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Home Affairs Select Committee

UK House of Commons select committee

The Home Affairs Select Committee is a departmental select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Remit

The Home Affairs Committee is one of the House of Commons select committees related to government departments: its terms of reference are to examine "the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies".

The committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invites written evidence from interested parties and holds public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it does have the power to meet away from Westminster.

At the end of each inquiry, the committee will normally agree on a report based on the evidence received. Such reports are published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contain recommendations to the government and other bodies. By convention, the government responds to reports within about two months of publication. These responses are also published.

Inquiries

Recent inquiries have included:

Brexit-related preparations
Counter-terrorism
Domestic abuse
Hate crime and its violent consequences
Immigration detention
Islamophobia
Modern slavery
Policing for the future
Windrush children

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:

Member	Constituency
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Karen Bradley MP (chair)	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Lewis Atkinson MP	Labour
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}	Paul Kohler MP	Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}	Ben Maguire MP	Liberal Democrats
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Robbie Moore MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Margaret Mullane MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Chris Murray MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Peter Prinsley MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Joani Reid MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Jo White MP	Labour

Changes since 2024

Date	Outgoing Member
& Party	Constituency	→	New Member
& Party	Constituency	Source
27 October 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Jake Richards MP (Labour)	Rother Valley	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Lewis Atkinson MP (Labour)
Shaun Davies MP (Labour)	Telford	Peter Prinsley MP (Labour)	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Connor Rand MP (Labour)	Altrincham and Sale West	Jo White MP (Labour)	Bassetlaw

2019–2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Yvette Cooper (chair)	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Janet Daby	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Dehenna Davison	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Stephen Doughty	Labour and Co-op
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Ruth Edwards	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Laura Farris	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Simon Fell	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Adam Holloway	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Tim Loughton	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Holly Lynch	Labour
Scottish National Party}}"	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party

Changes 2019-2024

Date	Outgoing member	Constituency	→	New member	Constituency	Source
11 May 2020	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Janet Daby (Labour)	Lewisham East	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Diane Abbott (Labour)
Holly Lynch (Labour)	Halifax	Andrew Gwynne (Labour)	Denton and Reddish
Stephen Doughty (Labour and Co-op)	Cardiff South and Penarth	Diana Johnson (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull North
2 November 2021	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Dehenna Davison (Conservative)	Bishop Auckland	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	James Daly (Conservative)
Ruth Edwards (Conservative)	Rushcliffe	Gary Sambrook (Conservative)	Birmingham Northfield
1 December 2021	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Yvette Cooper (chair, Labour)	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	→	Vacant
15 December 2021	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Diana Johnson (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull North	→	Vacant
Vacant	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Diana Johnson (chair, Labour)	Kingston upon Hull North
8 February 2022	Vacant	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Paula Barker (Labour)	Liverpool Wavertree
7 March 2022	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Andrew Gwynne (Labour)	Denton and Reddish	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Carolyn Harris (Labour)
15 March 2022	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		James Daly (Conservative)	Bury North	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Lee Anderson (Conservative)
Laura Farris (Conservative)	Newbury	Matt Vickers (Conservative)	Stockton South
27 June 2022	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Matt Vickers (Conservative)	Stockton South	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	James Daly (Conservative)
9 January 2023	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Gary Sambrook (Conservative)	Birmingham Northfield	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Marco Longhi (Conservative)
28 March 2023	Scottish National Party}}"		Stuart McDonald (Scottish National Party)	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	→	Scottish National Party}}"	Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party)
27 November 2023	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Paula Barker (Labour)	Liverpool Wavertree	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Kim Johnson (Labour)
14 May 2024	Reform UK}}"		Lee Anderson (Reform UK)	Ashfield	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Brendan Clarke-Smith (Conservative)

2017–2019 Parliament

The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Yvette Cooper (chair)	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Christopher Chope	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Stephen Doughty	Labour and Co-op
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Preet Gill	Labour and Co-op
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Sarah Jones	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Tim Loughton	Conservative
Scottish National Party}}"	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Esther McVey	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Will Quince	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Naz Shah	Labour

Changes 2017–2019

Date	Outgoing member	Constituency	→	New member	Constituency	Source
16 October 2017	New seat	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Rehman Chishti (Conservative)	Gillingham and Rainham	Hansard
4 December 2017	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Esther McVey (Conservative)	Tatton	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Douglas Ross (Conservative)
5 February 2018	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Preet Gill (Labour)	Birmingham Edgbaston	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		John Woodcock (Labour)
20 February 2018	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Will Quince (Conservative)	Colchester	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Kirstene Hair (Conservative)
18 June 2018	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Sarah Jones (Labour)	Croydon Central	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alex Norris (Labour and Co-op)
23 July 2018	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Naz Shah (Labour)	Bradford West	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Kate Green (Labour)
26 November 2018	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Kirstene Hair (Conservative)	Angus	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Chris Green (Conservative)
8 May 2019	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alex Norris (Labour and Co-op)	Nottingham North	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Janet Daby (Labour)
Independent (politician)}}"		John Woodcock (Independent)	Barrow and Furness	Toby Perkins (Labour)	Chesterfield

