The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, formerly the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, 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.

Membership

Members are as follows.

MemberPartyConstituency
Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair)ConservativeGosport
Bayo Alaba MPLabourSouthend East and Rochford
Vicky Foxcroft MPLabourLewisham North
Damian Hinds MPConservativeEast Hampshire
Rupa Huq MPLabourEaling Central and Acton
Natasha Irons MPLabourCroydon East
Liz Jarvis MPLiberal DemocratsEastleigh
Anneliese Midgley MPLabourKnowsley
Jo Platt MPLabourLeigh and Atherton
Jeff Smith MPLabourManchester Withington
Cameron Thomas MPLiberal DemocratsTewkesbury

Changes since 2024

DateOutgoing Member & PartyConstituency→New Member & PartyConstituencySource
9 December 2024Mims Davies MP (Conservative)East Grinstead and Uckfield→Damian Hinds MP (Conservative)East Hampshire
27 October 2025James Frith MP (Labour)Bury North→Vicky Foxcroft MP (Labour)Lewisham North
Tom Rutland MP (Labour)East Worthing and ShorehamAnneliese Midgley MP (Labour)Knowsley
Paul Waugh MP (Labour)RochdaleJeff Smith MP (Labour)Manchester Withington
13 November 2025Zöe Franklin MP (Liberal Democrats)Guildford→Cameron Thomas MP (Liberal Democrats)Tewkesbury

2019-2024 Parliament

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

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

MemberPartyConstituency
Julian Knight MP (Chair)ConservativeSolihull
Kevin Brennan MPLabourCardiff West
Steve Brine MPConservativeWinchester
Philip Davies MPConservativeShipley
Clive Efford MPLabourEltham
Julie Elliott MPLabourSunderland Central
Damian Green MPConservativeAshford
Damian Hinds MPConservativeEast Hampshire
John Nicolson MPScottish National PartyOchil and South Perthshire
Jo Stevens MPLabourCardiff Central
Giles Watling MPConservativeClacton

Changes 2019-2024

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

Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee

ChairPartyConstituencyFirst electedMethod
Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeGosport17 May 2023Elected by the House of Commons
As Digitial, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
Julian KnightConservative/IndependentSolihull29 January 2020Elected by the House of Commons
Damian CollinsConservativeFolkestone and Hythe12 July 2017Elected by the House of Commons
As Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
Damian CollinsConservativeFolkestone and Hythe19 October 2016Elected by the House of Commons
Jesse NormanConservativeHereford and South Herefordshire17 June 2015Elected by the House of Commons
John WhittingdaleConservativeMaldon (Maldon and East Chelmsford 1997–2010)11 July 2005Elected by the Select Committee (and the House of Commons in 2010)
Gerald KaufmanLabourManchester Gorton14 July 1997Elected by the Select Committee
As National Heritage Select Committee
Gerald KaufmanLabourManchester Gorton27 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. Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.

9 September 2024
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Dame Caroline DinenageUnopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes
17 May 2023
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Dame Caroline Dinenage19851.7
Damian Collins10026.1
Damian Green8522.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes383
29 January 2020
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Julian Knight28350.8
Damian Collins27449.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes557
12 July 2017
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Damian CollinsUnopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes
19 October 2016
Candidate1st round
Votes%
Damian Collins30256.8
Helen Grant23043.2
Not redistributed
Valid votes532
17 June 2015
Candidate1st round2nd round3rd round4th round
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Jesse Norman22136.824040.626847.231960.2
Graham Stuart15726.216427.717831.321139.8
Damian Green9315.59716.412221.5Eliminated
Damian Collins8714.59015.2Eliminated
Jason McCartney427.0Eliminated
Not redistributed91.5325.37011.7
Valid votes600591568530
9 June 2010
Candidate1st round
Votes%
John WhittingdaleUnopposed
Not redistributed
Valid votes

See also

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