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Welsh Affairs Select Committee

UK House of Commons select committee

The Welsh Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Welsh Affairs 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 Wales Office, as well as relations with the Senedd. The members of the committee are usually Welsh MPs.

Membership

Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, a new chair and members of committees were elected:

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Ruth Jones MP (Chair)	Labour
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	David Chadwick MP	Liberal Democrats
Plaid Cymru}}"	Ann Davies MP	Plaid Cymru
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Gill German MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Simon Hoare MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Gerald Jones MP	Labour
Plaid Cymru}}"	Ben Lake MP	Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru}}"	Llinos Medi MP	Plaid Cymru
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Andrew Ranger MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Henry Tufnell MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Steve Witherden MP	Labour

Changes since 2024

Date	Outgoing Member
& Party	Constituency	→	New Member
& Party	Constituency	Source
nowrap	6 January 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Chris Evans MP (Labour)	Caerphilly	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Gill German MP (Labour)
nowrap	13 January 2025	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Aphra Brandreth MP (Conservative)	Chester South and Eddisbury	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Simon Hoare MP (Conservative)
nowrap	17 November 2025	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Claire Hughes MP (Labour)	Bangor Aberconwy	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Gerald Jones 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	Constituency
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Stephen Crabb MP (Chair)	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Tonia Antoniazzi MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Simon Baynes MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Virginia Crosbie MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Geraint Davies MP	Labour and Co-op
Plaid Cymru}}"	Ben Lake MP	Plaid Cymru
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Anna McMorrin MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Robin Millar MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Rob Roberts MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Jamie Wallis MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Beth Winter MP	Labour

Changes 2019-2024

Date	Outgoing member and party	→	New member and party	Constituency	Source
15 June 2020	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Anna McMorrin MP (Labour)	Cardiff North	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Ruth Jones MP (Labour)
27 June 2022	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)	Gower	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Wayne David MP (Labour)
22 January 2024	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Wayne David MP (Labour)	Caerphilly	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)

Membership 2017–2019

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
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Davies MP (Chair)	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Tonia Antoniazzi MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Guto Bebb MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Geraint Davies	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Susan Elan Jones MP	Labour
Plaid Cymru}}"	Ben Lake MP	Plaid Cymru
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Jack Lopresti MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Anna McMorrin MP	Labour
Plaid Cymru}}"	Jonathan Edwards MP	Plaid Cymru

Changes 2017-2019

Date	Outgoing member and party	Constituency	→	New member and party	Constituency	Source
16 October 2017	New seat	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour)	Gower	Hansard
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Simon Hoare MP (Conservative)	North Dorset
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Anna McMorrin MP (Labour)	Cardiff North
23 October 2017	New seat	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour)	Aberavon	Hansard
Plaid Cymru}}"		Liz Saville Roberts MP (Plaid Cymru)	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
8 January 2018	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour)	Aberavon	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Thelma Walker MP (Labour)
5 February 2018	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Thelma Walker MP (Labour)	Colne Valley	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Susan Elan Jones MP (Labour)
22 October 2018	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Glyn Davies MP (Conservative)	Montgomeryshire	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Guto Bebb MP (Conservative)
26 November 2018	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Simon Hoare MP (Conservative)	North Dorset	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Jack Lopresti MP (Conservative)
17 February 2019	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Paul Flynn MP (Labour)	Newport West	→	Vacant	Death of member
11 March 2019	Plaid Cymru}}"		Liz Saville Roberts MP (Plaid Cymru)	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	→	Plaid Cymru}}"		Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru)
21 June 2019	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Chris Davies MP (Conservative)	Brecon and Radnorshire	→	Vacant	Recall petition against member

Membership 2015–2017

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.

Member	Constituency
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Davies MP (Chair)	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Byron Davies MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Chris Davies MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Dr James Davies MP	Conservatives
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Carolyn Harris MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Gerald Jones MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Christina Rees MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Antoinette Sandbach MP	Conservative
Plaid Cymru}}"	Liz Saville-Roberts MP	Plaid Cymru
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Craig Williams MP	Conservative
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Mark Williams MP	Liberal Democrat

Changes 2015-2017

Date	Outgoing member and party	→	New member and party	Constituency	Source
1 February 2016	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Christina Rees MP (Labour)	Neath	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour)
25 April 2016	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Antoinette Sandbach MP (Conservative)	Eddisbury	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Glyn Davies MP (Conservative)
18 July 2016	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Carolyn Harris MP (Labour)	Swansea East	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Chris Elmore MP (Labour)
21 November 2016	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Gerald Jones MP (Labour)	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Paul Flynn MP (Labour)

Membership 2010–2015

At the dissolution of the 2010–2015 Parliament, the committee's membership was:

Member	Constituency
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Davies MP (Chair)	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Guto Bebb MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Simon Hart MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Glyn Davies MP	Conservatives
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Karen Lumley MP	Conservatives
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Stephen Doughty MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Nia Griffith MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Sian James MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Jessica Morden MP	Labour
Plaid Cymru}}"	Jonathan Edwards MP	Plaid Cymru
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Mark Williams MP	Liberal Democrat

2010–2015 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
and party	Constituency	→	New member
and party	Constituency	Source
nowrap	2 November 2010	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Glyn Davies MP (Conservative)	Montgomeryshire	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative)
22 November 2010	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Nia Griffith MP (Labour)	Llanelli	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Siân James MP (Labour)
27 June 2011	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Alun Cairns MP (Conservative)	Vale of Glamorgan	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Robin Walker MP (Conservative)
nowrap	28 November 2011	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Owen Smith MP (Labour)	Pontypridd	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Nia Griffith MP (Labour)
5 November 2012	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative)	Pudsey	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Glyn Davies MP (Conservative)
26 November 2012	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Susan Jones MP (Labour)	Clwyd South	→	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Stephen Doughty MP (Labour)
3 December 2012	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Robin Walker MP (Conservative)	Worcester	→	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Simon Hart MP (Conservative)
6 January 2014	Plaid Cymru}}"		Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru)	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	→	Plaid Cymru}}"		Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru)
10 March 2014	Plaid Cymru}}"		Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru)	Arfon	→	Plaid Cymru}}"		Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru)

Membership 2005–2010

At the start of the 2005–2010 Parliament, the committee's membership was:

Member	Constituency
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Dr. Hywel Francis MP (Chair)	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Stephen Crabb MP	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Davies MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Nia Griffith MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Sian James MP	Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Jones MP	Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Martyn Jones MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Madeleine Moon MP	Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Betty Williams MP	Labour
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Mark Williams MP	Liberal Democrat
Plaid Cymru}}"	Hywel Williams MP	Plaid Cymru

2005–2010 changes

Changes between 2005 and 2010 are not known.

List of chairs

Member	Constituency	From	Until
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Leo Abse	Labour	Pontypool	25 January 1980
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Donald Anderson	Labour	Swansea East	20 November 1981
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Gareth Wardell	Labour	Gower	9 June 1983
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Martyn Jones	Labour	Clwyd South	14 July 1997
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Hywel Francis	Labour	Aberavon	13 July 2005
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Davies	Conservative	Monmouth	10 June 2010
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Stephen Crabb	Conservative	Preseli Pembrokeshire	28 January 2020
Labour Party (UK)}}"	Ruth Jones	Labour	Newport West and Islwyn	9 September 2024

Notes

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