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{{short description|British politician}}
{{Short description|British politician}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = Stephen McPartland
| name = Stephen McPartland
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]]
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| image = Stephen McPartland.jpg
| image = Official portrait of Stephen McPartland crop 2.jpg
| office = Chair of the [[Regulatory Reform Committee]]
| office = [[Minister of State for Security]]
| predecessor = [[Andrew Bridgen]]
| primeminister = [[Boris Johnson]]
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| term_start = 7 July 2022
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| term_end = 6 September 2022
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| term_start = 28 November 2017
| predecessor = [[Damian Hinds]]
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| successor = [[Tom Tugendhat]]
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br> for [[Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)|Stevenage]]
| office1 = Chair of the [[Regulatory Reform Committee]]
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| predecessor1 = [[Andrew Bridgen]]
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| majority2 = 8,562 (17.9%)
| successor1 = ''Office abolished''
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| predecessor2 = [[Barbara Follett (politician)|Barbara Follett]]
| term_start1 = 28 November 2017
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| term_start2 = 6 May 2010
| term_end1 = 20 May 2021
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| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Merseyside]], England
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| term_end2 = 30 May 2024
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| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
| spouse = Emma McPartland
| birth_name = Stephen Anthony McPartland
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|9|df=y}}
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| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
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| residence = [[Stevenage]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
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| alma_mater = [[University of Liverpool]] (BA) <br> [[Liverpool John Moores University]] (MSc)
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'''Stephen Anthony McPartland'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8742}}</ref> (born 9 August 1976)<ref name="UK Parliament Biographies" >{{cite web|title=MP Biographies|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/stephen-mcpartland/4093|work=UK Parliament Website|accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref> is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician and business consultant. He was first elected as the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)|Stevenage]] at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]].
'''Stephen Anthony McPartland'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8742}}</ref> (born 9 August 1976)<ref name="UK Parliament Biographies" >{{cite web|title=MP Biographies|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/stephen-mcpartland/4093|work=UK Parliament Website|access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref> is a former British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)|Stevenage]] from [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] to [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]. He is the author of the McPartland Review into Cyber Security as an enabler of Economic Growth,<ref>{{Cite web |title=McPartland review of cyber security and economic growth - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mcpartland-review-of-cyber-security-and-economic-growth}}</ref> is a strategic consultant and non-executive specialist in risk, governance, cyber security and digital sustainability.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in [[Liverpool]] on 9 August 1976, McPartland read History at the [[University of Liverpool]], graduating in 1997. He studied for an MSc in Technology Management at [[Liverpool John Moores University]] in 1998. After graduating in 1999, he worked for the Conservative Party in [[Warrington]], where he managed a range of local council, parliamentary and European election campaigns, before he moved to Hertfordshire in 2001 to work as a Campaign Manager. Prior to being elected as an MP, McPartland was the Director of Membership for British American Business (the US Chamber of Commerce), based in London.<ref name="About Stephen">{{cite web|url=https://www.stephen-mcpartland.com/about-stephen|title=About Stephen|publisher=Personal website|accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title =Stephen McPartland LinkedIn|url = https://uk.linkedin.com/in/stephenmcpartland|website = Linkedin|accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref>
Born in [[Liverpool]] on 9 August 1976, McPartland read History at the [[University of Liverpool]], graduating in 1997. He studied for an MSc in Technology Management at [[Liverpool John Moores University]] in 1998. After graduating in 1999, he worked for the Conservative Party in [[Warrington]], where he managed a range of local council, parliamentary and European election campaigns, before he moved to [[Hertfordshire]] in 2001 to work as a campaign manager. Prior to being elected as an MP, McPartland was the Director of Membership for British American Business (the [[United States Chamber of Commerce|US Chamber of Commerce]]), based in London.<ref name="About Stephen">{{cite web|url=https://www.stephen-mcpartland.com/about-stephen|title=About Stephen|publisher=Personal website|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title =Stephen McPartland LinkedIn|url = https://uk.linkedin.com/in/stephenmcpartland|website = Linkedin|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref>


