Transport Select Committee

The Transport 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 Transport and its associated public bodies.[1] Its powers, like those of other select committees, are provided for under standing order 152 of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons and its membership is limited to 11 members.[2]

Membership

Members, as of November 2023, are as follows:

Member Party Constituency
Iain Stewart MP (Chair) Conservative Milton Keynes South
Ben Bradshaw MP Labour Exeter
Jack Brereton MP Conservative Stoke-on-Trent South
Sara Britcliffe MP Conservative Hyndburn
Fabian Hamilton MP Labour Leeds North East
Paul Howell MP Conservative Sedgefield
Karl McCartney MP Conservative Lincoln
Grahame Morris MP Labour Easington
Gavin Newlands MP Scottish National Party Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Greg Smith MP Conservative Buckingham
Mick Whitley MP Labour Birkenhead

Source: Transport Committee

Changes since 2019
Date Outgoing member and party Constituency → New member and party Constituency Source
22 February 2021 Sam Tarry MP (Labour) Ilford South → Ben Bradshaw MP (Labour) Exeter Hansard
5 January 2022 Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour) Nottingham South → Navendu Mishra MP (Labour) Stockport Hansard
17 May 2022 Navendu Mishra MP (Labour) Stockport → Christian Wakeford MP (Labour) Bury South Hansard
25 October 2022 Simon Jupp MP (Conservative) East Devon → Jack Brereton MP (Conservative) Stoke-on-Trent South Hansard
27 October 2022 Huw Merriman MP (Chair, Conservative) Bexhill and Battle → Vacant Hansard
16 November 2022 Vacant → Iain Stewart MP (Chair, Conservative) Milton Keynes South Hansard
21 November 2022 Robert Largan MP (Conservative) High Peak → Paul Howell MP (Conservative) Sedgefield Hansard
24 January 2023 Christian Wakeford MP (Labour) Bury South → Mike Amesbury MP (Labour) Weaver Vale Hansard
17 July 2023 Chris Loder MP (Conservative) West Dorset → Sara Britcliffe MP (Conservative) Hyndburn Hansard
20 November 2023 Mike Amesbury MP (Labour) Weaver Vale → Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour) Leeds North East Hansard
Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour) Brentford and Isleworth Mick Whitley MP (Labour) Birkenhead

2017-2019 Parliament

The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[3][4]

Member Party Constituency
Lilian Greenwood MP (Chair) Labour Nottingham South
Ronnie Cowan MP Scottish National Party Inverclyde
Steve Double MP Conservative St Austell and Newquay
Paul Girvan MP Democratic Unionist South Antrim
Huw Merriman MP Conservative Bexhill and Battle
Luke Pollard MP Labour Co-op Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Laura Smith MP Labour Crewe and Nantwich
Iain Stewart MP Conservative Milton Keynes South
Graham Stringer MP Labour Blackley & Broughton
Martin Vickers MP Conservative Cleethorpes
Daniel Zeichner MP Labour Cambridge

Changes 2017-2019
Date Outgoing member and party Constituency → New member and party Constituency Source
5 February 2018 Laura Smith MP (Labour) Crewe and Nantwich → Grahame Morris MP (Labour) Easington Hansard
8 May 2018 Martin Vickers MP (Conservative) Cleethorpes → Jack Brereton MP (Conservative) Stoke-on-Trent South Hansard
29 October 2018 Luke Pollard MP (Labour) Plymouth Sutton and Devonport → Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour) Brentford and Isleworth Hansard
5 November 2018 Iain Stewart MP (Conservative) Milton Keynes South → Robert Courts MP (Conservative) Witney Hansard

2015-2017 Parliament

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.[5][6]

