The Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons (frequently shortened to Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was created early in the 1997–2001, 2001–2005, 2005–2010, and 2024–present Parliaments. It ceased to exist at the end of the 2005–10 Parliament, and the Government chose not to propose its reappointment in the Parliament following the 2010 election.
The Committee was first established on 4 June 1997 for the life of the Parliament (until 2001) with a remit to "consider how the practices and procedures of the House should be modernised, and to make recommendations thereon". It was composed of 15 MPs and chaired by the Leader of the House of Commons. It was recreated on 16 July 2001 and 13 July 2005 on similar terms.
Following the election of a Labour Government in July 2024, a new modernisation committee was created. This committee has 14 MPs and is established on terms similar to former iterations of this committee.
Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/736/modernisation-committee/membership/former/
NameStartEndPartyConstituencyLabourDewsburyLabourDerby SouthLabourLivingstonLabourHamilton North and BellshillLabourNeathLabourAshfieldLabourBlackburnLabourCamberwell and PeckhamLabour Co-opManchester CentralpresentLabourTynemouth
Membership Membership of the committee is as follows:
Member Party Constituency Alan Campbell MP (Chair) Labour Tynemouth Alex Barros-Curtis MP Labour Cardiff West Markus Campbell-Savours MP Labour Penrith and Solway Wendy Chamberlain MP Liberal Democrats North East Fife Christopher Chope MP Conservative Christchurch Bobby Dean MP Liberal Democrats Carshalton and Wallington Kirith Entwistle MP Labour Bolton North East Daniel Francis MP Labour Bexleyheath and Crayford Amanda Hack MP Labour North West Leicestershire Paulette Hamilton MP Labour Birmingham Erdington Rachel Hopkins MP Labour Luton South and South Bedfordshire John Lamont MP Conservative Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Jesse Norman MP Conservative Hereford and South Herefordshire Jo Platt MP Labour Leigh and Atherton
Changes since 2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 18 November 2024 Chris Philp MP (Conservative) Croydon South → Jesse Norman MP (Conservative) Hereford and South Herefordshire Hansard 4 March 2025 Mike Amesbury MP (Independent) Runcorn and Helsby → Chris Vince MP (Labour) Harlow Hansard 9 September 2025Lucy Powell MP (Labour)Manchester Central →Alan Campbell (Labour)TynemouthHansard 15 September 2025 Joy Morrissey MP (Conservative) Beaconsfield → John Lamont MP (Conservative) Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Hansard 15 October 2025 Marie Goldman MP (Liberal Democrats) Chelmsford → Bobby Dean MP (Liberal Democrats) Carshalton and Wallington Hansard 8 December 2025 Chris Elmore MP (Labour) Bridgend → Daniel Francis MP (Labour) Bexleyheath and Crayford Hansard 8 December 2025 Sarah Coombes MP (Labour) West Bromwich → Rachel Hopkins MP (Labour) Luton South and South Bedfordshire Hansard 8 December 2025 Chris Vince MP (Labour) Harlow → Leigh Ingham MP (Labour) Stafford Hansard 23 June 2026 Leigh Ingham MP (Labour) Stafford → Amanda Hack MP (Labour) North West Leicestershire Hansard
See also Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom
External links Archived records from the 2005–2010 committee Link to the current committee Records for this Committee from the 1997–2001 Parliament
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