Panel of Chairs

The Panel of Chairs (formerly the Chairman's Panel) are members of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom responsible for chairing public bill committees and other General Committees. They may also chair debates in Westminster Hall, the parallel debating chamber. The three Deputy Speakers, who are automatically members, are responsible for chairing Committees of the Whole House. Other members may act as temporary chairs of Committees of the Whole House.^[1]

The Panel is chaired by the Chairman of Ways and Means. The Panel is not itself generally thought of as a committee, but it does have the power to meet to consider matters relating to procedure in the general committees and report its findings to the House of Commons.^[2]

Members

The panel comprises the Chairman and two Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means, who are members ex officio, and no fewer than 10 MPs appointed by the Speaker,^[1] two of whom are appointed pursuant to section 1(3) of the Parliament Act 1911 by the Committee of Selection to be consulted by the Speaker before declaring a bill to be a money bill.

Members of the Panel of Chairs, as of 31 January 2025:^[3][4]

Member		Party	Constituency	Notes
	Nusrat Ghani MP	Conservative	Sussex Weald	Chairman of Ways and Means
	Judith Cummins MP	Labour	Bradford South	First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
	Caroline Nokes MP	Conservative	Romsey and Southampton North	Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP	Labour	Tooting
	Clive Betts MP	Labour	Sheffield South East
	Dawn Butler MP	Labour Co-operative	Brent East
	Sir Christopher Chope MP	Conservative	Christchurch
	Peter Dowd MP	Labour	Bootle
	Clive Efford MP	Labour	Eltham
	Gill Furniss MP	Labour	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
	Sir Roger Gale MP	Conservative	Herne Bay and Sandwich
	Carolyn Harris MP	Labour	Neath and Swansea East
	Sir John Hayes MP	Conservative	South Holland and the Deepings
	Sir Mark Hendrick MP	Labour Co-operative	Preston
	Wera Hobhouse MP	Liberal Democrats	Bath
	Dr Rupa Huq MP	Labour	Ealing Central and Acton
	Christine Jardine MP	Liberal Democrats	Edinburgh West
	Sir Edward Leigh MP	Conservative	Gainsborough
	Emma Lewell-Buck MP	Labour	South Shields
	Siobhain McDonagh MP	Labour	Mitcham and Morden
	Esther McVey MP	Conservative	Tatton
	David Mundell MP	Conservative	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
	Dr Andrew Murrison MP	Conservative	South West Wiltshire
	Mark Pritchard MP	Conservative	The Wrekin
	Graham Stringer MP	Labour	Blackley and Broughton
	Graham Stuart MP	Conservative	Beverley and Holderness
	Desmond Swayne MP	Conservative	New Forest West
	Karl Turner MP	Labour	Kingston upon Hull East
	Derek Twigg MP	Labour	Widnes and Halewood
	Valerie Vaz MP	Labour	Walsall and Bloxwich
	Martin Vickers MP	Conservative	Brigg and Immingham
	Matt Western MP	Labour	Warwick and Leamington
	Sir Jeremy Wright MP	Conservative	Kenilworth and Southam

Members of the Panel of Chairs, as of 15 October 2021:^[5]