Member Party Constituency
Louise Ellman MP (Chair) Labour Liverpool Riverside
Robert Flello MP Labour Stoke-on-Trent South
Mary Glindon MP Labour North Tyneside
Karl McCartney MP Conservative Lincoln
Stewart McDonald MP SNP Glasgow South
Mark Menzies MP Conservative Fylde
Huw Merriman MP Conservative Bexhill and Battle
Will Quince MP Conservative Colchester
Iain Stewart MP Conservative Milton Keynes South
Graham Stringer MP Labour Blackley and Broughton
Martin Vickers MP Conservative Cleethorpes

Changes 2015-2017
Date Outgoing member and party Constituency → New member and party Constituency Source
31 October 2016 Mary Glindon MP (Labour) North Tyneside → Clive Efford MP (Labour) Eltham Hansard

2010-2015 Parliament

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[7][8]

Member Party Constituency
Louise Ellman MP (Chair) Labour Liverpool Riverside
Angie Bray MP Conservative Ealing Central and Acton
Lilian Greenwood MP Labour Nottingham South
Tom Harris MP Labour Glasgow South
Kelvin Hopkins MP Labour Luton North
Kwasi Kwarteng MP Conservative Spelthorne
John Leech MP Liberal Democrats Manchester Withington
Paul Maynard MP Conservative Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Angela Smith MP Labour Penistone and Stocksbridge
Iain Stewart MP Conservative Milton Keynes South
Julian Sturdy MP Conservative York Outer

Changes 2010-2015
Date Outgoing member and party Constituency → New member and party Constituency Source
2 November 2010 Angie Bray MP (Conservative) Ealing Central and Acton → Steve Baker MP (Conservative) Wycombe Hansard
Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour) Nottingham South → Julie Hilling MP (Labour) Bolton West
Angela Smith MP (Labour) Sheffield Hillsborough Gavin Shuker MP (Labour Co-op) Luton South
21 March 2011 Kelvin Hopkins MP (Labour) Luton North → Jim Dobbin MP (Labour Co-op) Heywood and Middleton Hansard
18 July 2011 Gavin Shuker MP (Labour Co-op) Luton South → Graham Stringer MP (Labour) Blackley and Broughton Hansard
5 November 2012 Paul Maynard MP (Conservative) Blackpool North and Cleveleys → Karen Lumley MP (Conservative) Redditch Hansard
Julian Sturdy MP (Conservative) York Outer Karl McCartney MP (Conservative) Lincoln
26 November 2012 Tom Harris MP (Labour) Glasgow South → Lucy Powell MP (Labour Co-op) Manchester Central Hansard
10 December 2012 Julie Hilling MP (Labour) Bolton West → Sarah Champion MP (Labour) Rotherham Hansard
21 January 2013 John Leech MP (Liberal Democrat) Manchester Withington → Adrian Sanders MP (Liberal Democrat) Torbay Hansard
10 June 2013 Steve Baker MP (Conservative) Wycombe → Jason McCartney MP (Conservative) Colne Valley Hansard
5 July 2013 Kwasi Kwarteng MP (Conservative) Spelthorne → Martin Vickers MP (Conservative) Cleethorpes Hansard
4 November 2013 Lucy Powell MP (Labour) Manchester Central → Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Labour) Poplar and Limehouse Hansard
Iain Stewart MP (Conservative) Milton Keynes South Chloe Smith MP (Conservative) Norwich North
6 September 2014 Jim Dobbin MP (Labour Co-op) Heywood and Middleton → Vacant Death of member[9]
1 December 2014 Vacant → Tom Harris MP (Labour) Glasgow South Hansard

See also
  • List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

References
  1. "Role - Transport Committee". parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2022. The Transport Committee is charged by the House of Commons with scrutiny of the Department for Transport. Its formal remit is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies.
  2. House of Commons (2021), Standing Orders of the House of Commons, accessed 28 October 2023
  3. "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 627. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2017.
  4. "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
  5. "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
  6. "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 8 July 2015.
  7. "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 511. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 June 2010.
  8. "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 513. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2010.
  9. "Labour MP Jim Dobbin dies aged 73". BBC News. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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