Communities and Local Government Committee

The Communities and Local Government 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 work, the expenditure, administration and policies of the Department for Communities and Local Government and its associated public bodies.

Membership

As of 25 February 2013, the membership of the committee is as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Clive Betts MP (Chair)	Labour	Sheffield South East
Bob Blackman MP	Conservative	Harrow East
Simon Danczuk MP	Labour	Rochdale
Mary Glindon MP	Labour	North Tyneside
David Heyes MP	Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne
James Morris MP	Conservative	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Mark Pawsey MP	Conservative	Rugby
John Pugh MP	Liberal Democrat	Southport
Andy Sawford MP	Labour	Corby
John Stevenson MP	Conservative	Carlisle
Heather Wheeler MP	Conservative	South Derbyshire

Source: CLG Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to the membership of select committees as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010	Toby Perkins MP (Labour)	Chesterfield	→	Simon Danczuk MP (Labour)	Rochdale	Hansard
2 November 2010	Chris Williamson MP (Labour)	Derby North	→	David Heyes MP (Labour)	Ashton-under-Lyne	Hansard
29 November 2010	George Freeman MP (Conservative)	Mid Norfolk	→	Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative)	Rugby	Hansard
7 February 2011	Clive Efford MP (Labour)	Eltham	→	Steve Rotheram MP (Labour)	Liverpool Walton	Hansard
23 May 2011	Mike Freer MP (Conservative)	Finchley and Golders Green	→	Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative)	South Derbyshire	Hansard
7 November 2011	Steve Rotheram MP (Labour)	Liverpool Walton	→	Bill Esterson MP (Labour)	Sefton Central	Hansard
29 October 2012	George Hollingbery MP (Conservative)	Meon Valley	→	John Stevenson MP (Conservative)	Carlisle	Hansard
26 November 2012	Heidi Alexander MP (Labour)	Lewisham East	→	Andy Sawford MP (Labour)	Corby	Hansard
28 January 2013	Stephen Gilbert MP(Liberal Democrat)	St Austell and Newquay	→	John Pugh MP (Liberal Democrat)	Southport	Hansard
25 February 2013	Bill Esterson MP (Labour)	Sefton Central	→	Mary Glindon MP (Labour)	North Tyneside	Hansard

Chair of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee

Chair		Party	Constituency	First elected	Method
	Clive Betts	Labour	Sheffield South East (Sheffield Attercliffe 1992–2010)	10 June 2010	Elected by the House of Commons^[1]
	Phyllis Starkey	Labour	Milton Keynes South West	28 June 2006	Elected by the Select Committee^[2]
Previously as Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee
	Phyllis Starkey	Labour	Milton Keynes South West	14 July 2005	Elected by the Select Committee^[2]
	Andrew Bennett	Labour	Denton and Reddish	23 July 2002	Elected by the Select Committee^[3]

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.^[4] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.^[5]

12 July 2017^[6]
Candidate		1st round
Candidate		Votes	%
	Clive Betts	335	59.4
	David Lammy	229	40.6
Not redistributed
Valid votes		564

17 June 2015^[7]
Candidate		1st round
Candidate		Votes	%
	Clive Betts	Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes

9 June 2010^[8]
Candidate		1st round
Candidate		Votes	%
	Clive Betts	279	50.3
	Nick Raynsford	276	49.7
Not redistributed
Valid votes		555

External links

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Joint

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Statutory

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