# Culture, Media and Sport Committee

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.
| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Caroline Dinenage MP (Chair) | Conservative | Gosport |
| Bayo Alaba MP | Labour | Southend East and Rochford |
| Zöe Franklin MP | Lib Dems | Guildford |
| James Frith MP | Labour | Bury North |
| Damian Hinds MP | Conservative | East Hampshire |
| Rupa Huq MP | Labour | Ealing Central and Acton |
| Natasha Irons MP | Labour | Croydon East |
| Liz Jarvis MP | Lib Dems | Eastleigh |
| Jo Platt MP | Labour | Leigh and Atherton |
| Tom Rutland MP | Labour | East Worthing and Shoreham |
| Paul Waugh MP | Labour | Rochdale |

### Changes since 2024

| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source |
| 9 December 2024 | | Mims Davies MP (Conservative) | East Grinstead and Uckfield | → | | Damian Hinds MP (Conservative) | East Hampshire | Hansard |

## 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.
| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Julian Knight MP (Chair) | Conservative | Solihull |
| Kevin Brennan MP | Labour | Cardiff West |
| Steve Brine MP | Conservative | Winchester |
| Philip Davies MP | Conservative | Shipley |
| Clive Efford MP | Labour | Eltham |
| Julie Elliott MP | Labour | Sunderland Central |
| Damian Green MP | Conservative | Ashford |
| Damian Hinds MP | Conservative | East Hampshire |
| John Nicolson MP | Scottish National Party | Ochil and South Perthshire |
| Jo Stevens MP | Labour | Cardiff Central |
| Giles Watling MP | Conservative | Clacton |

### Changes 2019-2024

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

## Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee

| Chair | Chair | Party | Constituency | First elected | Method |
| | Dame Caroline Dinenage | Conservative | Gosport | 17 May 2023 | Elected by the House of Commons |
| As Digitial, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee ||||||
| | Julian Knight | Conservative/Independent | Solihull | 29 January 2020 | Elected by the House of Commons |
| | Damian Collins | Conservative | Folkestone and Hythe | 12 July 2017 | Elected by the House of Commons |
| As Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee ||||||
| | Damian Collins | Conservative | Folkestone and Hythe | 19 October 2016 | Elected by the House of Commons |
| | Jesse Norman | Conservative | Hereford and South Herefordshire | 17 June 2015 | Elected by the House of Commons |
| | John Whittingdale | Conservative | Maldon (Maldon and East Chelmsford 1997–2010) | 11 July 2005 | Elected by the Select Committee (and the House of Commons in 2010) |
| | Gerald Kaufman | Labour | Manchester Gorton | 14 July 1997 | Elected by the Select Committee |
| As National Heritage Select Committee ||||||
| | Gerald Kaufman | Labour | Manchester Gorton | 27 April 1992 | Elected 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.
17 May 2023 :
| Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Dame Caroline Dinenage | 198 | 51.7 |
| | Damian Collins | 100 | 26.1 |
| | Damian Green | 85 | 22.2 |
| Not redistributed | Not redistributed | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 383 | |
29 January 2020 :
| Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Julian Knight | 283 | 50.8 |
| | Damian Collins | 274 | 49.2 |
| Not redistributed | Not redistributed | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 557 | |
12 July 2017 :
| Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Damian Collins | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Not redistributed | Not redistributed | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | | |
19 October 2016 :
| Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Damian Collins | 302 | 56.8 |
| | Helen Grant | 230 | 43.2 |
| Not redistributed | Not redistributed | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 532 | |
17 June 2015 :
| Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 4th round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jesse Norman | 221 | 36.8 | 240 | 40.6 | 268 | 47.2 | 319 | 60.2 |
| | Graham Stuart | 157 | 26.2 | 164 | 27.7 | 178 | 31.3 | 211 | 39.8 |
| | Damian Green | 93 | 15.5 | 97 | 16.4 | 122 | 21.5 | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Damian Collins | 87 | 14.5 | 90 | 15.2 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| | Jason McCartney | 42 | 7.0 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Not redistributed | Not redistributed | | | 9 | 1.5 | 32 | 5.3 | 70 | 11.7 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 600 | | 591 | | 568 | | 530 | |
9 June 2010 :
| Candidate | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | John Whittingdale | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Not redistributed | Not redistributed | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | | |