Home Affairs Select Committee

The Home Affairs Select Committee is a departmental select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Remit

The Home Affairs Committee is one of the House of Commons select committees related to government departments: its terms of reference are to examine "the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies".^[1]

The committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invites written evidence from interested parties and holds public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it does have the power to meet away from Westminster.

At the end of each inquiry, the committee will normally agree on a report based on the evidence received. Such reports are published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contain recommendations to the government and other bodies. By convention, the government responds to reports within about two months of publication. These responses are also published.

Inquiries

Recent inquiries have included:^[2]

• Brexit-related preparations^[3]
• Counter-terrorism^[4]
• Domestic abuse^[5]
• Hate crime and its violent consequences^[6]
• Immigration detention^[7]
• Islamophobia^[8]
• Modern slavery^[9]
• Policing for the future^[10]
• Windrush children^[11]

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:^[12]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Karen Bradley MP (chair)	Conservative	Staffordshire Moorlands
	Shaun Davies MP	Labour	Telford
	Paul Kohler MP	Liberal Democrats	Wimbledon
	Ben Maguire MP	Liberal Democrats	North Cornwall
	Robbie Moore MP	Conservative	Keighley and Ilkley
	Margaret Mullane MP	Labour	Dagenham and Rainham
	Chris Murray MP	Labour	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
	Connor Rand MP	Labour	Altrincham and Sale West
	Joani Reid MP	Labour	East Kilbride and Strathaven
	Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP	Labour	Clapham and Brixton Hill
	Jake Richards MP	Labour	Rother Valley

2019–2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.^[13][14]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Yvette Cooper (chair)	Labour	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	Janet Daby	Labour	Lewisham East
	Dehenna Davison	Conservative	Bishop Auckland
	Stephen Doughty	Labour and Co-op	Cardiff South and Penarth
	Ruth Edwards	Conservative	Rushcliffe
	Laura Farris	Conservative	Newbury
	Simon Fell	Conservative	Barrow and Furness
	Adam Holloway	Conservative	Gravesham
	Tim Loughton	Conservative	East Worthing and Shoreham
	Holly Lynch	Labour	Halifax
	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

Changes 2019-2024

Date	Outgoing member		Constituency	→	New member		Constituency	Source
11 May 2020		Janet Daby (Labour)	Lewisham East	→		Diane Abbott (Labour)	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	[15]
		Holly Lynch (Labour)	Halifax			Andrew Gwynne (Labour)	Denton and Reddish
		Stephen Doughty (Labour and Co-op)	Cardiff South and Penarth			Diana Johnson (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull North
2 November 2021		Dehenna Davison (Conservative)	Bishop Auckland	→		James Daly (Conservative)	Bury North	[16]
		Ruth Edwards (Conservative)	Rushcliffe			Gary Sambrook (Conservative)	Birmingham Northfield
1 December 2021		Yvette Cooper (chair, Labour)	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	→	Vacant			[17]
15 December 2021		Diana Johnson (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull North	→	Vacant			[18]
	Vacant					Diana Johnson (chair, Labour)	Kingston upon Hull North
8 February 2022	Vacant			→		Paula Barker (Labour)	Liverpool Wavertree	[19]
7 March 2022		Andrew Gwynne (Labour)	Denton and Reddish	→		Carolyn Harris (Labour)	Swansea East	[20]
15 March 2022		James Daly (Conservative)	Bury North	→		Lee Anderson (Conservative)	Ashfield	[21]
		Laura Farris (Conservative)	Newbury			Matt Vickers (Conservative)	Stockton South
27 June 2022		Matt Vickers (Conservative)	Stockton South	→		James Daly (Conservative)	Bury North	[22]
9 January 2023		Gary Sambrook (Conservative)	Birmingham Northfield	→		Marco Longhi (Conservative)	Dudley North	[23]
28 March 2023		Stuart McDonald (Scottish National Party)	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	→		Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party)	Glasgow Central	[24]
27 November 2023		Paula Barker (Labour)	Liverpool Wavertree	→		Kim Johnson (Labour)	Liverpool Riverside	[25]
14 May 2024		Lee Anderson (Reform UK)	Ashfield	→		Brendan Clarke-Smith (Conservative)	Bassetlaw	[26]

