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

Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, chairs and member of committees are yet to be appointed.^[3]

2019-2024 Parliament

Members, as of November 2023, was 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.^[4][5]

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.^[6][7]

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.^[8][9]

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[10]
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. kelly, Richard (3 July 2024). "What happens in the Commons after the general election?". UK parliament.
4. "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 627. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2017.
5. "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
6. "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
7. "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 8 July 2015.
8. "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 511. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 June 2010.
9. "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 513. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2010.
10. "Labour MP Jim Dobbin dies aged 73". BBC News. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

External links

• Transport Committee
• Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives