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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 = [[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] | primeminister = [[Rishi Sunak]] | term_start = 28 October 2022 | predecessor = | primeminister1 = [[Boris Johnson]] | termstart1 = 22 January 2021 | termend1 = 20 September 2022 | office2 = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs]] | primeminister2 = [[Liz Truss]] | term_start2 = 20 September 2022 | term_end2 = 28 October 2022 | predecessor2 = [[Richard Benyon|The Lord Benyon]] | successor2 = The Lord Benyon | office3 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]] | term_start3 = 7 May 2015 | predecessor3 = [[Dan Rogerson]] | majority3 = 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 = Official portrait, 2019 }} '''Scott Leslie Mann''' (born 24 June 1977)<ref name=":0" /> is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]] since 2015. He currently serves as a Government Whip ([[Lords Commissioners of the Treasury|Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> He served as [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs]] from September to October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Growth and Rural Affairs) - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--188 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> Previously he 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 == 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, completing a [[BTEC Extended Diploma|BTEC]] business diploma, before becoming a postman for the [[Royal Mail]] in 1995 until 2015, based at the local sorting office in Wadebridge.<ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Cox, Thomas Michael, (born 19 Jan. 1930)|date=2007-12-01|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U12157|work=Who's Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u12157|access-date=2021-05-08}}</ref> == Political career == 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|access-date=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 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 the fact that all six Cornwall constituencies elected Conservative candidates—the first time it had happened in over a hundred years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000837|title=North Cornwall Parliamentary constituency|publisher=BBC News|access-date=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 |access-date=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 |access-date=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 news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-35540097|publisher=BBC News|title=MP Scott Man to step down as Cornwall councillor|access-date=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=Bill to give councils speed limit powers passes first reading |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 |access-date=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 |access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref> In December 2016, Mann was elected (unopposed) to the House of Commons' [[Environmental Audit Select Committee]], on which he served 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 |access-date=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|access-date=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. 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 |date=28 June 2017 |publisher=Conservative Home |access-date=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 |access-date=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 |access-date=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 |access-date=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|access-date=12 September 2018|date=12 September 2018}}</ref> Mann employs his partner as a part-time secretary on a salary up to £30,000,<ref name="theipsa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.theipsa.org.uk/mp-costs/your-mp/scott-mann/|title=IPSA|publisher=GOV.UK |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/150608/mann_scott.htm|title=The Register of Members' Financial Interests |publisher=GOV.UK |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> which drew criticism by the press.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/11706561/One-in-four-MPs-employs-a-family-member-the-full-list-revealed.html|title=One in five MPs employs a family member: the full list revealed|date=29 June 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mason|first=Rowena|title=Keeping it in the family: new MPs continue to hire relatives as staff|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/29/mps-continue-hire-relatives-as-staff|access-date=12 September 2018|work=The Guardian|date=29 June 2015}}</ref> Although MPs who were first elected in [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]] have been banned from employing family members, the restriction is prospective, meaning that Mann's employment of his partner is lawful.<ref>{{cite news|title=MPs banned from employing spouses after election in expenses crackdown|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/mps-banned-from-employing-spouses-after-election-in-expenses-crackdown-a3520036.html|work=London Evening Standard|access-date=12 September 2018|date=21 April 2017}}</ref> In May 2016, it emerged that Mann was one of a number of Conservative MPs being investigated by police in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015 party spending investigation]], for allegedly spending more than the legal limit on constituency election campaign expenses.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.channel4.com/livepages/2016/election-expenses/| title=Election Expenses Exposed| work=Channel 4 News|access-date=12 September 2018|date=23 June 2016}}</ref> However, in May 2017, the Crown Prosecution Service said that while there was evidence of inaccurate spending returns, it did not "meet the test" for further action.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39865801|title=No charges over 2015 Conservative battle bus cases|publisher=BBC News|date=10 May 2017|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> In March 2017, ''The Daily Telegraph'' reported that Mann was one of nine MPs who had claimed [[Amazon Prime]] subscriptions on their parliamentary expenses. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, responsible for handling expenses claims, told the paper subscriptions could be claimed but MPs must "justify the subscription is primarily used for Parliamentary purposes". He responded that the subscription was a mistake after his office had purchased stationery from the website, and that Amazon had issued a refund.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nine MPs used their parliamentary expenses to fund Amazon Prime subscriptions|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/11/nine-mps-used-parliamentary-expenses-fund-amazon-prime-subscriptions/|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=12 September 2018|date=11 March 2017}}</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>{{cite web |url=https://www.politicshome.com/members/article/new-appointments-this-week-in-uk-politics-the-civil-service-and-public-affairs-65585 |title=New appointments this week in UK politics, the civil service and public affairs |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 January 2020 |website=politicshome.com |publisher=Politics Home |access-date=8 June 2021 |quote=Scott Mann was named as the PPS to Gavin Williamson as Secretary of State for Education.}}</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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://thewhistler.org/home.html|access-date=2020-07-09|website=The Whistler}}</ref> ====Whip==== In January 2021, Mann was appointed as Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury. That April he was shifted to become an Assistant Government Whip (unpaid).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-scott-mann-mp-as-a-government-whip-22-january-2021 |title=Appointment of Scott Mann MP as a Government Whip: 22 January 2021 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 January 2021 |website=gov.uk |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=7 June 2021 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers |title=Ministers |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=7 May 2021 |website=gov.uk |publisher=British Government |access-date=7 May 2021 |quote=Scott Mann MP Assistant Government Whip}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/scott-mann |title=Assistant Government Whip Scott Mann MP |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=gov.uk |publisher=HM Treasury |access-date=8 January 2021 |quote=Previous roles in government Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury 2021 to 2021}}</ref> ====Minister==== On 20 September 2022, Mann received his first ministerial appointment as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]]. This was part of the UK Government ministerial reshuffle following the appointment of [[Liz Truss]] as Prime Minister earlier that month.<ref>https://twitter.com/PARLYapp/status/1572317282725945345 {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2022 | title=Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 }}</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|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="theipsa1"/> He has one daughter.<ref name=":0" /> 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><ref name=":0" /> 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=9 April 2020}}</ref> On a summer boat trip in 2016 Mann had to be rescued from drowning by fellow MP [[Johnny Mercer (politician)|Johnny Mercer]] after he voluntarily jumped into the water because, he was "ashamed to admit" that he could not swim. He later 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 | access-date = 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 | access-date = 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 | access-date = 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> He ran the [[London Marathon]] in 2017.<ref name=":0" /> ==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}} {{Authority control}} {{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–present]] [[Category:British postmen]]'