Mel Stride

Mel Stride MP
Member of Parliament for Central Devon
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Majority	9,230 (17.1%)
Personal details
Born	9 June 1961 (1961-30-09) (age 49)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Website	www.melstridemp.com

Melvyn John 'Mel' Stride^[1] (30 September 1961)^[2] is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Devon at the 2010 general election. On 28 October 2011, Mel was appointed as PPS Skills Minister John Hayes. ^[3]`

Stride was selected as prospective Conservative candidate for Central Devon in June 2006 after his name was added to David Cameron's Conservative A-List in 2006.^[4] He was the first A-Lister to be selected.^[5]

He was educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School and then Oxford University where he was elected as President of the Oxford Union.

References

1. ^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/59418/notices/1118281/from=2010-05-06;to=2010-05-19;all=returned+westminster/
2. ^ http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251672/
3. ^ "Mel Stride has become the first Central Devon MP". North Devon Journal. 7 May 2010. http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Mel-Stride-Central-Devon-MP/article-2131099-detail/article.html. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
4. ^ Rosemary Bennett, The A-list in The Times dated June 12, 2006, at timesonline.co.uk
5. ^ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/04/the-18-of-the-original-100-alisters-selected-for-conservative-seats-.html

External links

• Official site
• Mel Stride MP Conservative Party profile
• Central Devon Conservatives
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
• Official channel at YouTube

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New constituency	Member of Parliament for Central Devon 2010–present	Incumbent

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