Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

The Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (SCEC), or simply the Speaker's Committee, is a body created under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to scrutinise the Electoral Commission. Through the committee's members, the commission is able to field questions in the House of Commons in a manner similar to the way ministers do.

Composition

The committee comprises nine MPs: the speaker of the House of Commons (who also serves as its chair), the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the chair of the select committee responsible for electoral issues, As of 25 September 2026, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member Party Role
Lindsay Hoyle Speaker (Labour) Speaker of the House of Commons (ex officio member)
Angela Rayner Labour Minister of the Crown with responsibilities in relation to local government (Appointed by the Prime Minister)
Abena Oppong-Asare Labour Chair of local governments committee
Simon Hoar Conservative Regular Member
Sir Jeremy Wright Conservative Regular Member
Lisa Smart Liberal Democrat Regular Member

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (c. 41), Schedule 1 ss 14–19
  3. ↑ SI 2021/1265, Sch. 2 para. 15(2).
  4. ↑ Section 2(2)(a) of the Political Parties, Elections, and Referendums Act specifically calls for this to be the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, but 2(6)(b) states that if responsibility for electoral issues transfers to another committee, that committees chair should serve instead.
  5. ↑ Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2010 (c. 41) s 2
  6. ↑ "Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission". UK Parliament.