Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride MP
Conservative
Central Devon
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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
2024-07-04 → present
Central Devon
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Central Devon
Party history
2010-05-06 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2022-10-25 → 2024-07-05
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2019-05-23 → 2019-07-24
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
2017-06-12 → 2019-05-23
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
2016-07-18 → 2017-06-12
Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
2015-05-13 → 2016-07-17
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2014-07-15 → 2015-03-30
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2024-11-04 → present
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
2024-07-08 → 2024-11-04
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Committee memberships
2010-07-26 → 2011-11-28
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2019-05-23 → 2019-07-24
Public Accounts Commission
2019-05-23 → 2019-11-06
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2019-05-23 → 2019-11-06
House of Commons Commission
2020-05-20 → 2022-10-25
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2019-10-23 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2020-01-27 → 2022-10-25
Treasury Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2019-10-23 → 2019-11-06
Treasury Committee
Chair
+£15,509/yr
2021-11-09 → 2021-11-17
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill
2022-06-20 → 2022-10-26
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
020 7219 7037 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Website
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