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
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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3 NOCrime and Policing Bill
3 votes · 20 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
3 votes · 20 Apr 2026
7 NOPension Schemes Bill
7 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Pension Schemes Bill
7 votes · 15 Apr 2026
7 NOCrime and Policing Bill
7 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
7 votes · 14 Apr 2026
2 NOVictims and Courts Bill
2 votes · 25 Mar 2026
Victims and Courts Bill
2 votes · 25 Mar 2026
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
(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
- 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
(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
- 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
(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
- 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
Visits outside the UK
Parliamentary Adviser
- 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
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Graham Edwards
£4,000 policy research/visits
12 September 2025
- 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
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work coach appointments with Universal Credit claimants are conducted a) in person, b) online and c) on the telephone.
Pre-school Education: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of spending on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme is for non-working families.
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of spending was on the 15 hours free childcare offer in each of the last five financial years for which data is available, broken down by a.
Pre-school Education: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme in each of the last five financial years for which data is available.
Pre-school Education: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the spending on the Early Learning for 2 year olds scheme is accounted for by (a) families entitled via eligibility for certain benefits (b) fa
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her speech to Ruskin College on 8 July 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse of extending 30
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the expansion of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement to non-working parents.
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her speech to Ruskin College on 8 July 2026, whether the expansion of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement to non-working parents is g
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of whether spending proposals from government departments could be delivered by the private sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of each of
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