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Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)
UK House of Commons select committee
UK House of Commons select committee
The Committee of Public Accounts is a select committee of the British House of Commons. It is responsible for overseeing government expenditures, and to ensure they are effective and honest. The committee is seen as a crucial mechanism for ensuring transparency and accountability in government financial operations, having been described by Professor the Lord Hennessy as "the queen of the select committees...[which] by its very existence exert[s] a cleansing effect in all government departments".
Overview
The recommendation for the creation of a committee to oversee government accounts was first put forward in 1857 by a small group of interested Members of Parliament led by Sir Francis Baring. The structure and function of the PAC date back to reforms initiated by William Ewart Gladstone, when he was British Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1860s. The first Public Accounts Committee was established in 1862 by a resolution of the British House of Commons:
There shall be a standing committee designated "The Committee of Public Accounts"; for the examination of the Accounts showing the appropriation of sums granted by Parliament to meet the Public Expenditure, to consist of nine members, who shall be nominated at the commencement of every Session, and of whom five shall be a quorum.
The form has since been replicated in virtually all Commonwealth of Nations and many non-Commonwealth countries. A minister from His Majesty's Treasury sits on the committee but, by convention, does not attend hearings. The Chair of the committee is always drawn from the main opposition party and is usually a former senior Minister.
The Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 appointed The Committee of Public Accounts to oversee the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) The Committee continues to be assisted by the C&AG who is a permanent witness at its hearings, along with his staff of the National Audit Office, who provide briefings on each report and assist in the preparation of the Committee's own reports.
Membership
Membership of the committee is as follows:
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (Chair) | Conservative | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clive Betts MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Anna Dixon MP | Labour | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Rachel Gilmour MP | Liberal Democrats | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Sarah Green MP | Liberal Democrats | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Sarah Hall MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Lloyd Hatton MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Chris Kane MP | Labour | |
| Independent politician}}" | Rupert Lowe MP | Independent (elected as Reform UK) | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Catherine McKinnell MP | Labour | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Sarah Olney MP | Liberal Democrats | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Tris Osborne MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Michael Payne MP | Labour | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Blake Stephenson MP | Conservative | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dan Tomlinson MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Matt Turmaine MP | Labour |
Changes since 2024
| Date | Outgoing Member | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| & Party | Constituency | → | New Member | ||||||
| & Party | Constituency | Source | |||||||
| nowrap | 30 June 2025 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Rebecca Paul MP (Conservative) | Reigate | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Blake Stephenson MP (Conservative) | ||
| nowrap | 21 October 2025 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Peter Fortune MP (Conservative) | Bromley and Biggin Hill | → | Independent politician}}" | Rupert Lowe MP (Independent) | ||
| nowrap | 21 October 2025 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | James Murray MP (Labour) | Ealing North | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dan Tomlinson MP (Labour) | ||
| nowrap | 27 October 2025 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Nesil Caliskan MP (Labour) | Barking | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour) | ||
| nowrap | 27 October 2025 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Luke Charters MP (Labour) | York Outer | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Tris Osborne MP (Labour) | ||
| nowrap | 1 December 2025 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Oliver Ryan MP (Labour) | Burnley | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Matt Turmaine MP (Labour) |
2019-2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dame Meg Hillier DBE MP (Chair) | Labour and Co-op | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gareth Bacon MP | Conservative Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Kemi Badenoch MP | Conservative Party | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Olivia Blake MP | Labour Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP | Conservative Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Cheryl Gillan MP | Conservative Party | |
| Scottish National Party}}" | Peter Grant MP | Scottish National Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Richard Holden MP | Conservative Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Bernard Jenkin MP | Conservative Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Craig Mackinlay MP | Conservative Party | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Shabana Mahmood MP | Labour Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gagan Mohindra MP | Conservative Party | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Sarah Olney MP | Liberal Democrats | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Bridget Phillipson MP | Labour Party | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Nick Smith MP | Labour Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | James Wild MP | Conservative |
