Select committee elections: Who are the Labour candidates running to be chairs?

As recess comes to a close, the elections for the new chairs of Parliament’s select committees are expected to reach fever pitch in the halls of Westminster, as MPs seek nominations from their peers.

Labour will chair 18 of the 26 select committees due to the new make-up of the House of Commons, including business and trade, defence, foreign affairs, justice, housing and energy security.

With speculation rife about who may be running ahead of the September 9 deadline for nominations, we have compiled a list of names that either LabourList understands are standing, or other media suggest are looking to run.

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If you know of any individuals we should add (or remove), please email [email protected] to share it, anonymously.

We will update this list with any further candidates in the days leading up to the election.

Business and trade

• Liam Byrne (MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, incumbent chair)
• Mark Hendrick (MP for Preston)
• Matt Western (MP for Warwick and Leamington)

Defence

• Tan Dhesi (MP for Slough)
• Derek Twigg (MP for Widnes and Halewood)

Education

• Helen Hayes (MP for Dulwich and West Norwood)
• Sharon Hodgson (MP for Washington and Gateshead South)
• Marie Tidball (MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge)

Energy security and net zero

• Bill Esterson (MP for Sefton Central)
• Melanie Onn (MP for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes)

Environmental audit

• Barry Gardiner (MP for Brent North)
• Toby Perkins (MP for Chesterfield)

Foreign affairs

• Dan Carden (MP for Liverpool Walton)
• Emily Thornberrry (MP for Islington South and Finsbury)

Housing, communities and local government

• Shaun Davies (MP for Telford)
• Florence Eshalomi (MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)

International development

• Sarah Champion (MP for Rotherham, incumbent chair)
• Alice MacDonald (MP for Norwich North)

Justice

• Andy Slaughter (MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick)
• Mike Tapp (MP for Dover and Deal)

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Northern Ireland

• Tonia Antoniazzi (MP for Gower)

Procedure

• Stella Creasy (MP for Walthamstow)
• Cat Smith (MP for Lancaster and Wyre)
• Gareth Snell (MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Science, innovation and technology

• Dawn Butler (MP for Brent East)
• Chi Onwurah (MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West)

Scottish Affairs

• Patricia Ferguson (MP for Glasgow West)
• Gregor Poynton (MP for Livingston)

Transport

• Ruth Cadbury (MP for Brentford and Isleworth)
• Fabian Hamilton (MP for Leeds North East)
• Grahame Morris (MP for Easington)

Treasury

• Meg Hillier (MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch)

Welsh Affairs

• Ruth Jones (MP for Newport West)

Women and equalities

• Kate Osborne (MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East)
• Sarah Owen (MP for Luton North)

Work and pensions

• Debbie Abrahams (MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth)
• Neil Coyle (MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
• David Pinto-Duschinsky (MP for Hendon)

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