Paul Scully

For the Australian politician, see Paul Scully (Australian politician).

Paul Scully
Official portrait, 2020
Minister for London
In office
13 February 2020 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister
Preceded byChris Philp
Succeeded byGreg Hands
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy
In office
27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byDamian Collins
Succeeded bySaqib Bhatti
Minister of State for Local Government and Building Safety
In office
8 July 2022 – 27 October 2022
Prime Minister
Preceded byKemi Badenoch
Succeeded byLee Rowley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
In office
13 February 2020 – 8 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byKelly Tolhurst
Succeeded byJane Hunt
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
26 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
LeaderBoris Johnson
Preceded byHelen Whately
Succeeded byRanil Jayawardena
Member of Parliament
for Sutton and Cheam
In office
7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byPaul Burstow
Succeeded byLuke Taylor
Personal details
Born
Paul Stuart Scully

(1968-04-29) 29 April 1968 (age 56)
Rugby, Warwickshire, England[1]
Political partyConservative (since 1997)
Alma materUniversity of Reading
Websitewww.scully.org.uk

Paul Stuart Scully (born 29 April 1968) is a former British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton and Cheam from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister for London from February 2020 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy from October 2022.[2] He was sacked from both roles in November 2023.[3]

Scully served as Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for the London region from 2017 to 2019, having been appointed by Theresa May to replace Stephen Hammond who had the Conservative whip withdrawn for rebelling against the government over the EU withdrawal bill.[4][5][6] After Boris Johnson was appointed prime minister in July 2019, Scully was promoted to Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets and Minister for London in the February 2020 reshuffle. In July 2022, he became Minister of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

In May 2023, Scully announced he would "pause" his ministerial role to seek the Conservative Party's nomination in the upcoming London mayoral election,[7] but failed to even make the shortlist.[8]

  1. ^ MyParliament.
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Rishi Sunak's reshuffle: David Cameron makes surprise return as foreign secretary - here's who is in and out of cabinet". Sky News. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Scully replaces Hammond as Party Vice-Chair for London". Conservative Home. 16 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Conservative Paul Scully elected to Sutton and Cheam after defeating Lib Dem Paul Burstow" (Sutton Guardian, 8 May 2015). Archived copy.
  6. ^ Sutton & Cheam Parliamentary constituency (BBC News).
  7. ^ "MP pauses ministerial role to run as London mayor". BBC News. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  8. ^ Penna, Dominic; Hope, Christopher (11 June 2023). "Frontrunner in Tory London mayor race fails to make the shortlist". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2023.