Transport Select Committee

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The Transport 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 Transport and its associated public bodies.[1]

Membership[]

Members in the 2019 session of Parliament, appointed in February 2020, are as follows:

Member Party Constituency
Huw Merriman MP (Chair)[2] Conservative Bexhill & Battle
Ruth Cadbury MP Labour Co-op Brentford and Isleworth
Navendu Mishra MP Labour Stockport
Simon Jupp MP Conservative East Devon
Robert Largan MP Conservative High Peak
Chris Loder MP Conservative West Dorset
Karl McCartney MP Conservative Lincoln
Grahame Morris MP Labour Easington
Gavin Newlands MP Scottish National Party Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Greg Smith MP Conservative Buckingham
Ben Bradshaw MP Labour Exeter

Members in the 2017-2019 session of Parliament, appointed in September 2017, are as follows:

Member Party Constituency
Lilian Greenwood MP (Chair) Labour Nottingham South
Luke Pollard MP Labour Co-op Plymouth Sutton & Devonport
Grahame Morris MP Labour Easington
Daniel Zeichner MP Labour Cambridge
Ronnie Cowan MP Scottish National Party Inverclyde
Paul Girvan MP Democratic Unionist South Antrim
Huw Merriman MP Conservative Bexhill & Battle
Steve Double MP Conservative St Austell & Newquay
Iain Stewart MP Conservative Milton Keynes South
Graham Stringer MP Labour Blackley & Broughton
Martin Vickers MP Conservative Cleethorpes

Source: Transport Committee

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.

Date Outgoing member and party Constituency → New member and party Constituency Source
2 November 2010 Angie Bray MP (Conservative) Ealing Central and Acton → Steve Baker MP (Conservative) Wycombe Hansard
Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour) Nottingham South → Julie Hilling MP (Labour) Bolton West
Angela Smith MP (Labour) Sheffield Hillsborough Gavin Shuker MP (Labour Co-op) Luton South
21 March 2011 Kelvin Hopkins MP (Labour) Luton North → Jim Dobbin MP (Labour Co-op) Heywood and Middleton Hansard
18 July 2011 Gavin Shuker MP (Labour Co-op) Luton South → Graham Stringer MP (Labour) Blackley and Broughton Hansard
5 November 2012 Paul Maynard MP (Conservative) Blackpool North and Cleveleys → Karen Lumley MP (Conservative) Redditch Hansard
Julian Sturdy MP (Conservative) York Outer Karl McCartney MP (Conservative) Lincoln
26 November 2012 Tom Harris MP (Labour) Glasgow South → Lucy Powell MP (Labour Co-op) Manchester Central Hansard
10 December 2012 Julie Hilling MP (Labour) Bolton West → Sarah Champion MP (Labour) Rotherham Hansard
21 January 2013 John Leech MP (Liberal Democrat) Manchester Withington → Adrian Sanders MP (Liberal Democrat) Torbay Hansard
10 June 2013 Steve Baker MP (Conservative) Wycombe → Jason McCartney MP (Conservative) Colne Valley Hansard

See also[]

  • List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

References[]

  1. ^ "Role - Transport Committee". parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2022. The Transport Committee is charged by the House of Commons with scrutiny of the Department for Transport. Its formal remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies.
  2. ^ "Railway Industry Association welcomes new Transport Select Committee Chair". Politics Home. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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