Home Affairs Select Committee

The Home Affairs Select Committee is a Departmental Committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Remit

The Home Affairs Committee is one of the House of Commons Select committees related to government departments: its terms of reference are to examine "the expenditure, administration and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies".

The Committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invites written evidence from interested parties and holds public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it does have the power to meet away from Westminster.

At the end of each inquiry, the Committee will normally agree a Report based on the evidence received. Such Reports are published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contain recommendations to the Government and other bodies. The Government by convention responds to reports within about two months of publication. These responses are also published.

Inquiries

Recent inquiries have included:[1]

  • Brexit-related preparations
  • Counter-terrorism
  • Domestic abuse
  • Hate crime and its violent consequences
  • Immigration detention
  • Islamophobia
  • Modern slavery
  • Policing for the future
  • Windrush children

Membership

Yvette Cooper was re-elected unopposed as chair on 30 January 2020.[2] The remaining members of the Committee were formally appointed on 2 March 2020.[3] Further amendments were then made in light of appointments to the Shadow Cabinet following Keir Starmer taking office as Leader of the Opposition.[4]

Member Party Constituency
Rt Hon. Yvette Cooper MP
(chair)		 Labour Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Andrew Gwynne MP Labour Denton and Reddish
Dehenna Davison MP Conservative Bishop Auckland
Rt. Hon. Diane Abbott MP Labour Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Ruth Edwards MP Conservative Rushcliffe
Laura Farris MP Conservative Newbury
Simon Fell MP Conservative Barrow and Furness
Adam Holloway MP Conservative Gravesham
Tim Loughton MP Conservative East Worthing and Shoreham
Dame Diana Johnson MP Labour Kingston upon Hull North
Stuart McDonald MP Scottish National Party Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

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
2 November 2010 Mary Macleod MP (Conservative) Brentford and Isleworth → James Clappison MP (Conservative) Hertsmere Hansard
14 February 2011 Aidan Burley MP (Conservative) Cannock Chase → Michael Ellis MP (Conservative) Northampton North Hansard
22 October 2012 Rt Hon Alun Michael MP (Labour Co-op) Cardiff South and Penarth →
Vacant
 Vote & Proceedings
26 November 2012
Vacant
 → Karl Turner MP (Labour) Kingston upon Hull East Hansard
4 February 2012 Karl Turner MP (Labour) Kingston upon Hull East → Chris Ruane MP (Labour) Vale of Clwyd Hansard
4 November 2013 Steve McCabe MP (Labour) Birmingham, Selly Oak → Ian Austin MP (Labour) Dudley North Hansard
4 November 2013 Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour) Houghton and Sunderland South → Paul Flynn MP (Labour) Newport West Hansard
4 November 2013 Chris Ruane MP (Labour) Vale of Clwyd → Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour) Bolton South East Hansard
6 September 2016 Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP (Labour) Leicester East →
Vacant
19 October 2016
Vacant
 → Rt. Hon Yvette Cooper MP (Labour) Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
4 December 2017 Rt. Hon Esther McVey MP (Conservative) Tatton → Douglas Ross MP (Conservative) Moray Hansard
5 February 2018 Preet Gill MP (Labour) Birmingham Edgbaston → John Woodcock MP (Labour) Barrow and Furness Hansard
20 February 2018 Will Quince MP (Conservative) Colchester → Kirstene Hair MP (Conservative) Angus Hansard
8 May 2019 Alex Norris MP (Labour Co-op) Nottingham North → Janet Daby MP (Labour) Lewisham East Hansard
8 May 2018 John Woodcock MP (Independent) Barrow and Furness → Toby Perkins MP (Labour) Chesterfield Hansard
11 May 2020 Janet Daby MP (Labour) Lewisham East → Rt. Hon. Diane Abbott MP (Labour) Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hansard
11 May 2020 Holly Lynch MP (Labour) Halifax → Andrew Gwynne MP (Labour) Denton and Reddish Hansard
11 May 2020 Stephen Doughty MP

(Labour Co-op)

 Cardiff South and Penarth → Dame Diana Johnson MP (Labour) Kingston upon Hull North Hansard

Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee
Chair Party Constituency First elected Method
Yvette Cooper Labour Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford 19 October 2016 Elected by the House of Commons[5]
Keith Vaz Labour Leicester East 26 July 2007 Elected by the Select Committee[6]
John Denham Labour Southampton Itchen 15 July 2003 Elected by the Select Committee
Chris Mullin Labour Sunderland South 18 July 2001 Elected by the Select Committee
Robin Corbett Labour Birmingham Erdington 19 October 1999 Elected by the Select Committee
Chris Mullin Labour Sunderland South 17 July 1997 Elected by the Select Committee
Ivan Lawrence Conservative Burton 15 July 1992 Elected by the Select Committee
John Wheeler Conservative Westminster North June 1987 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.[7] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.[8]

30 January 2020[2]
Candidate 1st round
Votes %
Yvette Cooper Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes
12 July 2017[9]
Candidate 1st round
Votes %
Yvette Cooper Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes
19 October 2016[5]
Candidate 1st round 2nd round 3rd round
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Yvette Cooper 216 39.9 235 45.4 281 58.9
Caroline Flint 149 27.5 161 31.1 196 31.2
Chuka Umunna 111 20.5 112 21.6 Eliminated
Paul Flynn 65 12.0 Eliminated
Not redistributed 23 4.3 64 11.8
Valid votes 541 518 477
17 June 2015[10]
Candidate 1st round
Votes %
Keith Vaz 412 68.2
Fiona Mactaggart 192 31.8
Not redistributed
Valid votes 604
9 June 2010[9]
Candidate 1st round
Votes %
Keith Vaz 336 58.1
Alun Michael 242 41.9
Not redistributed
Valid votes 578

See also

References
  1. "Inquiries – Home Affairs Committee". parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. "Yvette Cooper re-elected Chair of Home Affairs Committee". parliament.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Home Affairs Committee". parliament.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. "Committees - Hansard". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  5. "Yvette Cooper elected Chair of Home Affairs Committee – News from Parliament". UK Parliament.
  6. "Election of Chairman". UK Parliament.
  7. "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". publications.parliament.uk.
  8. Priddy, Sarah (16 October 2018). "Chairs of Commons select committees since 2010" – via researchbriefings.parliament.uk. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/chair-elections/Committee-Chair-Results.pdf
  10. https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/committee-chair-election-results.pdf
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