The Education Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Education and any associated public bodies.
The chair of the committee until 2024 was Robin Walker MP. Previous chairs include Robert Halfon MP (2017-2022), Neil Carmichael (2015–17) and Graham Stuart MP (2010–2015).
Current membership
On 5 September 2024, nominations for the role were opened with the candidates being Labour MPs Sharon Hodgson, Marie Tidball and Helen Hayes. Hayes was elected.The full membership as of 29 October 2024 is:
2019-2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.
Changes 2019-2024
Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.
2017-2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Robert Halfon MP (Chair) | Conservative | Harlow | |
Lucy Allan MP | Conservative | Telford | |
Michelle Donelan MP | Conservative | Chippenham | |
Marion Fellows MP | Scottish National Party | Motherwell and Wishaw | |
James Frith MP | Labour | Bury North | |
Emma Hardy MP | Labour | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | |
Trudy Harrison MP | Conservative | Copeland | |
Ian Mearns MP | Labour | Gateshead | |
Lucy Powell MP | Labour | Manchester Central | |
Thelma Walker MP | Labour | Colne Valley | |
William Wragg MP | Conservative | Hazel Grove |
Changes 2017-2019
Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
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22 October 2018 | Michelle Donelan MP (Conservative) | Chippenham | → | Ben Bradley MP (Conservative) | Mansfield | Hansard |
2015-2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.
Changes 2015-2017
Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
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1 February 2016 | Kate Hollern MP (Labour) | Blackburn | → | Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour) | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Hansard | ||
Kate Osamor MP (Labour) | Edmonton | Stephen Timms MP (Labour) | East Ham | |||||
22 February 2016 | Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative) | Romsey and Southampton North | → | William Wragg MP (Conservative) | Hazel Grove | Hansard | ||
31 October 2016 | Stephen Timms MP (Labour) | East Ham | → | Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour) | Nottingham South | Hansard |
2010-2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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Graham Stuart MP (Chair) | Conservative | Beverley and Holderness | |
Conor Burns MP | Conservative | Bournemouth West | |
Nic Dakin MP | Labour | Scunthorpe | |
Pat Glass MP | Labour | North West Durham | |
Damian Hinds MP | Conservative | East Hampshire | |
Liz Kendall MP | Labour | Leicester West | |
Charlotte Leslie MP | Conservative | Bristol North West | |
Ian Mearns MP | Labour | Gateshead | |
Tessa Munt MP | Liberal Democrats | Wells | |
Lisa Nandy MP | Labour | Wigan | |
Craig Whittaker MP | Conservative | Calder Valley |
Changes 2010-2015
Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
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2 November 2010 | Conor Burns MP (Conservative) | Bournemouth West | → | Neil Carmichael MP (Conservative) | Stroud | Hansard | ||
Liz Kendall MP (Labour) | Leicester West | Bill Esterson MP (Labour) | Sefton Central | |||||
31 October 2016 | Nic Dakin MP (Labour) | Scunthorpe | → | Alex Cunningham MP (Labour) | Stockton North | Hansard | ||
11 June 2012 | Tessa Munt MP (Liberal Democrats) | Wells | → | David Ward MP (Liberal Democrats) | Bradford East | Hansard | ||
10 September 2012 | Lisa Nandy MP (Labour) | Wigan | → | Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour) | Mitcham and Morden | Hansard | ||
5 November 2012 | Damian Hinds MP (Conservative) | East Hampshire | → | Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative) | Kingswood | Hansard | ||
4 November 2013 | Charlotte Leslie MP (Conservative) | Bristol North West | → | Dominic Raab MP (Conservative) | Esher and Walton | Hansard | ||
18 March 2014 | Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative) | Kingswood | → | Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative) | Romsey and Southampton North | Hansard |
Publications
2017 - 2019 Parliament
2015-17 Parliament
Chair of the Education Select Committee
Chair | Party | Constituency | First elected | Method | |
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Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP | Conservative | Harlow | 12 July 2017 | Elected by the House of Commons | |
Neil Carmichael MP | Conservative | Stroud | 18 June 2015 | Elected by the House of Commons | |
Graham Stuart MP | Conservative | Beverley and Holderness | 9 June 2010 | Elected by the House of Commons | |
Previously as Children, Schools and Families Select Committee | |||||
Barry Sheerman MP | Labour Co-op | Huddersfield | 12 November 2007 | Elected by the Select Committee | |
Previously as Education and Skills Select Committee | |||||
Barry Sheerman MP | Labour Co-op | Huddersfield | 16 July 2001 | Elected by the Select Committee |
Election results
From June 2010 chairs of select committees have been directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the alternative vote system. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes redistributed until one remaining candidate has more than half of valid votes. Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.
16 November 2022 | |||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Robin Walker | 217 | 48.1 | 228 | 53.3 | |
Caroline Ansell | 108 | 23.9 | 124 | 28.4 | |
David Simmonds | 70 | 15.5 | 84 | 19.3 | |
Jonathan Gullis | 56 | 12.4 | Eliminated | ||
Not redistributed | 15 | 3.3 | |||
Valid votes | 451 | 436 |
27 January 2020 | |||
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Candidate | 1st round | ||
Votes | % | ||
Robert Halfon | Unopposed |
12 July 2017 | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | ||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Robert Halfon | 136 | 23.8 | 141 | 25.1 | 152 | 27.7 | 185 | 35.7 | 261 | 55.1 | |
Nick Boles | 129 | 22.6 | 137 | 24.4 | 153 | 27.9 | 178 | 34.4 | 213 | 44.9 | |
Dan Poulter | 109 | 19.1 | 112 | 20.0 | 127 | 23.2 | 155 | 29.9 | Eliminated | ||
Tim Loughton | 101 | 17.7 | 104 | 18.5 | 116 | 21.2 | Eliminated | ||||
Stephen Metcalfe | 63 | 11.0 | 67 | 11.9 | Eliminated | ||||||
Rehman Chishti | 33 | 5.8 | Eliminated | ||||||||
Not redistributed | 10 | 1.8 | 23 | 4.0 | 53 | 9.3 | 97 | 17.0 | |||
Valid votes | 571 | 561 | 548 | 518 | 474 |
17 June 2015 | |||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | |||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Neil Carmichael | 224 | 37.5 | 294 | 53.8 | |||
Tim Loughton | 191 | 32.0 | 252 | 46.2 | |||
Caroline Nokes | 182 | 30.5 | Eliminated | ||||
Not redistributed | 51 | 8.5 | |||||
Valid votes | 597 | 546 |
9 June 2010 | |||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | ||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Graham Stuart | 192 | 36.6 | 210 | 42.2 | 244 | 52.5 | |
Rob Wilson | 159 | 30.3 | 183 | 36.7 | 221 | 47.5 | |
Lee Scott | 92 | 17.5 | 105 | 21.1 | Eliminated | ||
Andrew Turner | 82 | 15.6 | Eliminated | ||||
Not redistributed | 27 | 5.1 | 60 | 11.4 | |||
Valid votes | 525 | 498 | 465 |
See also
- Select committee (United Kingdom)
- British House of Commons
- List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
References
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