Francis Maude information

The Right Honourable
The Lord Maude of Horsham
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Maude of Horsham PC
	Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Trade and Investment
	In office; 11 May 2015 – 10 February 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Livingston of Parkhead
Succeeded by	The Lord Price
Minister for the Cabinet Office; Paymaster General
	In office; 12 May 2010 – 11 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Tessa Jowell
Succeeded by	Matt Hancock
Chairman of the Conservative Party
	In office; 6 May 2005 – 2 July 2007
Leader	Michael Howard; David Cameron;
Preceded by	Liam Fox; The Lord Saatchi;
Succeeded by	Caroline Spelman
Leader
Shadow Cabinet posts; 1997–2010
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
	In office; 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Tim Collins (2002)
Succeeded by	Tessa Jowell
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
	In office; 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Oliver Heald
Succeeded by	Rachel Reeves (2020)
Shadow Foreign Secretary
	In office; 2 February 2000 – 18 September 2001
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	John Maples
Succeeded by	Michael Ancram
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
	In office; 2 June 1998 – 1 February 2000
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Peter Lilley
Succeeded by	Michael Portillo
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
	In office; 11 June 1997 – 2 June 1998
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Virginia Bottomley
Succeeded by	Peter Ainsworth
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices; 1987–1992
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 14 July 1990 – 11 April 1992
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Peter Lilley
Succeeded by	Stephen Dorrell
Minister of State for Europe
	In office; 25 July 1989 – 14 July 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Lynda Chalker
Succeeded by	Tristan Garel-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
	In office; 13 June 1987 – 26 July 1989
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Robert Atkins
Succeeded by	John Redwood
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life peerage ; 28 May 2015
Member of Parliament; for Horsham
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Peter Hordern
Succeeded by	Jeremy Quin
Member of Parliament; for North Warwickshire
	In office; 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Mike O'Brien
Personal details
Born	4 July 1953 (age 70); Abingdon-on-Thames, Berkshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Christina Hadfield (m. 1984)
Children	5
Alma mater	Corpus 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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