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

Members are as follows.^[2]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair)	Conservative	Gosport
	Bayo Alaba MP	Labour	Southend East and Rochford
	Zöe Franklin MP	Lib Dems	Guildford
	James Frith MP	Labour	Bury North
	Damian Hinds MP	Conservative	East Hampshire
	Rupa Huq MP	Labour	Ealing Central and Acton
	Natasha Irons MP	Labour	Croydon East
	Liz Jarvis MP	Lib Dems	Eastleigh
	Jo Platt MP	Labour	Leigh and Atherton
	Tom Rutland MP	Labour	East Worthing and Shoreham
	Paul Waugh MP	Labour	Rochdale

Changes since 2024

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
9 December 2024		Mims Davies MP (Conservative)	East Grinstead and Uckfield	→		Damian Hinds MP (Conservative)	East Hampshire	Hansard

2019-2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.^[3][4]

After the previous Chair Julian Knight recused himself from Parliament, Damian Green was selected as the Acting Chair of the committee.^[5] He held this role until Dame Caroline Dinenage was elected as the new Chair on 17 May 2023.^[6]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Julian Knight MP (Chair)	Conservative	Solihull
	Kevin Brennan MP	Labour	Cardiff West
	Steve Brine MP	Conservative	Winchester
	Philip Davies MP	Conservative	Shipley
	Clive Efford MP	Labour	Eltham
	Julie Elliott MP	Labour	Sunderland Central
	Damian Green MP	Conservative	Ashford
	Damian Hinds MP	Conservative	East Hampshire
	John Nicolson MP	Scottish National Party	Ochil and South Perthshire
	Jo Stevens MP	Labour	Cardiff Central
	Giles Watling MP	Conservative	Clacton

Changes 2019-2024

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
11 May 2020		Jo Stevens MP (Labour)	Cardiff Central	→		Alex Davies-Jones MP (Labour)	Pontypridd	Hansard
9 November 2020		Philip Davies MP (Conservative)	Shipley	→		Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative)	South Derbyshire	Hansard
19 October 2021		Damian Hinds MP (Conservative)	East Hampshire	→		Simon Jupp MP (Conservative)	East Devon	Hansard
		Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative)	South Derbyshire			Jane Stevenson MP (Conservative)	Wolverhampton North East
7 March 2022		Alex Davies-Jones MP (Labour)	Pontypridd	→		Rupa Huq MP (Labour)	Ealing Central and Acton	Hansard
24 April 2023		Julian Knight MP (Chair, independent)	Solihull	→	Vacant			Hansard
17 May 2023	Vacant			→		Dame Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair, Conservative)	Gosport	Hansard
15 January 2024		Kevin Brennan MP (Labour)	Cardiff West	→		Alex Sobel MP (Labour)	Leeds North West	Hansard

Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee

Chair		Party	Constituency	First elected	Method
	Dame Caroline Dinenage	Conservative	Gosport	17 May 2023	Elected by the House of Commons[7]
As Digitial, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
	Julian Knight	Conservative/Independent	Solihull	29 January 2020	Elected by the House of Commons[8]
	Damian Collins	Conservative	Folkestone and Hythe	12 July 2017	Elected by the House of Commons[9]
As Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
	Damian Collins	Conservative	Folkestone and Hythe	19 October 2016	Elected by the House of Commons[10]
	Jesse Norman	Conservative	Hereford and South Herefordshire	17 June 2015	Elected by the House of Commons[11]
	John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon (Maldon and East Chelmsford 1997–2010)	11 July 2005	Elected by the Select Committee[12] (and the House of Commons in 2010)
	Gerald Kaufman	Labour	Manchester Gorton	14 July 1997	Elected by the Select Committee[13]
As National Heritage Select Committee
	Gerald Kaufman	Labour	Manchester Gorton	27 April 1992	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.^[14] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.^[15]

17 May 2023[16]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	Dame Caroline Dinenage	198	51.7
	Damian Collins	100	26.1
	Damian Green	85	22.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes		383

29 January 2020[17]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	Julian Knight	283	50.8
	Damian Collins	274	49.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes		557

12 July 2017[18]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	Damian Collins	Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes

19 October 2016[10]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	Damian Collins	302	56.8
	Helen Grant	230	43.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes		532

17 June 2015[11]
Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jesse Norman	221	36.8	240	40.6	268	47.2	319	60.2
	Graham Stuart	157	26.2	164	27.7	178	31.3	211	39.8
	Damian Green	93	15.5	97	16.4	122	21.5	Eliminated
	Damian Collins	87	14.5	90	15.2	Eliminated
	Jason McCartney	42	7.0	Eliminated
Not redistributed				9	1.5	32	5.3	70	11.7
Valid votes		600		591		568		530

9 June 2010[19]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	John Whittingdale	Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes

See also

• Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom