MPs vote to elect the chairs of select committees

Members of Parliament are voting to elect committee chairs in the House of Commons.

Since 2010, most committee chairs have been elected by the whole House, by using the alternative vote system. The House agreed a motion to allocate committee chairs to parties on 30 July. Members can only be candidates for a committee chair post that has been allocated to their party.

The ballot opens at 10am and closes at 4pm. MPs are issued with separate ballot papers for each committee. They vote by ranking candidates in order of preference. They can indicate as few or as many preferences as they wish. The results will be published once they have been announced in the House of Commons. All candidates (including those elected unopposed) and their supporting statements are published on individual committee pages.

Elections will take place for the following select committees appointed under Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):

Business and Trade – Labour

Defence – Labour

Education – Labour

Energy Security and Net Zero – Labour

Foreign Affairs – Labour

Home Affairs – Conservative

Housing, Communities and Local Government – Labour

International Development – Labour

Justice – Labour

Science, Innovation and Technology – Labour

Scottish Affairs – Labour

Transport – Labour

Women and Equalities – Labour

Work and Pensions – Labour

Other specified select committees:

Environmental Audit – Labour

Procedure – Labour

Public Accounts – Conservative

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs – Conservative

Standards – Conservative

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.