The Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that came into existence in April 2023. It is the successor to the previous Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, which existed from 2009 to 2016. The current chair is Bill Esterson.

Formation The House of Commons agreed to the establishment of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee on 28 October 2008,House of Commons Hansard Debates from 28 Oct 08 - Energy and Climate Change Motion following the establishment of the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 3 October 2008. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the department, and any departmental bodies.

Reformation As the department was disbanded and merged with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in July 2016, the committee was also abolished. The committee was revitalised with the formation of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Candidates for chair were Kirsty Blackman, Stewart Malcolm McDonald and Angus MacNeil.

Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/membership/former/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/50/energy-and-climate-change-committee/membership/former/

NameStartEndPartyConstituencyLabourScunthorpeConservativeSouth SuffolkLiberal DemocratsWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineConservativeSouth SuffolkScottish National PartyNa h-Eileanan an IarScottish National Party (2023)Na h-Eileanan an IarIndependent (2023–2024)presentLabourSefton Central

Membership Membership of the committee is as follows:

Member Party Constituency Bill Esterson MP (chair) Labour Sefton Central Polly Billington MP Labour East Thanet Christopher Chope MP Conservative Christchurch Lizzi Collinge MP Labour Morecambe and Lunesdale Torcuil Crichton MP Labour Na h-Eileanan an Iar Graeme Downie MP Labour Dunfermline and Dollar Wera Hobhouse MP Liberal Democrats Bath Melanie Onn MP Labour Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes Mike Reader MP Labour Northampton South Bradley Thomas MP Conservative Bromsgrove Claire Young MP Liberal Democrats Thornbury and Yate

Changes since 2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 13 January 2025 Julie Minns MP (Labour) Carlisle → Mike Reader MP (Labour) Northampton South Hansard 17 March 2025 Josh MacAlister MP (Labour) Whitehaven and Workington → Melanie Onn MP (Labour) Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes Hansard 3 November 2025 Anneliese Midgley MP (Labour) Knowsley → Lizzi Collinge MP (Labour) Morecambe and Lunesdale Hansard Luke Murphy MP (Labour) Basingstoke Graeme Downie MP (Labour) Dunfermline and Dollar

2019-2024 Parliament Angus MacNeil was elected chair on 26 April 2023. The other members of the committee were formally appointed on 12 June 2023.

Member Party Constituency Angus MacNeil MP (chair) Independent (elected as SNP) Na h-Eileanan an Iar Hilary Benn MP Labour Leeds Central Vicky Ford MP Conservative Chelmsford Barry Gardiner MP Labour Brent North Mark Garnier MP Conservative Wyre Forest Mark Hendrick MP Labour Preston Mark Jenkinson MP Conservative Workington Dan Poulter MP Conservative Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP Labour Brighton Kemptown Alexander Stafford MP Conservative Rother Valley

Changes 2019-2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source19 June 2023 New seat→Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative)RugbyHansard20 November 2023Hilary Benn MP (Labour)Leeds Central→Mick Whitley MP (Labour)BirkenheadHansard11 December 2023Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative)Workington→Derek Thomas MP (Conservative)St IvesHansard7 May 2024Dan Poulter MP (Labour)Central Suffolk and North Ipswich→Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative)Suffolk CoastalHansard

Former membership The membership of the committee, appointed in July 2015, was as follows:

Member Party Constituency Angus MacNeil MP (chair) Scottish National Party Na h-Eileanan an Iar Alistair Carmichael MP Liberal Democrat Orkney and Shetland Glyn Davies MP Conservative Montgomeryshire James Heappey MP Conservative Wells Ian Lavery MP Labour Wansbeck Melanie Onn MP Labour Great Grimsby Matthew Pennycook MP Labour Greenwich and Woolwich Dan Poulter MP Conservative Central Suffolk & North Ipswich Antoinette Sandbach MP Conservative Eddisbury Julian Sturdy MP Conservative York Outer Dr Alan Whitehead MP Labour Southampton Test

Source: Energy and Climate Change Committee

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 2 November 2010 Gemma Doyle MP (Labour Co-op) West Dunbartonshire → Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) Brent North Hansard Tom Greatrex MP (Labour Co-op) Rutherglen and Hamilton West Ian Lavery MP (Labour) Wansbeck 5 November 2012 Laura Sandys MP (Conservative) South Thanet → Peter Lilley MP (Conservative) Hitchin and Harpenden Hansard

References

External links Committee website Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives