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.

Chairs

Committee chairs include those listed below.[2]

Name Start End Party Constituency
Peter Emery 9 June 1983 21 March 1997 Conservative Honiton
Nicholas Winterton 31 July 1997 9 November 2005 Conservative Macclesfield
Greg Knight 9 November 2005 17 October 2012 Conservative East Yorkshire
Charles Walker 17 October 2012 6 November 2019 Conservative Broxbourne
Karen Bradley 29 January 2020 30 May 2024 Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands
Cat Smith 11 September 2024 present Labour Lancaster and Wyre

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:[3]

Member Party Constituency
Cat Smith MP (Chair) Labour Lancaster and Wyre
James Asser MP Labour West Ham and Beckton
Bambos Charalambous MP Labour Southgate and Wood Green
Christopher Chope MP Conservative Christchurch
Lee Dillon MP Liberal Democrats Newbury
Mary Kelly Foy MP Labour City of Durham
Gill Furniss MP Labour Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Tracy Gilbert MP Labour Edinburgh North and Leith
Gurinder Josan MP Labour Smethwick
John Lamont MP Conservative Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Katrina Murray MP Labour Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
Lee Pitcher MP Labour Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
Kenneth Stevenson MP Labour Airdrie and Shotts
Michael Wheeler MP Labour Worsley and Eccles
Gavin Williamson MP Conservative Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Martin Wrigley MP Liberal Democrats Newton Abbot

Changes since 2024

Date Outgoing Member
& Party 		Constituency → New Member
& Party 		Constituency Source
27 January 2025 Frank McNally MP (Labour) Coatbridge and Bellshill → David Baines MP (Labour) St Helens North Hansard
30 June 2025 Richard Holden MP (Conservative) Basildon and Billericay → Gavin Williamson MP (Conservative) Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge Hansard
15 September 2025 Joy Morrissey MP (Conservative) Beaconsfield → John Lamont MP (Conservative) Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Hansard
1 December 2025 David Baines MP (Labour) St Helens North → Katrina Murray MP (Labour) Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch Hansard
1 December 2025 Graeme Downie MP (Labour) Dunfermline and Dollar → Kenneth Stevenson MP (Labour) Airdrie and Shotts Hansard
7 September 2026 Tom Morrison MP (Liberal Democrats) Cheadle → Martin Wrigley MP (Liberal Democrats) Newton Abbot Hansard

58th parliament

In the 58th parliament, the membership of the committee was the following:[4][5][6][7]

Member Party Constituency
Dame Karen Bradley (Chair) Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands
Nickie Aiken Conservative Cities of London and Westminster
Jack Brereton Conservative Stoke-on-Trent South
Bambos Charalambous Labour Enfield Southgate
Sir Christopher Chope Conservative Christchurch
Samantha Dixon Labour City of Chester
Chris Elmore Labour Ogmore
Patrick Grady Scottish National Party Glasgow North
James Gray Conservative North Wiltshire
Kevan Jones Labour Durham North
Nigel Mills Conservative Amber Valley
Douglas Ross Conservative Moray
James Sunderland Conservative Bracknell
Owen Thompson Scottish National Party Midlothian
Liz Twist Labour Blaydon
Suzanne Webb Conservative Stourbridge
William Wragg Conservative Hazel Grove

Changes

Date Outgoing Member
& Party 		Constituency → New Member
& Party 		Constituency Source
9 March 2020 Kieran Mullan MP (Conservative) Crewe and Nantwich → Anthony Mangnall MP (Conservative) Totnes Hansard
15 June 2020 Kate Hollern MP (Labour) Blackburn → Angela Eagle MP (Labour) Wallasey Hansard
Alex Norris MP (Labour) Nottingham North Kevan Jones MP (Labour) North Durham

57th parliament

In the 57th parliament, the members of the committee was the following:[8]

Member Party Constituency
Charles Walker MP (Chair) Conservative Broxbourne
Bob Blackman MP Conservative Harrow East
Peter Bone MP Conservative Wellingborough
Gareth Snell MP Labour Co-op Stoke-on-Trent Central
Bambos Charalambous MP Labour Enfield Southgate
Sir Christopher Chope MP Conservative Christchurch
Alison Thewliss MP Scottish National Party Glasgow Central
Nic Dakin MP Labour Scunthorpe
Chris Elmore MP Labour Ogmore
Helen Goodman MP Labour Bishop Auckland
Ranil Jayawardena MP Conservative North East Hampshire
David Linden MP Scottish National Party Glasgow East
Melanie Onn MP Labour Great Grimsby
Nick Smith MP Labour Blaenau Gwent
William Wragg MP Conservative Hazel Grove
Rt. Hon Sir David Evennett MP Conservative Bexleyheath and Crayford
Rt. Hon Sir Edward Leigh MP Conservative Gainsborough

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.

Date Outgoing Member
& Party 		Constituency → New Member
& Party 		Constituency Source
9 June 2010 Greg Knight MP (Conservative – East Yorkshire) elected Chair Hansard
26 July 2010 Initial members elected Hansard
1 March 2011 Mike Wood MP (Labour) East Yorkshire → Helen Goodman MP (Labour) Bishop Auckland Hansard
21 March 2011 Angela Smith MP (Labour) Penistone and
Stocksbridge 		→ Thomas Docherty MP (Labour) Dunfermline and West Fife Hansard
1 April 2011 Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour) Leicester South → Vacant Vote and
Proceedings
11 October 2011 Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour) Houghton and Sunderland South → Nic Dakin MP (Labour) Scunthorpe Hansard
31 October 2011 Andrew Percy MP (Conservative) Brigg and Goole → Karen Bradley MP (Conservative) Staffordshire Moorlands Hansard
6 September 2012 Chair: Greg Knight MP (Conservative) East Yorkshire → Vacant Hansard
17 October 2012 Vacant → Chair: Charles Walker MP (Conservative) Broxbourne Hansard
5 November 2012 Karen Bradley MP (Conservative) Staffordshire Moorlands → Martin Vickers MP (Conservative) Cleethorpes Hansard

See also

References

  1. ^ "Procedure Committee - role". House of Commons. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ^ https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/126/procedure-committee/membership/former/
  3. ^ "Procedure Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Procedure Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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).
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Membership - Procedure Committee". parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2017.