Defence Select Committee
The Defence Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons, having been established in 1979. It oversees the operations of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies, including the armed forces.
Membership
As of September 2017, the members of the committee are as follows:
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
Chair | Party | Constituency | First elected | Method | |
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Julian Lewis | Conservative | New Forest East | 17 June 2015 | Elected by the House of Commons | |
Rory Stewart | Conservative | Penrith and The Border | 14 May 2014 | Elected by the House of Commons | |
James Arbuthnot | Conservative | North East Hampshire | 13 July 2005 | Elected by the Select Committee (and the House of Commons in 2010) | |
Bruce George | Labour | Walsall South | 16 July 1997 | Elected by the Select Committee |
Election results
From June 2010 chairs of select committees have been directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the alternative vote system. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes redistributed until one remaining candidate has more than half of valid votes.[1] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.[2]
12 July 2017[3] | |||
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Candidate | 1st round | ||
Votes | % | ||
Julian Lewis | 305 | 53.5 | |
Johnny Mercer | 265 | 46.5 | |
Not redistributed | |||
Valid votes | 570 |
17 June 2015[4] | |||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | |||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Julian Lewis | 260 | 44.1 | 314 | 56.5 | |||
Richard Benyon | 208 | 35.3 | 242 | 43.5 | |||
Bob Stewart | 121 | 20.5 | Eliminated | ||||
Not redistributed | 33 | 5.6 | |||||
Valid votes | 589 | 556 |
14 May 2014[5] | |||||||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | 7th round | ||||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Rory Stewart | 113 | 23.6 | 115 | 24.1 | 122 | 25.7 | 139 | 29.3 | 149 | 31.9 | 179 | 39.3 | 226 | 51.6 | |
Julian Lewis | 124 | 25.9 | 128 | 26.8 | 131 | 27.6 | 138 | 29.1 | 156 | 33.4 | 165 | 36.2 | 212 | 48.4 | |
Julian Brazier | 68 | 14.2 | 71 | 14.9 | 71 | 14.9 | 77 | 16.2 | 90 | 19.3 | 112 | 24.6 | Eliminated | ||
Keith Simpson | 48 | 10.0 | 48 | 10.1 | 51 | 10.7 | 61 | 12.8 | 72 | 15.4 | Eliminated | ||||
Bob Stewart | 52 | 10.9 | 54 | 11.3 | 56 | 11.8 | 60 | 12.6 | Eliminated | ||||||
Crispin Blunt | 44 | 9.2 | 44 | 9.2 | 44 | 9.3 | Eliminated | ||||||||
Tobias Ellwood | 17 | 3.5 | 17 | 3.6 | Eliminated | ||||||||||
James Gray | 13 | 2.7 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||
Not redistributed | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.8 | 12 | 2.5 | 23 | 4.8 | 41 | 8.6 | |||
Valid votes | 479 | 477 | 475 | 475 | 467 | 456 | 438 |
9 June 2010[6] | |||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | ||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
James Arbuthnot | 210 | 36.6 | 236 | 42.4 | 273 | 52.7 | |
Patrick Mercer | 176 | 30.7 | 189 | 33.9 | 245 | 47.3 | |
Julian Lewis | 115 | 20.1 | 132 | 23.7 | Eliminated | ||
Douglas Carswell | 72 | 12.6 | Eliminated | ||||
Not redistributed | 16 | 2.8 | 55 | 9.6 | |||
Valid votes | 573 | 557 | 518 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ Priddy, Sarah. "Chairs of Commons select committees since 2010". Researchbriefings.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). Parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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