Scott Mann

Scott Leslie Mann (born 24 June 1977) is a British Conservative politician and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall since 2015. He currently serves as a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of the Treasury). He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs from September to October 2022. Previously he represented the Wadebridge West ward on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2016. Early life Mann was born on 24 June 1977 in Wadebridge, Cornwall, where he also grew up. He attended Wadebridge Secondary School. His father had grown up in Bodmin and had a career in boat construction. His mother grew up in St Kew Highway, Cornwall. After leaving school at 16, Mann attended St Austell College, completing a BTEC business diploma, before becoming a postman for the Royal Mail in 1995 until 2015, based at the local sorting office in Wadebridge. 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. In 2013, Mann retained his seat as county councillor for Wadebridge West.