Member		Party	Constituency	Notes
	Dame Eleanor Laing MP	Conservative	Epping Forest	Chairman of Ways and Means
	Dame Rosie Winterton MP	Labour	Doncaster Central	First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
	Nigel Evans MP	Conservative	Ribble Valley	Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
	Rushanara Ali MP	Labour	Bethnal Green and Bow
	Hannah Bardell MP	Scottish National Party	Livingston
	Clive Betts MP	Labour	Sheffield South East
	Peter Bone MP	Conservative	Wellingborough
	Sir Graham Brady MP	Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West
	Karen Buck MP	Labour	Westminster North
	Sir Christopher Chope MP	Conservative	Christchurch
	Judith Cummins MP	Labour	Bradford South	Previously Acting Deputy Speaker
	Geraint Davies MP	Labour Co-operative	Swansea West
	Philip Davies MP	Conservative	Shipley
	Peter Dowd MP	Labour	Bootle
	Dame Angela Eagle MP	Labour	Wallasey
	Clive Efford MP	Labour	Eltham
	Julie Elliott MP	Labour	Sunderland Central
	Yvonne Fovargue MP	Labour	Makerfield
	Sir Roger Gale MP	Conservative	North Thanet
	Nusrat Ghani MP	Conservative	Wealden
	James Gray MP	Conservative	North Wiltshire
	Sir Mark Hendrick MP	Labour Co-operative	Preston
	Philip Hollobone MP	Conservative	Kettering
	Stewart Hosie MP	Scottish National Party	Dundee East
	Sir George Howarth MP	Labour	Knowsley
	Dr Rupa Huq	Labour	Ealing Central and Acton
	Sir Edward Leigh MP	Conservative	Gainsborough
	Steve McCabe MP	Labour	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	Siobhain McDonagh MP	Labour	Mitcham and Morden
	Esther McVey MP	Conservative	Tatton
	Dame Maria Miller MP	Conservative	Basingstoke
	David Mundell MP	Conservative	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
	Sheryll Murray MP	Conservative	South East Cornwall
	Caroline Nokes MP	Conservative	Romsey and Southampton North
	Ian Paisley MP	Democratic Unionist Party	North Antrim
	Mark Pritchard MP	Conservative	The Wrekin
	Christina Rees MP	Labour Co-operative	Neath
	Laurence Robertson MP	Conservative	Tewkesbury
	Andrew Rosindell MP	Conservative	Romford
	Virendra Sharma MP	Labour	Ealing, Southall
	Gary Streeter MP	Conservative	South West Devon
	Graham Stringer MP	Labour	Blackley and Broughton
	Derek Twigg MP	Labour	Halton
	Sir Charles Walker MP	Conservative	Broxbourne

The Panel of Chairs was nominated by the Speaker on 22 June 2017:

• Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Labour), Chairman of Ways and Means
• Dame Eleanor Laing (Conservative), First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
• Dame Rosie Winterton (Labour), Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
• Sir David Amess (Conservative)
• Ian Austin (Independent, previously Labour)
• Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op))
• Sir Henry Bellingham (Conservative)
• Clive Betts (Labour)
• Peter Bone (Conservative)
• Sir Graham Brady (Conservative)
• Karen Buck (Labour)
• Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
• Sir David Crausby (Labour)
• Geraint Davies (Labour (Co-op))
• Philip Davies (Conservative)
• Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
• Nigel Evans (Conservative)
• Sir Roger Gale (Conservative)
• Mike Gapes (Labour (Co-op))
• Dame Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
• James Gray (Conservative)
• David Hanson (Labour)
• Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
• Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party)
• George Howarth (Labour)
• Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)
• Steve McCabe (Labour)
• Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)
• Anne Main (Conservative)
• Madeleine Moon (Labour)
• Albert Owen (Labour)
• Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party)
• Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
• Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
• Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
• Joan Ryan (Labour)
• Virendra Sharma (Labour)
• Gary Streeter (Conservative)
• Graham Stringer (Labour)
• Charles Walker (Conservative)
• Phil Wilson (Labour)

As of December 2015, the members were as follows:

• Lindsay Hoyle (Labour), Chairman of Ways and Means
• Eleanor Laing (Conservative), First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
• Natascha Engel (Labour), Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
• David Amess (Conservative)
• Adrian Bailey (Labour)
• Clive Betts (Labour)
• Peter Bone (Conservative)
• Graham Brady (Conservative)
• Karen Buck (Labour)
• Christopher Chope (Conservative)
• David Crausby (Labour)
• Geraint Davies (Labour)
• Philip Davies (Conservative)
• Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
• Nigel Evans (Conservative)
• Roger Gale (Conservative)
• Mike Gapes (Labour)
• Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
• James Gray (Conservative)
• Fabian Hamilton (Labour)
• David Hanson (Labour)
• Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
• George Howarth (Labour)
• Edward Leigh (Conservative)
• Anne Main (Conservative)
• Steve McCabe (Labour))
• Alan Meale (Labour))
• Madeleine Moon (Labour))
• David Nuttall (Conservative)
• Albert Owen (Labour)
• Andrew Percy (Conservative)
• Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
• Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
• Gary Streeter (Conservative)
• Graham Stringer (Labour)
• Andrew Turner (Conservative)
• Valerie Vaz (Labour)
• Charles Walker (Conservative)
• Phil Wilson (Labour)