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Introduction
Steve Double is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Austell and Newquay since 2015. He has been serving as a junior Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since November 28, 2022. Double served on Cornwall Council and as a town councillor and mayor of St Austell before his selection as Conservative candidate for St Austell and Newquay in the general election.
Early life
| Name | Steve Double |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Age | 56 years |
| Height | 1.75m |
Stephen Daniel Double was born on December 19, 1966 (age 56 years) in St Austell, Cornwell, United Kingdom. He is the son of the evangelist Don Double, he was educated at Poltair School in the town. He worked in Cornwall across a variety of sectors, including working for a bank, a local church, and a charity. From May 2001, he was the Director of Bay Direct Media Ltd, a direct marketing company.
Double additionally in May 2011 became a Director of Phoenix Corporate Ltd, a company selling branded merchandise; he remains a Director and primary shareholder of both companies since becoming an MP. At its establishment in 2009, Double was one of four candidates elected to St Austell Town Council for the Poltair Ward; he was re-elected in 2013 and served as deputy mayor of the town.
He declined to stand at the following election in 2017, having since become an MP. Double was also elected as the Conservative Party candidate onto the new unitary Cornwall Council in 2009 for the St Austell Poltair division, but the seat was subsequently won by the Liberal Democrats candidate at the following election in 2013. Double did not stand for re-election to Cornwall Council in 2013. Double is an evangelical Christian.
Parliamentary career
Steve Double was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Austell and Newquay at the 2015 general election when he defeated the incumbent Liberal Democrat Steve Gilbert. He was re-elected at the 2017 general election. In Parliament, Double has joined twelve All Party Parliamentary Groups. He chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group Ocean Conservation, working with Cornish charity Surfers Against Sewage. The group has campaigned against marine litter and seeks to protect the coastline.
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Double is also co-chair of the Regional Airports APPG which works to lobby the government on behalf of small regional airports, such as Cornwall Airport Newquay. Steve Double is also vice-chair of the Parliamentary Beer Group which works to support pubs and breweries. In this role, he has been able to promote the work of St Austell Brewery, which operate from his constituency. He is also a member of the Ceramics All Party Parliamentary Group which represents the ceramics industry which includes China Clay.
He also sits on the Parliamentary Space Committee where he has promoted Newquay as a frontrunner for the location of the UK’s first spaceport. He is the vice-chair of the Parliamentary Group for Fatherhood. Steve Double has helped secure Government backing for a new link road between the A30 and St Austell. He has led several debates in Parliament on subjects ranging from school term time holiday rules to the cost of car insurance for young people.
Steve Double supported Brexit in the 2016 EU membership referendum. Double has served in Parliament as a Member of the Petitions Committee, the European Scrutiny Committee and the Transport Committee. In September 2017, Double was one of five MPs who backed the Government Departments (Abolition) Bill, which would have resulted in the abolition of the Department for International Development – effectively ending the management of UK aid to foreign countries. He also backed a Bill calling for a new bank holiday to celebrate Brexit.
In December 2018, during the no-confidence vote against Theresa May as leader of the party, Steve Double said he would vote against the then-Prime Minister. In August 2019, Double was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care. In December 2019, Double was re-elected as a Member of Parliament for St Austell & Newquay with an increased majority of 16,526. He received 31,273 votes – up by 6.5 percentage points since his previous election in 2017.
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On 17 September 2021, Double was appointed an Assistant Government Whip in the second cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry. In July 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He was sacked in September 2022 by new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Steve Double joined a number of colleagues in calling for Truss’s resignation, after confusion over a vote on fracking. On 28 October 2022, Double was made Government Whip to the Ministry of Defence by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and King Charles III accordingly named him a junior Lord Commissioner of the Treasury by letters patent dated November 28, 2022.
Double admitted in June 2016 that he had an extra-marital affair with a married 26-year-old aide. Double had reportedly kept this secret from his wife of 30 years. The BBC later reported that Double’s constituency party deputy chairman had resigned, suggesting Double, who had claimed to promote family life, should do the same. They also examined the public’s changing view of morality and quoted political historian Matt Cole who said that whilst the public was now more tolerant of infidelity, it did object to hypocrisy.
Wife
Steve Double is married to his wife Anne Bird, they had their wedding in 1986. The couple has two sons. Double employs his wife as a Senior Caseworker on a salary of up to £30,000. He was listed in an article in The Daily Telegraph which criticized the practice of MPs employing family members, on the lines that it promotes nepotism. Although MPs who were first elected in 2017 have been banned from employing family members, the restriction is not retrospective – meaning that Double’s employment of his wife is lawful. As of early 2023, Steve Double and his wife Anne Bird are still married.
Steve Double net worth
How much is Steve Double worth? Steve Double net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a politician. Steve Double’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $400,000 dollars annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential politicians in the United Kingdom. Steve Double stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.