Culture, Media and Sport Committee

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The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, formerly the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, [1] is one of the select committees of the House of Commons, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport which replaced the Department for National Heritage.

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Membership

Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, chairs and member of committees are yet to be appointed.

2019-2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020. [2] [3]

After the previous Chair Julian Knight recused himself from Parliament, Damian Green was selected as the Acting Chair of the committee. [4] He held this role until Dame Caroline Dinenage was elected as the new Chair on 17 May 2023. [5]

MemberPartyConstituency
Julian Knight MP (Chair) Conservative Solihull
Kevin Brennan MP Labour Cardiff West
Steve Brine MP Conservative Winchester
Philip Davies MP Conservative Shipley
Clive Efford MP Labour Eltham
Julie Elliott MP Labour Sunderland Central
Damian Green MP Conservative Ashford
Damian Hinds MP Conservative East Hampshire
John Nicolson MP Scottish National Party Ochil and South Perthshire
Jo Stevens MP Labour Cardiff Central
Giles Watling MP Conservative Clacton

Changes 2019-2024

DateOutgoing Member
& Party		Constituency→New Member
& Party		ConstituencySource
11 May 2020 Jo Stevens MP (Labour) Cardiff Central → Alex Davies-Jones MP (Labour) Pontypridd Hansard
9 November 2020 Philip Davies MP (Conservative) Shipley → Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative) South Derbyshire Hansard
19 October 2021 Damian Hinds MP (Conservative) East Hampshire → Simon Jupp MP (Conservative) East Devon Hansard
Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative) South Derbyshire Jane Stevenson MP (Conservative) Wolverhampton North East
7 March 2022 Alex Davies-Jones MP (Labour) Pontypridd → Rupa Huq MP (Labour) Ealing Central and Acton Hansard
24 April 2023 Julian Knight MP (Chair, independent) Solihull →Vacant Hansard
17 May 2023Vacant→Dame Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair, Conservative) Gosport Hansard
15 January 2024 Kevin Brennan MP (Labour) Cardiff West → Alex Sobel MP (Labour) Leeds North West Hansard

Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee

ChairPartyConstituencyFirst electedMethod
Dame Caroline Dinenage Conservative Gosport 17 May 2023Elected by the House of Commons [6]
As Digitial, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
Julian Knight Conservative/Independent Solihull 29 January 2020Elected by the House of Commons [7]
Damian Collins Conservative Folkestone and Hythe 12 July 2017Elected by the House of Commons [8]
As Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
Damian Collins Conservative Folkestone and Hythe 19 October 2016Elected by the House of Commons [9]
Jesse Norman Conservative Hereford and South Herefordshire 17 June 2015Elected by the House of Commons [10]
John Whittingdale Conservative Maldon
(Maldon and East Chelmsford 1997–2010)		11 July 2005Elected by the Select Committee [11]
(and the House of Commons in 2010)
Gerald Kaufman Labour Manchester Gorton 14 July 1997Elected by the Select Committee [12]
As National Heritage Select Committee
Gerald Kaufman Labour Manchester Gorton 27 April 1992Elected 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. [13] Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy. [14]

17 May 2023 [15]
Candidate1st round
Votes %
Dame Caroline Dinenage 19851.7
Damian Collins 10026.1
Damian Green 8522.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes383
29 January 2020 [16]
Candidate1st round
Votes %
Julian Knight 28350.8
Damian Collins 27449.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes557
12 July 2017 [17]
Candidate1st round
Votes %
Damian Collins Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes
19 October 2016 [9]
Candidate1st round
Votes %
Damian Collins 30256.8
Helen Grant 23043.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes532
17 June 2015 [10]
Candidate1st round2nd round3rd round4th round
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Jesse Norman 22136.824040.626847.231960.2
Graham Stuart 15726.216427.717831.321139.8
Damian Green 9315.59716.412221.5Eliminated
Damian Collins 8714.59015.2Eliminated
Jason McCartney 427.0Eliminated
Not redistributed91.5325.37011.7
Valid votes600591568530
9 June 2010 [18]
Candidate1st round
Votes %
John Whittingdale Unopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes

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