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GOV.UK Ministerial role
Lord President of the Council
Responsibilities
Current role holder: The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP
Mel Stride MP was appointed as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons on 23 May 2019. He was previously Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from June 2017 to May 2019. He was elected the Conservative MP for Central Devon in 2010.
Education
Mel was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and Oxford University, where he was elected President of the Oxford Union.
Political career
In October 2011 Mel was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, John Hayes. He later served as an Assistant Government Whip from July 2014 until May 2015 and as Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) from May 2015 until July 2016.
Previous holders of this role
The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP
- 2017 to 2019
The Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP
- 2016 to 2017
The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP
- 2015 to 2016
The Rt Hon Nick Clegg
- 2010 to 2015