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
McPartland replaced [[George Freeman (politician)|George Freeman]] as the Conservative Party candidate for after he had failed to take it at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]]. McPartland won the parliamentary seat of [[Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)|Stevenage]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]], with a swing of 8% after the sitting Labour MP did not re-stand. He was re-elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]] and [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]].
McPartland won the parliamentary seat of [[Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)|Stevenage]] at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], with a swing of 8% after the sitting Labour MP [[Barbara Follett (politician)|Barbara Follett]] stood down. He was re-elected at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]] and [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]]. He announced his decision to retire from front line politics on 13 February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MPs not standing in the 2024 General Election - House of Commons Library |url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9808/}}</ref>


McPartland's political interests include health care, with a particular focus on cancer treatment and respiratory diseases; education, science and technology, including satellite technology; international trade; policing; addiction treatment; urban regeneration and government procurement of IT projects.<ref name="UK Parliament Biographies" />
McPartland's political interests include Cyber Security, AI, welfare and health care, with a particular focus on cancer treatment and respiratory diseases; education, science and technology, including satellite technology; international trade; policing; addiction treatment; urban regeneration; and government procurement of IT projects.<ref name="UK Parliament Biographies" />


He served on the Science and Technology Select Committee between 2011 and 2012. In 2017 he joined the Finance Select Committee (Commons), was elected Chair of the Regulatory Reform Select Committee and also became a member of the Liaison Select Committee.<ref name="UK Parliament Biographies" />
He had a Parliamentary Select Committee career serving on the [[Science and Technology Select Committee]], the [[Finance Committee (House of Commons)|Finance Select Committee (Commons)]], was elected Chair of the [[Regulatory Reform Committee|Regulatory Reform Select Committee]], and also became a member of the [[Liaison Committee (House of Commons of the United Kingdom)|Liaison Select Committee]]. His final position was as a member of the [[Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy]] until he retired from Parliament.<ref name="UK Parliament Biographies" />


He sat on the 2011 Education Bill Committee and participated in all stages of the Bill's passage through Parliament,<ref name="Education Bill">{{cite web|title=Committee Membership|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmpublic/education/110303/pm/110303s01.htm|work=Education Bill|publisher=Parliament UK|accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref> and was on the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology since 2015.<ref name="Post Board">{{cite web|title=Post Board|url=http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/bicameral/post/about-post/post-board/|work=Parliament UK|accessdate=8 October 2015}}</ref>
He sat on a number of Bill Committees and was on the Board of the [[Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology]] from 2015.<ref name="Post Board">{{cite web|title=Post Board|url=http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/bicameral/post/about-post/post-board/|work=Parliament UK|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref>
Up until his election as a Select Committee Chairman, McPartland was involved with the running of several All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs).<ref name="Register of All-Party Groups">{{cite web|title=Register of All-Party Groups|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/memi01.htm|work=Parliament UK|accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref> He was Chair of the Allergy APPG, Child and Youth Crime APPG, Child Health and Vaccine Preventable Diseases APPG, Furniture Industry APPG and Respiratory Health APPG, and Vice Chair of the Disability APPG. As Chair of the Respiratory Health APPG, McPartland led an inquiry into respiratory deaths and noted that the UK has the worst death rate of OECD countries and that most deaths of children from asthma are preventable.<ref>{{Cite web|title = MPs warn on respiratory diseases |url = http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news/mps-warn-respiratory-diseases|website = www.rcpch.ac.uk|accessdate = 4 August 2015}}</ref> He also successfully campaigned to change the law from 1 October 2014 to allow emergency inhalers for asthma attacks to be kept in schools.<ref>{{cite news |title = Schoolchildren and parents can breathe a little easier after Stevenage MP's asthma campaign ends in victory|url = http://www.thecomet.net/news/schoolchildren_and_parents_can_breathe_a_little_easier_after_stevenage_mp_s_asthma_campaign_ends_in_victory_1_3796726|accessdate = 4 August 2015|work = Stevenage Comet}}</ref>
Throughout his Parliamentary career, McPartland was involved with the running of several [[All-party parliamentary group|all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs)]].<ref name="Register of All-Party Groups">{{cite web|title=Register of All-Party Groups|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/memi01.htm|work=Parliament UK|access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref> He was Chair of the Allergy APPG, Child and Youth Crime APPG, Child Health and Vaccine Preventable Diseases APPG, Furniture Industry APPG and Respiratory Health APPG, and Vice Chair of the Disability APPG. As Chair of the Respiratory Health APPG, McPartland led an inquiry into respiratory deaths and noted that the UK has the worst death rate of OECD countries and that most deaths of children from asthma are preventable.<ref>{{Cite web|title = MPs warn on respiratory diseases |url = http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/news/mps-warn-respiratory-diseases|website = www.rcpch.ac.uk|access-date = 4 August 2015}}</ref> He also successfully campaigned to change the law from 1 October 2014 to allow emergency inhalers for asthma attacks to be kept in schools.<ref>{{cite news|title = Schoolchildren and parents can breathe a little easier after Stevenage MP's asthma campaign ends in victory|url = http://www.thecomet.net/news/schoolchildren_and_parents_can_breathe_a_little_easier_after_stevenage_mp_s_asthma_campaign_ends_in_victory_1_3796726|access-date = 4 August 2015|work = Stevenage Comet|archive-date = 18 March 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150318232734/http://www.thecomet.net/news/schoolchildren_and_parents_can_breathe_a_little_easier_after_stevenage_mp_s_asthma_campaign_ends_in_victory_1_3796726|url-status = dead}}</ref>


