Housing,_Communities_and_Local_Government_Committee
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
Select committee of the House of Commons
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (formerly the Housing, Communities and Local Government 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 work, the expenditure, administration and policies of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and its associated public bodies.
As of December 2023, the membership of the committee is as follows:[1][2]
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| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Betts MP (Chair) | Labour | Sheffield South East | |
| Bob Blackman MP | Conservative | Harrow East | |
| Ian Byrne MP | Labour | Liverpool West Derby | |
| Natalie Elphicke MP | Conservative | Dover | |
| Ben Everitt MP | Conservative | Milton Keynes North | |
| Kate Hollern MP | Labour | Blackburn | |
| Tom Hunt MP | Conservative | Ipwiwich | |
| Andrew Lewer MP | Conservative | Northampton South | |
| Mary Robinson MP | Conservative | Cheadle | |
| Nadia Whittome MP | Labour and Co-op | Nottingham East | |
| Mohammad Yasin MP | Labour | Bedford | |
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Changes since 2019
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The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[3][4]
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| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Betts MP (Chair) | Labour | Sheffield South East | |
| Mike Amesbury MP | Conservative | Weaver Vale | |
| Bob Blackman MP | Conservative | Harrow East | |
| Helen Hayes MP | Labour | Dulwich and West Norwood | |
| Kevin Hollinrake MP | Conservative | Thirsk and Malton | |
| Fiona Onasanya MP | Labour | Peterborough | |
| Andrew Lewer MP | Conservative | Northampton South | |
| Mark Prisk MP | Conservative | Hertford and Stortford | |
| Mary Robinson MP | Conservative | Cheadle | |
| Liz Twist MP | Labour | Blaydon | |
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Changes 2017–2019
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| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 December 2017 | New seat | → | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | Hansard | |||
| 5 February 2018 | Fiona Onasanya MP (Independent) | Peterborough | → | Matt Western MP (Labour) | Warwick and Leamington | Hansard | ||
| 23 July 2018 | Mike Amesbury MP (Labour) | Weaver Vale | → | Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP (Labour) | Slough | Hansard | ||
| Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) | Erith and Thamesmead | |||||
| 20 May 2019 | Liz Twist MP (Labour) | Blaydon | → | Mohammad Yasin MP (Labour) | Bedford | Hansard | ||
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The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.[5][6]
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Changes 2015–2017
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| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2015 | Angela Rayner MP (Labour) | Ashton-under-Lyne | → | Liz Kendall MP (Labour) | Leicester West | Hansard | ||
| 7 March 2016 | Jo Cox MP (Labour) | Batley and Spen | → | Jim McMahon MP (Labour and Co-op) | Oldham West and Royton | Hansard | ||
| 31 October 2016 | Liz Kendall MP (Labour) | Leicester West | → | Rushanara Ali MP (Labour and Co-op) | Bethnal Green and Bow | Hansard | ||
| Jim McMahon MP (Labour and Co-op) | Oldham West and Royton | Melanie Onn MP (Labour) | Great Grimsby | |||||
| 18 April 2017 | Julian Knight MP (Conservative) | Solihull | → | Christopher Chope MP (Conservative) | Christchurch | Hansard | ||
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The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[7][8]
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Changes 2010–2015
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| Chair | Party | Constituency | First elected | Method | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Betts | Labour | Sheffield South East (Sheffield Attercliffe 1992–2010) |
10 June 2010 | Elected by the House of Commons[9] | |
| Phyllis Starkey | Labour | Milton Keynes South West | 28 June 2006 | Elected by the Select Committee[10] | |
| Previously as Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee | |||||
| Phyllis Starkey | Labour | Milton Keynes South West | 14 July 2005 | Elected by the Select Committee[10] | |
| Andrew Bennett | Labour | Denton and Reddish | 23 July 2002 | Elected by the Select Committee[11] | |
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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.[12] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.[13]
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| 30 January 2020[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | 1st round | ||
| Votes | % | ||
| Clive Betts | Unopposed | ||
| Not redistributed | |||
| Valid votes | |||
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More information 12 July 2017, Candidate ...
| 12 July 2017[15] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | 1st round | ||
| Votes | % | ||
| Clive Betts | 335 | 59.4 | |
| David Lammy | 229 | 40.6 | |
| Not redistributed | |||
| Valid votes | 564 | ||
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More information 17 June 2015, Candidate ...
| 17 June 2015[16] | |||
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| Candidate | 1st round | ||
| Votes | % | ||
| Clive Betts | Unopposed | ||
| Not redistributed | |||
| Valid votes | |||
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More information 9 June 2010, Candidate ...
| 9 June 2010[9] | |||
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| Candidate | 1st round | ||
| Votes | % | ||
| Clive Betts | 279 | 50.3 | |
| Nick Raynsford | 276 | 49.7 | |
| Not redistributed | |||
| Valid votes | 555 | ||
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- "Committees Volume 723: debated on Tuesday 29 November 2022". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
That Florence Eshalomi be discharged from the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee and Nadia Whittome be added.
- "Business without Debate Volume 742: debated on Monday 11 December 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
That Paul Holmes be discharged from the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee and Tom Hunt be added.
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- "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 13 July 2015.
- "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.
- Robertson, Gene (23 July 2010). "Place your Betts". Inside Housing.
- "Phyllis Starkey, former MP, Milton Keynes South West". TheyWorkForYou.
- "Standing Orders of the House of Commons". parliament.uk.
- Gorb, Aleksandra (31 December 2021). "Chairs of Commons select committees since 2010". parliament.uk.
- "Clive Betts re-elected Chair of Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). parliament.uk. 12 July 2017.
- "ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT" (PDF). parliament.uk. 17 June 2015.