Sir Mel Stride

Sir Mel Stride, the Conservative MP for Central Devon, was elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024 and is among the longest serving 10% of MPs overall and longest serving 25% of Conservative MPs, having first been elected in May 2010. He has cast 327 votes out of 588 eligible divisions, a participation rate of 56%, placing him in the bottom 25% of MPs by voting participation and bottom 25% of Conservative MPs by votes cast. He has made 352 debate contributions across 77 debates participated in out of 11,848 eligible debates, placing him in the bottom 25% of MPs by debate participation and bottom 25% of MPs elected in 2010 by debate contributions, with his top debate topics being Economy & Finance, Other/Procedural, and Taxation.

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PARLIAMENTARY RECORD

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.