Education Select Committee
The Education 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 Education and any associated public bodies.
The Chair of the Committee is Rt Hon. Robert Halfon MP.[1] Previous Chairs include Neil Carmichael (2015–17) and Graham Stuart MP (2010–2015).
Membership
The membership of the committee is as follows:[2]
Publications
Current Parliament
2015-17 Parliament
Chair of the Education Select Committee
Chair | Party | Constituency | First elected | Method | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP | Conservative | Harlow | 12 July 2017 | Elected by the House of Commons |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Neil Carmichael MP | Conservative | Stroud | 18 June 2015 | Elected by the House of Commons |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Graham Stuart MP | Conservative | Beverley and Holderness | 9 June 2010 | Elected by the House of Commons |
Previously as Children, Schools and Families Select Committee | |||||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | | Barry Sheerman MP | Labour Co-op | Huddersfield | 12 November 2007 | Elected by the Select Committee[3] |
Previously as Education and Skills Select Committee | |||||
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | | Barry Sheerman MP | Labour Co-op | Huddersfield | 16 July 2001 | Elected by the Select Committee[3] |
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]
12 July 2017[6] | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | ||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Robert Halfon | 136 | 23.8 | 141 | 25.1 | 152 | 27.7 | 185 | 35.7 | 261 | 55.1 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Nick Boles | 129 | 22.6 | 137 | 24.4 | 153 | 27.9 | 178 | 34.4 | 213 | 44.9 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Dan Poulter | 109 | 19.1 | 112 | 20.0 | 127 | 23.2 | 155 | 29.9 | Eliminated | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tim Loughton | 101 | 17.7 | 104 | 18.5 | 116 | 21.2 | Eliminated | |||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Stephen Metcalfe | 63 | 11.0 | 67 | 11.9 | Eliminated | |||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Rehman Chishti | 33 | 5.8 | Eliminated | |||||||
Not redistributed | 10 | 1.8 | 23 | 4.0 | 53 | 9.3 | 97 | 17.0 | |||
Valid votes | 571 | 561 | 548 | 518 | 474 |
17 June 2015[7] | |||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | |||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Neil Carmichael | 224 | 37.5 | 294 | 53.8 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tim Loughton | 191 | 32.0 | 252 | 46.2 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Caroline Nokes | 182 | 30.5 | Eliminated | |||
Not redistributed | 51 | 8.5 | |||||
Valid votes | 597 | 546 |
9 June 2010[8] | |||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | ||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Graham Stuart | 192 | 36.6 | 210 | 42.2 | 244 | 52.5 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Rob Wilson | 159 | 30.3 | 183 | 36.7 | 221 | 47.5 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Lee Scott | 92 | 17.5 | 105 | 21.1 | Eliminated | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Andrew Turner | 82 | 15.6 | Eliminated | |||
Not redistributed | 27 | 5.1 | 60 | 11.4 | |||
Valid votes | 525 | 498 | 465 |
See also
- Select Committee (Westminster System)
- British House of Commons
- List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
References
- ^ https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/news-parliament-2017/chair-elected-17-19/
- ^ https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/news-parliament-2017/new-committee-announcement-17-19/
- ^ a b https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10534/barry_sheerman/huddersfield
- ^ https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmstords/900/body.htm#122B
- ^ http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN04400
- ^ https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Select-Committee-Chair-Results-2017.pdf
- ^ https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/committee-chair-election-results.pdf
- ^ http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/chair-elections/Committee-Chair-Results.pdf