232019-07-24
Public Accounts Commission
2019-05-232019-11-06
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2019-05-232019-11-06
House of Commons Commission
2020-05-202022-10-25
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2019-10-232019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2020-01-272022-10-25
Treasury Committee Chair +£15,928/yr
2019-10-232019-11-06
Treasury Committee Chair +£15,509/yr
2021-11-092021-11-17
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill
2022-06-202022-10-26
Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations Chair +£16,422/yr
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
mel.stride.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 7037 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
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