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Education Select Committee

{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}}

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

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.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=Robin Walker elected as education committee chair |url=https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ex-minister-robin-walker-elected-as-education-committee-chair/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=schoolsweek.co.uk |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |date=5 September 2024 |title=Nominations open for the Education Committee Chair |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/education-committee/news/202704/nominations-open-for-the-education-committee-chair/ |website=UK Parliament}} Hayes was elected.{{Cite web |date=11 September 2024 |title=Select committee Chair elections |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2024/september/select-committee-chair-elections/ |access-date=11 September 2024 |website=UK Parliament Website}}{{cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/education-committee/membership/|title=Education Committee|work=UK Parliament|access-date=23 October 2024}} The full membership as of 29 October 2024 is:{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/education-committee/news/203465/education-committee-membership-appointed/ |title=Education Committee membership appointed |author= |date=29 October 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=Education Committee |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=}}

class="wikitable"

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

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

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

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

| Helen Hayes MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Dulwich and West Norwood

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

| Jess Asato MP

| Labour

| Lowestoft

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

| Sureena Brackenridge MP

| Labour

| Wolverhampton North East

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

| Caroline Johnson MP

| Conservative

| Sleaford and North Hykeham

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

| Amanda Martin MP

| Labour

| Portsmouth North

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

| Darren Paffey MP

| Labour

| Southampton Itchen

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

| Manuela Perteghella MP

| Lib Dems

| Stratford-on-Avon

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

| Mark Sewards MP

| Labour

| Leeds South West and Morley

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

| Patrick Spencer MP

| Conservative

| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

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

| Marie Tidball MP

| Labour

| Penistone and Stocksbridge

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

| Caroline Voaden MP

| Lib Dems

| South Devon

2019–2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-27/debates/61727BCA-DE80-46AF-9F48-22F43F7297C6/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=27 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}

class="wikitable"

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

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

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

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

|Robert Halfon MP (Chair)

| Conservative

|Harlow

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

|Fleur Anderson MP

| Labour

|Putney

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

|Apsana Begum MP

| Labour

|Poplar and Limehouse

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

|Jonathan Gullis MP

| Conservative

|Stoke-on-Trent North

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

|Tom Hunt MP

| Conservative

|Ipswich

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

|Dr Caroline Johnson MP

| Conservative

|Sleaford and North Hykeham

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

|David Johnston MP

| Conservative

|Wantage

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

| Ian Mearns MP

| Labour

| Gateshead

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

| Lucy Powell MP

|Labour Co-op

| Manchester Central

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

|David Simmonds MP

| Conservative

|Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

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

|Christian Wakeford MP

|Conservative

|Bury South

= 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.

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

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

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

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

rowspan=2 | 11 May 2020

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

|Fleur Anderson MP (Labour)

|Putney

|rowspan=2 |→

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

|Dawn Butler MP (Labour)

|Brent Central

|rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-05-11/debates/70E7050E-185C-43C5-8200-8F160EE614BF/Committees Hansard]

Lucy Powell MP (Labour and Co-op)

|Manchester Central

|Kim Johnson MP (Labour)

|Liverpool Riverside

21 September 2020

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

|Dawn Butler MP (Labour)

|Brent Central

|→

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

|Fleur Anderson MP (Labour)

|Putney

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-09-21/debates/B3AB8465-5383-4289-998E-3D7C3103C038/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

13 July 2021

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

|Fleur Anderson MP (Labour)

|Putney

|→

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

|Mohammad Yasin MP (Labour)

|Bedford

7 September 2021

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

|Jonathan Gullis MP (Conservative)

|Stoke-on-Trent North

|→

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

|Nicola Richards MP (Conservative)

|West Bromwich East

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-09-07/debates/BC33F7FF-16D6-44AD-8878-5441BE41753B/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

rowspan=2 | 19 October 2021

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

|David Johnston MP (Conservative)

|Wantage

|rowspan=2 |→

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

|Miriam Cates MP (Conservative)

|Penistone and Stocksbridge

|rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-10-19/debates/4134E17B-E0F6-4A4B-9419-878A6B60A87A/Committees Hansard]

David Simmonds MP (Conservative)

|Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

|Brendan Clarke-Smith MP (Conservative)

|Bassetlaw

rowspan=2 | 15 March 2022

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

|Brendan Clarke-Smith MP (Conservative)

|Bassetlaw

|rowspan=2 |→

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

|Caroline Ansell MP (Conservative)

|Eastbourne

|rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-03-15/debates/F17C0B29-F71D-441C-A46E-997A9FD45AB9/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

