Francis Maude

The Lord Maude of Horsham
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Trade and Investment
In office
11 May 2015 – 10 February 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Lord Livingston of Parkhead
Succeeded byThe Lord Price
Minister for the Cabinet Office
Paymaster General
In office
12 May 2010 – 11 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byTessa Jowell
Succeeded byMatt Hancock
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
6 May 2005 – 2 July 2007
Leader
Preceded by
Succeeded byCaroline Spelman
Shadow Cabinet posts
1997–2010
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office
2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byTim Collins (2002)
Succeeded byTessa Jowell
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
LeaderDavid Cameron
Preceded byOliver Heald
Succeeded byRachel Reeves (2020)
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
2 February 2000 – 18 September 2001
LeaderWilliam Hague
Preceded byJohn Maples
Succeeded byMichael Ancram
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
2 June 1998 – 1 February 2000
LeaderWilliam Hague
Preceded byPeter Lilley
Succeeded byMichael Portillo
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office
11 June 1997 – 2 June 1998
LeaderWilliam Hague
Preceded byVirginia Bottomley
Succeeded byPeter Ainsworth
Ministerial offices
1987–1992
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
14 July 1990 – 11 April 1992
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byPeter Lilley
Succeeded byStephen Dorrell
Minister of State for Europe
In office
25 July 1989 – 14 July 1990
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byLynda Chalker
Succeeded byTristan Garel-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
In office
13 June 1987 – 26 July 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRobert Atkins
Succeeded byJohn Redwood
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
28 May 2015
Member of Parliament
for Horsham
In office
1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byPeter Hordern
Succeeded byJeremy Quin
Member of Parliament
for North Warwickshire
In office
9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMike O'Brien
Personal details
Born (1953-07-04) 4 July 1953 (age 71)
Abingdon-on-Thames, Berkshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Christina Hadfield
(m. 1984)
Children5
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
University of Law

Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham, PC (born 4 July 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2010 to 2015. He also served in several posts while the Conservatives were in opposition, notably as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Chairman of the Conservative Party. Maude was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire from 1983 to 1992 and then for Horsham from 1997 to 2015.

Having served over 25 years on the frontbench in the House of Commons,[1] he stepped down at the 2015 general election and became a life peer. He served as Minister of State for Trade and Investment from 2015 to 2016, before stepping down from government service to run his own business; Francis Maude Associates, or FMA, a consultancy specialising in government efficiency.[2]

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