Changes 2019-2024
| Date | Outgoing Member | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| & Party | Constituency | → | New Member | |||||
| & Party | Constituency | Source | ||||||
| 21 September 2020 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour) | Houghton and Sunderland South | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) | ||
| 9 November 2020 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gagan Mohindra MP (Conservative) | South West Hertfordshire | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Shaun Bailey MP (Conservative) | ||
| 4 April 2021 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Cheryl Gillan MP (Conservative) | Chesham and Amersham | → | Vacant | Death of member | ||
| 20 April 2021 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Shabana Mahmood MP (Labour) | Birmingham Ladywood | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dan Carden MP (Labour) | ||
| 25 May 2021 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Bernard Jenkin MP (Conservative) | Harwich and North Essex | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Mark Francois MP (Conservative) | ||
| Vacant | Antony Higginbotham MP (Conservative) | Burnley | ||||||
| 13 July 2021 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Olivia Blake MP (Labour) | Sheffield Hallam | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Kate Osamor MP (Labour) | ||
| 30 November 2021 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Kemi Badenoch MP (Conservative) | Saffron Walden | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Helen Whately MP (Conservative) | ||
| 8 February 2022 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) | Brent North | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Kate Green MP (Labour) | ||
| 15 March 2022 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gareth Bacon MP (Conservative) | Orpington | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Louie French MP (Conservative) | ||
| Richard Holden MP (Conservative) | North West Durham | Angela Richardson MP (Conservative) | Guildford | |||||
| 4 July 2022 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Kate Osamor MP (Labour) | Edmonton | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Olivia Blake MP (Labour) | ||
| 17 October 2022 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Helen Whately MP (Conservative) | Faversham and Mid Kent | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Felicity Buchan MP (Conservative) | ||
| 25 October 2022 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Shaun Bailey MP (Conservative) | West Bromwich West | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Jonathan Djanogly MP (Conservative) | ||
| Antony Higginbotham MP (Conservative) | Burnley | Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative) | Newton Abbot | |||||
| Craig Mackinlay MP (Conservative) | South Thanet | Vacant | ||||||
| 10 November 2022 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Kate Green MP (Labour) | Stretford and Urmston | → | Vacant | Resignation of member from Parliament | ||
| 15 November 2022 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Felicity Buchan MP (Conservative) | Kensington | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | James Cartlidge MP (Conservative) | ||
| Vacant | Flick Drummond MP (Conservative) | Meon Valley | ||||||
| 25 November 2022 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | James Wild MP (Conservative) | North West Norfolk | → | Vacant | Hansard | ||
| 6 December 2022 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Angela Richardson MP (Conservative) | Guildford | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Simon Clarke MP (Conservative) | ||
| Vacant | Jill Mortimer MP (Conservative) | Hartlepool | ||||||
| 24 April 2023 | Vacant | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Ashley Dalton MP (Labour) | West Lancashire | Hansard | ||
| 6 June 2023 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | James Cartlidge MP (Conservative) | South Suffolk | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gareth Davies MP (Conservative) | ||
| 26 June 2023 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Louie French MP (Conservative) | Old Bexley and Sidcup | → | Plaid Cymru}}" | Ben Lake MP (Plaid Cymru) | ||
| 11 December 2023 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Ashley Dalton MP (Labour) | West Lancashire | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Paula Barker MP (Labour) | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Jill Mortimer MP (Conservative) | Hartlepool | Sarah Owen MP (Labour) | Luton North | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Nick Smith MP (Labour) | Blaenau Gwent | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Jeremy Quin MP (Conservative) | Horsham | |||
| 18 December 2023 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Simon Clarke MP (Conservative) | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gary Sambrook MP (Conservative) | ||
| 29 January 2024 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Dan Carden MP (Labour) | Liverpool Walton | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Marie Rimmer MP (Labour) | ||
| 18 March 2024 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Jeremy Quin MP (Conservative) | Horsham | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Matt Warman MP (Conservative) | ||
| 7 May 2024 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Flick Drummond MP (Conservative) | Meon Valley | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Richard Fuller MP (Conservative) |
2017–2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with members being announced on 11 September 2017.
