Education Select Committee
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 is Rt Hon. Robert Halfon MP.[1] Previous Chairs include Neil Carmichael (2015–17) and Graham Stuart MP (2010–2015).
Membership
As of 14 March 2020, the membership of the committee is as follows:[2]
Member | Party | Constituency | |
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The Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP (Chair) | Conservative | Harlow | |
Jonathan Gullis MP | Conservative | Stoke-on-Trent North | |
Tom Hunt MP | Conservative | Ipswich | |
Caroline Johnson MP | Conservative | Sleaford and North Hykeham | |
Fleur Anderson MP | Labour | Putney | |
Apsana Begum MP | Labour | Poplar and Limehouse | |
David Johnston MP | Conservative | Wantage | |
Ian Mearns MP | Labour | Gateshead | |
Lucy Powell MP | Labour Co-op | Manchester Central | |
David Simmonds MP | Conservative | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | |
Christian Wakeford MP | Conservative | Bury South |
Changes
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.
22 October 2018 | Michelle Donelan MP | Chippenham | → | Ben Bradley MP | Mansfield | 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[3] | |
Previously as Education and Skills Select Committee | |||||
Barry Sheerman MP | Labour Co-op | Huddersfield | 16 July 2001 | Elected by the Select Committee[3] |
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.[4] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.[5]
12 July 2017[6] | |||||||||||
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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[7] | |||||||
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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[8] | |||||||
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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
References
- https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/news-parliament-2017/chair-elected-17-19/
- https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/membership/
- https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10534/barry_sheerman/huddersfield
- https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmstords/900/body.htm#122B
- http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN04400
- https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Select-Committee-Chair-Results-2017.pdf
- https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/committee-chair-election-results.pdf
- http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/chair-elections/Committee-Chair-Results.pdf