32 Facts About Steve Brine

Stephen Charles Brine was born on 28 January 1974 and is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Winchester from 2010 to 2024.

Steve Brine served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Public Health and Primary Care at the Department of Health from June 2017 to March 2019, when Brine resigned to vote against the government's policy on Brexit.

Steve Brine sat for over a month as an independent politician before being readmitted to the party on 29 October 2019.

Alongside his roles in parliament, Steve Brine was a strategic advisor for the pharmaceuticals company Sigma, healthcare recruitment firm Remedium Partners, and assistive technology company Microlink PC till 2021.

Steve Brine was criticised by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards for breaching rules on lobbying during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Steve Brine announced in June 2023 that he would be standing down at the 2024 general election.

Stephen Charles Steve Brine was born on 28 January 1974 to Clive Charles and Gloria Elizabeth Steve Brine.

Steve Brine was a volunteer for the hospital broadcasting service Radio Lion at the Royal Surrey County Hospital.

Steve Brine studied history at Liverpool Hope University, where he served a sabbatical year as president of its students' union.

Steve Brine did an internship in Chicago with the radio station WGN.

Steve Brine later worked as a director of the golf marketing agency Azalea Group.

Steve Brine was selected as the party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Winchester in November 2006.

Steve Brine was elected as MP for Winchester in the 2010 general election with a majority of 3,048 votes.

Steve Brine was one of 136 Conservative MPs who voted against the Marriage Act 2013, which legalised same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

Steve Brine's reason for voting against the Act was that he felt that the bill had been rushed and he alleged that it was an issue that had he had received the most opposition to from many of his constituents.

In July 2014, Steve Brine became PPS to Penning in his new role as Minister of State for Policing within the Ministry of Justice.

Steve Brine was re-elected in the 2015 and 2017 general election.

In May 2015, Steve Brine became PPS to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health.

Steve Brine supported the UK remaining within the EU in the 2016 UK EU membership referendum.

Steve Brine voted for then Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement in early 2019.

Steve Brine had resigned from his ministerial post two days prior.

Steve Brine supported Jeremy Hunt in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.

Steve Brine voted for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.

Steve Brine was re-elected in the 2019 general election, with his majority falling from 9,999 to 985.

Steve Brine was one of 38 MPs to vote against the second national lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2020.

Steve Brine called for MPs and their staff to be prioritised for the COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 and for all COVID-19 legislative restrictions to be removed by the end of April 2021.

Steve Brine initially endorsed Jeremy Hunt in the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election but when Hunt was eliminated from the contest he endorsed Rishi Sunak.

Steve Brine ended his involvement with these companies at the end of 2021 following then Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suggestion that he would ban MPs from having consultancy jobs following the Owen Patterson lobbying scandal.

In January 2022, Steve Brine was criticised for breaching lobbying rules by Eric Pickles, the chair of the anti-corruption watchdog Advisory Committee on Business Appointments for starting his role at Sigma before informing ACOBA of his appointment.

Steve Brine apologised for "a mistake" and blamed "poor admin" on his part.

However, he did not find that Steve Brine had engaged in paid advocacy as the services provided by Remedium were offered for free.

Steve Brine is a former speech and language therapist and works in early years.