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Transport Select Committee

UK House of Commons select committee

The Transport Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Transport and its associated public bodies. Its powers, like those of other select committees, are provided for under standing order 152 of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons and its membership is limited to 11 members.

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Ruth Cadbury MP (Chair)	Labour
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Steff Aquarone MP	Liberal Democrats
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Scott Arthur MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Elsie Blundell MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Jacob Collier MP	Labour
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Olly Glover MP	Liberal Democrats
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Katie Lam MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Alex Mayer MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Baggy Shanker MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Rebecca Smith MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Laurence Turner MP	Labour

Changes since 2024

Date	Outgoing Member
& Party	Constituency	→	New Member
& Party	Constituency	Source
nowrap	27 October 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Catherine Atkinson MP (Labour)	Derby North	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Jacob Collier MP (Labour)

2019-2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.

Member	Constituency
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Huw Merriman MP (Chair)	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Ruth Cadbury MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Lilian Greenwood MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Simon Jupp MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Robert Largan MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Chris Loder MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Karl McCartney MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Grahame Morris MP	Labour
Scottish National Party}}"	Gavin Newlands MP	Scottish National Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Greg Smith MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Sam Tarry MP	Labour

Changes 2019-2024

Date	Outgoing member and party	Constituency	→	New member and party	Constituency	Source
22 February 2021	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Sam Tarry MP (Labour)	Ilford South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Ben Bradshaw MP (Labour)
5 January 2022	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour)	Nottingham South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Navendu Mishra MP (Labour)
17 May 2022	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Navendu Mishra MP (Labour)	Stockport	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Christian Wakeford MP (Labour)
25 October 2022	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Simon Jupp MP (Conservative)	East Devon	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Jack Brereton MP (Conservative)
27 October 2022	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Huw Merriman MP (Chair, Conservative)	Bexhill and Battle	→	Vacant	Hansard
16 November 2022	Vacant	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Iain Stewart MP (Chair, Conservative)	Milton Keynes South	Hansard
21 November 2022	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Robert Largan MP (Conservative)	High Peak	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Paul Howell MP (Conservative)
24 January 2023	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Christian Wakeford MP (Labour)	Bury South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Mike Amesbury MP (Labour)
17 July 2023	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Chris Loder MP (Conservative)	West Dorset	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Sara Britcliffe MP (Conservative)
20 November 2023	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Mike Amesbury MP (Labour)	Weaver Vale	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour)
Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour)	Brentford and Isleworth	Mick Whitley MP (Labour)	Birkenhead

2017-2019 Parliament

The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Lilian Greenwood MP (Chair)	Labour
Scottish National Party}}"	Ronnie Cowan MP	Scottish National Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Steve Double MP	Conservative
Democratic Unionist Party}}"	Paul Girvan MP	Democratic Unionist
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Huw Merriman MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Luke Pollard MP	Labour Co-op
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Laura Smith MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Iain Stewart MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Graham Stringer MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Martin Vickers MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Daniel Zeichner MP	Labour

Changes 2017-2019

Date	Outgoing member and party	→	New member and party	Constituency	Source
5 February 2018	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Laura Smith MP (Labour)	Crewe and Nantwich	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Grahame Morris MP (Labour)
8 May 2018	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Martin Vickers MP (Conservative)	Cleethorpes	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Jack Brereton MP (Conservative)
29 October 2018	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Luke Pollard MP (Labour)	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour)
5 November 2018	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Iain Stewart MP (Conservative)	Milton Keynes South	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Robert Courts MP (Conservative)

2015-2017 Parliament

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

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Louise Ellman MP (Chair)	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Robert Flello MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Mary Glindon MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Karl McCartney MP	Conservative
Scottish National Party}}"	Stewart McDonald MP	SNP
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Mark Menzies MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Huw Merriman MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Will Quince MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Iain Stewart MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Graham Stringer MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Martin Vickers MP	Conservative

Changes 2015-2017

Date	Outgoing member and party	Constituency	→	New member and party	Constituency	Source
31 October 2016	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Mary Glindon MP (Labour)	North Tyneside	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Clive Efford MP (Labour)

2010-2015 Parliament

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

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Louise Ellman MP (Chair)	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Angie Bray MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Lilian Greenwood MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Tom Harris MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Kelvin Hopkins MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Kwasi Kwarteng MP	Conservative
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	John Leech MP	Liberal Democrats
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Paul Maynard MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Angela Smith MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Iain Stewart MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Julian Sturdy MP	Conservative

Changes 2010-2015

Date	Outgoing member and party	Constituency	→	New member and party	Constituency	Source
2 November 2010	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Angie Bray MP (Conservative)	Ealing Central and Acton	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Steve Baker MP (Conservative)
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour)	Nottingham South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Julie Hilling MP (Labour)	Bolton West
Angela Smith MP (Labour)	Sheffield Hillsborough	Gavin Shuker MP (Labour Co-op)	Luton South
21 March 2011	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Kelvin Hopkins MP (Labour)	Luton North	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Jim Dobbin MP (Labour Co-op)
18 July 2011	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Gavin Shuker MP (Labour Co-op)	Luton South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Graham Stringer MP (Labour)
5 November 2012	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Paul Maynard MP (Conservative)	Blackpool North and Cleveleys	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Karen Lumley MP (Conservative)
Julian Sturdy MP (Conservative)	York Outer	Karl McCartney MP (Conservative)	Lincoln
nowrap	26 November 2012	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Tom Harris MP (Labour)	Glasgow South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Lucy Powell MP (Labour Co-op)
10 December 2012	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Julie Hilling MP (Labour)	Bolton West	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Sarah Champion MP (Labour)
21 January 2013	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		John Leech MP (Liberal Democrat)	Manchester Withington	→	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Adrian Sanders MP (Liberal Democrat)
10 June 2013	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Steve Baker MP (Conservative)	Wycombe	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Jason McCartney MP (Conservative)
5 July 2013	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Kwasi Kwarteng MP (Conservative)	Spelthorne	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Martin Vickers MP (Conservative)
4 November 2013	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Lucy Powell MP (Labour)	Manchester Central	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Labour)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Iain Stewart MP (Conservative)	Milton Keynes South	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Chloe Smith MP (Conservative)	Norwich North
6 September 2014	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Jim Dobbin MP (Labour Co-op)	Heywood and Middleton	→	Vacant	Death of member
1 December 2014	Vacant	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Tom Harris MP (Labour)	Glasgow South	Hansard

References

"Role - Transport Committee". parliament.uk.
House of Commons (2021), [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmstords/so_804_2021/so-orders.html Standing Orders of the House of Commons], accessed 28 October 2023
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