Winning candidates for select committee chairs announced
12 July 2017
The full list of elected committee chairs for the new Parliament has been announced by the Speaker, the Rt Hon John Bercow. All successful candidates are listed below.
The announcement concludes the process for electing most of the select committee chairs, which takes place at the start of each new Parliament. This includes 19 departmental select committees and a selection of other committees elected under Standing Order Number 122B. The chair of the Backbench Business Committee is elected separately, under Standing Order 122D.
In total, 54 nominations were received for 27 select committees. Eleven chair positions were contested through elections. No election was necessary for seventeen committees for which a single nomination was received.
Contested elections
The ballot was conducted by secret ballot and counted using the Alternative Vote system. In total, 587 ballots were cast.
The successful candidates are:
- Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Labour) - Rachel Reeves
- Communities and Local Government (Labour) - Clive Betts
- Defence (Conservative) - Dr Julian Lewis
- Education (Conservative) - Robert Halfon
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Conservative) - Neil Parish
- Foreign Affairs (Conservative) - Tom Tugendhat
- Northern Ireland Affairs (Conservative) - Dr Andrew Murrison
- Science and Technology (Liberal Democrat) - Norman Lamb
- Transport (Labour) - Lilian Greenwood
- Treasury (Conservative) - Nicky Morgan
And, elected under Standing Order 122D:
- Backbench Business Committee (Opposition party) - Ian Mearns
Committees where no election is necessary (for which a single nomination was received)
Departmental committees:
- Culture, Media and Sport (Conservative) - Damian Collins
- Exiting the EU (Labour) – Hilary Benn
- Health (Conservative) – Dr Sarah Wollaston
- Home Affairs (Labour) – Yvette Cooper
- International Development (Labour) – Stephen Twigg
- International Trade (Scottish National Party) – Angus Brendan MacNeil
- Justice (Conservative) – Robert Neill
- Scottish Affairs (Scottish National Party) – Pete Wishart
- Welsh Affairs (Conservative) – David T C Davies
- Women and Equalities (Conservative) – Mrs Maria Miller
- Work and Pensions (Labour) – Frank Field
Other specified select committees:
- Environmental Audit (Labour) – Mary Creagh
- Petitions (Labour) – Helen Jones
- Procedure (Conservative) – Mr Charles Walker
- Public Accounts (Labour) – Meg Hillier
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (Conservative) – Mr Bernard Jenkin
- Standards (Labour) - Sir Kevin Barron
The successful candidates will take up their position as Chair of the committee when the remaining members of the committee have been appointed by the House.
Further details for each position of Chair, including nominations and supporting statements, are available on individual committee pages.