New House of Commons select committee chairs were elected on 11 September. The select committee chairs elected are as follows, with new chairs in bold:
- Business and Trade Committee – Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee – Rt Hon Dame Caroline Dinenage MP
- Defence Committee – Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP
- Education Select Committee – Helen Hayes MP
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee – Bill Esterson MP
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee – Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP
- Foreign Affairs Committee – Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP
- Health and Social Care Committee – Layla Moran MP
- Home Affairs Select Committee – Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee – Florence Eshalomi MP
- International Development Committee – Sarah Champion MP
- Justice Select Committee – Andy Slaughter MP
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee – Tonia Antoniazzi MP
- Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee – Chi Onwurah MP
- Scottish Affairs Committee – Patricia Ferguson MP
- Transport Select Committee – Ruth Cadbury MP
- Treasury Select Committee – Dame Meg Hillier MP
- Welsh Affairs Select Committee – Ruth Jones MP
- Women and Equalities Committee – Sarah Owen MP
- Work and Pensions Select Committee – Debbie Abrahams MP
- Environmental Audit Committee – Toby Perkins MP
- Public Accounts Committee – Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee – Simon Hoare MP
- Backbench Business Committee – Bob Blackman MP
- Committee on Standards – Alberto Costa MP
- Procedure Committee – Cat Smith MP
Most of those elected are experienced MPs. Some newly-elected MPs sought election as chairs of select committees, but only Patricia Ferguson, the newly elected MP for Glasgow West, was successful.
Most of these have had long careers as MPs. One of them, Karen Bradley MP, has had ministerial experience in the Department whose work her committee is now scrutinising. Many more MPs have had shadow ministerial experience in the relevant department, including Helen Hayes MP, Alistair Carmichael MP, Emily Thornberry MP, Florence Eshalomi MP, Andy Slaughter MP, Tonia Antoniazzi MP, Chi Onwurah MP and Debbie Abrahams MP.
After the House of Commons returns following the Conference Recess, MPs will be elected to select committees by voting in individual parties, following which the committees will start drawing up their programme of work, including the inquiries they intend to work on during the course of the Parliament. Active engagement with select committees can be influential in raising issues in Parliament. Indeed, the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has already begun its process of engagement with businesses and other organisations, and other committees can be expected to start this process soon.
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