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

|Christian Wakeford MP (Labour)

|Bury South

|Anna Firth MP (Conservative)

|Southend West

29 March 2022

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

|Nicola Richards MP (Conservative)

|West Bromwich East

|→

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

|Angela Richardson MP (Conservative)

|Guildford

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-03-29/debates/C559A769-5CC3-4A4C-B03B-7EDE21AE3108/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

25 October 2022

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

| Dr Caroline Johnson MP (Conservative)

|Sleaford and North Hykeham

|→

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

|Andrew Lewer MP (Conservative)

|Northampton South

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-10-25/debates/0ED919ED-4562-426D-9F32-8CE1284BF2B8/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

27 October 2022

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

|Robert Halfon MP (Chair, Conservative)

|Harlow

|→

|colspan=3 | Vacant

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-10-27/debates/C226EC9D-D426-4F63-B342-D76A3C63E6DD/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement Hansard]

8 November 2022

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

|Tom Hunt MP (Conservative)

|Ipswich

|→

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

|Flick Drummond MP (Conservative)

|Meon Valley

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-11-08/debates/A3104B55-D1E4-41D5-AE6A-7AC4FAED158E/Committees Hansard]

16 November 2022

|colspan=3 | Vacant

|→

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

|Robin Walker MP (Chair, Conservative)

|Worcester

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-11-16/debates/7E39F244-AFBA-4AD5-8649-D1B8D5994F80/NationalSecurityBill Hansard]

29 November 2022

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

|Angela Richardson MP (Conservative)

|Guildford

|→

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

|Nick Fletcher MP (Conservative)

|Don Valley

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-11-29/debates/22112963000004/Committees Hansard]

13 March 2023

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

|Kate Osborne MP (Labour)

|Jarrow

|→

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

|Mohammad Yasin MP (Labour)

|Bedford

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-03-13/debates/E610B716-81F9-4E25-BFC7-30A6048860BC/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

22 January 2024

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

|Miriam Cates MP (Conservative)

|Penistone and Stocksbridge

|→

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

|Vicky Ford MP (Conservative)

|Chelmsford

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-01-22/debates/E9BC8CAE-6A0A-432A-A1C7-05919EA2BB53/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

rowspan=2 | 30 April 2024

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

|Apsana Begum MP (Labour)

|Poplar and Limehouse

|rowspan=2 |→

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

|Gen Kitchen MP (Labour)

|Wellingborough

|rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-04-30/debates/20FC0411-ABBD-4900-B55B-9DE6FCF63564/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Kim Johnson MP (Labour)

|Liverpool Riverside

|Jess Phillips MP (Labour)

|Birmingham Yardley

2017–2019 Parliament

The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}

class="wikitable"

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

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

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

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

| Robert Halfon MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Harlow

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

|Lucy Allan MP

| Conservative

|Telford

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

|Michelle Donelan MP

| Conservative

|Chippenham

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

|Marion Fellows MP

| Scottish National Party

|Motherwell and Wishaw

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

|James Frith MP

| Labour

|Bury North

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

| Emma Hardy MP

|Labour

| Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

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

|Trudy Harrison MP

| Conservative

|Copeland

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

| Ian Mearns MP

| Labour

| Gateshead

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

|Lucy Powell MP

| Labour

|Manchester Central

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

|Thelma Walker MP

| Labour

|Colne Valley

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

|William Wragg MP

| Conservative

|Hazel Grove

=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

22 October 2018

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

|Michelle Donelan MP (Conservative)

|Chippenham

|→

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

|Ben Bradley MP (Conservative)

|Mansfield

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

2015–2017 Parliament

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-07-06/debates/1507071000003/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=6 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}

class="wikitable"

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

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

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

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

| Neil Carmichael MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Stroud

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

|Lucy Allan MP

| Conservative

|Telford

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

|Ian Austin MP

| Labour

|Dudley North

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

|Michelle Donelan MP

| Conservative

|Chippenham

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

|Marion Fellows MP

| Scottish National Party

|Motherwell and Wishaw

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

|Suella Fernandes MP

| Conservative

|Fareham

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

|Lucy Frazer MP

| Conservative

|South East Cambridgeshire

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

| Kate Hollern MP

|Labour

| Blackburn

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

| Ian Mearns MP

| Labour

| Gateshead

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

|Caroline Nokes MP

| Conservative

|Romsey and Southampton North

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

|Kate Osamor MP

| Labour

|Edmonton

=Changes 2015–2017=

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! 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=2| 1 February 2016

