Welsh Affairs Select Committee
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The Welsh Affairs Select Committee (or simply the 'Welsh Affairs Committee') is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Wales Office, as well as relations with the Senedd. The members of the committee are usually Welsh MPs.
Membership
Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, a new chair and members of committees were elected:
Changes since 2024
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2025 | Chris Evans MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | → | Gill German MP (Labour) | Clwyd North | |||
| 13 January 2025 | Aphra Brandreth MP (Conservative) | Chester South and Eddisbury | → | Simon Hoare MP (Conservative) | North Dorset | |||
| 17 November 2025 | Claire Hughes MP (Labour) | Bangor Aberconwy | → | Gerald Jones MP (Labour) | Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare |
2019-2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.
Changes 2019-2024
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2020 | Anna McMorrin MP (Labour) | Cardiff North | → | Ruth Jones MP (Labour) | Newport West | |||
| 27 June 2022 | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | → | Wayne David MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | |||
| 22 January 2024 | Wayne David MP (Labour) | Caerphilly | → | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower |
Membership 2017–2019
The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
Changes 2017-2019
Membership 2015–2017
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.
Changes 2015-2017
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2016 | Christina Rees MP (Labour) | Neath | → | Stephen Kinnock MP (Labour) | Aberavon | |||
| 25 April 2016 | Antoinette Sandbach MP (Conservative) | Eddisbury | → | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Aberavon | |||
| 18 July 2016 | Carolyn Harris MP (Labour) | Swansea East | → | Chris Elmore MP (Labour) | Ogmore | |||
| 21 November 2016 | Gerald Jones MP (Labour) | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | → | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West |
Membership 2010–2015
At the dissolution of the 2010–2015 Parliament, the committee's membership was:
2010–2015 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 and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2010 | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | → | Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative) | Pudsey | |||
| 22 November 2010 | Nia Griffith MP (Labour) | Llanelli | → | Siân James MP (Labour) | Swansea East | |||
| 27 June 2011 | Alun Cairns MP (Conservative) | Vale of Glamorgan | → | Robin Walker MP (Conservative) | Worcester | |||
| 28 November 2011 | Owen Smith MP (Labour) | Pontypridd | → | Nia Griffith MP (Labour) | Llanelli | |||
| 5 November 2012 | Stuart Andrew MP (Conservative) | Pudsey | → | Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) | Montgomeryshire | |||
| 26 November 2012 | Susan Jones MP (Labour) | Clwyd South | → | Stephen Doughty MP (Labour) | Cardiff South and Penarth | |||
| 3 December 2012 | Robin Walker MP (Conservative) | Worcester | → | Simon Hart MP (Conservative) | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | |||
| 6 January 2014 | Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru) | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | → | Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru) | Arfon | |||
| 10 March 2014 | Hywel Williams MP (Plaid Cymru) | Arfon | → | Jonathan Edwards MP (Plaid Cymru) | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr |
Membership 2005–2010
At the start of the 2005–2010 Parliament, the committee's membership was:
2005–2010 changes
Changes between 2005 and 2010 are not known.
List of chairs
| Member | Party | Constituency | From | Until | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Abse | Labour | Pontypool | 25 January 1980 | 20 November 1981 | |
| Donald Anderson | Labour | Swansea East | 20 November 1981 | 13 May 1983 | |
| Gareth Wardell | Labour | Gower | 9 June 1983 | 21 March 1997 | |
| Martyn Jones | Labour | Clwyd South | 14 July 1997 | 13 July 2005 | |
| Hywel Francis | Labour | Aberavon | 13 July 2005 | 6 May 2010 | |
| David Davies | Conservative | Monmouth | 10 June 2010 | 6 November 2019 | |
| Stephen Crabb | Conservative | Preseli Pembrokeshire | 28 January 2020 | 30 May 2024 | |
| Ruth Jones | Labour | Newport West and Islwyn | 9 September 2024 |