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Administration Committee

{{Short description|Select committee of the UK House of Commons}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

The Administration Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has a remit "to consider the services provided for and by the House of Commons".

This is a cross-party committee that is made of eleven backbench members. Starting in 2015, the committee chair is whichever member also sits on the House of Commons Commission.

There are weekly meetings held in private, with occasional evidence sessions held publicly. It is considered an inward-facing 'Domestic Committee'. The members are an advisory committee to the House of Commons Commission whose work encompasses many topics, including:{{Cite web |title=Role - Administration Committee |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/2/administration-committee/role/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=UK Parliament}}

  • Catering and banqueting
  • Visitor services and retail
  • Digital services
  • Broadcasting of Parliament
  • Education and public outreach and engagement
  • Rules of access and use of facilities
  • Management of the buildings and facilities which make up the Parliamentary Estate

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-11-25/debates/F787F42D-7E1D-47ED-AD42-792855B0933A/Administration |title=Administration olume 757: debated on Monday 25 November 2024 |author= |date=25 November 2024 |website=hansard.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Hansard |access-date=28 November 2024 |quote=That Bob Blackman and Alberto Costa be members of the Administration Committee.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)}}{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/2/administration-committee/news/204035/nick-smith-mp-elected-as-chair-of-the-house-of-commons-administration-committee/ |title=Nick Smith MP elected as Chair of the House of Commons Administration Committee |author= |date=26 November 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=House of Commons Administration Committee |access-date=28 November 2024 |quote=}}

class="wikitable"

! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Nick Smith MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Alex Barros-Curtis MP

| Labour

| Cardiff West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bob Blackman MP

| Conservative

| Harrow East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Bambos Charalambous MP

| Labour

| Southgate and Wood Green

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Alberto Costa MP

| Conservative

| South Leicestershire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mary Glindon MP

| Labour

| Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Carolyn Harris MP

| Labour

| Swansea East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Navendu Mishra MP

| Labour

| Stockport

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Joe Morris MP

| Labour

| Hexham

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Tessa Munt MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Wells and Mendip Hills

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Max Wilkinson MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Cheltenham

=Changes since 2024=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 31 March 2025

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gill Furniss MP (Labour)

| Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Bambos Charalambous MP (Labour)

| Southgate and Wood Green

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-03-31/debates/CACCF741-58AD-42FC-A453-CCCD5F2E0998/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

2019–2024 Parliament

As of July 2022, the members of the committee are as follows:{{Cite web |title=Administration Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/2/administration-committee/membership |access-date=2020-09-12 |website=committees.parliament.uk |language=en}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Sir Charles Walker MP (Chair)

| Conservative

|Broxbourne

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|John Cryer MP

| Labour

|Leyton and Wanstead

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Michael Fabricant MP

| Conservative

|Lichfield

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|Marion Fellows MP

|SNP

|Motherwell and Wishaw

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Colleen Fletcher MP

| Labour

| Coventry North East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Rt Hon. Sir Greg Knight MP

|Conservative

|East Yorkshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Pauline Latham MP

|Conservative

|Mid Derbyshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Rt Hon. Maria Miller MP

|Conservative

|Basingstoke

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Jessica Morden MP

| Labour

|Newport East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Rt Hon. Mark Tami MP

| Labour

|Alyn and Deeside

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Giles Watling MP

|Conservative

|Clacton

2017-2019 Parliament

Members were announced on 30 October 2017.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-30/debates/EA255366-3375-47AB-8147-0C2255BE953A/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=30 October 2017 |volume= 630}}

class="wikitable"

! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Paul Beresford MP (Chair)

|Conservative

|Mole Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|David Amess MP

|Conservative

|Southend West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Sarah Champion MP

|Labour

|Rotherham

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|John Cryer MP

|Labour

|Leyton and Wanstead

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Michael Fabricant MP

|Conservative

|Lichfield

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Colleen Fletcher MP

|Labour

|Coventry North East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Pauline Latham MP

|Conservative

|Mid Derbyshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Jessica Morden MP

|Labour

|Newport East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Mary Robinson MP

|Conservative

|Cheadle

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Mark Tami MP

|Labour

|Alyn and Deeside

=Changes 2017-2019=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

6 November 2017

| colspan=3 | New seat

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Patrick Grady MP (SNP)

| Glasgow North

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-11-06/debates/6D0C4415-61AE-4821-A1C2-D02B3879109D/Committees Hansard]

