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'{{short description|British Conservative politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Scott Mann |honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] |image = Official portrait of Scott Mann MP crop 2.jpg | office = [[Lords of the Treasury|Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury]] | primeminister = [[Boris Johnson]] | term_start = 22 January 2021 |office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]] |term_start2 = 7 May 2015 |predecessor2 = [[Dan Rogerson]] |majority2 = 14,752 (28.5%) |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|6|24}} |birth_place = [[Wadebridge]], [[Cornwall]], England |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |website = {{url|www.scottmann.org.uk|Official website}} |caption = Mann in 2019 }} '''Scott Leslie Mann''' (born 24 June 1977) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]] since 2015. He previously represented the Wadebridge West ward on [[Cornwall Council]] between 2009 and 2016.<ref>[http://www.scottmann.org.uk/about-scott-mann Profile], scottmann.org.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> ==Early life and career== Mann was born on 24 June 1977 in [[Wadebridge]], Cornwall, where he also grew up. He attended [[Wadebridge School|Wadebridge Secondary School]]. His father had grown up in [[Bodmin]] and had a career in boat construction.<ref name="autogenerated1">"Local Mann stands for parliament", ''North Cornwall News'' (magazine); accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> His mother grew up in [[St Kew Highway]], Cornwall.<ref name="autogenerated2">"About Scott" – North Cornwall View magazine 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Postman-Scott-MP-gets-taste-farming/story-22937378-detail/story.html Profile], westernmorningnews.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> After leaving school at 16, Mann attended St Austell College before becoming a postman for the [[Royal Mail]] and was based at the local sorting office in Wadebridge.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> In 2007, Mann was elected as a Conservative councillor for Wadebridge West, serving briefly on the [[North Cornwall District Council]] before it was absorbed by the now unitary authority that is [[Cornwall Council]] in 2009, when he was re-elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/North-Cornwall-1973-2007.pdf|title=North Cornwall Council Election Results 1973–2007|publisher= Plymouth University|accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref> In 2013, Mann retained his seat as county councillor for Wadebridge West.<ref>"About Scott", ''North Cornwall View'' (magazine); accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> In February 2012, Mann resigned as deputy leader of the Conservative group on Cornwall Council in protest at £16&nbsp;million of public money being used to fund a proposed sports stadium near [[Truro]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-17161929 Mann resigns as deputy leader of the Conservative group on Cornwall Council], bbc.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Pre-fabs-ease-North-Cornwall-affordable-housing/story-21268883-detail/story.html Profile], [[cornishguardian.co.uk]]; accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> In 2014, Mann met with Conservative MP and [[Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]] [[Sajid Javid]] in Cornwall to campaign for the continued support for community leisure centres which were at threat of losing funding from the local authority.<ref>[http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Leisure-centre-closed/story-22820909-detail/story.html "Keep our leisure centres open"], cornishguardian.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Cameron-vows-rural-communities-overlooked-run/story-25798174-detail/story.html Cameron: rural communities overlooked], westernmorningnews.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> ===Member of Parliament (North Cornwall)=== In 2013, Mann was named as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]'s prospective parliamentary candidate for North Cornwall in the run-up to the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Mann was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]] after winning the seat in the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 General Election]]. Mann received 21,689 votes, beating the previous MP, [[Dan Rogerson]], by 6,621 votes with an approximate 9,000 vote swing. He became the first Conservative MP for the area since 1992, as well as contributing to all six Cornwall constituencies electing Conservative candidates—the first time in over a hundred years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000837|title=North Cornwall Parliamentary constituency|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref> Along with [[Sarah Newton]], MP for Truro & Falmouth, he took his Parliamentary oath in the [[Cornish language]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.celticleague.net/news/new-mps-take-oath-in-cornish/ |title=New MPs Take Oath in Cornish « The Celtic League |publisher=Celticleague.net |date=20 June 2014 |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/bc085cdc-ec99-4795-b2c2-bd8fee57e2e9?in=12%3A36%3A00&out=12%3A39%3A00 |title=House of Commons |publisher=Parliamentlive.tv |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> Following his election as an MP he resigned as a Councillor in February 2016, after he had come under pressure to resign for his poor attendance at council meetings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-35540097|publisher=BBC|title=MP Scott Man to step down as Cornwall councillor|accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref> At the subsequent by-election in April 2016, his former seat was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate Karen McHugh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/18796056/declaration-of-result-of-poll-wadebridge-west-ed-14-april-2016.pdf|title=Wadebridge West Result 2016|publisher=Cornwall Council}}</ref> In November 2015, Mann introduced a [[Private Member's Bill]] to give [[Parish councils in England|Town and Parish Councils]] the power to hold community referendums to alter speed limits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/4717.html# |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304152330/http://www.roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/4717.html# |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Bill received its second reading in February 2016, but as it was opposed by both the Government and the Opposition, it was subsequently withdrawn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/todays-commons-debates/read/unknown/557/ |title=Read – UK Parliament |publisher=Parliament.uk |date=21 October 2011 |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> Mann campaigned for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 EU 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? |publisher=Blogs.spectator.co.uk |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> In December 2016, Mann was elected (unopposed) to the House of Commons' [[Environmental Audit Select Committee]], a role he served in until May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottmann.org.uk/news/scott-appointed-environmental-audit-committee |title=Scott appointed to Environmental Audit Committee |publisher=Scott Mann |date=15 December 2016 |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=parliamentbiomann>{{cite web|title=Scott Mann|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/scott-mann/4496|website=Parliament UK|accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref> In June 2017, Mann was re-elected as the MP for North Cornwall following the snap general election, garnering 23,835 votes and a 50.7% share of the vote. His majority also increased to 7,200 votes.