Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, formerly the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee,[1] is one of the select committees of the House of Commons, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the Department for National Heritage.

Membership

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After the previous Chair Julian Knight recused himself from Parliament, Damian Green was selected as the Acting Chair of the committee.[2] He held this role until Dame Caroline Dinenage was elected as the new Chair on 17 May 2023.[3]

As of January 2024, the membership of the committee is as follows:[4]

MemberPartyConstituency
Dame Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair)ConservativeGosport
Steve Brine MPConservativeWinchester
Clive Efford MPLabourEltham
Julie Elliott MPLabourSunderland Central
Damian Green MPConservativeAshford
Rupa Huq MPLabourEaling Central and Acton
Simon Jupp MPConservativeEast Devon
John Nicolson MPScottish National PartyOchil and South Perthshire
Alex Sobel MPLabourLeeds North West
Jane Stevenson MPConservativeWolverhampton North East
Giles Watling MPConservativeClacton

Changes since 2019

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DateOutgoing Member
& Party
ConstituencyNew Member
& Party
ConstituencySource
11 May 2020Jo Stevens MP (Labour)Cardiff CentralAlex Davies-Jones MP (Labour)PontypriddHansard
9 November 2020Philip Davies MP (Conservative)ShipleyHeather Wheeler MP (Conservative)South DerbyshireHansard
19 October 2021Damian Hinds MP (Conservative)East HampshireSimon Jupp MP (Conservative)East DevonHansard
Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative)South DerbyshireJane Stevenson MP (Conservative)Wolverhampton North East
7 March 2022Alex Davies-Jones MP (Labour)PontypriddRupa Huq MP (Labour)Ealing Central and ActonHansard
24 April 2023Julian Knight MP (Chair, independent)SolihullVacantHansard
17 May 2023VacantDame Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair, Conservative)GosportHansard
15 January 2024Kevin Brennan MP (Labour)Cardiff WestAlex Sobel MP (Labour)Leeds North WestHansard

Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee

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ChairPartyConstituencyFirst electedMethod
Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeGosport17 May 2023Elected by the House of Commons[5]
As Digitial, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
Julian KnightConservative/IndependentSolihull29 January 2020Elected by the House of Commons[6]
Damian CollinsConservativeFolkestone and Hythe12 July 2017Elected by the House of Commons[7]
As Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
Damian CollinsConservativeFolkestone and Hythe19 October 2016Elected by the House of Commons[8]
Jesse NormanConservativeHereford and South Herefordshire17 June 2015Elected by the House of Commons[9]
John WhittingdaleConservativeMaldon
(Maldon and East Chelmsford 1997–2010)
11 July 2005Elected by the Select Committee[10]
(and the House of Commons in 2010)
Gerald KaufmanLabourManchester Gorton14 July 1997Elected by the Select Committee[11]
As National Heritage Select Committee
Gerald KaufmanLabourManchester Gorton27 April 1992Elected by the Select Committee

Election results

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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.[12] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.[13]

17 May 2023[14]
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Dame Caroline Dinenage19851.7
Damian Collins10026.1
Damian Green8522.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes383
29 January 2020[15]
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Julian Knight28350.8
Damian Collins27449.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes557
12 July 2017[16]
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Damian CollinsUnopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes
19 October 2016[8]
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Damian Collins30256.8
Helen Grant23043.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes532
17 June 2015[9]
Candidate1st round2nd round3rd round4th round
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Jesse Norman22136.824040.626847.231960.2
Graham Stuart15726.216427.717831.321139.8
Damian Green9315.59716.412221.5Eliminated
Damian Collins8714.59015.2Eliminated
Jason McCartney427.0Eliminated
Not redistributed91.5325.37011.7
Valid votes600591568530
9 June 2010[17]
Candidate1st round
Votes%
John WhittingdaleUnopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CRole - Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Damian Green MP chosen as acting Chair of DCMS Committee". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Dame Caroline Dinenage MP elected Chair of Culture, Media and Sport Committee". UK Parliament. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 732. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 17 May 2023. col. 898. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs - Wednesday 29 January 2020 - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  7. ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 12 July 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Damian Collins elected Chair of Culture, Media and Sport Committee - News from Parliament - UK Parliament". Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  10. ^ "John Whittingdale MP, Maldon". TheyWorkForYou.
  11. ^ "House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - First Special Report". publications.parliament.uk.
  12. ^ "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". publications.parliament.uk.
  13. ^ Gorb, Aleksandra; Priddy, Sarah (20 February 2021). "Chairs of Commons select committees in the 2019 Parliament" – via commonslibrary.parliament.uk. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Results" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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