22 October 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Patrick Grady MP (SNP)

| Glasgow North

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

| Marion Fellows MP (SNP)

| Motherwell and Wishaw

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-10-22/debates/E3973E57-8100-4F40-93EB-640526B1000F/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

2015-2017 Parliament

Members were announced on 20 July 2015.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-07-20/debates/15072019000003/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=20 July 2015 |volume= 598}}

class="wikitable"

! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Paul Beresford MP (Chair)

|Conservative

|Mole Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|David Amess MP

|Conservative

|Southend West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|John Cryer MP

|Labour

|Leyton and Wanstead

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|Martyn Day MP

|SNP

|Linlithgow and East Falkirk

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Michael Fabricant MP

|Conservative

|Lichfield

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|James Gray MP

|Conservative

|North Wiltshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Nigel Mills MP

|Conservative

|Amber Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Gisela Stuart MP

|Labour

|Birmingham Edgbaston

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Mark Tami MP

|Labour

|Alyn and Deeside

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Keith Vaz MP

|Labour

|Leicester East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Robin Walker MP

|Conservative

|Worcester

=Changes 2015-2017=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

28 November 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robin Walker MP (Conservative)

| Worcester

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robert Syms MP (Conservative)

| Poole

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-11-28/debates/F619A586-4FC6-4207-90B5-A95F94A2FCD1/Committees Hansard]

16 January 2017

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| James Gray MP (Conservative)

| North Wiltshire

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Mary Robinson MP (Conservative)

| Cheadle

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-01-16/debates/91DD1250-77F6-46B1-A7AC-7D06963EDF5E/DelegatedLegislation Hansard]

2010-2015 Parliament

Members were announced on 26 July 2010.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Administration |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100726/debtext/100726-0004.htm#10072645000003 |house=House of Commons |date=26 July 2010 |volume= 514 }}

class="wikitable"

! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member

! width="160px" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP

|Conservative

|The Cotswolds

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Rosie Cooper MP

|Labour

|West Lancashire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Frank Dobson MP

|Labour

|Holborn and St Pancras

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Thomas Docherty MP

|Labour

|Dunfermline and West Fife

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Gemma Doyle MP

|Labour and Co-op

|West Dunbartonshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Mark Francois MP

|Conservative

|Rayleigh and Wickford

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Alan Haselhurst MP

|Conservative

|Saffron Walden

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Siân James MP

|Labour

|Swansea East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Dr Phillip Lee MP

|Conservative

|Bracknell

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Nigel Mills MP

|Conservative

|Amber Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

|Tessa Munt MP

|Liberal Democrats

|Wells

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Sarah Newton MP

|Conservative

|Truro and Falmouth

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

|Bob Russell MP

|Liberal Democrats

|Colchester

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Shailesh Vara MP

|Conservative

|North West Cambridgeshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|David Watts MP

|Labour

|St Helens North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Mike Weatherley MP

|Conservative

|Hove

=Changes 2010-2015=

class="wikitable"

! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

rowspan=3| 2 November 2010

| rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Frank Dobson MP (Labour)

| Holborn and St Pancras

| rowspan=3| →

| rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Harris MP (Labour)

| Glasgow South

| rowspan=3| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-11-02/debates/1011036000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Gemma Doyle MP (Labour)

| West Dunbartonshire

| Kevan Jones MP (Labour)

| North Durham

David Watts MP (Labour)

| St Helens North

| Angela Smith MP (Labour)

| Penistone and Stocksbridge

rowspan=2| 22 November 2010

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Harris MP (Labour)

| Glasgow South

| rowspan=2| →

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| John Spellar MP (Labour)

| Warley

| rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-11-22/debates/1011231000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Siân James MP (Labour)

| Swansea East

| David Watts MP (Labour)

| St Helens North

rowspan=3| 14 November 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (Conservative)

| The Cotswolds

| rowspan=3| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Graham Evans MP (Conservative)

| Weaver Vale

| rowspan=3| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111114/debtext/111114-0003.htm#11111440000005 Hansard]

