The Procedure Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of public business.[1] The committee is governed by Standing Order number 147, which sets out its remit, powers, and the number of members.

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:[2]

MemberPartyConstituency
Cat Smith MP (Chair)LabourLancaster and Wyre
James Asser MPLabourWest Ham and Beckton
Bambos Charalambous MPLabourSouthgate and Wood Green
Christopher Chope MPConservativeChristchurch
Lee Dillon MPLiberal DemocratsNewbury
Mary Kelly Foy MPLabourCity of Durham
Gill Furniss MPLabourSheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Tracy Gilbert MPLabourEdinburgh North and Leith
Gurinder Josan MPLabourSmethwick
John Lamont MPConservativeBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Tom Morrison MPLiberal DemocratsCheadle
Katrina Murray MPLabourCumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
Lee Pitcher MPLabourDoncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
Kenneth Stevenson MPLabourAirdrie and Shotts
Michael Wheeler MPLabourWorsley and Eccles
Gavin Williamson MPConservativeStone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Changes since 2024

DateOutgoing Member
& Party		Constituency→New Member
& Party		ConstituencySource
27 January 2025Frank McNally MP (Labour)Coatbridge and Bellshill→David Baines MP (Labour)St Helens NorthHansard
30 June 2025Richard Holden MP (Conservative)Basildon and Billericay→Gavin Williamson MP (Conservative)Stone, Great Wyrley and PenkridgeHansard
15 September 2025Joy Morrissey MP (Conservative)Beaconsfield→John Lamont MP (Conservative)Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkHansard
1 December 2025David Baines MP (Labour)St Helens North→Katrina Murray MP (Labour)Cumbernauld and KirkintillochHansard
1 December 2025Graeme Downie MP (Labour)Dunfermline and Dollar→Kenneth Stevenson MP (Labour)Airdrie and ShottsHansard

58th parliament

In the 58th parliament, the membership of the committee was the following:[3][4][5][6]

MemberPartyConstituency
Dame Karen Bradley (Chair)ConservativeStaffordshire Moorlands
Nickie AikenConservativeCities of London and Westminster
Jack BreretonConservativeStoke-on-Trent South
Bambos CharalambousLabourEnfield Southgate
Sir Christopher ChopeConservativeChristchurch
Samantha DixonLabourCity of Chester
Chris ElmoreLabourOgmore
Patrick GradyScottish National PartyGlasgow North
James GrayConservativeNorth Wiltshire
Kevan JonesLabourDurham North
Nigel MillsConservativeAmber Valley
Douglas RossConservativeMoray
James SunderlandConservativeBracknell
Owen ThompsonScottish National PartyMidlothian
Liz TwistLabourBlaydon
Suzanne WebbConservativeStourbridge
William WraggConservativeHazel Grove

Changes

DateOutgoing Member
& Party		Constituency→New Member
& Party		ConstituencySource
9 March 2020Kieran Mullan MP (Conservative)Crewe and Nantwich→Anthony Mangnall MP (Conservative)TotnesHansard

57th parliament

In the 57th parliament, the members of the committee was the following:[7]

MemberPartyConstituency
Charles Walker MP (Chair)ConservativeBroxbourne
Bob Blackman MPConservativeHarrow East
Peter Bone MPConservativeWellingborough
Gareth Snell MPLabour Co-opStoke-on-Trent Central
Bambos Charalambous MPLabourEnfield Southgate
Sir Christopher Chope MPConservativeChristchurch
Alison Thewliss MPScottish National PartyGlasgow Central
Nic Dakin MPLabourScunthorpe
Chris Elmore MPLabourOgmore
Helen Goodman MPLabourBishop Auckland
Ranil Jayawardena MPConservativeNorth East Hampshire
David Linden MPScottish National PartyGlasgow East
Melanie Onn MPLabourGreat Grimsby
Nick Smith MPLabourBlaenau Gwent
William Wragg MPConservativeHazel Grove
Rt. Hon Sir David Evennett MPConservativeBexleyheath and Crayford
Rt. Hon Sir Edward Leigh MPConservativeGainsborough

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.

DateOutgoing Member
& Party		Constituency→New Member
& Party		ConstituencySource
9 June 2010Greg Knight MP (Conservative – East Yorkshire) elected ChairHansard
26 July 2010Initial members electedHansard
1 March 2011Mike Wood MP (Labour)East Yorkshire→Helen Goodman MP (Labour)Bishop AucklandHansard
21 March 2011Angela Smith MP (Labour)Penistone and
Stocksbridge		→Thomas Docherty MP (Labour)Dunfermline and West FifeHansard
1 April 2011Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour)Leicester South→VacantVote and
Proceedings
11 October 2011Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour)Houghton and Sunderland South→Nic Dakin MP (Labour)ScunthorpeHansard
31 October 2011Andrew Percy MP (Conservative)Brigg and Goole→Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)Staffordshire MoorlandsHansard
6 September 2012Chair: Greg Knight MP (Conservative)East Yorkshire→VacantHansard
17 October 2012Vacant→Chair: Charles Walker MP (Conservative)BroxbourneHansard
5 November 2012Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)Staffordshire Moorlands→Martin Vickers MP (Conservative)CleethorpesHansard

See also

References

  1. ^ "Procedure Committee - role". House of Commons. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Procedure Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Procedure Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  4. ^ "Committees Volume 737: debated on Tuesday 12 September 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023. That Owen Thompson be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Kirsty Blackman be added.
  5. ^ "Business without Debate Volume 742: debated on Tuesday 5 December 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023. That Dame Angela Eagle be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Samantha Dixon be added.— (Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection).
  6. ^ "Business without Debate Volume 742: debated on Monday 11 December 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023. That Aaron Bell be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Nickie Aiken be added.
  7. ^ "Membership - Procedure Committee". parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2017.