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

|Kate Hollern MP (Labour)

|Blackburn

|rowspan=2|→

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

|Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour)

|Newcastle upon Tyne North

|rowspan=2|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-02-01/debates/1602026000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Kate Osamor MP (Labour)

|Edmonton

|Stephen Timms MP (Labour)

|East Ham

22 February 2016

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

|Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative)

|Romsey and Southampton North

|→

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

|William Wragg MP (Conservative)

|Hazel Grove

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-02-22/debates/16022238000005/EDUCATION Hansard]

31 October 2016

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

|Stephen Timms MP (Labour)

|East Ham

|→

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

|Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour)

|Nottingham South

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-10-31/debates/FACA5BE1-1594-4C21-9C5C-35B154AFE157/COMMITTEES Hansard]

2010–2015 Parliament

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-06-10/debates/10061031000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=10 June 2010 |volume= 511 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-07-12/debates/1007131000004/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2010 |volume= 513 }}

class="wikitable"

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

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

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

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

| Graham Stuart MP (Chair)

| Conservative

| Beverley and Holderness

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

|Conor Burns MP

| Conservative

|Bournemouth West

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

|Nic Dakin MP

| Labour

|Scunthorpe

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

|Pat Glass MP

| Labour

|North West Durham

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

|Damian Hinds MP

| Conservative

|East Hampshire

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

| Liz Kendall MP

|Labour

| Leicester West

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

|Charlotte Leslie MP

| Conservative

|Bristol North West

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

| Ian Mearns MP

| Labour

| Gateshead

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

|Tessa Munt MP

| Liberal Democrats

|Wells

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

|Lisa Nandy MP

| Labour

|Wigan

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

|Craig Whittaker MP

| Conservative

| Calder Valley

=Changes 2010–2015=

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! 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=2 | 2 November 2010

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

|Conor Burns MP (Conservative)

|Bournemouth West

|rowspan=2 | →

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

|Neil Carmichael MP (Conservative)

|Stroud

|rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-11-02/debates/1011036000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

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

|Liz Kendall MP (Labour)

|Leicester West

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

|Bill Esterson MP (Labour)

|Sefton Central

31 October 2016

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

|Nic Dakin MP (Labour)

|Scunthorpe

|→

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

|Alex Cunningham MP (Labour)

|Stockton North

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2011-11-07/debates/1111082000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

11 June 2012

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

|Tessa Munt MP (Liberal Democrats)

|Wells

|→

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

|David Ward MP (Liberal Democrats)

|Bradford East

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2011-11-07/debates/1111082000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

10 September 2012

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

|Lisa Nandy MP (Labour)

|Wigan

|→

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

|Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour)

|Mitcham and Morden

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-09-10/debates/12091035000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

5 November 2012

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

|Damian Hinds MP (Conservative)

|East Hampshire

|→

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

|Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative)

|Kingswood

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-11-05/debates/12110555000004/Committees Hansard]

4 November 2013

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

|Charlotte Leslie MP (Conservative)

|Bristol North West

|→

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|Dominic Raab MP (Conservative)

|Esher and Walton

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-11-04/debates/13110416000003/Committees Hansard]

18 March 2014

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

|Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative)

|Kingswood

|→

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

|Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative)

|Romsey and Southampton North

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2014-03-18/debates/140318102000003/Committees Hansard]

Publications

=2017 - 2019 Parliament=

class="wikitable"
DateTitle

!

Government response
8 October 2018

|[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/344/34402.htm Sixth Report of the Session 2017–19: The apprenticeships ladder of opportunity: quality not quantity]

|

|Awaited

25 July 2018[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/342/34202.htm Fifth Report of Session 2017–19: Forgotten children: alternative provision and the scandal of ever increasing exclusions]

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Awaited
13 July 2018[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/1048/104802.htm Fourth Report of Session 2017–19: Appointment of the Chair of the Social Mobility Commission]

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N/A
9 May 2018[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmhealth/642/64202.htm Third Report of Session 2017–19: The Government’s Green Paper on mental health: failing a generation]

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[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728902/HESC_Print__3_.pdf Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2017–19]
22 March 2018[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/866/86602.htm Second Report of Session 2017–19: The future of the Social Mobility Commission]

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[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710294/DfE-Social_Mobility_Commission_report.pdf Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2017–19]
22 December 2017[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/340/34002.htm First Report of Session 2017–19: Fostering]

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[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727613/Fostering_better_outcomes_.pdf Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2017–19]

=2015-17 Parliament=

class="wikitable"
DateTitleGovernment response
2 May 2017[https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/682/68202.htm Eleventh Report of Session 2016–17: Primary assessment][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/501/50102.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2016–17]
1 May 2017[https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmhealth/849/84902.htm Tenth Report of Session 2016–17: Children and young people's mental health—the role of education][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/451/45102.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report of Session 2016–17]
25 April 2017[https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/683/68302.htm Ninth Report of Session 2016–17: Exiting the EU: challenges and opportunities for higher education][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/502/50202.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2016–17]
31 March 2017[https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmese/206/20602.htm Eighth Report of Session 2016–17: Apprenticeships][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/450/45002.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2016–17]
28 February 2017[https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/204/20402.htm Seventh Report of Session 2016–17: Multi-academy trusts][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/452/45202.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2016–17]
24 February 2017[https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/882/88202.htm Sixth Report of Session 2016–17: Appointment of the Chair of the Office for Students]N/A
21 February 2017[https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/199/19902.htm Fifth Report of Session 2016–17: Recruitment and retention of teachers][https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/638/63802.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2016–17]
13 February 2017[https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/780/78002.htm Fourth Report of Session 2016–17: Evidence check: Grammar schools][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmeduc/623/62302.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2016–17]
13 July 2016[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/201/20102.htm Third Report of Session 2016–17: Social work reform][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/733/73302.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2016–17]
7 July 2016[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/170/17002.htm Second Report of Session 2016–17: Appointment of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmeduc/674/67402.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2016–17]
5 July 2016[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmese/205/20502.htm First Report of Session 2016–17: Careers education, information, advice and guidance][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmese/757/75702.htm Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2016–17]
28 April 2016[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmeduc/481/48102.htm Fourth Report of Session 2015–16: Mental health and well-being of looked-after children][https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/552688/Mental_health_response_accessible.pdf Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2015–16]
20 March 2016[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmeduc/822/82202.htm Third Report of Session 2015–16: Appointment of the Chief Regulator of Ofqual]N/A
24 January 2016[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmeduc/480/48002.htm Second Report of Session 2015–16: Holocaust education][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmeduc/974/97402.htm Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2015–16]
20 January 2016[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmeduc/401/40102.htm First Report of Session 2015–16: The role of Regional Schools Commissioners][https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmeduc/975/97502.htm Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2015–16]

Chair of the Education Select Committee

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Chair

!Party

!Constituency

!First elected

!Method

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

|Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP

|Conservative

|Harlow

|12 July 2017

|Elected by the House of Commons

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

|Neil Carmichael MP

|Conservative

|Stroud

|18 June 2015

|Elected by the House of Commons

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

|Graham Stuart MP

|Conservative

|Beverley and Holderness

|9 June 2010

|Elected by the House of Commons

colspan="6" |Previously as Children, Schools and Families Select Committee
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |

|Barry Sheerman MP

|Labour Co-op

|Huddersfield

|12 November 2007

|Elected by the Select Committee{{cite web |title=Barry Sheerman MP, Huddersfield - TheyWorkForYou |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10534/barry_sheerman/huddersfield |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=TheyWorkForYou}}

colspan="6" |Previously as Education and Skills Select Committee
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |

|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.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-02 |title=Standing Orders of the House of Commons (Public Business) 2021 - UK Parliament |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmstords/so_804_2021/so-orders.html#_idTextAnchor465 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=UK Parliament |at=Standing Order No. 122B sub-paragraph (11)(d)}} Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-02 |title=Standing Orders of the House of Commons (Public Business) 2021 - UK Parliament |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmstords/so_804_2021/so-orders.html#_idTextAnchor476 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=UK Parliament |at=Standing Order No. 122C}}

class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px"

! colspan="6" | 16 November 2022{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Education Committee Chair Election - Result Sheet |url=https://www.parliament.uk/contentassets/00a860593c5d4d49bca2a39b63e89cb6/results-sheet-education.pdf |house=House of Commons |date=27 January 2020 |volume= 670}}

colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate

! colspan="2" | 1st round

! colspan="2" | 2nd round

Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

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

| Robin Walker

|217

|48.1

|228

|53.3

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

| Caroline Ansell

|108

|23.9

|124

|28.4

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

| David Simmonds

|70

|15.5

|84

|19.3

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

| Jonathan Gullis

|56

|12.4

|colspan=2|Eliminated

colspan="2" | Not redistributed

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right" | 15

| align="right" | 3.3

style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Valid votes

! style="text-align:right;" | 451

! style="text-align:right;" |

! style="text-align:right;" | 436

! style="text-align:right;" |

class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px"

! colspan="4" | 27 January 2020{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-27/debates/61727BCA-DE80-46AF-9F48-22F43F7297C6/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=27 January 2020 |volume= 670}}

colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate

! colspan="2" | 1st round

Votes

! %

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

| Robert Halfon

|colspan=2 | Unopposed

class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px"

