Defence Select Committee
Appearance
The Defence Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, having been established in 1979. It oversees the operations of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies, including the armed forces.
Membership
As of May 2020, the members of the committee are as follows[1][2][3]:
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
Chair | Party | Constituency | First elected | Method | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tobias Ellwood | Conservative | Bournemouth East | 29th January 2020 | Elected by the House of Commons |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Julian Lewis | Conservative | New Forest East | 17 June 2015 | Elected by the House of Commons |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Rory Stewart | Conservative | Penrith and The Border | 14 May 2014 | Elected by the House of Commons |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | James Arbuthnot | Conservative | North East Hampshire | 13 July 2005 | Elected by the Select Committee (and the House of Commons in 2010) |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bruce George | Labour | Walsall South | 16 July 1997 | Elected by the Select Committee |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Michael Colvin | Conservative | Romsey and Waterside | 1995-1997 | Elected by the Select Committee |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Michael Mates | Conservative | East Hampshire | 1987-1992 | 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.[4] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.[5]
29 January 2020[6] | |||||||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | |||||||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tobias Ellwood | 243 | 256 | 271 | 296 | ||||||||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Sir Bernard Jenkin | 173 | 183 | 193 | 226 | ||||||||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Robert Courts | 62 | 68 | 81 | Eliminated | ||||||||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Adam Holloway | 45 | 48 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | James Gray | 39 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||
Not redistributed | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Valid votes |
12 July 2017[7] | |||
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Candidate | 1st round | ||
Votes | % | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Julian Lewis | 305 | 53.5 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Johnny Mercer | 265 | 46.5 |
Not redistributed | |||
Valid votes | 570 |
17 June 2015[8] | |||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | |||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Julian Lewis | 260 | 44.1 | 314 | 56.5 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Richard Benyon | 208 | 35.3 | 242 | 43.5 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bob Stewart | 121 | 20.5 | Eliminated | |||
Not redistributed | 33 | 5.6 | |||||
Valid votes | 589 | 556 |
14 May 2014[9] | |||||||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | 7th round | ||||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Rory Stewart | 113 | 23.6 | 115 | 24.1 | 122 | 25.7 | 139 | 29.3 | 149 | 31.9 | 179 | 39.3 | 226 | 51.6 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Julian Lewis | 124 | 25.9 | 128 | 26.8 | 131 | 27.6 | 138 | 29.1 | 156 | 33.4 | 165 | 36.2 | 212 | 48.4 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Julian Brazier | 68 | 14.2 | 71 | 14.9 | 71 | 14.9 | 77 | 16.2 | 90 | 19.3 | 112 | 24.6 | Eliminated | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Keith Simpson | 48 | 10.0 | 48 | 10.1 | 51 | 10.7 | 61 | 12.8 | 72 | 15.4 | Eliminated | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Bob Stewart | 52 | 10.9 | 54 | 11.3 | 56 | 11.8 | 60 | 12.6 | Eliminated | |||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Crispin Blunt | 44 | 9.2 | 44 | 9.2 | 44 | 9.3 | Eliminated | |||||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tobias Ellwood | 17 | 3.5 | 17 | 3.6 | Eliminated | |||||||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | James Gray | 13 | 2.7 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
Not redistributed | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.8 | 12 | 2.5 | 23 | 4.8 | 41 | 8.6 | |||
Valid votes | 479 | 477 | 475 | 475 | 467 | 456 | 438 |
9 June 2010[10] | |||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | ||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | James Arbuthnot | 210 | 36.6 | 236 | 42.4 | 273 | 52.7 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Patrick Mercer | 176 | 30.7 | 189 | 33.9 | 245 | 47.3 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Julian Lewis | 115 | 20.1 | 132 | 23.7 | Eliminated | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Douglas Carswell | 72 | 12.6 | Eliminated | |||
Not redistributed | 16 | 2.8 | 55 | 9.6 | |||
Valid votes | 573 | 557 | 518 |
See also
References
- ^ "Tobias Ellwood is the new Chair of the Defence Committee". UK parliament. London. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Calendar of Business 2 March 2020". publications.parliament.uk. UK parliament. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
That Stuart Anderson, Sarah Atherton, Wayne David, Richard Drax, Mr Tanmmanjeet Singh Dhesi, Mr Mark Francois, Martin Docherty-Hughes, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, Gavin Robinson and John Spellar be members of the Defence Committee.
- ^ "Votes and Proceedings Monday 11 May 2020". parliament.uk. UK House of Commons. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
That Wayne David and Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi be discharged from the Defence Committee and Mr Kevan Jones and Derek Twigg be added
- ^ "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ Priddy, Sarah. "Chairs of Commons select committees since 2010". Researchbriefings.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.