2017–2019 Parliament

The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.^[27][28]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Yvette Cooper (chair)	Labour	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	Christopher Chope	Conservative	Christchurch
	Stephen Doughty	Labour and Co-op	Cardiff South and Penarth
	Preet Gill	Labour and Co-op	Birmingham Edgbaston
	Sarah Jones	Labour	Croydon Central
	Tim Loughton	Conservative	East Worthing and Shoreham
	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	Esther McVey	Conservative	Tatton
	Will Quince	Conservative	Colchester
	Naz Shah	Labour	Bradford West

Changes 2017–2019

Date	Outgoing member		Constituency	→	New member		Constituency	Source
16 October 2017	New seat			→		Rehman Chishti (Conservative)	Gillingham and Rainham	Hansard
4 December 2017		Esther McVey (Conservative)	Tatton	→		Douglas Ross (Conservative)	Moray	Hansard
5 February 2018		Preet Gill (Labour)	Birmingham Edgbaston	→		John Woodcock (Labour)	Barrow and Furness	Hansard
20 February 2018		Will Quince (Conservative)	Colchester	→		Kirstene Hair (Conservative)	Angus	Hansard
18 June 2018		Sarah Jones (Labour)	Croydon Central	→		Alex Norris (Labour and Co-op)	Nottingham North	Hansard
23 July 2018		Naz Shah (Labour)	Bradford West	→		Kate Green (Labour)	Stretford and Urmston	Hansard
26 November 2018		Kirstene Hair (Conservative)	Angus	→		Chris Green (Conservative)	Bolton West	Hansard
8 May 2019		Alex Norris (Labour and Co-op)	Nottingham North	→		Janet Daby (Labour)	Lewisham East	Hansard
		John Woodcock (Independent)	Barrow and Furness			Toby Perkins (Labour)	Chesterfield

2015–2017 Parliament

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.^[29][30]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Keith Vaz (chair)	Labour	Leicester East
	Victoria Atkins	Conservative	Louth and Horncastle
	James Berry	Conservative	Kingston and Surbiton
	David Burrowes	Conservative	Enfield Southgate
	Nus Ghani	Conservative	Wealden
	Ranil Jayawardena	Conservative	North East Hampshire
	Tim Loughton	Conservative	East Worthing and Shoreham
	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	Keir Starmer	Labour	Holborn and St Pancras
	Anna Turley	Labour and Co-op	Redcar
	David Winnick	Labour	Walsall North

Changes 2015–2017

Date	Outgoing member		Constituency	→	New member		Constituency	Source
26 October 2015		Anna Turley (Labour)	Redcar	→		Naz Shah Labour)	Bradford West	Hansard
		Keir Starmer (Labour)	Holborn and St Pancras			Chuka Umunna (Labour)	Streatham
6 September 2016		Keith Vaz (chair, Labour)	Leicester East	→	Vacant			Hansard
19 October 2016	Vacant			→		Yvette Cooper (chair, Labour)	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	Hansard
31 October 2016		Victoria Atkins (Conservative)	Louth and Horncastle	→		Byron Davies Conservative)	Gower	Hansard

2010–2015 Parliament

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.^[31][32]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Keith Vaz (chair)	Labour	Leicester East
	Nicola Blackwood	Conservative	Oxford West and Abingdon
	Aidan Burley	Conservative	Cannock Chase
	Lorraine Fullbrook	Conservative	South Ribble
	Dr Julian Huppert	Liberal Democrats	Cambridge
	Steve McCabe	Labour	Birmingham Selly Oak
	Mary Macleod	Conservative	Brentford and Isleworth
	Alun Michael	Labour and Co-op	Cardiff South and Penarth
	Bridget Phillipson	Labour	Houghton and Sunderland South
	Mark Reckless	Conservative	Rochester and Strood
	David Winnick	Labour	Walsall North

