The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, formerly the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, is one of the select committees of the House of Commons, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the Department for National Heritage.

Chairs Committee chairs include those listed below.https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/membership/former/

NameStartEndPartyConstituencyLabourManchester GortonConservativeMaldon and East Chelmsford (2005–2010)Maldon (2010–2025)ConservativeHereford and South HerefordshireConservativeFolkestone and HytheConservative (2020–2022)SolihullIndependent (2022–2023)ConservativeAshfordIndependentSolihullConservativeAshfordpresentConservativeGosport

Chair elections From June 2010 chairs of select committees have been directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the alternative vote system. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes redistributed until one remaining candidate has more than half of valid votes. Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.

ChairPartyConstituencyFirst electedMethodDame Caroline DinenageConservativeGosport17 May 2023Elected by the House of Commons As Digitial, Culture, Media and Sport Select CommitteeJulian KnightConservative/IndependentSolihull29 January 2020Elected by the House of CommonsDamian CollinsConservativeFolkestone and Hythe12 July 2017Elected by the House of CommonsAs Culture, Media and Sport Select CommitteeDamian CollinsConservativeFolkestone and Hythe19 October 2016Elected by the House of CommonsJesse NormanConservativeHereford and South Herefordshire17 June 2015Elected by the House of CommonsJohn WhittingdaleConservativeMaldon(Maldon and East Chelmsford 1997–2010)11 July 2005Elected by the Select Committee(and the House of Commons in 2010)Gerald KaufmanLabourManchester Gorton14 July 1997Elected by the Select CommitteeAs National Heritage Select CommitteeGerald KaufmanLabourManchester Gorton27 April 1992Elected by the Select Committee

9 September 2024 Candidate 1st round Votes % Dame Caroline Dinenage Unopposed Not redistributed Valid votes

17 May 2023 Candidate 1st round Votes % Dame Caroline Dinenage19851.7 Damian Collins10026.1 Damian Green8522.2 Not redistributed Valid votes 383

29 January 2020 Candidate 1st round Votes % Julian Knight28350.8 Damian Collins27449.2 Not redistributed Valid votes 557

12 July 2017 Candidate 1st round Votes % Damian Collins Unopposed Not redistributed Valid votes

19 October 2016 Candidate 1st round Votes % Damian Collins 302 56.8 Helen Grant 230 43.2 Not redistributed Valid votes 532

17 June 2015 Candidate 1st round 2nd round 3rd round 4th round Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Jesse Norman 221 36.8 240 40.6 268 47.2 319 60.2 Graham Stuart 157 26.2 164 27.7 178 31.3 211 39.8 Damian Green 93 15.5 97 16.4 122 21.5 Eliminated Damian Collins 87 14.5 90 15.2 Eliminated Jason McCartney 42 7.0 Eliminated Not redistributed 9 1.5 32 5.3 70 11.7 Valid votes 600 591 568 530

9 June 2010 Candidate 1st round Votes % John Whittingdale Unopposed Not redistributed Valid votes

Membership Members are as follows.

Member Party Constituency Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair) Conservative Gosport Bayo Alaba MP Independent Southend East and Rochford Vicky Foxcroft MP Labour Lewisham North Nigel Huddleston MP Conservative Droitwich and Evesham Rupa Huq MP Labour Ealing Central and Acton Natasha Irons MP Labour Croydon East Liz Jarvis MP Liberal Democrats Eastleigh Anneliese Midgley MP Labour Knowsley Jo Platt MP Labour Leigh and Atherton Jeff Smith MP Labour Manchester Withington Cameron Thomas MP Independent Tewkesbury

Changes since 2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 9 December 2024 Mims Davies MP (Conservative) East Grinstead and Uckfield → Damian Hinds MP (Conservative) East Hampshire Hansard 27 October 2025 James Frith MP (Labour) Bury North→ Vicky Foxcroft MP (Labour) Lewisham NorthHansard Tom Rutland MP (Labour) East Worthing and Shoreham Anneliese Midgley MP (Labour) Knowsley Paul Waugh MP (Labour) Rochdale Jeff Smith MP (Labour) Manchester Withington 13 November 2025 Zöe Franklin MP (Liberal Democrats) Guildford → Cameron Thomas MP (Liberal Democrats) Tewkesbury Hansard 15 September 2026 Damian Hinds MP (Conservative) East Hampshire → Nigel Huddleston MP (Conservative) Droitwich and Evesham Hansard

2019-2024 Parliament The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.

After the previous Chair Julian Knight recused himself from Parliament, Damian Green was selected as the Acting Chair of the committee. He held this role until Dame Caroline Dinenage was elected as the new Chair on 17 May 2023.

Member Party ConstituencyJulian Knight MP (Chair) ConservativeSolihullKevin Brennan MPLabourCardiff WestSteve Brine MP ConservativeWinchesterPhilip Davies MP ConservativeShipleyClive Efford MP LabourElthamJulie Elliott MP LabourSunderland CentralDamian Green MP ConservativeAshfordDamian Hinds MP ConservativeEast HampshireJohn Nicolson MP Scottish National PartyOchil and South Perthshire Jo Stevens MP Labour Cardiff CentralGiles Watling MPConservativeClacton

Changes 2019-2024 Date Outgoing Member& Party Constituency → New Member& Party Constituency Source 11 May 2020 Jo Stevens MP (Labour) Cardiff Central → Alex Davies-Jones MP (Labour) Pontypridd Hansard 9 November 2020 Philip Davies MP (Conservative) Shipley → Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative) South Derbyshire Hansard19 October 2021 Damian Hinds MP (Conservative) East Hampshire→ Simon Jupp MP (Conservative) East DevonHansard Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative) South Derbyshire Jane Stevenson MP (Conservative) Wolverhampton North East 7 March 2022 Alex Davies-Jones MP (Labour) Pontypridd → Rupa Huq MP (Labour) Ealing Central and Acton Hansard 24 April 2023 Julian Knight MP (Chair, independent) Solihull → Vacant Hansard 17 May 2023 Vacant → Dame Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair, Conservative) Gosport Hansard 15 January 2024Kevin Brennan MP (Labour)Cardiff West →Alex Sobel MP (Labour)Leeds North WestHansard

See also Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

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Records of this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives