Mel Stride

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The Right Honourable Mel Stride
Official portrait, 2019
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Chloe Smith
Chair of the Treasury Select Committee
In office 23 October 2019 – 25 October 2022
Preceded by	Nicky Morgan
Succeeded by	Harriett Baldwin
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council
In office 23 May 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Andrea Leadsom
Succeeded by	Jacob Rees-Mogg
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Paymaster General
In office 13 June 2017 – 23 May 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Ben Gummer Jane Ellison
Succeeded by	Jesse Norman
Comptroller of the Household
In office 17 July 2016 – 12 June 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Gavin Barwell
Succeeded by	Chris Pincher
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 13 May 2015 – 17 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Harriett Baldwin
Succeeded by	Andrew Griffiths
Member of Parliament for Central Devon
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Constituency created
Majority	17,721 (30.5%)
Personal details
Born	(1961-09-30) 30 September 1961 (age 62) Ealing, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Michelle
Children	3
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BA)
Website	Official website

Melvyn John Stride^[1] (born 30 September 1961)^[2] is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since October 2022. He previously served in the May Government as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from 2017 to 2019 and as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from May to July 2019. He also served as Chair of the Treasury Select Committee from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Devon since 2010.