Speaker's Committee

The Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (SCEC),^[1] or simply the Speaker's Committee, is a body created under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to scrutinise the Electoral Commission.^[2] Through the committee's members, the commission is able to field questions in the House of Commons in a manner similar to the way ministers do.

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Member	Party	Role
Lindsay Hoyle	Speaker (Labour)	Speaker of the House of Commons (ex officio member)
Michael Gove	Conservative	Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (ex officio member)
Felicity Buchan	Conservative	Minister of the Crown with responsibilities in relation to local government (Appointed by the Prime Minister)
Clive Betts	Labour	Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (ex officio member)
William Wragg	Conservative	Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (ex officio member)
Rachel Hopkins	Labour	Regular Member
Craig Mackinlay	Conservative	Regular Member
Lee Rowley	Conservative	Regular Member
Cat Smith	Labour	Regular Member
Owen Thompson	Scottish National Party	Regular Member

Composition

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