Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the Department for National Heritage.

Membership

The Committee's Chair, Jesse Norman, was elected on 18 June 2015, with the other members appointed on 8 July 2015. The Committee currently comprises:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Jesse Norman (Chair)	Conservative	Hereford and South Herefordshire
	Nigel Adams MP	Conservative	Selby and Ainsty
	Andrew Bingham MP	Conservative	High Peak
	Damian Collins MP	Conservative	Folkestone and Hythe
	Paul Farrelly MP	Labour	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	Nigel Huddleston MP	Conservative	Mid Worcestershire
	Ian C. Lucas MP	Labour	Wrexham
	Jason McCartney MP	Conservative	Colne Valley
	Christian Matheson MP	Labour	City of Chester
	John Nicolson MP	Scottish National Party	East Dunbartonshire
	Steve Rotheram MP	Labour	Liverpool Walton

Source: Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Members in the previous 2014/15 session of Parliament were as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	John Whittingdale (Chair)	Conservative	Maldon
	Ben Bradshaw MP	Labour	Exeter
	Angie Bray MP	Conservative	Ealing Central and Acton
	Conor Burns MP	Conservative	Bournemouth West
	Tracey Crouch MP	Conservative	Chatham and Aylesford
	Philip Davies MP	Conservative	Shipley
	Paul Farrelly MP	Labour	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	John Leech MP	Liberal Democrat	Manchester Withington
	Steve Rotheram MP	Labour	Liverpool Walton
	Jim Sheridan MP	Labour	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	Gerry Sutcliffe MP	Labour	Bradford South

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 up to January 2013 are shown below.

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
9 May 2011		David Cairns MP (Labour)	Inverclyde	→	Vacant			Hansard
19 July 2011	Vacant			→		Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Hansard
24 October 2011		Cathy Jamieson MP (Labour Co-op)	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	→		Steve Rotheram MP (Labour)	Liverpool Walton	Hansard
10 November 2011		Alan Keen MP (Labour Co-op)	Feltham and Heston	→	Vacant			Hansard
12 December 2011	Vacant			→		Gerry Sutcliffe MP (Labour)	Bradford South	Hansard
29 August 2012		Louise Mensch MP (Conservative)	Corby	→	Vacant			Votes and Proceedings
17 September 2012		Tom Watson MP (Labour)	West Bromwich East	→		Ben Bradshaw MP (Labour)	Exeter	Hansard
29 October 2012		Therese Coffey MP (Conservative)	Suffolk Coastal	→		Angie Bray MP (Conservative)	Ealing Central and Acton	Hansard
		Damian Collins MP (Conservative)	Folkestone and Hythe			Conor Burns MP (Conservative)	Bournemouth West
		Vacant				Tracey Crouch MP (Conservative)	Chatham and Aylesford
21 January 2013		Adrian Sanders MP (Liberal Democrat)	Torbay	→		John Leech (politician) MP (Liberal Democrat)	Manchester Withington	Hansard

See also

Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

External links

• Culture, Media and Sport Committee