Francis Maude

The Right Honourable The Lord Maude of Horsham PC
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Trade and Investment
In office 11 May 2015 – 10 February 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Livingston of Parkhead
Succeeded by	The Lord Price
Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General
In office 12 May 2010 – 11 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Tessa Jowell
Succeeded by	Matt Hancock
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 6 May 2005 – 2 July 2007
Leader	Michael Howard David Cameron
Preceded by	Liam Fox The Lord Saatchi
Succeeded by	Caroline Spelman
Shadow Cabinet posts 1997–2010 Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Tim Collins (2002) Succeeded by Tessa Jowell Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 Leader David Cameron Preceded by Oliver Heald Succeeded by Rachel Reeves (2020) Shadow Foreign Secretary In office 2 February 2000 – 18 September 2001 Leader William Hague Preceded by John Maples Succeeded by Michael Ancram Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer In office 2 June 1998 – 1 February 2000 Leader William Hague Preceded by Peter Lilley Succeeded by Michael Portillo Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport In office 11 June 1997 – 2 June 1998 Leader William Hague Preceded by Virginia Bottomley Succeeded by Peter Ainsworth
Ministerial offices 1987–1992 Financial Secretary to the Treasury In office 14 July 1990 – 11 April 1992 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Peter Lilley Succeeded by Stephen Dorrell Minister of State for Europe In office 25 July 1989 – 14 July 1990 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Lynda Chalker Succeeded by Tristan Garel-Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry In office 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1989 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Robert Atkins Succeeded by John Redwood
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 28 May 2015 Member of Parliament for Horsham In office 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015 Preceded by Peter Hordern Succeeded by Jeremy Quin Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire In office 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Mike O'Brien
Personal details
Born	(1953-07-04) 4 July 1953 (age 70) Abingdon-on-Thames, Berkshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Christina Hadfield ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	5
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University of Law

Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham, PC (born 4 July 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2010 to 2015. He also served in several posts while the Conservatives were in opposition, notably as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Chairman of the Conservative Party. Maude was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire from 1983 to 1992 and then for Horsham from 1997 to 2015.

Having served over 25 years on the frontbench in the House of Commons,^[1] he stepped down at the 2015 general election and became a life peer. He served as Minister of State for Trade and Investment from 2015 to 2016, before stepping down from government service to run his own business; Francis Maude Associates, or FMA, a consultancy specialising in government efficiency.^[2]