McPartland was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Livingston in 2014-15.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/102098/conservative_parliamentary_private_secretaries_announced.html|title = Dods Politics|date = 22 July 2014|accessdate = 30 January 2015|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
McPartland was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Livingston, in 2014–15.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/102098/conservative_parliamentary_private_secretaries_announced.html|title = Dods Politics|date = 22 July 2014|access-date = 30 January 2015|archive-date = 30 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150130192931/http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/102098/conservative_parliamentary_private_secretaries_announced.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>


McPartland initiated a parliamentary inquiry into electronic invoicing in the public sector; it delivered its findings in June 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Parliamentary Inquiry on e-Invoicing – Findings Released {{!}} BASDA|url = http://www.basda.org/news/2014/06/16/parliamentary-inquiry-e-invoicing/|website = www.basda.org|accessdate = 4 August 2015}}</ref> He has also called for greater interoperability, with the launch of an Interoperability Charter in April 2013, to encourage and recognise best practice in delivering the Digital Economy.<ref>{{Cite web|title = BASDA Launch Interoperability Charter at the House of Commons |url = http://www.basda.org/news/2013/04/19/basda-launch-interoperability-charter-at-the-house-of-commons/|website = www.basda.org|accessdate = 4 August 2015}}</ref>
McPartland initiated a parliamentary inquiry into electronic invoicing in the public sector; it delivered its findings in June 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Parliamentary Inquiry on e-Invoicing – Findings Released {{!}} BASDA|url = http://www.basda.org/news/2014/06/16/parliamentary-inquiry-e-invoicing/|website = www.basda.org|access-date = 4 August 2015}}</ref> He has also called for greater interoperability, with the launch of an Interoperability Charter in April 2013, to encourage and recognise best practice in delivering the Digital Economy.<ref>{{Cite web|title = BASDA Launch Interoperability Charter at the House of Commons |url = http://www.basda.org/news/2013/04/19/basda-launch-interoperability-charter-at-the-house-of-commons/|website = www.basda.org| date=19 April 2013 |access-date = 4 August 2015}}</ref>


McPartland campaigned against corporate tax avoidance,<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGurran|first1=Deborah|title=Right and left united over tax avoidance|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21451579|accessdate=18 April 2015|publisher=BBC|date=13 February 2013}}</ref> including, in 2015, writing to all of the FTSE100 CEOs to ask whether they would be willing to support greater tax transparency.<ref>{{cite news|last1 = Goodall|first1 = Andrew|title = Tory MP asks FTSE 100 companies to back country-by-country reporting|url = http://www.taxjournal.com/tj/articles/tory-mp-asks-ftse-100-companies-back-country-country-reporting-23112012|accessdate = 18 April 2015|publisher = Tax Journal|date = 23 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hope|first1=Christopher|title=Thumbs down from FTSE100 businesses to David Cameron's call for more tax disclosure|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9825233/Thumbs-down-from-FTSE100-businesses-to-David-Camerons-call-for-more-tax-disclosure.html|accessdate=18 April 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 January 2013}}</ref>
McPartland campaigned against corporate tax avoidance,<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGurran|first1=Deborah|title=Right and left united over tax avoidance|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21451579|access-date=18 April 2015|publisher=BBC|date=13 February 2013}}</ref> including, in 2015, writing to all of the [[FTSE 100 Index|FTSE100]] CEOs to ask whether they would be willing to support greater tax transparency.<ref>{{cite news|last1 = Goodall|first1 = Andrew|title = Tory MP asks FTSE 100 companies to back country-by-country reporting|url = http://www.taxjournal.com/tj/articles/tory-mp-asks-ftse-100-companies-back-country-country-reporting-23112012|access-date = 18 April 2015|publisher = Tax Journal|date = 23 November 2012}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hope|first1=Christopher|title=Thumbs down from FTSE100 businesses to David Cameron's call for more tax disclosure|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9825233/Thumbs-down-from-FTSE100-businesses-to-David-Camerons-call-for-more-tax-disclosure.html|access-date=18 April 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 January 2013}}</ref>


