Finance Committee (House of Commons)

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The Finance Committee, until 2015 known as the Finance and Services Committee, [1] is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee considers expenditure on and the administration of services for the House of Commons, and it has responsibility for detailed scrutiny of the House’s budget.

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Membership

As of November 2024, the members of the committee are as follows: [2]

MemberPartyConstituency
Steve Barclay MP (Chair) Conservative North East Cambridgeshire
Matt Bishop MP Labour Forest of Dean
Phil Brickell MP Labour [Bolton West
Irene Campbell MP Labour North Ayrshire and Arran
Nusrat Ghani MP Conservative Sussex Weald
Clive Jones MP Liberal Democrats Wokingham
Lillian Jones MP Labour Kilmarnock and Loudoun
James MacCleary MP Liberal Democrats Lewes
Andrew Murrison MP Conservative South West Wiltshire
Kate Osborne MP Labour Jarrow and Gateshead East
Sean Woodcock MP Labour Banbury

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    Changes since 2019

    DateOutgoing Member
    & Party
    ConstituencyNew Member
    & Party
    ConstituencySource
    9 March 2020 Nigel Mills MP (Conservative) Amber Valley Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (Conservative) The Cotswolds Hansard
    Sir Robert Syms MP (Conservative) Poole Dame Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative) Epping Forest
    New seat Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP) Edinburgh East
    1 March 2021 Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP) Edinburgh East Marion Fellows MP (SNP) Motherwell and Wishaw Hansard
    25 May 2021 Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour) Nottingham South Nick Brown MP (Labour) Newcastle upon Tyne East Hansard
    13 December 2022Dame Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative) Epping Forest Nigel Evans MP (Conservative) Ribble Valley Hansard
    24 January 2023 Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative) West Worcestershire Craig Mackinlay MP (Conservative) Ribble Valley Hansard
    Felicity Buchan MP (Conservative) Kensington Nigel Mills MP (Conservative) Amber Valley
    Gareth Davies MP (Conservative) Grantham and Stamford Mary Robinson MP (Conservative) Cheadle
    28 February 2023 Nick Brown MP (Chair, Independent) Newcastle upon Tyne East Sharon Hodgson MP (Labour) Washington and Sunderland West Hansard
    7 March 2023 Sharon Hodgson MP (Labour) Washington and Sunderland West Sharon Hodgson MP (Chair, Labour) Washington and Sunderland West Parliament

    2017-2019 Parliament

    Members were announced on 30 October 2017. [3]

    MemberPartyConstituency
    Clive Betts MP Labour Sheffield South East
    Chris Bryant MP Labour Rhondda
    Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP Conservative The Cotswolds
    Neil Gray MP SNP Airdrie and Shotts
    Lindsay Hoyle MP Labour Chorley
    Helen Jones MP Labour Warrington North
    Stephen McPartland MP Conservative Stevenage
    Mark Menzies MP Conservative Fylde
    Sir Robert Syms MP Conservative Poole
    Mark Tami MP Labour Alyn and Deeside
    William Wragg MP Conservative Hazel Grove

    Changes 2017-2019

    DateOutgoing Member
    & Party
    ConstituencyNew Member
    & Party
    ConstituencySource
    5 March 2018 William Wragg MP (Conservative) Hazel Grove Luke Graham MP (Conservative) Ochil and South Perthshire Hansard
    18 February 2019 Helen Jones MP (Labour) Warrington North Bambos Charalambous MP (Labour) Enfield Southgate Hansard

    2015-2017 Parliament

    Members were announced on 20 July 2015. [4]

    MemberPartyConstituency
    Jake Berry MP Conservative Rossendale and Darwen
    Clive Betts MP Labour Sheffield South East
    Nick Brown MP Labour Newcastle upon Tyne East
    Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP Conservative The Cotswolds
    Mark Garnier MP Conservative Wyre Forest
    Neil Gray MP SNP Airdrie and Shotts
    Sir Alan Haselhurst MP Conservative Saffron Walden
    Lindsay Hoyle MP Labour Chorley
    Helen Jones MP Labour Warrington North
    Kwasi Kwarteng MP Conservative Spelthorne
    Karen Lumley MP Conservative Redditch

    Changes 2015-2017

    DateOutgoing Member
    & Party
    ConstituencyNew Member
    & Party
    ConstituencySource
    17 October 2016 Nick Brown MP (Labour) Newcastle upon Tyne East Dame Rosie Winterton MP (Labour) Doncaster Central Hansard
    7 November 2016 Helen Jones MP (Labour) Warrington North Sir Alan Meale MP (Labour) Mansfield Hansard
    19 December 2016 Mark Garnier MP (Conservative) Wyre Forest Mark Menzies MP (Conservative) Fylde Hansard
    16 January 2017 Jake Berry MP (Conservative) Rossendale and Darwen Stephen McPartland MP (Conservative) Stevenage Hansard
    6 February 2017 Kwasi Kwarteng MP (Conservative) Spelthorne William Wragg MP (Conservative) Hazel Grove Hansard

    2010-2015 Parliament

    Members were announced on 26 July 2010. [5]

    MemberPartyConstituency
    Sir Paul Beresford MP Conservative Mole Valley
    Luciana Berger MP Labour and Co-op Liverpool Wavertree
    Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP Conservative The Cotswolds
    Robert Flello MP Liberal Democrats Stoke-on-Trent South
    James Gray MP Conservative North Wiltshire
    Sir Alan Haselhurst MP Conservative Saffron Walden
    Lindsay Hoyle MP Labour Chorley
    Brooks Newmark MP Conservative Braintree
    Jonathan Reynolds MP Labour and Co-op Stalybridge and Hyde
    John Thurso MP Liberal Democrats Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
    Iain Wright MP Labour Hartlepool

    Changes 2010-2015

    DateOutgoing Member
    & Party
    ConstituencyNew Member
    & Party
    ConstituencySource
    8 November 2010 Luciana Berger MP (Labour Co-op) Liverpool Wavertree Clive Betts MP (Labour) Sheffield South East Hansard
    14 November 2011 Brooks Newmark MP (Conservative) Braintree Shailesh Vara MP (Conservative) North West Cambridgeshire Hansard
    30 January 2012 Jonathan Reynolds MP (Labour Co-op) Stalybridge and Hyde George Howarth MP (Labour) Knowsley Hansard
    14 January 2013 Shailesh Vara MP (Conservative) North West Cambridgeshire Greg Knight MP (Conservative) Derby North Hansard
    10 December 2013 James Gray MP (Conservative) North Wiltshire Robert Syms MP (Conservative) Poole Hansard

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