Procedure Committee

The Procedure Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to consider the practice and procedure of the House in the conduct of public business.^[1] The committee is governed by Standing Order number 147, which sets out its remit, powers, and the number of members.

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:^[2]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Cat Smith MP (Chair)	Labour	Lancaster and Wyre
	James Asser MP	Labour	West Ham and Beckton
	David Baines MP	Labour	St Helens North
	Bambos Charalambous MP	Labour	Southgate and Wood Green
	Christopher Chope MP	Conservative	Christchurch
	Lee Dillon MP	Liberal Democrats	Newbury
	Graeme Downie MP	Labour	Dunfermline and Dollar
	Mary Kelly Foy MP	Labour	City of Durham
	Gill Furniss MP	Labour	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
	Tracy Gilbert MP	Labour	Edinburgh North and Leith
	Richard Holden MP	Conservative	Basildon and Billericay
	Gurinder Josan MP	Labour	Smethwick
	Tom Morrison MP	Liberal Democrats	Cheadle
	Joy Morrissey MP	Conservative	Beaconsfield
	Lee Pitcher MP	Labour	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
	Michael Wheeler MP	Labour	Worsley and Eccles

Chances since 2024

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
27 January 2025		Frank McNally MP (Labour)	Coatbridge and Bellshill	→		David Baines MP (Labour)	St Helens North	Hansard

58th parliament

In the 58th parliament, the membership of the committee is the following:^[3][4][5][6]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Dame Karen Bradley (Chair)	Conservative	Staffordshire Moorlands
	Jack Brereton	Conservative	Stoke-on-Trent South
	Sir Christopher Chope	Conservative	Christchurch
	Nickie Aiken	Conservative	Cities of London and Westminster
	Samantha Dixon	Labour	City of Chester
	Owen Thompson	Scottish National Party	Midlothian
	Suzanne Webb	Conservative	Stourbridge
	Patrick Grady	Scottish National Party	Glasgow North
	Bambos Charalambous	Labour	Enfield Southgate
	Chris Elmore	Labour	Ogmore
	Kevan Jones	Labour	Durham North
	Nigel Mills	Conservative	Amber Valley
	William Wragg	Conservative	Hazel Grove
	James Sunderland	Conservative	Bracknell
	Liz Twist	Labour	Blaydon
	Douglas Ross	Conservative	Moray
	James Gray	Conservative	North Wiltshire

57th parliament

In the 57th parliament, the members of the committee was the following:^[7]

Member		Party	Constituency
	Charles Walker MP (Chair)	Conservative	Broxbourne
	Bob Blackman MP	Conservative	Harrow East
	Peter Bone MP	Conservative	Wellingborough
	Gareth Snell MP	Labour Co-op	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	Bambos Charalambous MP	Labour	Enfield Southgate
	Sir Christopher Chope MP	Conservative	Christchurch
	Alison Thewliss MP	Scottish National Party	Glasgow Central
	Nic Dakin MP	Labour	Scunthorpe
	Chris Elmore MP	Labour	Ogmore
	Helen Goodman MP	Labour	Bishop Auckland
	Ranil Jayawardena MP	Conservative	North East Hampshire
	David Linden MP	Scottish National Party	Glasgow East
	Melanie Onn MP	Labour	Great Grimsby
	Nick Smith MP	Labour	Blaenau Gwent
	William Wragg MP	Conservative	Hazel Grove
	Rt. Hon Sir David Evennett MP	Conservative	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	Rt. Hon Sir Edward Leigh MP	Conservative	Gainsborough

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 & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
9 June 2010		Greg Knight MP (Conservative – East Yorkshire) elected Chair						Hansard
26 July 2010	Initial members elected							Hansard
1 March 2011		Mike Wood MP (Labour)	East Yorkshire	→		Helen Goodman MP (Labour)	Bishop Auckland	Hansard
21 March 2011		Angela Smith MP (Labour)	Penistone and Stocksbridge	→		Thomas Docherty MP (Labour)	Dunfermline and West Fife	Hansard
1 April 2011		Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour)	Leicester South	→	Vacant			Vote and Proceedings
11 October 2011		Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour)	Houghton and Sunderland South	→		Nic Dakin MP (Labour)	Scunthorpe	Hansard
31 October 2011		Andrew Percy MP (Conservative)	Brigg and Goole	→		Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)	Staffordshire Moorlands	Hansard
6 September 2012		Chair: Greg Knight MP (Conservative)	East Yorkshire	→	Vacant			Hansard
17 October 2012	Vacant			→		Chair: Charles Walker MP (Conservative)	Broxbourne	Hansard
5 November 2012		Karen Bradley MP (Conservative)	Staffordshire Moorlands	→		Martin Vickers MP (Conservative)	Cleethorpes	Hansard

See also

• Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom