Defence Select Committee

The Defence Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, having been established in 1979. It examines the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies,^[1] including the British Armed Forces. The Committee's remit does not generally include Defence Intelligence which instead falls under the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.^[2]

Membership[]

As of 21 April 2022, the members of the committee are as follows:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Tobias Ellwood (Chair) MP (Chair)	Conservative	Bournemouth East
	Stuart Anderson MP	Conservative	Wolverhampton South West
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Sarah Atherton MP	Conservative	Wrexham
style="background-color:#FFFF00;" width=10px \| " \|	[Dave Doogan MP	Scottish National Party	Angus
	Richard Drax MP	Conservative	South Dorset
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Mark Francois MP	Conservative	Rayleigh and Wickford
style="background-color:#DC241f;" width=10px \| " \|	Kevan Jones	Labour	North Durham
style="background-color:#DC241f;" width=10px \| " \|	Emma Lewell-Buck	Labour	South Shields
style="background-color:#D46A4C;" width=10px \| " \|	Gavin Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	Belfast East
style="background-color:#DC241f;" width=10px \| " \|	John Spellar	Labour	Warley
style="background-color:#DC241f;" width=10px \| " \|	Derek Twigg	Labour	Halton

Chair of the Defence Select Committee[]

Chair		Party	Constituency	First elected	Method
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Tobias Ellwood	Conservative	Bournemouth East	29 January 2020	Elected by the House of Common
	Julian Lewis	Conservative	New Forest East	17 June 2015	Elected by the House of Commons
	Rory Stewart	Conservative	Penrith and The Border	14 May 2014	Elected by the House of Commons
	James Arbuthnot	Conservative	North East Hampshire	13 July 2005	Elected by the Select Committee (and the House of Commons in 2010)
	Bruce George	Labour	Walsall South	16 July 1997	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]

29 January 2020^[9]
Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round
Candidate		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Tobias Ellwood	243		256		271		296
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Sir Bernard Jenkin	173		183		193		226
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Robert Courts	62		68		81		Eliminated
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Adam Holloway	45		48		Eliminated
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	James Gray	39		Eliminated
Not redistributed				0		0		0
Valid votes

12 July 2017^[10]
Candidate		1st round
Candidate		Votes	%
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Julian Lewis	305	53.5
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Johnny Mercer	265	46.5
Not redistributed
Valid votes		570

17 June 2015^[11]
Candidate		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Julian Lewis	260	44.1	314	56.5
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Richard Benyon	208	35.3	242	43.5
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Bob Stewart	121	20.5	Eliminated
Not redistributed				33	5.6
Valid votes		589		556

14 May 2014^[12]
Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		5th round		6th round		7th round
Candidate		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Rory Stewart	113	23.6	115	24.1	122	25.7	139	29.3	149	31.9	179	39.3	226	51.6
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Julian Lewis	124	25.9	128	26.8	131	27.6	138	29.1	156	33.4	165	36.2	212	48.4
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Julian Brazier	68	14.2	71	14.9	71	14.9	77	16.2	90	19.3	112	24.6	Eliminated
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Keith Simpson	48	10.0	48	10.1	51	10.7	61	12.8	72	15.4	Eliminated
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Bob Stewart	52	10.9	54	11.3	56	11.8	60	12.6	Eliminated
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Crispin Blunt	44	9.2	44	9.2	44	9.3	Eliminated
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Tobias Ellwood	17	3.5	17	3.6	Eliminated
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	James Gray	13	2.7	Eliminated
Not redistributed				2	0.4	4	0.8	4	0.8	12	2.5	23	4.8	41	8.6
Valid votes		479		477		475		475		467		456		438

9 June 2010^[13]
Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round
Candidate		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	James Arbuthnot	210	36.6	236	42.4	273	52.7
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Patrick Mercer	176	30.7	189	33.9	245	47.3
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Julian Lewis	115	20.1	132	23.7	Eliminated
style="background-color:#0087DC;" width=10px \| " \|	Douglas Carswell	72	12.6	Eliminated
Not redistributed				16	2.8	55	9.6
Valid votes		573		557		518

References[]

↑ "Defence Committee". parliament.uk. https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/24/defence-committee. "The Defence Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies."
↑ "Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament". gov.uk. https://isc.independent.gov.uk/. "The ISC oversees the policies, expenditure, administration and operations of MI5, MI6, GCHQ, Defence Intelligence, the Joint Intelligence Organisation, the National Security Secretariat (NSS) and Homeland Security Group."
↑ "Tobias Ellwood is the new Chair of the Defence Committee". UK parliament. London. 30 January 2020. https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/24/defence-committee/news/144810/tobias-ellwood-is-the-new-chair-of-the-defence-committee/.
↑ "Calendar of Business 2 March 2020". UK parliament. 27 February 2020. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmagenda/fb200227.htm#20200227-58. "That Stuart Anderson, Sarah Atherton, Wayne David, Richard Drax, Mr Tanmmanjeet Singh Dhesi, Mr Mark Francois, Martin Docherty-Hughes, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, Gavin Robinson and John Spellar be members of the Defence Committee."
↑ "Votes and Proceedings Monday 11 May 2020". UK House of Commons. 11 May 2020. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmvote/200511v01.html. "That Wayne David and Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi be discharged from the Defence Committee and Mr Kevan Jones and Derek Twigg be added"
↑ "Committees Volume 706: debated on Wednesday 5 January 2022". UK Hansard. 5 January 2022. https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-01-05/debates/22010583000003/Committees. "Defence That Martin Docherty-Hughes be discharged from the Defence Committee and Dave Doogan be added."
↑ "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmstords/900/body.htm#122B.
↑ Priddy, Sarah. "Chairs of Commons select committees since 2010". http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN04400.
↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/Results-spreadsheet-SC-Chairs-2020-a.pdf.
↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Select-Committee-Chair-Results-2017.pdf.
↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/committee-chair-election-results.pdf.
↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/defence/Defence-Committee-chair-election-final-results.pdf.
↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/chair-elections/Committee-Chair-Results.pdf.

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[1] "Defence Committee". parliament.uk. https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/24/defence-committee. "The Defence Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies."

[2] "Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament". gov.uk. https://isc.independent.gov.uk/. "The ISC oversees the policies, expenditure, administration and operations of MI5, MI6, GCHQ, Defence Intelligence, the Joint Intelligence Organisation, the National Security Secretariat (NSS) and Homeland Security Group."

[3] "Tobias Ellwood is the new Chair of the Defence Committee". UK parliament. London. 30 January 2020. https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/24/defence-committee/news/144810/tobias-ellwood-is-the-new-chair-of-the-defence-committee/.

[4] "Calendar of Business 2 March 2020". UK parliament. 27 February 2020. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmagenda/fb200227.htm#20200227-58. "That Stuart Anderson, Sarah Atherton, Wayne David, Richard Drax, Mr Tanmmanjeet Singh Dhesi, Mr Mark Francois, Martin Docherty-Hughes, Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck, Gavin Robinson and John Spellar be members of the Defence Committee."

[5] "Votes and Proceedings Monday 11 May 2020". UK House of Commons. 11 May 2020. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmvote/200511v01.html. "That Wayne David and Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi be discharged from the Defence Committee and Mr Kevan Jones and Derek Twigg be added"

[6] "Committees Volume 706: debated on Wednesday 5 January 2022". UK Hansard. 5 January 2022. https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-01-05/debates/22010583000003/Committees. "Defence That Martin Docherty-Hughes be discharged from the Defence Committee and Dave Doogan be added."

[7] "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmstords/900/body.htm#122B.

[8] Priddy, Sarah. "Chairs of Commons select committees since 2010". http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN04400.

[9] "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/Results-spreadsheet-SC-Chairs-2020-a.pdf.

[10] "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Select-Committee-Chair-Results-2017.pdf.

[11] "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/committee-chair-election-results.pdf.

[12] "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/defence/Defence-Committee-chair-election-final-results.pdf.

[13] "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/chair-elections/Committee-Chair-Results.pdf.

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