! colspan="12" | 12 July 2017{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT |url=https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-committees/Select-Committee-Chair-Results-2017.pdf |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=UK Parliament}}

colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate

! colspan="2" | 1st round

! colspan="2" | 2nd round

! colspan="2" | 3rd round

! colspan="2" | 4th round

! colspan="2" | 5th round

Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

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

| Robert Halfon

| align="right" | 136

| align="right" | 23.8

| align="right" | 141

| align="right" | 25.1

| align="right" | 152

| align="right" | 27.7

| align="right" | 185

| align="right" | 35.7

| align="right" | 261

| align="right" | 55.1

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

| Nick Boles

| align="right" | 129

| align="right" | 22.6

| align="right" | 137

| align="right" | 24.4

| align="right" | 153

| align="right" | 27.9

| align="right" | 178

| align="right" | 34.4

| align="right" | 213

| align="right" | 44.9

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

| Dan Poulter

| align="right" | 109

| align="right" | 19.1

| align="right" | 112

| align="right" | 20.0

| align="right" | 127

| align="right" | 23.2

| align="right" | 155

| align="right" | 29.9

| colspan="2" | Eliminated

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

| Tim Loughton

| align="right" | 101

| align="right" | 17.7

| align="right" | 104

| align="right" | 18.5

| align="right" | 116

| align="right" | 21.2

| colspan="4" | Eliminated

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

| Stephen Metcalfe

| align="right" | 63

| align="right" | 11.0

| align="right" | 67

| align="right" | 11.9

| colspan="6" | Eliminated

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

| Rehman Chishti

| align="right" | 33

| align="right" | 5.8

| colspan="8" | Eliminated

colspan="2" | Not redistributed

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right" | 10

| align="right" | 1.8

| align="right" | 23

| align="right" | 4.0

| align="right" | 53

| align="right" | 9.3

| align="right" | 97

| align="right" | 17.0

style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Valid votes

! style="text-align:right;" | 571

! style="text-align:right;" |

! style="text-align:right;" | 561

! style="text-align:right;" |

! style="text-align:right;" | 548

! style="text-align:right;" |

! style="text-align:right;" | 518

! style="text-align:right;" |

! style="text-align:right;" | 474

! style="text-align:right;" |

class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px"

! colspan="8" | 17 June 2015{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULTS |url=https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-committees/committee-chair-election-results.pdf |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=UK Parliament}}

colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate

! colspan="2" | 1st round

! colspan="2" | 2nd round

Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

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

| Neil Carmichael

| align="right" | 224

| align="right" | 37.5

| align="right" | 294

| align="right" | 53.8

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

| Tim Loughton

| align="right" | 191

| align="right" | 32.0

| align="right" | 252

| align="right" | 46.2

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

| Caroline Nokes

| align="right" | 182

| align="right" | 30.5

| colspan="2" | Eliminated

colspan="2" | Not redistributed

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right" | 51

| align="right" | 8.5

style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Valid votes

! style="text-align:right;" | 597

! style="text-align:right;" |

! style="text-align:right;" | 546

! style="text-align:right;" |

class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px"

! colspan="8" | 9 June 2010{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Committee-Chair-Results |url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/chair-elections/Committee-Chair-Results.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105064112/https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/chair-elections/Committee-Chair-Results.pdf |archive-date=2020-01-05 |access-date=2017-07-16 |website=UK Parliament}}

colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate

! colspan="2" | 1st round

! colspan="2" | 2nd round

! colspan="2" | 3rd round

Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

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

| Graham Stuart

| align="right" | 192

| align="right" | 36.6

| align="right" | 210

| align="right" | 42.2

| align="right" | 244

| align="right" | 52.5

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

| Rob Wilson

| align="right" | 159

| align="right" | 30.3

| align="right" | 183

| align="right" | 36.7

| align="right" | 221

| align="right" | 47.5

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

| Lee Scott

| align="right" | 92

| align="right" | 17.5

| align="right" | 105

| align="right" | 21.1

| colspan="2" | Eliminated

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

| Andrew Turner

| align="right" | 82

| align="right" | 15.6

| colspan="4" | Eliminated

colspan="2" | Not redistributed

| align="right" |

| align="right" |

| align="right" | 27

| align="right" | 5.1

| align="right" | 60

| align="right" | 11.4

style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Valid votes

! style="text-align:right;" | 525

! style="text-align:right;" |

! style="text-align:right;" | 498

! style="text-align:right;" |

! style="text-align:right;" | 465

! style="text-align:right;" |

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/ Education Committee]
  • [https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_EM Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives]

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