Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, formerly the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, is one of the select committees of the British House of Commons, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the Department for Culture, Media and Sport which also replaced the Department for National Heritage. The name was last changed on 3 July 2017.^[1]

Membership

As of September 2020, the membership of the committee is as follows:^[2]

Member		Party	Constituency
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Julian Knight MP (Chair)	Conservative	Sollihull
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Giles Watling MP	Conservative	Clacton
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Kevin Brennan MP	Labour	Cardiff West
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Steve Brine MP	Conservative	Winchester
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Heather Wheeler MP	Conservative	South Derbyshire
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Julie Elliott MP	Labour	Sunderland Central
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Clive Efford MP	Labour	Eltham
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	John Nicolson MP	Scottish National Party	Ochil and South Perthshire
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Damian Green MP	Conservative	Ashford
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alex Davies-Jones MP	Labour	Pontypridd
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Damian Hinds MP	Conservative	East Hampshire

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 up to January 2013 are shown below.

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
9 May 2011	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	David Cairns MP (Labour)	Inverclyde	→	Vacant			Hansard
19 July 2011	Vacant			→	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Hansard
24 October 2011	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	→	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Steve Rotheram MP (Labour)	Liverpool Walton	Hansard
10 November 2011	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alan Keen MP (Labour Co-op)	Feltham and Heston	→	Vacant			Hansard
12 December 2011	Vacant			→	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Gerry Sutcliffe MP (Labour)	Bradford South	Hansard
29 August 2012	bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Louise Mensch MP (Conservative)	Corby	→	Vacant			Votes and Proceedings
17 September 2012	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Tom Watson MP (Labour)	West Bromwich East	→	bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Ben Bradshaw MP (Labour)	Exeter	Hansard
29 October 2012	rowspan=3 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Therese Coffey MP (Conservative)	Suffolk Coastal	→	rowspan=3 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Angie Bray MP (Conservative)	Ealing Central and Acton	Hansard
	Damian Collins MP (Conservative)	Folkestone and Hythe	Conor Burns MP (Conservative)		Bournemouth West
	Vacant		Tracey Crouch MP (Conservative)		Chatham and Aylesford
21 January 2013	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Adrian Sanders MP (Liberal Democrat)	Torbay	→	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	John Leech (politician) MP (Liberal Democrat)	Manchester Withington	Hansard

Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee

Chair		Party	Constituency	First elected	Method
	Julian Knight	Conservative	Solihull	29 January 2020	Elected by the House of Commons^[3]
	Damian Collins	Conservative	Folkestone and Hythe	12 July 2017	Elected by the House of Commons^[4]
Previously as Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Damian Collins	Conservative	Folkestone and Hythe	19 October 2016	Elected by the House of Commons^[5]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jesse Norman	Conservative	Hereford and South Herefordshire	17 June 2015	Elected by the House of Commons^[6]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon (Maldon and East Chelmsford 1997–2010)	11 July 2005	Elected by the Select Committee^[7] (and the House of Commons in 2010)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Gerald Kaufman	Labour	Manchester Gorton	14 July 1997	Elected by the Select Committee^[8]
Previously as National Heritage Select Committee
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Gerald Kaufman	Labour	Manchester Gorton	27 April 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.^[9] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.^[10]

12 July 2017^[11]
Candidate		1st round
Candidate		Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Damian Collins	Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes

19 October 2016^[5]
Candidate		1st round
Candidate		Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Damian Collins	302	56.8
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Helen Grant	230	43.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes		532

17 June 2015^[6]
Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round
Candidate		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jesse Norman	221	36.8	240	40.6	268	47.2	319	60.2
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Graham Stuart	157	26.2	164	27.7	178	31.3	211	39.8
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Damian Green	93	15.5	97	16.4	122	21.5	Eliminated
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Damian Collins	87	14.5	90	15.2	Eliminated
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jason McCartney	42	7.0	Eliminated
Not redistributed				9	1.5	32	5.3	70	11.7
Valid votes		600		591		568		530

9 June 2010^[12]
Candidate		1st round
Candidate		Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	John Whittingdale	Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes

References

^ "CRole - Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
^ "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs - Wednesday 29 January 2020 - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b [1]^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2015. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
^ "John Whittingdale MP, Maldon". TheyWorkForYou.
^ "House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - First Special Report". publications.parliament.uk.
^ "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". publications.parliament.uk.
^ Gorb, Aleksandra; Priddy, Sarah (February 20, 2021). "Chairs of Commons select committees in the 2019 Parliament" – via commonslibrary.parliament.uk. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
^ "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

External links

[1] "CRole - Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[2] "Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-06.

[3] "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs - Wednesday 29 January 2020 - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

[4] "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[auto1-6] "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2015. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

[7] "John Whittingdale MP, Maldon". TheyWorkForYou.

[8] "House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - First Special Report". publications.parliament.uk.

[9] "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". publications.parliament.uk.

[10] Gorb, Aleksandra; Priddy, Sarah (February 20, 2021). "Chairs of Commons select committees in the 2019 Parliament" – via commonslibrary.parliament.uk. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[11] "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

[12] "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

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