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Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee

The Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee was a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015.

Remit

The committee was created in response to changes to the machinery of government intended to give the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, responsibility for political and constitutional reform. The functions given to the Deputy Prime Minister were as follows:

Introducing fixed-term Parliaments
Legislating to hold a referendum on the alternative vote system for the House of Commons and to create fewer and more equal sized constituencies, see Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
Supporting people with disabilities in becoming MPs
Introducing a power for people to recall their MPs
Developing proposals for a wholly or mainly elected second chamber
Speeding up implementation of individual voter registration
Considering the "West Lothian question"
Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists
Reforming party funding
Supporting all postal primaries

In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister had ministerial responsibility for the Boundary Commissions, the Electoral Commission, and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. All these matters were within the remit of the committee.

Membership

As of 30 March 2015, the membership of the committee was as follows:

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Graham Allen MP (Chair)	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Christopher Chope MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Fabian Hamilton MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Paul Flynn MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Andrew Turner MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Tracey Crouch MP	Conservative
Social Democratic and Labour Party}}"	Mark Durkan MP	Social Democratic & Labour Party
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Duncan Hames MP	Liberal Democrat
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Morris MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Bob Neill MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Chris Ruane MP	Labour

Source: Political and Constitutional Reform 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
nowrap	2 November 2010	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Nicholas Boles MP (Conservative)	Grantham and Stamford	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative)
8 November 2010	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour)	Newcastle upon Tyne North	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour)
1 April 2011	Labour Party (UK)}}"		nowrap	Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour)	Leicester South	→		nowrap	[Vote and
Proceedings](https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmvote/110401v01.htm)
12 July 2011		→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour)	Bolton South East	Hansard
nowrap	12 December 2011	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour)	Bolton South East	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Paul Flynn MP (Labour)
nowrap	31 October 2013	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative)	Epping Forest	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Tracey Crouch MP (Conservative)
nowrap	31 October 2013	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Tristram Hunt MP (Labour)	Stoke-on-Trent Central	→	Social Democratic and Labour Party}}"		Mark Durkan MP (SDLP)
nowrap	31 October 2013	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative)	Burton	→		TheyWorkForYou
nowrap	31 October 2013	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Stephen Williams MP (Liberal Democrat)	Bristol West	→		TheyWorkForYou
nowrap	10 December 2013		→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Bob Neill MP (Conservative)	Bromley and Chislehurst	TheyWorkForYou
nowrap	2014		→	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Duncan Hames MP (Liberal Democrat)	Chippenham	parliament.uk
nowrap	20 January 2014	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Sheila Gilmore MP (Labour)	Edinburgh East	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Chris Ruane MP (Labour)
nowrap	20 January 2014	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Simon Hart MP (Conservative)	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		David Morris MP (Conservative)

References

[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100602/wmstext/100602m0001.htm#1006028000012 House of Commons Debates 2 June 2010 vol 510 cc22–3ws]

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