Changes 2010–2015

Date	Outgoing member		Constituency	→	New member		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010		Mary Macleod (Conservative)	Brentford and Isleworth	→		James Clappison (Conservative)	Hertsmere	Hansard
14 February 2011		Aidan Burley (Conservative)	Cannock Chase	→		Michael Ellis (Conservative)	Northampton North	Hansard
22 October 2012		Alun Michael (Labour and Co-op)	Cardiff South and Penarth	→	Vacant			Resignation of member from Parliament[33]
26 November 2012	Vacant			→		Karl Turner (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull East	Hansard
4 February 2013		Karl Turner (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull East	→		Chris Ruane (Labour)	Vale of Clwyd	Hansard
4 November 2013		Steve McCabe (Labour)	Birmingham Selly Oak	→		Ian Austin (Labour)	Dudley North	Hansard
		Bridget Phillipson (Labour)	Houghton and Sunderland South			Paul Flynn (Labour)	Newport West
		Chris Ruane (Labour)	Vale of Clwyd			Yasmin Qureshi (Labour)	Bolton South East
30 September 2014		Mark Reckless (UKIP)	Rochester and Strood	→	Vacant			Resignation of member from Parliament[34]
3 November 2014	Vacant			→		Tim Loughton (Conservative)	East Worthing and Shoreham	Hansard

Changes

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

Date	Outgoing member		→	New member		Source
4 December 2017		Esther McVey (Con)	→		Douglas Ross (Con)	Hansard
5 February 2018		Preet Gill (Lab)	→		John Woodcock (Lab)	Hansard
20 February 2018		Will Quince (Con)	→		Kirstene Hair (Con)	Hansard
8 May 2019		Alex Norris (Lab Co-op)	→		Janet Daby (Lab)	Hansard
8 May 2019		John Woodcock (Ind)	→		Toby Perkins (Lab)	Hansard

Chairs of the Home Affairs Select Committee

Chair		Term of office		Party	Notes
	John Wheeler	June 1987	16 March 1992	Conservative
	Ivan Lawrence	15 July 1992	21 March 1997
	Chris Mullin	17 July 1997	19 October 1999	Labour
	Robin Corbett	19 October 1999	11 May 2001
	Chris Mullin	18 July 2001	14 July 2003
	John Denham	15 July 2003	25 July 2007
	Keith Vaz	26 July 2007	13 September 2016
	Tim Loughton	September 2016	October 2016	Conservative	Acting
	Yvette Cooper	19 October 2016	1 December 2021	Labour
	Tim Loughton	1 December 2021	15 December 2021	Conservative	Acting
	Diana Johnson	15 December 2021	Incumbent	Labour

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.^[35] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.^[36]

9 June 2010[37]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	Keith Vaz	336	58.1
	Alun Michael	242	41.9
Valid votes		578

17 June 2015[38]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	Keith Vaz	412	68.2
	Fiona Mactaggart	192	31.8
Valid votes		604

19 October 2016[39]
Candidate		1st round		2nd round		3rd round
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Yvette Cooper	216	39.9	235	45.4	281	58.9
	Caroline Flint	149	27.5	161	31.1	196	31.2
	Chuka Umunna	111	20.5	112	21.6	Eliminated
	Paul Flynn	65	12.0	Eliminated
Not redistributed				23	4.3	64	11.8
Valid votes		541		518		477

12 July 2017[37]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	Yvette Cooper	Unopposed
Valid votes		N/A

30 January 2020[40]
Candidate		1st round
		Votes	%
	Yvette Cooper	Unopposed
Valid votes		N/A

15 December 2021[41]
Candidate		1st round		2nd round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Dame Diana Johnson	145	45.6	154	53.8
	Dr Rupa Huq	96	30.5	132	46.2
	Yasmin Qureshi	74	23.5	Eliminated
Valid votes		315		286

See also

• Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom