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Chair of Defence Committee election: candidates announced
13 May 2014
Following the close of nominations, the list of candidates standing in the ballot to elect a new Chair of the Defence Committee has been announced. The ballot will be held between 11.00am and 1pm on Wednesday 14 May 2014.
The eight candidates
- Mr Crispin Blunt, Conservative MP for Reigate
- Mr Julian Brazier, Conservative MP for Canterbury
- Mr Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East
- Mr James Gray, Conservative MP for North Wiltshire
- Dr Julian Lewis, Conservative MP for New Forest East
- Mr Keith Simpson, Conservative MP for Broadland
- Bob Stewart, Conservative MP for Beckenham
- Rory Stewart, Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border
The candidates and their sponsors
| Candidate | Sponsors: own party | Sponsors: other party or no party |
| Mr Crispin Blunt | Mr Henry Bellingham, Richard Benyon, Sir Paul Beresford, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Mr David Davis, Mr Stephen Dorrell, Mike Freer, Nick Herbert, Dame Angela Watkinson, Mr Andrew Mitchell, Mr Dominic Raab, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Mrs Caroline Spelman, Mr Gary Streeter, Mr Tim Yeo | Sir Menzies Campbell, Mr John Denham, Sir Nick Harvey, Mr David Hanson, Mr Tom Watson |
| Mr Julian Brazier | Sir Roger Gale, Mr Richard Bacon, Priti Patel, Andrew Selous, James Clappison, Tracey Crouch, Mel Stride, Philip Davies, Fiona Bruce, Chris Heaton-Harris, Gareth Johnson, Angie Bray, Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger, Oliver Colville, Sarah Newton | Jim Fitzpatrick, Jim Dobbin, John Pugh, Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Mr Michael McCann |
| Mr Tobias Ellwood | Mr Edward Vaizey, Dr Daniel Poulter, Nicky Morgan, Guy Opperman, Charlie Elphicke, Richard Fuller, Mr Marcus Jones, Dan Byles, Andrew Jones, Kwasi Kwarteng, Nigel Mills, David Rutley, Kris Hopkins, Mr Shailesh Vara, George Freeman | |
| Mr James Gray | James Wharton, Justin Tomlinson, Neil Carmichael, Sir Tony Baldry, Steve Baker, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, Mark Pawsey, Mr Nick Gibb, James Morris, Graham Evans, Mr William Cash, Mark Menzies, David Mowat, Richard Drax, Jacob Rees-Mogg | Sarah Champion, Tom Greatrex, Graham Stringer, Fabian Hamilton, John Hemming |
| Dr Julian Lewis | Mr John Baron, Mark Field, Mr Mark Harper, Sir Gerald Howarth, Chloe Smith, Caroline Nokes, Mr Charles Walker, Mr Peter Bone, Paul Maynard, Jonathan Evans, Dr Liam Fox, Mr Philip Hollobone, Jack Lopresti, Mr David Amess, Craig Whittaker | Hazel Blears, Valerie Vaz, John McDonnell, Mr Peter Hain, Sir Gerald Kaufman |
| Mr Keith Simpson | Mr Simon Burnes, Mr Stephen O'Brien, Margot James, Sir Peter Luff, Brandon Lewis, Sir John Randall, Dr Thérèse Coffey, Eric Ollerenshaw, Nicola Blackwood, Simon Kirby, Mr Robert Buckland, Richard Graham, Alistair Burt, Iain Stewart, Rebecca Harris | Mr Kevan Jones, Simon Wright, John Robertson, Mr Gerry Sutcliffe |
| Bob Stewart | Sheryll Murray, Robert Neill, David Morris, Karen Lumley, Alec Shelbrooke, Stephen Mosley, Stephen Metcalfe, Robert Halfon, Mr Adam Holloway, Jackie Doyle-Price, Andrew Bridgen, David T.C. Davies, Mr Robert Syms, Mr Stewart Jackson, Bob Blackman | Sir Alan Meale, Stephen Lloyd, Mr Michael Thornton, Jim Dowd, Gordon Birtwistle |
| Rory Stewart | Dr Sarah Wollaston, Mr Brooks Newmark, Alok Sharma, Mr Graham Stuart, Sir Richard Ottaway, Laura Sandys, Mr Andrew Tyrie, Mr Peter Lilley, Mr Mark Spencer, Mr Douglas Carswell, Mr Ben Wallace, Nicholas Soames, Mr David Ruffley, Mr Brian Binley, Christopher Pincher | Helen Goodman, Mr Frank Roy, Dame Tessa Jowell, Martin Horwood, Mr Bob Ainsworth |