2015–2017 Parliament

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Keith Vaz (chair)	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Victoria Atkins	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	James Berry	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Burrowes	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Nus Ghani	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Ranil Jayawardena	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Tim Loughton	Conservative
Scottish National Party}}"	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Keir Starmer	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Anna Turley	Labour and Co-op
Labour Party (UK)}}"	David Winnick	Labour

Changes 2015–2017

Date	Outgoing member	Constituency	→	New member	Constituency	Source
26 October 2015	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Anna Turley (Labour)	Redcar	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Naz Shah Labour)
Keir Starmer (Labour)	Holborn and St Pancras	Chuka Umunna (Labour)	Streatham
6 September 2016	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Keith Vaz (chair, Labour)	Leicester East	→	Vacant	Hansard
19 October 2016	Vacant	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Yvette Cooper (chair, Labour)	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	Hansard
31 October 2016	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Victoria Atkins (Conservative)	Louth and Horncastle	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Byron Davies Conservative)

2010–2015 Parliament

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Keith Vaz (chair)	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Nicola Blackwood	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Aidan Burley	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Lorraine Fullbrook	Conservative
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Dr Julian Huppert	Liberal Democrats
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Steve McCabe	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Mary Macleod	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Alun Michael	Labour and Co-op
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Bridget Phillipson	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Mark Reckless	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	David Winnick	Labour

Changes 2010–2015

Date	Outgoing member	Constituency	→	New member	Constituency	Source
nowrap	2 November 2010	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Mary Macleod (Conservative)	Brentford and Isleworth	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		James Clappison (Conservative)
14 February 2011	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Aidan Burley (Conservative)	Cannock Chase	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Michael Ellis (Conservative)
22 October 2012	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alun Michael (Labour and Co-op)	Cardiff South and Penarth	→	Vacant	Resignation of member from Parliament
26 November 2012	Vacant	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Karl Turner (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull East	Hansard
4 February 2013	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Karl Turner (Labour)	Kingston upon Hull East	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Chris Ruane (Labour)
4 November 2013	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Steve McCabe (Labour)	Birmingham Selly Oak	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Ian Austin (Labour)
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)	Houghton and Sunderland South	Paul Flynn (Labour)	Newport West
Chris Ruane (Labour)	Vale of Clwyd	Yasmin Qureshi (Labour)	Bolton South East
30 September 2014	UK Independence Party}}"		Mark Reckless (UKIP)	Rochester and Strood	→	Vacant	Resignation of member from Parliament
3 November 2014	Vacant	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Tim Loughton (Conservative)	East Worthing and Shoreham	Hansard

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	New member	Source
4 December 2017	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Esther McVey (Con)	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
5 February 2018	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Preet Gill (Lab)	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"
20 February 2018	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Will Quince (Con)	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
8 May 2019	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Alex Norris (Lab Co-op)	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"
8 May 2019	Independent (politician)}}"	John Woodcock (Ind)	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"

Chairs of the Home Affairs Select Committee

Chair	Party	Notes
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	John Wheeler	June 1987	16 March 1992
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Ivan Lawrence	15 July 1992	21 March 1997
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Chris Mullin	17 July 1997	19 October 1999
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Robin Corbett	19 October 1999	11 May 2001
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Chris Mullin	18 July 2001	14 July 2003
Labour Party (UK)}}"	John Denham	15 July 2003	25 July 2007
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Keith Vaz	26 July 2007	13 September 2016
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Tim Loughton	September 2016	October 2016
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Yvette Cooper	19 October 2016	1 December 2021
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Tim Loughton	1 December 2021	15 December 2021
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Diana Johnson	15 December 2021	30 May 2024
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Karen Bradley	11 September 2024	Incumbent

Election results

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.

9 June 2010	Candidate	1st round	Votes	%	Valid votes	578
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Keith Vaz	336	58.1
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Alun Michael	242	41.9

17 June 2015	Candidate	1st round	Votes	%	Valid votes	604
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Keith Vaz	412	68.2
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Fiona Mactaggart	192	31.8

19 October 2016	Candidate	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Votes	%	Votes	%
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Yvette Cooper	216	39.9	235	45.4	281	58.9
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Caroline Flint	149	27.5	161	31.1	196	31.2
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Chuka Umunna	111	20.5	112	21.6	Eliminated
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Paul Flynn	65	12.0	Eliminated
Not redistributed	23	4.3	64	11.8

12 July 2017	Candidate	1st round	Votes	%	Valid votes	N/A
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Yvette Cooper	Unopposed

30 January 2020	Candidate	1st round	Votes	%	Valid votes	N/A
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Yvette Cooper	Unopposed

15 December 2021	1st round	2nd round	Votes	%	Votes
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Dame Diana Johnson	145	45.6	154	53.8
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Dr Rupa Huq	96	30.5	132	46.2
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Yasmin Qureshi	74	23.5	Eliminated

11 September 2024	Candidate	1st round	Votes	%	Valid votes	540
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Karen Bradley	294	54.4
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		David Mundell	246	45.6

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