Mel Stride

The Right Honourable Mel Stride MP
Official portrait, 2020
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	Angela Eagle (acting)
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Constituency created
Majority	17,721 (30.5%)
Personal details
Born	(1961-09-30) 30 September 1961 Ealing, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Michelle
Children	3
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford(BA)

Melvyn "Mel" Stride (born 30 September 1961) is a British politician. He joined the government of Rishi Sunak as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on 25 October 2022.

Political career

In October 2011, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, John Hayes in the government of David Cameron. He was later in the same government as an Assistant Government Whip from July 2014 until May 2015 and as Chief Whip (Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) from May 2015 until July 2016.

He was Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from June 2017 to May 2019 in the government of Theresa May. He was in the same government earlier as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons from 23 May 2019 to 24 July 2019.

He was Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee from 23 July 2019 to 25 October 2022 in the governments of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

He was elected the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Central Devon in 2010.

Education

Mel was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and Oxford University, where he was elected President of the Oxford Union.