membership
Defence Committee membership agreed
7 September 2017
The Defence Committee membership for the 2017 Parliament has been agreed by the House.
The Chair and Members of the Committee are:
- Dr Julian Lewis MP (Chair) (Conservative)
- Leo Docherty MP (Conservative)
- Martin Docherty-Hughes MP (SNP)
- Mark Francois MP (Conservative)
- Graham P Jones MP (Labour)
- Johnny Mercer MP (Conservative)
- Mrs Madeleine Moon MP (Labour)
- Gavin Robinson MP (DUP)
- Ruth Smeeth MP (Labour)
- John Spellar MP (Labour)
- Phil Wilson MP (Labour)
Election of chairs and members
Committee chairs were elected by a secret ballot of all MPs in July 2017. The members of committees are then selected by their parties through an internal ballot, for agreement by the House.
The allocation of chairs and the membership of select committees broadly reflects the balance of political parties in the House.