Westminster: Select committee Chair election results announced

The Speaker has declared the results of the elections for select committee chairs.

Chair election results

 Select committees appointed under Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):

• Business and Trade (Labour): Liam Byrne MP
• Defence (Labour): Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP
• Education (Labour): Helen Hayes MP
• Energy Security and Net Zero (Labour): Bill Esterson MP
• Foreign Affairs (Labour): Emily Thornberry MP
• Home Affairs (Conservative): Dame Karen Bradley MP
• Housing, Communities and Local Government (Labour): Florence Eshalomi MP
• International Development (Labour): Sarah Champion MP
• Justice (Labour): Andy Slaughter MP
• Science, Innovation and Technology (Labour): Chi Onwurah MP
• Scottish Affairs (Labour): Patricia Ferguson MP  
• Transport (Labour): Ruth Cadbury MP
• Women and Equalities (Labour): Sarah Owen MP
• Work and Pensions (Labour): Debbie Abrahams MP

Other specified select committees:

• Environmental Audit (Labour): Mr Toby Perkins MP
• Procedure (Labour): Cat Smith MP
• Public Accounts (Conservative): Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
• Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (Conservative): Simon Hoare MP
• Standards (Conservative): Alberto Costa MP

Where single nominations were received for the role of Chair, the Speaker declared their election, unopposed, in the Chamber on Monday. They are:

• Culture, Media and Sport (Conservative): Dame Caroline Dinenage MP
• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Liberal Democrat): Mr Alistair Carmichael MP
• Health and Social Care (Liberal Democrat): Layla Moran MP
• Northern Ireland Affairs (Labour): Tonia Antoniazzi MP
• Treasury (Labour): Dame Meg Hillier MP
• Welsh Affairs (Labour): Ruth Jones MP
• Petitions (Liberal Democrat): Jamie Stone MP

Running alongside the select committee elections, Bob Blackman MP was the sole nomination received for the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee and has been declared Chair.

The new chairs will take up their positions when the remaining members of the committee have been appointed by the House. 

Read the breakdown of results (pdf, 215KB

The House of Commons rose for conference recess on Thursday 12 September and will next sit on Monday 7 October at 2.30pm.