Stephen House

Sir Stephen House QPM
House in 2012
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Acting 10 April 2022 – 12 September 2022
Monarch	Elizabeth II Charles III
Deputy	Helen Ball (Acting)
Home Secretary	Priti Patel
Mayor	Sadiq Khan
Preceded by	Cressida Dick
Succeeded by	Mark Rowley
Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
In office 1 December 2018 – April 2022
Commissioner	Cressida Dick
Preceded by	Craig Mackey
Succeeded by	Helen Ball (Acting)
Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations
In office 1 January 2018 – 1 December 2018
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Nick Ephgrave
Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland
In office 1 October 2012 – 30 November 2015
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Phil Gormley
Chief Constable of the Strathclyde Police
In office 30 November 2007 – 1 October 2012
Preceded by	Willie Rae
Succeeded by	Campbell Corrigan
Personal details
Born	1957 (age 66–67) Glasgow, Scotland
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen
Profession	Police officer

Sir Stephen House QPM (born 1957) is a British police officer who served as Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 2022.^[1] After beginning his career at Sussex Police in 1981, House held positions in Northamptonshire Police and West Yorkshire Police, then became Assistant Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police in 1998. In 2001, he joined the Metropolitan Police as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner, remaining there until 2007, when he was appointed Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police.

Following the establishment of Police Scotland in 2012, House was appointed the new force's first chief constable, but stood down in 2015 following a series of controversies. In 2018 House returned to the Metropolitan Police as an Assistant Commissioner, becoming Deputy Commissioner to Cressida Dick later that year. After Dick left office in April 2022, House was Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police until September 2022. From September 2022 he led a review of operational productivity in policing at the National Police Chiefs' Council, a position he left in March 2023 after being referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct in relation to alleged comments about rape allegations.