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Meg Hillier MP (Chair) | Labour and Co-op | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Bim Afolami MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Heidi Allen MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP | Conservative | |
| Scottish National Party}}" | Martyn Day MP | SNP | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Chris Evans MP | Labour and Co-op | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Caroline Flint MP | Labour | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Luke Graham MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Andrew Jones MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gillian Keegan MP | Conservative | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Shabana Mahmood MP | Labour | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Nigel Mills MP | Conservative | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Layla Moran MP | Liberal Democrats | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Bridget Phillipson MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Gareth Snell MP | Labour and Co-op |
Changes 2017–2019
| Date | Outgoing Member | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| & Party | Constituency | → | New Member | |||||
| & Party | Constituency | Source | ||||||
| 5 February 2018 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Andrew Jones MP (Conservative) | Harrogate and Knaresborough | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Robert Jenrick MP (Conservative) | ||
| 20 February 2018 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Heidi Allen MP (Conservative) | South Cambridgeshire | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative) | ||
| Nigel Mills MP (Conservative) | Amber Valley | Lee Rowley MP (Conservative) | North East Derbyshire | |||||
| 9 July 2018 | Scottish National Party}}" | Martyn Day MP (SNP) | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | → | Scottish National Party}}" | Douglas Chapman MP (SNP) | ||
| 22 October 2018 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Bim Afolami MP (Conservative) | Hitchin and Harpenden | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Chris Davies MP (Conservative) | ||
| Luke Graham MP (Conservative) | Ochil and South Perthshire | Nigel Mills MP (Conservative) | Amber Valley | |||||
| 3 December 2018 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Gillian Keegan MP (Conservative) | Chichester | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP (Conservative) | ||
| 21 June 2019 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Chris Davies MP (Conservative) | Brecon and Radnorshire | → | Vacant | Recall of member from Parliament |
2015–2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 7 July 2015.
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Meg Hillier MP (Chair) | Labour and Co-op | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Richard Bacon MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Harriett Baldwin MP | Conservative | |
| Scottish National Party}}" | Deidre Brock MP | SNP | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Kevin Foster MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stewart Jackson MP | Conservative | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clive Lewis MP | Labour | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Nigel Mills MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | David Mowat MP | Conservative | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Teresa Pearce MP | Labour | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stephen Phillips MP | Conservative | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | John Pugh MP | Liberal Democrats | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Nick Smith MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Karin Smyth MP | Labour | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP | Conservative |
Changes 2015–2017
| Date | Outgoing Member | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| & Party | Constituency | → | New Member | |||||
| & Party | Constituency | Source | ||||||
| 26 October 2015 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clive Lewis MP (Labour) | Norwich South | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Chris Evans MP (Labour and Co-op) | ||
| Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) | Erith and Thamesmead | Caroline Flint MP (Labour) | Don Valley | |||||
| Nick Smith MP (Labour) | Blaenau Gwent | Bridget Phillipson MP (Labour) | Houghton and Sunderland South | |||||
| 12 September 2016 | Scottish National Party}}" | Deidre Brock MP (SNP) | Edinburgh North and Leith | → | Scottish National Party}}" | Phil Boswell MP (SNP) | ||
| 10 October 2016 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative) | West Worcestershire | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Simon Kirby MP (Conservative) | ||
| 31 October 2016 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stewart Jackson MP (Conservative) | Peterborough | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Charlie Elphicke MP (Conservative) | ||
| David Mowat MP (Conservative) | Brighton Kemptown | Kwasi Kwarteng MP (Conservative) | Spelthorne | |||||
| 4 November 2016 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stephen Phillips MP (Conservative) | Sleaford and North Hykeham | → | Vacant | Resignation of member from Parliament | ||
| 28 November 2016 | Vacant | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative) | Newton Abbot | Hansard |
2010–2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Margaret Hodge MP (Chair) | Labour | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Richard Bacon MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Steve Barclay MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Jackie Doyle-Price MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Justine Greening MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Matt Hancock MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Chris Heaton-Harris MP | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Jo Johnson MP | Conservative | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Eric Joyce MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Anne McGuire MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Austin Mitchell MP | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Nick Smith MP | Labour | |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Ian Swales MP | Liberal Democrats | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | James Wharton MP | Conservative |
Changes 2010–2015
| Date | Outgoing Member | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| & Party | Constituency | → | New Member | |||||
| & Party | Constituency | Source | ||||||
| 2 November 2010 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Eric Joyce MP (Labour) | Falkirk | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Stella Creasy MP (Labour) | ||
| 24 October 2011 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Stella Creasy MP (Labour) | Walthamstow | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Meg Hillier MP (Labour) | ||
| Anne McGuire MP (Labour) | Stirling | Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour) | Slough | |||||
| 31 October 2011 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Justine Greening MP (Conservative) | Putney | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Chloe Smith MP (Conservative) | ||
| 27 February 2012 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Jo Johnson MP (Conservative) | Orpington | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stewart Jackson MP (Conservative) | ||
| 4 September 2012 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Chloe Smith MP (Conservative) | Norwich North | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sajid Javid MP (Conservative) | ||
| 12 November 2012 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Matt Hancock MP (Conservative) | West Suffolk | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Guto Bebb MP (Conservative) | ||
| James Wharton MP (Conservative) | Stockton South | Justin Tomlinson MP (Conservative) | North Swindon | |||||
| 25 November 2013 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sajid Javid MP (Conservative) | Bromsgrove | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Nicky Morgan MP (Conservative) | ||
| 7 April 2014 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour) | Slough | → | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Anne McGuire MP (Labour) | ||
| 12 May 2014 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Nicky Morgan MP (Conservative) | Loughborough | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Andrea Leadsom MP (Conservative) | ||
| 23 June 2014 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Steve Barclay MP (Conservative) | North East Cambridgeshire | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | David Burrowes MP (Conservative) | ||
| 30 June 2014 | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Ian Swales MP (Liberal Democrats) | Redcar | → | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | John Pugh MP (Liberal Democrats) | ||
| 8 September 2014 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Justin Tomlinson MP (Conservative) | North Swindon | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stephen Phillips MP (Conservative) | ||
| 8 December 2014 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Jackie Doyle-Price MP (Conservative) | Thurrock | → | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stephen Hammond MP (Conservative) |
Chairs (1861–present)
House of Commons standing orders give the party of the official Opposition the right to chair the committee.
| Year | Chairman | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1861–63 | Sir Francis Tornhill Baring | Liberal |
| 1864–1866 | Rt Hon Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Liberal |
| 1866 | Mr George Sclater-Booth | Conservative |
| 1867–68 | Mr Hugh C E Childers | Liberal |
| 1869 | Mr William Pollard-Urquhart | Liberal |
| 1870–71 | Rt Hon George Ward Hunt | Conservative |
| 1872–73 | Mr George Sclater-Booth | Conservative |
| 1874–76 | Rt Hon John George Dodson | Liberal |
| 1877–1880 | Lord Frederick Cavendish | Liberal |
| 1884–85 | Sir Henry Holland | Conservative |
| 1886 | Sir John Eldon Gorst | Conservative |
| 1887–88 | Sir John Lubbock | Liberal Unionist |
| 1889–92 | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Liberal |
| 1893 | Mr Edmond Wodehouse | Liberal Unionist |
| 1894–95 | Sir Richard Temple | Conservative |
| 1896–1900 | Mr Arthur O'Connor | Irish National |
| 1901–05 | Rt Hon Sir Arthur Hayter | Liberal |
| 1906–08 | Rt Hon Victor Christian William Cavendish | Liberal Unionist |
| 1908–18 | Col Robert Williams | Unionist |
| 1919–20 | Rt Hon Sir Francis Dyke Acland | Liberal |
| 1921–22 | Mr Aneurin Williams | Liberal |
| 1923 | Mr Frederick William Jowett JP | Labour |
| 1924 | Lt Col Rt Hon Walter Edward Guinness | Conservative |
| 1924–29 | Rt Hon Willian Graham JP | Labour |
| 1929–31 | Mr Arthur Michael Samuel | Conservative |
| 1931–38 | Mr Morgan Jones | Labour |
| 1938–41 | Rt Hon Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence | Labour |
| 1941–43 | Lt Col Rt Hon Walter Elliot | Unionist |
| 1943–45 | Lt Col Sir Assheton Pownall OBE TD | Unionist |
| 1946–48 | Rt Hon Osbert Peake | Conservative |
| 1948–50 | Rt Hon Ralph Assheton | Conservative |
| 1950–51 | Sir Ronald Cross and Rt Hon Charles Waterhouse | Conservative |
| 1951–52 | Mr John Edwards | Labour |
| 1952–59 | Sir George Benson | Labour |
| 1959–63 | Rt Hon Harold Wilson | Labour |
| 1963–64 | Rt Hon A.L.N. Douglas Houghton | Labour |
| 1964–70 | Rt Hon John Boyd-Carpenter | Conservative |
| 1970–73 | Rt Hon Harold Lever | Labour |
| 1972–73 | Rt Hon Edmund Dell (Acting chair during Harold Lever's illness) | Labour |
| 1974–79 | Rt Hon Edward DuCann | Conservative |
| 1979–83 | Rt Hon Joel Barnett | Labour |
| 1983–97 | Rt Hon Robert Sheldon | Labour |
| 1997–2001 | Rt Hon David Davis | Conservative |
| 2001–10 | Rt Hon Sir Edward Leigh | Conservative |
| 2010–15 | Rt Hon Dame Margaret Hodge | Labour |
| 2015–24 | Dame Meg Hillier | Labour and Co-operative |
| 2024–present | Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Conservative |
References
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