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Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee

UK House of Commons select committee

Summary

UK House of Commons select committee

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, 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.

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Bill Esterson MP (Chair)	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Polly Billington MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Christopher Chope MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Lizzi Collinge MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Torcuil Crichton MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Graeme Downie MP	Labour
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Wera Hobhouse MP	Lib Dems
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Melanie Onn MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Mike Reader MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Bradley Thomas MP	Conservative
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Claire Young MP	Lib Dems

Changes since 2024

Date	Outgoing Member
& Party	Constituency	→	New Member
& Party	Constituency	Source
nowrap	13 January 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Julie Minns MP (Labour)	Carlisle	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Mike Reader MP (Labour)
nowrap	17 March 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Josh MacAlister MP (Labour)	Whitehaven and Workington	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Melanie Onn MP (Labour)
nowrap	3 November 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Luke Murphy MP (Labour)	Basingstoke	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Graeme Downie MP (Labour)
nowrap	17 March 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Anneliese Midgley MP (Labour)	Knowsley	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Lizzi Collinge MP (Labour)

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	Constituency
Independent politician}}"	Angus MacNeil MP (Chair)	Independent (elected as SNP)
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Hilary Benn MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Vicky Ford MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Barry Gardiner MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Mark Garnier MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Mark Hendrick MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Mark Jenkinson MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Dan Poulter MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Alexander Stafford MP	Conservative

Changes 2019-2024

Date	Outgoing Member
& Party	Constituency	→	New Member
& Party	Constituency	Source
19 June 2023	New seat	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative)	Rugby	Hansard
20 November 2023	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Hilary Benn MP (Labour)	Leeds Central	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Mick Whitley MP (Labour)
11 December 2023	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative)	Workington	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Derek Thomas MP (Conservative)
7 May 2024	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Dan Poulter MP (Labour)	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Thérèse Coffey MP (Conservative)

Former membership

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

Member	Constituency
Scottish National Party}}"	Angus MacNeil MP (Chair)	Scottish National Party
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Alistair Carmichael MP	Liberal Democrat
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Glyn Davies MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	James Heappey MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Ian Lavery MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Melanie Onn MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Matthew Pennycook MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Dan Poulter MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Antoinette Sandbach MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Julian Sturdy MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Dr Alan Whitehead MP	Labour

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	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Gemma Doyle MP (Labour Co-op)	West Dunbartonshire	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Barry Gardiner MP (Labour)
Tom Greatrex MP (Labour Co-op)	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Ian Lavery MP (Labour)	Wansbeck
5 November 2012	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Laura Sandys MP (Conservative)	South Thanet	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Peter Lilley MP (Conservative)

List of chairs

Member	Constituency	Term	Parliament
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Elliot Morley	Labour	Scunthorpe	21 January 2009 – 6 May 2010
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Tim Yeo	Conservative	South Suffolk	10 June 2010 – 30 March 2015
Scottish National Party}}"	Angus MacNeil	SNP	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	18 June 2015 – 17 October 2016
Scottish National Party}}"	Angus MacNeil	SNP	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	26 April 2023 – 30 May 2024
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Bill Esterson	Labour	Sefton Central	11 September 2024 – present

References

[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm081028/debtext/81028-0025.htm House of Commons Hansard Debates from 28 Oct 08 - Energy and Climate Change Motion]
(9 May 2023). "New Energy Security and Net Zero Committee to hold stakeholder event in Parliament to help shape scrutiny priorities".
(29 March 2023). "Chair Nominations Open for Energy Security Net Zero".
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(2023-04-26). "Angus Brendan MacNeil elected Chair of Energy Security and Net Zero Committee".
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