Defence Select Committee
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 17 March 2019, the members of the committee are as follows:
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | The Rt Hon Julian Lewis MP (Chair) | Conservative | New Forest East |
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | The Rt Hon Mark Francois MP | Conservative | Rayleigh & Wickford |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | The Rt Hon John Spellar MP | Labour | Warley |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Graham P Jones MP | Labour | Hyndburn |
| bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | Martin Docherty-Hughes MP | Scottish National Party | West Dunbartonshire |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Gavin Robinson MP | Democratic Unionist Party | Belfast East |
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
| Chair | Party | Constituency | First elected | Method | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[1] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.[2]
| 12 July 2017[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[4] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[5] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[6] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "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 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.