Steve Brine

Steve Brine MP
Official portrait, 2017
Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 November 2022
Preceded by	Jeremy Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health
In office 14 June 2017 – 25 March 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Nicola Blackwood
Succeeded by	Seema Kennedy
Member of Parliament for Winchester
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Mark Oaten
Majority	985 (1.7%)[1]
Personal details
Born	Stephen Charles Brine (1974-01-28) 28 January 1974 (age 50)
Political party	Conservative[a]
Spouse	Susie Toulson ​ (m. 2003)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Liverpool Hope University
Website	www.stevebrine.com
^ Whip suspended from 3 September to 29 October 2019.

Stephen Charles Brine (born 28 January 1974) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, he worked as a BBC radio journalist and in public relations prior to his political career. Brine identifies as a one-nation conservative.^[2] In November 2022, he was elected chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.

He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Public Health and Primary Care at the Department of Health from June 2017 to March 2019, when Brine resigned to vote against the government's policy on Brexit. Brine had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for supporting the Benn Act, an attempt to prevent a no-deal Brexit. He sat for over a month as an independent politician before being readmitted to the party on 29 October 2019.

Alongside his roles in parliament, Brine was a strategic advisor for the pharmaceuticals company Sigma, healthcare recruitment firm Remedium Partners, and assistive technology company Microlink PC till 2021. He was criticised by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards for breaching rules on lobbying during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brine announced in June 2023 that he would be standing down at the next general election.