# Panel of Chairs

The Panel of Chairs (formerly the Chairman's Panel) are members of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom responsible for chairing public bill committees and other General Committees. They may also chair debates in Westminster Hall, the parallel debating chamber. The three Deputy Speakers, who are automatically members, are responsible for chairing Committees of the Whole House. Other members may act as temporary chairs of Committees of the Whole House.
The Panel is chaired by the Chairman of Ways and Means. The Panel is not itself generally thought of as a committee, but it does have the power to meet to consider matters relating to procedure in the general committees and report its findings to the House of Commons.

## Members

The panel comprises the Chairman and two Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means, who are members ex officio, and no fewer than 10 MPs appointed by the Speaker, two of whom are appointed pursuant to section 1(3) of the Parliament Act 1911 by the Committee of Selection to be consulted by the Speaker before declaring a bill to be a money bill.
Members of the Panel of Chairs, as of 31 January 2025:
| Member | Party | Constituency | Notes |
| Nusrat Ghani MP | Conservative | Sussex Weald | Chairman of Ways and Means |
| Judith Cummins MP | Labour | Bradford South | First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means |
| Caroline Nokes MP | Conservative | Romsey and Southampton North | Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means |
| Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP | Labour | Tooting | |
| Clive Betts MP | Labour | Sheffield South East | |
| Dawn Butler MP | Labour Co-operative | Brent East | |
| Sir Christopher Chope MP | Conservative | Christchurch | |
| Peter Dowd MP | Labour | