Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (EFRA) 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.
Current Membership
editMembership of the committee is as follows:[1]
2019-2024 Parliament
editThe chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.[2][3]
Parish's resignation from the House of Commons became effective on 4 May 2022.[4][5] Geraint Davies served as interim Chair until the election of Robert Goodwill as new committee Chairman.
Member | Party | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
Neil Parish MP (Chair) | Conservative | Tiverton and Honiton | |
Geraint Davies MP | Labour Co-op | Swansea West | |
Dave Doogan MP | SNP | Angus | |
Rosie Duffield MP | Labour | Canterbury | |
Mary Glindon MP | Labour | North Tyneside | |
Neil Hudson MP | Conservative | Penrith and The Border | |
Robbie Moore MP | Conservative | Keighley | |
Sheryll Murray MP | Conservative | South East Cornwall | |
Toby Perkins MP | Labour | Chesterfield | |
Julian Sturdy MP | Conservative | York Outer | |
Derek Thomas MP | Conservative | St Ives |
Changes 2019-2024
editDate | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 May 2020 | Toby Perkins MP (Labour) | Chesterfield | → | Ian Byrne MP (Labour) | Liverpool West Derby | Hansard | ||
8 June 2020 | Mary Glindon MP (Labour) | North Tyneside | → | Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) | Brent North | Hansard | ||
5 January 2022 | Dave Doogan MP (SNP) | Angus | → | Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP) | Aberdeen North | Hansard | ||
4 May 2022 | Neil Parish MP (Chair, Independent) | Tiverton and Honiton | → | Vacant | Resignation of member from Parliament[6] | |||
25 May 2022 | Vacant | → | Robert Goodwill MP (Chair, Conservative) | Scarborough and Whitby | Hansard | |||
8 November 2022 | Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP) | Aberdeen North | → | Steven Bonnar MP (SNP) | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Hansard | ||
19 June 2023 | Geraint Davies MP (Independent) | Swansea West | → | Cat Smith MP (Labour) | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Hansard | ||
22 January 2024 | Robbie Moore MP (Conservative) | Keighley | → | Selaine Saxby MP (Conservative) | North Devon | Hansard |
2017-2019 Parliament
editThe chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[7][8]
Member | Party | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
Neil Parish MP (Chair) | Conservative | Tiverton and Honiton | |
Alan Brown MP | SNP | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |
John Grogan MP | Labour | Keighley | |
Paul Flynn MP | Labour | Newport West | |
Dr Caroline Johnson MP | Conservative | Sleaford and North Hykeham | |
Sandy Martin MP | Labour | Ipswich | |
Sheryll Murray MP | Conservative | South East Cornwall | |
David Simpson MP | DUP | Upper Bann | |
Angela Smith MP | Liberal Democrats | Penistone and Stocksbridge | |
Julian Sturdy MP | Conservative | York Outer |
Changes 2017-2019
editDate | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 December 2017 | New seat | → | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | Hansard | |||
11 December 2017 | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | → | Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) | Bristol East | Hansard | ||
17 February 2019 | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West | → | Vacant | Death of member[9] |
2015-2017 Parliament
editThe chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.[10][11]
Changes 2015-2017
editDate | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 October 2015 | Sarah Champion MP (Labour) | Rotherham | → | Angela Smith MP (Labour) | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Hansard | ||
4 February 2016 | Harry Harpham MP (Labour) | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | → | Vacant | Death of member[12] | |||
7 March 2016 | Vacant | → | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | Hansard | |||
31 October 2016 | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | → | Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) | Bristol East | Hansard |
2010-2015 Parliament
editThe chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[13][14]
Changes 2010-2015
editChair election results
edit25 May 2022[15] | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | |||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Sir Robert Goodwill | 123 | 25.9 | 134 | 28.5 | 162 | 35.5 | 243 | 57.9 | |||
Dr Neil Hudson | 126 | 26.6 | 130 | 27.6 | 164 | 36.0 | 177 | 42.1 | |||
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 101 | 21.3 | 108 | 22.9 | 130 | 28.5 | Eliminated | ||||
Anthony Mangnall | 92 | 19.4 | 99 | 21.0 | Eliminated | ||||||
Derek Thomas | 32 | 6.8 | Eliminated | ||||||||
Not redistributed | 3 | 18 | 54 | ||||||||
Valid votes | 474 | 471 | 456 | 420 |
28 January 2020[16] | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | ||||||||||
Votes | % | ||||||||||
Neil Parish | Unopposed | ||||||||||
Not redistributed | |||||||||||
Valid votes |
12 July 2017[17] | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | ||||||||||
Votes | % | ||||||||||
Neil Parish | 324 | 57.0 | |||||||||
Bill Wiggin | 137 | 24.1 | |||||||||
Zac Goldsmith | 107 | 18.8 | |||||||||
Not redistributed | |||||||||||
Valid votes | 568 |
17 June 2015[18] | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | ||||||||||
Votes | % | ||||||||||
Neil Parish | Unopposed | ||||||||||
Not redistributed | |||||||||||
Valid votes |
9 June 2010[19] | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | ||||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
Anne McIntosh | 215 | 38.7 | 239 | 44.8 | 266 | 53.2 | |||||
Stewart Jackson | 168 | 30.2 | 195 | 36.5 | 234 | 46.8 | |||||
Neil Parish | 87 | 15.6 | 100 | 18.7 | Eliminated | ||||||
James Gray | 86 | 15.5 | Eliminated | ||||||||
Not redistributed | 22 | 34 | |||||||||
Valid votes | 556 | 534 | 500 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee membership appointed". committees.parliament.uk. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 670. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 672. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 2 March 2020.
- ^ Lynch, David (4 May 2022). "Neil Parish formally resigns after admitting watching pornography in the Commons". The Independent. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Committees Volume 722: debated on Tuesday 8 November 2022". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Neil Parish resigns as an MP after admitting watching pornography in the Commons". Sky News. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 627. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
- ^ Langdon, Julia (18 February 2019). "Paul Flynn obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 8 July 2015.
- ^ Johnston, Chris (5 February 2016). "Labour MP Harry Harpham dies of cancer aged 61". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 511. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 513. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Chair Election - Result Sheet" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Neil Parish confirmed as Chair-elect of Committee". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. 12 July 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. 17 June 2015. p. 1. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULTS" (PDF). www.parliament.uk. 9 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2023.