Results of Select Committee Chair elections announced

The Speaker this evening announced the following results of the ballot to elect the chairs of Select Committee:

• Business and Trade Committee - Liam Byrne
• Defence Committee - Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
• Education Committee - Helen Hayes
• Energy Security and Net Zero Committee - Bill Esterson
• Environmental Audit Committee - Toby Perkins
• Foreign Affairs Committee - Emily Thornberry
• Home Affairs Committee - Dame Karen Bradley
• Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee - Florence Eshalomi
• International Development Committee - Sarah Champion
• Justice Committee - Andy Slaughter
• Procedure Committee - Cat Smith
• Public Accounts Committee - Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
• Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Simon Hoare
• Science, Innovation and Technology Committee - Chi Onwurah
• Committee on Standards - Alberto Costa
• Transport Committee - Ruth Cadbury
• Women and Equalities Committee - Sarah Owen
• Work and Pensions Committee - Debbie Abrahams.

The result of the election for the Chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee will be announced tomorrow as a recount is going on.