Ecclesiastical Committee

The Ecclesiastical Committee is a statutory joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created by the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 to review Church of England measures submitted to Parliament by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod.

It comprises 30 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Lord Speaker appoints 15 members from the House of Lords, and the Speaker of the House of Commons appoints 15 MPs to serve on the committee. Members are appointed to serve for the duration of a parliament.

Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/174/ecclesiastical-committee/membership/former/

NameStartEndPartyConstituencyCrossbenchLife peerpresentCrossbenchLife peer

Membership As of May 2026, the members of the committee are as follows:

House of Commons House of Lords MP Party Constituency Peer Party Juliet Campbell Labour Broxtowe Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench Tom Collins Labour Worcester Lord Dannatt Crossbench Jonathan Davies Labour Mid Derbyshire Baroness Eaton Conservative Marsha de Cordova Labour Battersea Lord Faulkner of Worcester Labour Zöe Franklin Liberal Democrat Guildford Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Labour Danny Kruger Reform Baroness Harris of Richmond Luke Myer Labour Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Lord Jones Labour Al Pinkerton Liberal Democrat Surrey Heath Lord Lisvane Crossbench Cat Smith Labour Co-op Lancaster and Wyre Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Labour David Smith Labour North Northumberland Lord Shinkwin Conservative Rebecca Smith Conservative South West Devon Labour Sarah Smith Labour Hyndburn Lord Taylor of Holbeach Conservative Conservative Brigg and Immingham Melanie Ward Labour Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

See also Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

References

External links Ecclesiastical Committee website