McPartland has worked closely with Sir Oliver Heald to campaign for Finn's Law, to provide emergency service animals with greater protection after Police Dog Finn was stabbed in Stevenage in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Finn's Law: Ministers agree to meet Hertfordshire MPs campaigning for better protection for service animals|url = http://www.bobfm.co.uk/news/local-news/finns-law-ministers-agree-to-meet-hertfordshire-mps-campaigning-for-better-protection-for-service-animals/|website = www.bobfm.co.uk|accessdate = 20 May 2018}}</ref>
McPartland has worked closely with [[Oliver Heald|Sir Oliver Heald]] to campaign for Finn's Law, to provide emergency service animals with greater protection after Police Dog Finn was stabbed in Stevenage in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Finn's Law: Ministers agree to meet Hertfordshire MPs campaigning for better protection for service animals|url = http://www.bobfm.co.uk/news/local-news/finns-law-ministers-agree-to-meet-hertfordshire-mps-campaigning-for-better-protection-for-service-animals/|website = www.bobfm.co.uk|access-date = 20 May 2018}}</ref>


McPartland has been outspoken on welfare issues and has garnered respect for his knowledge of the technical changes involved,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rebel Tory MPs prepare to challenge the Government's plans to axe disability benefits|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/12169840/Rebel-Tory-MPs-prepare-to-challenge-the-Governments-plans-to-axe-disability-benefits.html|website = www.telegraph.co.uk|accessdate = 20 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Conservative MPs rebel over the roll out of universal credit|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b099tf4z|website = www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate = 20 May 2018}}</ref> leading the successful campaigns against changes to Tax Credits,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Why I'm a Tory rebel on tax credit cuts|url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/14/stephen-mcpartland-why-im-a-tory-rebel-tax-credit-cuts|work=The Guardian|accessdate = 20 May 2018}}</ref> improvements to Universal Credit <ref>{{Cite web|title = The Two Major Issues Undermining Universal Credit|url = https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/stephen-mcpartland/universal-credit_b_18553498.html|website = www.huffingtonpost.co.uk|accessdate = 20 May 2018}}</ref> and protecting the self-employed against changes to Employers National Insurance Contributions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hammond: Budget National Insurance rise due to 'new challenges'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39213349|accessdate=4 February 2019|publisher=BBC|date=9 March 2017}}</ref> He has been an outspoken critic of his own party in Government at times, with particular focus on the benefits system. {{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}
McPartland has been outspoken on welfare issues and has garnered respect for his knowledge of the technical changes involved,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rebel Tory MPs prepare to challenge the Government's plans to axe disability benefits|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/12169840/Rebel-Tory-MPs-prepare-to-challenge-the-Governments-plans-to-axe-disability-benefits.html|website = www.telegraph.co.uk| date=23 February 2016 |access-date = 20 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Conservative MPs rebel over the roll out of universal credit|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b099tf4z|website = www.bbc.co.uk|access-date = 20 May 2018}}</ref> leading the successful campaigns against changes to [[Tax credit|Tax Credits]],<ref>{{Cite news|title = Why I'm a Tory rebel on tax credit cuts|url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/14/stephen-mcpartland-why-im-a-tory-rebel-tax-credit-cuts|work=The Guardian| date=14 November 2015 |access-date = 20 May 2018}}</ref> improvements to [[Universal Credit]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Two Major Issues Undermining Universal Credit|url = https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/stephen-mcpartland/universal-credit_b_18553498.html|website = www.huffingtonpost.co.uk| date=15 November 2017 |access-date = 20 May 2018}}</ref> and protecting the self-employed against changes to Employers [[National Insurance]] Contributions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hammond: Budget National Insurance rise due to 'new challenges'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39213349|access-date=4 February 2019|publisher=BBC|date=9 March 2017}}</ref> He has been an outspoken critic of his own party in Government at times and successfully campaigned to improve Building Safety nationally, the McPartland-Smith amendments were supported by leaseholders and cladding groups.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Building Safety Bill: McPartland-Smith Amendments - End Our Cladding Scandal |date=28 July 2021 |url=https://endourcladdingscandal.org/newsfeed/building-safety-bill-mcpartland-smith-amendments/}}</ref>


McPartland supported [[Brexit]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 EU membership referendum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|title=Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence? - Coffee House|date=16 February 2016|accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref>
McPartland supported [[Brexit]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 EU membership referendum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|title=Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence? - Coffee House|date=16 February 2016|access-date=8 October 2018|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502030758/https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


On 7 July 2022, he was appointed [[Minister of State for Security]] at the Home Office as part of the caretaker government installed by outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, tasked with taking the [[National Security Act 2023|National Security Act]] through Bill Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial appointments: July 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2022 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=GOV.UK |date=7 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref> He was made a [[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|privy councillor]] upon his appointment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-13-List-of-Business.pdf|publisher=Privy Council Office|title=Orders for 13 September 2022|access-date=14 September 2022|archive-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923225901/https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-13-List-of-Business.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was not reappointed by the incoming Prime Minister [[Liz Truss]] and returned to the backbenches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2022 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
In the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] he sits on the Finance Committee, the Regulatory Reform Committee and the Liaison Committee. He has previously sat on the Science and Technology Committee.<ref name=parliamentbioMcPartland >{{cite web|title=Stephen McPartland |url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/stephen-mcpartland/4093|website=Parliament UK|accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref>

In January 2023 he was the only Conservative MP to vote against the Government on the Second Reading of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, describing it as "shameful" and an attack on individual trade union members.<ref>https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-01-16/division/EEEE2293-EF40-4A96-943E-062DE641DF3A/Strikes(MinimumServiceLevels)Bill?outputType=Names {{bare URL inline|date=April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stephen-mcpartland.com/news/2159-i-will-vote-against-this-shameful-bill | title=Stephen McPartland MP - I will vote against this shameful bill }}</ref>


==Work for charities==
==Work for charities==
From 2014 until 2015, McPartland served as chairman of [http://www.thefurnitureombudsman.org The Furniture Ombudsman], a not-for-profit, industry-wide customer disputes resolution body.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.thefurnitureombudsman.org/the-board-of-directors|title = The Furniture Ombudsman, The Board of Directors|accessdate = 12 May 2015|website = The Furniture Ombudsman}}</ref> McPartland was a Trustee of [http://www.thelivingroom.me.uk The Living Room Charity], which offers a wide range of free addiction treatment services and a Patron of the [http://www.turnthetideboatproject.org.uk/index.html Turn the Tide] project. He was a Patron of [http://www.trailblazersmentoring.org.uk/ Trailblazers], a national charity that reduces re-offending among young people through providing volunteer mentors.<ref name="Trailblazers' Patrons">{{cite web|title=Trailblazers website|url=http://www.trailblazersmentoring.org.uk/our+charity/our+trustees++patrons|accessdate=27 March 2013}}</ref>
From 2014 until 2015, McPartland served as chairman of [[The Furniture Ombudsman]], a not-for-profit, industry-wide customer disputes resolution body.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.thefurnitureombudsman.org/the-board-of-directors|title = The Furniture Ombudsman, The Board of Directors|access-date = 12 May 2015|website = The Furniture Ombudsman|archive-date = 22 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163848/http://www.thefurnitureombudsman.org/the-board-of-directors|url-status = dead}}</ref> McPartland was a Trustee of [http://www.thelivingroom.me.uk The Living Room Charity], which offers a wide range of free addiction treatment services, and a Patron of the [http://www.turnthetideboatproject.org.uk/index.html Turn the Tide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703155620/http://turnthetideboatproject.org.uk/index.html |date=3 July 2014 }} project. He was a Patron of [http://www.trailblazersmentoring.org.uk/ Trailblazers], a national charity that reduces re-offending among young people through providing volunteer mentors.<ref name="Trailblazers' Patrons">{{cite web|title=Trailblazers website|url=http://www.trailblazersmentoring.org.uk/our+charity/our+trustees++patrons|access-date=27 March 2013|archive-date=20 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520080957/http://www.trailblazersmentoring.org.uk/our+charity/our+trustees++patrons|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
McPartland lives in [[Stevenage]] with his wife, Emma, who is a Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator (SENCo) at a local primary school.<ref name="About Stephen"/>
McPartland lives in [[Stevenage]] with his wife, Emma, who was a Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator (SENCo) at a local primary school and provides expert advice at tribunals.<ref name="About Stephen"/>


