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Panel of Chairs
Body within the UK House of Commons
Summary
Body within the UK House of Commons
The Panel of Chairs (formerly the Chairman's Panel) are members of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom responsible for chairing public bill committees and other General Committees. They may also chair debates in Westminster Hall, the parallel debating chamber. The three Deputy Speakers, who are automatically members, are responsible for chairing Committees of the Whole House. Other members may act as temporary chairs of Committees of the Whole House.
The Panel is chaired by the Chairman of Ways and Means. The Panel is not itself generally thought of as a committee, but it does have the power to meet to consider matters relating to procedure in the general committees and report its findings to the House of Commons.
Members
The panel comprises the Chairman and two Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means, who are members ex officio, and no fewer than 10 MPs appointed by the Speaker, two of whom are appointed pursuant to section 1(3) of the Parliament Act 1911 by the Committee of Selection to be consulted by the Speaker before declaring a bill to be a money bill.
Members of the Panel of Chairs, as of 31 January 2025:
| Member | Party | Constituency | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Nusrat Ghani MP | Conservative | Sussex Weald | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Judith Cummins MP | Labour | Bradford South | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Caroline Nokes MP | Conservative | Romsey and Southampton North | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP | Labour | Tooting | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clive Betts MP | Labour | Sheffield South East | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dawn Butler MP | Labour Co-operative | Brent East | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Christopher Chope MP | Conservative | Christchurch | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Peter Dowd MP | Labour | Bootle | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clive Efford MP | Labour | Eltham | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Gill Furniss MP | Labour | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Roger Gale MP | Conservative | Herne Bay and Sandwich | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Carolyn Harris MP | Labour | Neath and Swansea East | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir John Hayes MP | Conservative | South Holland and the Deepings | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Sir Mark Hendrick MP | Labour Co-operative | Preston | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Wera Hobhouse MP | Liberal Democrats | Bath | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dr Rupa Huq MP | Labour | Ealing Central and Acton | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Christine Jardine MP | Liberal Democrats | Edinburgh West | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Edward Leigh MP | Conservative | Gainsborough | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Emma Lewell-Buck MP | Labour | South Shields | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Siobhain McDonagh MP | Labour | Mitcham and Morden | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Esther McVey MP | Conservative | Tatton | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | David Mundell MP | Conservative | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Dr Andrew Murrison MP | Conservative | South West Wiltshire | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Mark Pritchard MP | Conservative | The Wrekin | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Graham Stuart MP | Conservative | Beverley and Holderness | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Desmond Swayne MP | Conservative | New Forest West | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Karl Turner MP | Labour | Kingston upon Hull East | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Derek Twigg MP | Labour | Widnes and Halewood | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Valerie Vaz MP | Labour | Walsall and Bloxwich | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Martin Vickers MP | Conservative | Brigg and Immingham | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Matt Western MP | Labour | Warwick and Leamington | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Jeremy Wright MP | Conservative | Kenilworth and Southam |
| Member | Party | Constituency | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Dame Eleanor Laing MP | Conservative | Epping Forest | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dame Rosie Winterton MP | Labour | Doncaster Central | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Nigel Evans MP | Conservative | Ribble Valley | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Rushanara Ali MP | Labour | Bethnal Green and Bow | |
| Scottish National Party}}" | Hannah Bardell MP | Scottish National Party | Livingston | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clive Betts MP | Labour | Sheffield South East | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Peter Bone MP | Conservative | Wellingborough | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Graham Brady MP | Conservative | Altrincham and Sale West | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Karen Buck MP | Labour | Westminster North | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Christopher Chope MP | Conservative | Christchurch | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Judith Cummins MP | Labour | Bradford South | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Geraint Davies MP | Labour Co-operative | Swansea West | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Philip Davies MP | Conservative | Shipley | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Peter Dowd MP | Labour | Bootle | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dame Angela Eagle MP | Labour | Wallasey | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clive Efford MP | Labour | Eltham | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Julie Elliott MP | Labour | Sunderland Central | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Yvonne Fovargue MP | Labour | Makerfield | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Roger Gale MP | Conservative | North Thanet | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Nusrat Ghani MP | Conservative | Wealden | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | James Gray MP | Conservative | North Wiltshire | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Sir Mark Hendrick MP | Labour Co-operative | Preston | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Philip Hollobone MP | Conservative | Kettering | |
| Scottish National Party}}" | Stewart Hosie MP | Scottish National Party | Dundee East | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Sir George Howarth MP | Labour | Knowsley | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dr Rupa Huq | Labour | Ealing Central and Acton | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Edward Leigh MP | Conservative | Gainsborough | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Steve McCabe MP | Labour | Birmingham, Selly Oak | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Siobhain McDonagh MP | Labour | Mitcham and Morden | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Esther McVey MP | Conservative | Tatton | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Dame Maria Miller MP | Conservative | Basingstoke | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | David Mundell MP | Conservative | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sheryll Murray MP | Conservative | South East Cornwall | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Caroline Nokes MP | Conservative | Romsey and Southampton North | |
| Democratic Unionist Party}}" | Ian Paisley MP | Democratic Unionist Party | North Antrim | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Mark Pritchard MP | Conservative | The Wrekin | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Christina Rees MP | Labour Co-operative | Neath | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Laurence Robertson MP | Conservative | Tewkesbury | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Andrew Rosindell MP | Conservative | Romford | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Virendra Sharma MP | Labour | Ealing, Southall | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gary Streeter MP | Conservative | South West Devon | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Derek Twigg MP | Labour | Halton | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Charles Walker MP | Conservative | Broxbourne |
- Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Labour), Chairman of Ways and Means
- Dame Eleanor Laing (Conservative), First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
- Dame Rosie Winterton (Labour), Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
- Sir David Amess (Conservative)
- Ian Austin (Independent, previously Labour)
- Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op))
- Sir Henry Bellingham (Conservative)
- Clive Betts (Labour)
- Peter Bone (Conservative)
- Sir Graham Brady (Conservative)
- Karen Buck (Labour)
- Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
- Sir David Crausby (Labour)
- Geraint Davies (Labour (Co-op))
- Philip Davies (Conservative)
- Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
- Nigel Evans (Conservative)
- Sir Roger Gale (Conservative)
- Mike Gapes (Labour (Co-op))
- Dame Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
- James Gray (Conservative)
- David Hanson (Labour)
- Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
- Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party)
- George Howarth (Labour)
- Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)
- Steve McCabe (Labour)
- Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)
- Anne Main (Conservative)
- Madeleine Moon (Labour)
- Albert Owen (Labour)
- Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party)
- Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
- Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
- Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
- Joan Ryan (Labour)
- Virendra Sharma (Labour)
- Gary Streeter (Conservative)
- Graham Stringer (Labour)
- Charles Walker (Conservative)
- Phil Wilson (Labour)
As of December 2015, the members were as follows:
- Lindsay Hoyle (Labour), Chairman of Ways and Means
- Eleanor Laing (Conservative), First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
- Natascha Engel (Labour), Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
- David Amess (Conservative)
- Adrian Bailey (Labour)
- Clive Betts (Labour)
- Peter Bone (Conservative)
- Graham Brady (Conservative)
- Karen Buck (Labour)
- Christopher Chope (Conservative)
- David Crausby (Labour)
- Geraint Davies (Labour)
- Philip Davies (Conservative)
- Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
- Nigel Evans (Conservative)
- Roger Gale (Conservative)
- Mike Gapes (Labour)
- Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
- James Gray (Conservative)
- Fabian Hamilton (Labour)
- David Hanson (Labour)
- Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
- George Howarth (Labour)
- Edward Leigh (Conservative)
- Anne Main (Conservative)
- Steve McCabe (Labour))
- Alan Meale (Labour))
- Madeleine Moon (Labour))
- David Nuttall (Conservative)
- Albert Owen (Labour)
- Andrew Percy (Conservative)
- Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
- Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
- Gary Streeter (Conservative)
- Graham Stringer (Labour)
- Andrew Turner (Conservative)
- Valerie Vaz (Labour)
- Charles Walker (Conservative)
- Phil Wilson (Labour)
References
References
- (14 November 2024). "Role - Panel of Chairs".
- Public Business Standing Order 85(4).
- "Panel of Chairs - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament".
- (29 January 2025). "Memorandum, Panel of Chairs".
- "Panel of Chairs - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament".
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