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Bob Russell MP (Liberal Democrats)

| Colchester

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

| Mark Hunter MP (Liberal Democrats)

| Cheadle

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Shailesh Vara MP (Conservative)

| North West Cambridgeshire

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Kirby MP (Conservative)

| Brighton Kemptown

23 January 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Angela Smith MP (Labour)

| Penistone and Stocksbridge

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Mark Tami MP (Labour)

| Alyn and Deeside

| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201212/cmhansrd/cm120123/debtext/120123-0004.htm#1201242000004 Hansard]

22 October 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Mark Francois MP (Conservative)

| Rayleigh and Wickford

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Desmond Swayne MP (Conservative)

| New Forest West

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-10-22/debates/12102235000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

29 October 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Rosie Cooper MP (Labour)

| West Lancashire

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Keith Vaz MP (Conservative)

| Leicester East

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2012-10-29/debates/1210301000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

rowspan=4| 3 December 2012

| rowspan=4 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Simon Kirby MP (Conservative)

| Brighton Kemptown

| rowspan=4| →

| rowspan=4 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)

| Staffordshire Moorlands

| rowspan=4| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121203/debtext/121203-0004.htm#1212041000006 Hansard]

Dr Phillip Lee MP (Conservative)

| Bracknell

| Marcus Jones MP (Conservative)

| Nuneaton

Sarah Newton MP (Conservative)

| Truro and Falmouth

| David Morris MP (Conservative)

| Morecambe and Lunesdale

Mike Weatherley MP (Conservative)

| Hove

| John Penrose MP (Conservative)

| Weston-super-Mare

25 March 2013

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Graham Evans MP (Conservative)

| Weaver Vale

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Nicholas Soames MP (Conservative)

| Crawley

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2013-03-25/debates/1303265000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

rowspan=2| 1 July 2013

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kevan Jones MP (Labour)

| North Durham

| rowspan=2| →

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tom Harris MP (Labour)

| Glasgow South

| rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-07-01/debates/1307025000004/Administration Hansard]

John Spellar MP (Labour)

| Warley

| David Wright MP (Labour)

| Telford

rowspan=2| 28 October 2013

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Penrose MP (Conservative)

| Weston-super-Mare

| rowspan=2| →

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| David Evennett MP (Conservative)

| Bexleyheath and Crayford

| rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-10-28/debates/13102830000006/ADMINISTRATION Hansard]

Desmond Swayne MP (Conservative)

| New Forest West

| Robert Syms MP (Conservative)

| Poole

rowspan=3| 10 March 2014

| rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)

| Staffordshire Moorlands

| rowspan=3| →

| rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative)

| West Worcestershire

| rowspan=3| [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140310/debtext/140310-0004.htm#14031036000005 Hansard]

David Morris MP (Conservative)

| Morecambe and Lunesdale

| Conor Burns MP (Conservative)

| Bournemouth West

Nicholas Soames MP (Conservative)

| Crawley

| Mark Harper MP (Conservative)

| Forest of Dean

rowspan=2| 1 December 2014

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative)

| West Worcestershire

| rowspan=2| →

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Michael Fabricant MP (Conservative)

| Lichfield

| rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2014-12-01/debates/14120135000003/Committees Hansard]

Mark Harper MP (Conservative)

| Forest of Dean

| Ben Wallace MP (Conservative)

| Wyre and Preston North

8 December 2014

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robert Syms MP (Conservative)

| Poole

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Nigel Evans MP (Conservative)

| Ribble Valley

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2014-12-08/debates/14120836000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_DJ Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives]

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