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The Right Honourable
Stephen McPartland
Official portrait, 2017
Minister of State for Security
In office
7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byDamian Hinds
Succeeded byTom Tugendhat
Chair of the Regulatory Reform Committee
In office
28 November 2017 – 20 May 2021
Preceded byAndrew Bridgen
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of Parliament
for Stevenage
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byBarbara Follett
Succeeded byKevin Bonavia
Personal details
Born
Stephen Anthony McPartland

(1976-08-09) 9 August 1976 (age 48)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseEmma McPartland
Residence(s)Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool (BA)
Liverpool John Moores University (MSc)
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Stephen Anthony McPartland[1] (born 9 August 1976)[2] is a former British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Stevenage from 2010 to 2024. He is the author of the McPartland Review into Cyber Security as an enabler of Economic Growth,[3] is a strategic consultant and non-executive specialist in risk, governance, cyber security and digital sustainability.

Early life

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Born in Liverpool on 9 August 1976, McPartland read History at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 1997. He studied for an MSc in Technology Management at Liverpool John Moores University in 1998. After graduating in 1999, he worked for the Conservative Party in Warrington, where he managed a range of local council, parliamentary and European election campaigns, before he moved to Hertfordshire in 2001 to work as a campaign manager. Prior to being elected as an MP, McPartland was the Director of Membership for British American Business (the US Chamber of Commerce), based in London.[4][5]

Parliamentary career

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McPartland won the parliamentary seat of Stevenage at the 2010 general election, with a swing of 8% after the sitting Labour MP Barbara Follett stood down. He was re-elected at the 2015 general election, 2017 general election and 2019 general election. He announced his decision to retire from front line politics on 13 February 2023.[6]

McPartland's political interests include Cyber Security, AI, welfare and health care, with a particular focus on cancer treatment and respiratory diseases; education, science and technology, including satellite technology; international trade; policing; addiction treatment; urban regeneration; and government procurement of IT projects.[2]

He had a Parliamentary Select Committee career serving on the Science and Technology Select Committee, the Finance Select Committee (Commons), was elected Chair of the Regulatory Reform Select Committee, and also became a member of the Liaison Select Committee. His final position was as a member of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy until he retired from Parliament.[2]

He sat on a number of Bill Committees and was on the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology from 2015.[7]

Throughout his Parliamentary career, McPartland was involved with the running of several all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs).[8] He was Chair of the Allergy APPG, Child and Youth Crime APPG, Child Health and Vaccine Preventable Diseases APPG, Furniture Industry APPG and Respiratory Health APPG, and Vice Chair of the Disability APPG. As Chair of the Respiratory Health APPG, McPartland led an inquiry into respiratory deaths and noted that the UK has the worst death rate of OECD countries and that most deaths of children from asthma are preventable.[9] He also successfully campaigned to change the law from 1 October 2014 to allow emergency inhalers for asthma attacks to be kept in schools.[10]

McPartland was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Livingston, in 2014–15.[11]

McPartland initiated a parliamentary inquiry into electronic invoicing in the public sector; it delivered its findings in June 2014.[12] He has also called for greater interoperability, with the launch of an Interoperability Charter in April 2013, to encourage and recognise best practice in delivering the Digital Economy.[13]

McPartland campaigned against corporate tax avoidance,[14] including, in 2015, writing to all of the FTSE100 CEOs to ask whether they would be willing to support greater tax transparency.[15][16]

