Health and Social Care Select Committee

The Health and Social Care Select Committee is a Departmental Select Committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. It oversees the operations of the Department of Health and Social Care and its associated 28 agencies and public bodies.

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Membership

Current

Sarah Wollaston was re-elected as Chair on 12th July 2017, with other members elected on 11 September 2017 as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair)	Change UK	Totnes
	Luciana Berger MP	Change UK	Liverpool Wavertree
	Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP	Labour	Exeter
	Angela Rayner MP	Scottish National Party	Ashton-under-Lyne
	Rosie Cooper MP	Labour	West Lancashire
	Martin Vickers MP	Conservative	Cleethorpes
	Diana Johnson MP	Labour	Kingston upon Hull North
	Johnny Mercer MP	Conservative	Plymouth Moor View
	Andrew Selous MP	Conservative	South West Bedfordshire
	Derek Thomas MP	Conservative	St. Ives
	Dr Paul Williams MP	Labour	Stockton South

Up to 2017 general election

Changes were made to the composition of the Select Committee on 26th October 2015 - Rachael Maskell, Liz McInnes and Emily Thornberry discharged - Ben Bradshaw, Julie Cooper and Emma Reynolds added. Membership was as follows.

Member		Party	Constituency
	Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair)	Conservative	Totnes
	Heidi Alexander MP	Labour	Lewisham East
	Luciana Berger MP	Labour (Co-op)	Liverpool Wavertree
	Ben Bradshaw MP	Labour	Exeter
	Rosie Cooper MP	Labour	West Lancashire
	Dr James Davies MP	Conservative	Vale of Clwyd
	Andrea Jenkyns MP	Conservative	Morley and Outwood
	Andrew Selous MP	Conservative	South West Bedfordshire
	Maggie Throup MP	Conservative	Erewash
	Helen Whately MP	Conservative	Faversham and Mid Kent
	Dr Philippa Whitford MP	Scottish National Party	Central Ayrshire

At the start of the 2015-2016 session of parliament

Dr Sarah Wollaston was elected as current Chair of the Health Committee on Thursday 18 June 2015. The remaining members of the Committee were elected by the House on Wednesday 8 July 2015.

Member		Party	Constituency
	Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair)	Conservative	Totnes
	Dr James Davies MP	Conservative	Vale of Clwyd
	Andrea Jenkyns MP	Conservative	Morley and Outwood
	Liz McInnes MP	Labour	Heywood and Middleton
	Rachael Maskell MP	Labour (Co-op)	York Central
	Andrew Percy MP	Conservative	Brigg and Goole
	Paula Sherriff MP	Labour	Dewsbury
	Emily Thornberry MP	Labour	Islington South and Finsbury
	Maggie Throup MP	Conservative	Erewash
	Helen Whately MP	Conservative	Faversham and Mid Kent
	Dr Philippa Whitford MP	Scottish National Party	Central Ayrshire

In the 2014-2015 session of parliament

Member		Party	Constituency
	Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair)	Conservative	Totnes
	Rosie Cooper MP	Labour	West Lancashire
	Andrew George MP	Liberal Democrat	St Ives
	Robert Jenrick MP	Conservative	Newark
	Barbara Keeley MP	Labour	Worsley and Eccles South
	Charlotte Leslie MP	Conservative	Bristol North West
	Grahame Morris MP	Labour	Easington
	Andrew Percy MP	Conservative	Brigg and Goole
	Virendra Sharma MP	Labour	Ealing Southall
	David Tredinnick MP	Conservative	Bosworth
	Valerie Vaz MP	Labour	Walsall 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 are shown below.

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010		Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour)	Slough	→		Yvonne Fovargue MP (Labour)	Makerfield	Hansard
27 June 2011		Nadine Dorries MP (Conservative)	Mid Bedfordshire	→		Dan Poulter MP (Conservative)	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Hansard
24 October 2011		Yvonne Fovargue MP (Labour)	Makerfield	→		Barbara Keeley MP (Labour)	Worsley and Eccles South	Hansard
29 October 2012		Dan Poulter MP (Conservative)	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	→		Andrew Percy MP (Conservative)	Brigg and Goole	Hansard
17 June 2013		Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative)	Kingswood	→		Charlotte Leslie MP (Conservative)	Bristol North West
June 2014		Stephen Dorrell MP (Conservative)	Charnwood	→		Robert Jenrick MP (Conservative)	Newark

See also

• Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

External links

• Health select committee website