Sir Mel Stride

MP since 6 May 2010

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The Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride is the Conservative MP for Central Devon, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.

1849

Votes Cast

N/A

Expenses

61

Majority

31.5%

Vote Share

Expenses

No expense data available.

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 53,432 voters

Conservative
16,831 votes31.5%
Labour
16,770 votes31.4%
Liberal Democrat
8,232 votes15.4%
Reform UK
7,784 votes14.6%
Green Party
3,338 votes6.3%
Independent
477 votes0.9%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

129

Written Questions

0

Oral Questions

54

Debates Spoken In

284

Speeches

327

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 AYE2 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

2 AYE

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

2 votes · 1 Jul 2026

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Financial Interests(10)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited

£25,000 support towards staff salary

£25,000
Name of donor
J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
Address of donor
Lakeside Works, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£25,000 support towards staff salary
Donor status
company, registration 00561597

Registered 24 March 2025

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited

£25,000 for the provision of staff

£25,000
Name of donor
J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
Address of donor
Lakeside Works, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£25,000 for the provision of staff
Donor status
company, registration 00561597

Registered 20 November 2025

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

IPGL Limited

£25,000 support towards staff salary

£25,000
Name of donor
IPGL Limited
Address of donor
3rd Floor, 39 Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom SW1X 9LP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£25,000 support towards staff salary
Donor status
company, registration 09064598

Registered 24 March 2025

Visits outside the UK

Parliamentary Adviser

£11,000
Name of donor
Graham Edwards
Address of donor
private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
£11,000 trip to USA and accompanied by Parliamentary Adviser. Donation received 12 September 2025
Destination of visit
United States
Dates of visit
6 September 2025 to 10 September 2025
Purpose of visit
Economic research and business visits

Registered 30 September 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Graham Edwards

£4,000 policy research/visits

12 September 2025

£4,000
Name of donor
Graham Edwards
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£4,000 policy research/visits
Date received
12 September 2025
Date accepted
12 September 2025
Donor status
individual

Registered 30 September 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sir in Parliament

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the student loan outlay is by immigration status of the student cohort for the last five years for which data is available.

AnsweredDepartment for Education11 Feb 2026

Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish the total business rates receipts from all pubs for each financial year from 2023-24 to 2029-30.

AnsweredTreasury5 Feb 2026

Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 107979 on Defence: Expenditure tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Central Devon on 23 January 2026.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence2 Feb 2026

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the spending included by the government in its calculation of spending 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence spending by 2027 includes financ

AnsweredMinistry of Defence23 Jan 2026

Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chancellor's written statement of 5 January 2026, UIN HCWS1219, whether she plans to respond to the OBR's Spring forecast in an oral state

AnsweredTreasury6 Jan 2026

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Item 13 of Table 4.1 in the Budget Document, published 26 November 2025, if she will provide a breakdown of the fiscal impacts in each financi

AnsweredTreasury2 Jan 2026

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the OBR's fiscal forecasts included the costs of the Erasmus scheme.

AnsweredTreasury17 Dec 2025

Erasmus+ Programme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how will the cost of the Erasmus Scheme in 2027/28 be funded.

AnsweredDepartment for Education17 Dec 2025

Overseas Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the outstanding value is of student loan debt owed by EU students; and how much of that debt is being actively repaid.

AnsweredDepartment for Education17 Dec 2025

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of estates subject to paying Inheritance Tax in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and

AnsweredTreasury17 Dec 2025
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