<ref>[[2017 United Kingdom general election]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2018}} Mann was subsequently appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) for Transport – an unpaid role to assist and support government ministers in the Department for Transport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2017/06/parliamentary-private-secretaries-full-list.html |title=Parliamentary Private Secretaries: full list |publisher=Conservative Home |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> Following the Cabinet reshuffle in January 2018, Mann was appointed as PPS to [[HM Treasury]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-parliamentary-private-secretaries-pps-january-2018 |title=List of Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPS): January 2018 |publisher=GOV.UK |date=22 January 2018 |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> In July 2018, Mann introduced his second Private Member's Bill – namely the Bathing Waters Bill – to introduce penalties which could be levied against water companies who pump sewage into the sea. During heavy rainfall, sewage is sometimes pumped into the sea through Combined Sewage Overflow systems to reduce pressure on sewage systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-07-10/debates/5C7AD071-C392-4875-83DC-ED7B652B3D67/BathingWaters |title=Bathing Waters – Hansard |publisher=Hansard.parliament.uk |date=10 July 2018 |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> On 16 July 2018, Mann resigned from his role as Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury in protest at the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Theresa May]]'s "watered down" Brexit plan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-07-16/cornwall-mp-scott-mann-resigns-from-government-role-over-brexit/ |title=Cornwall MP Scott Mann resigns from Government role over Brexit |work=ITV News |date=16 July 2018 |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> In September 2018, he agreed with fellow Conservative MP Johnny Mercer that the Prime Minister Theresa May 'could not lead their party into the next general election'.<ref>{{cite news|title=Theresa May 'can't lead us into next election' says influential Tory MP Johnny Mercer|url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/theresa-may-johnny-mercer-comments-1996966|work=Plymouth Herald|accessdate=12 September 2018|date=12 September 2018}}</ref> In December 2019, Mann was re-elected as Member of Parliament for North Cornwall, more than doubling his majority to 14,752 with 59.4% of the vote - up by 8.6 percentage points from 2017. Shortly after his return to Parliament in January 2020, Mann was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to [[Gavin Williamson]], the [[Secretary of State for Education]].<ref>https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/economy/opinion/dods-people/109168/new-appointments-week-uk-politics-civil-service-and</ref> In 2020 Mann became one of four Vice-Chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing, which has been subject to criticism by some campaigners on whistleblowing law reform.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet the team|url=https://www.appgwhistleblowing.co.uk/members|access-date=2020-07-09|website=APPG Whistleblowing|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://thewhistler.org/home.html|access-date=2020-07-09|website=The Whistler|language=en}}</ref> In January 2021, Mann was appointed as a Government Whip (unpaid), under the official title of [[Lords of the Treasury|Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury]].<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-scott-mann-mp-as-a-government-whip-22-january-2021</ref> ==Personal life== Mann lives in Wadebridge and in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottmann.org.uk/about-scott-mann|title=About Scott|publisher=Personal website|accessdate=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="theipsa1"/> He is the honorary vice-president of Wadebridge Cricket Club.<ref>[http://wadebridge.play-cricket.com Profile], wadebridge.play-cricket.com; accessed 15 May 2015.</ref> He is a supporter of [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-11-21/debates/BC7987CF-3C47-4CBC-A23A-E0C3441AD39E/PlasticsAgriculture?highlight=plymouth%20argyle#contribution-F0881CBF-0B35-4F21-85A1-61C453101897|title=Plastics: Agriculture - Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.uk|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref> On a summer boat trip in 2016 Mann had to be rescued from drowning by fellow MP [[Johnny Mercer (politician)|Johnny Mercer]] because he was "ashamed to admit" he could not swim. Writing to raise awareness, he said he endangered his life because he was "afraid to own up to something that [he] considered an embarrassment". He has since taken swimming lessons.<ref name="HuffPo-13049418">{{cite web | title = I Am An Adult, And I Am Unable To Swim | last = Mann | first = Scott | work = [[The Huffington Post]] | date = 18 November 2016 | accessdate = 18 November 2016 | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/scott-mann/learning-to-swim-adult_b_13049418.html }}</ref><ref name="Telegraph_2016-11-18">{{Cite news | title = Tory MP Johnny Mercer rescued colleague who was afraid to admit he couldn't swim from drowning | last = McCann | first = Kate | newspaper = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | date = 18 November 2016 | accessdate = 18 November 2016 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/18/hero-mp-rescued-colleague-from-drowning-after-he-was-afraid-to-a/ }}</ref><ref name="CornwallLive-29915929">{{Cite news | title = Non-swimmer North Cornwall MP Scott Mann rescued after trying to swim to shore on Rame Peninsula | website = Cornwall Live | publisher = [[Local World]] | date = 18 November 2016 | accessdate = 18 November 2016 | url = http://www.cornwalllive.com/non-swimmer-north-cornwall-mp-scott-mann-rescued-after-trying-to-swim-to-shore-on-rame-peninsula/story-29915929-detail/story.html }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=35em}} ==External links== {{Portal|Cornwall}} *{{UK MP links |parliament=scott-mann/4496 |publicwhip=Scott_Mann |theywork=scott_mann}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef|before=[[Dan Rogerson]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament<br>for [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]]|years=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{South West Conservative Party MPs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Scott}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Members of Cornwall Council]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) councillors]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for North Cornwall]] [[Category:People from Wadebridge]] [[Category:UK MPs 2015–2017]] [[Category:UK MPs 2017–2019]] [[Category:UK MPs 2019–]] [[Category:British postmen]]'