McPartland has worked closely with Sir Oliver Heald to campaign for Finn's Law, to provide emergency service animals with greater protection after Police Dog Finn was stabbed in Stevenage in 2016.[17]

McPartland has been outspoken on welfare issues and has garnered respect for his knowledge of the technical changes involved,[18][19] leading the successful campaigns against changes to Tax Credits,[20] improvements to Universal Credit[21] and protecting the self-employed against changes to Employers National Insurance Contributions.[22] He has been an outspoken critic of his own party in Government at times and successfully campaigned to improve Building Safety nationally, the McPartland-Smith amendments were supported by leaseholders and cladding groups.[23]

McPartland supported Brexit in the 2016 EU membership referendum.[24]

On 7 July 2022, he was appointed Minister of State for Security at the Home Office as part of the caretaker government installed by outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, tasked with taking the National Security Act through Bill Committee.[25] He was made a privy councillor upon his appointment.[26] He was not reappointed by the incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss and returned to the backbenches.[27]

In January 2023 he was the only Conservative MP to vote against the Government on the Second Reading of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, describing it as "shameful" and an attack on individual trade union members.[28][29]

Work for charities

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From 2014 until 2015, McPartland served as chairman of The Furniture Ombudsman, a not-for-profit, industry-wide customer disputes resolution body.[30] McPartland was a Trustee of The Living Room Charity, which offers a wide range of free addiction treatment services, and a Patron of the Turn the Tide Archived 3 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine project. He was a Patron of Trailblazers, a national charity that reduces re-offending among young people through providing volunteer mentors.[31]

Personal life

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McPartland lives in Stevenage with his wife, Emma, who was a Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator (SENCo) at a local primary school and provides expert advice at tribunals.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8742.
  2. ^ a b c "MP Biographies". UK Parliament Website. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. ^ "McPartland review of cyber security and economic growth - GOV.UK".
  4. ^ a b "About Stephen". Personal website. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Stephen McPartland LinkedIn". Linkedin. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. ^ "MPs not standing in the 2024 General Election - House of Commons Library".
  7. ^ "Post Board". Parliament UK. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Register of All-Party Groups". Parliament UK. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  9. ^ "MPs warn on respiratory diseases". www.rcpch.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Schoolchildren and parents can breathe a little easier after Stevenage MP's asthma campaign ends in victory". Stevenage Comet. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Dods Politics". 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Parliamentary Inquiry on e-Invoicing – Findings Released | BASDA". www.basda.org. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  13. ^ "BASDA Launch Interoperability Charter at the House of Commons". www.basda.org. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  14. ^ McGurran, Deborah (13 February 2013). "Right and left united over tax avoidance". BBC. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  15. ^ Goodall, Andrew (23 November 2012). "Tory MP asks FTSE 100 companies to back country-by-country reporting". Tax Journal. Retrieved 18 April 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  16. ^ Hope, Christopher (24 January 2013). "Thumbs down from FTSE100 businesses to David Cameron's call for more tax disclosure". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  17. ^ "Finn's Law: Ministers agree to meet Hertfordshire MPs campaigning for better protection for service animals". www.bobfm.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Rebel Tory MPs prepare to challenge the Government's plans to axe disability benefits". www.telegraph.co.uk. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Conservative MPs rebel over the roll out of universal credit". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Why I'm a Tory rebel on tax credit cuts". The Guardian. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  21. ^ "The Two Major Issues Undermining Universal Credit". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Hammond: Budget National Insurance rise due to 'new challenges'". BBC. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  23. ^ "Building Safety Bill: McPartland-Smith Amendments - End Our Cladding Scandal". 28 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence? - Coffee House". 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  25. ^ "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". GOV.UK. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  26. ^ "Orders for 13 September 2022" (PDF). Privy Council Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  28. ^ https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-01-16/division/EEEE2293-EF40-4A96-943E-062DE641DF3A/Strikes(MinimumServiceLevels)Bill?outputType=Names [bare URL]
  29. ^ "Stephen McPartland MP - I will vote against this shameful bill".
  30. ^ "The Furniture Ombudsman, The Board of Directors". The Furniture Ombudsman. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  31. ^ "Trailblazers website". Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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