Mel Stride

The Right Honourable Mel Stride MP
Official portrait, 2020
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office 25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Chloe Smith
Succeeded by	Liz Kendall
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 (age 62) 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, and he served until 5 July 2024.