Finance Committee (House of Commons)

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.

Membership

As of February 2023, the members of the committee are as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Rt Hon Sharon Hodgson PC MP (Chair)	Labour	Washington and Sunderland West
Clive Betts MP	Labour	Sheffield South East
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP	Conservative	The Cotswolds
Nigel Evans MP	Conservative	Ribble Valley
Marion Fellows MP	Scottish National Party	Motherwell and Wishaw
Craig Mackinlay MP	Conservative	South Thanet
Nigel Mills MP	Conservative	Amber Valley
Mary Robinson MP	Conservative	Cheadle
David Simmonds CBE MP	Conservative	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Rt Hon Mark Tami PC MP	Labour	Alyn and Deeside
Rt Hon Dame Rosie Winterton MP	Labour	Doncaster Central

Source: [1]

Changes since 2019

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
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 2022		Dame 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.^[2]

	Party	Constituency
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

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
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.^[3]

	Party	Constituency
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

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
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.^[4]

	Party	Constituency
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

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
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

References

^ "Finance and Services Committee - UK Parliament". Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
^ "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 630. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 30 October 2017.
^ "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 20 July 2015.
^ "Finance and Services". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 514. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 26 July 2010.

External links

[1] "Finance and Services Committee - UK Parliament". Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

[2] "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 630. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 30 October 2017.

[3] "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 20 July 2015.

[4] "Finance and Services". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 514. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 26 July 2010.

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