Mr Speaker
I am pleased to be able now to announce the results of the elections for Chairs of Select Committees. No ballot was necessary for 12 Committees for which a single nomination had been received. They are as follows:
Committee | Elected |
Communities and Local Government | Mr Clive Betts |
Energy and Climate Change | Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Neil Parish |
Northern Ireland Affairs | Mr Laurence Robertson |
Procedure | Mr Charles Walker |
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs | Mr Bernard Jenkin |
Scottish Affairs | Pete Wishart |
Standards | Kevin Barron |
Transport | Mrs Louise Ellman |
Treasury | Mr Andrew Tyrie |
Welsh Affairs | David T.C. Davies |
Women and Equalities | Mrs Maria Miller |
In the contested elections, a total of 621 ballot papers were submitted, the ballots being counted under the alternative vote system. The following candidates were elected:
Committee | Elected |
Backbench Business | Ian Mearns |
Business, Innovation and Skills | Mr Iain Wright |
Culture, Media and Sport | Jesse Norman |
Defence | Dr Julian Lewis |
Education | Neil Carmichael |
Environmental Audit | Huw Irranca-Davies |
Foreign Affairs | Crispin Blunt |
Health | Dr Sarah Wollaston |
Home Affairs | Keith Vaz |
International Development | Stephen Twigg |
Justice | Robert Neill |
Petitions | Helen Jones |
Public Accounts | Meg Hillier |
Science and Technology | Nicola Blackwood |
Work and Pensions | Frank Field |
I warmly congratulate all those elected. I should like—I hope on behalf of the whole House—to thank all those who put themselves forward for election.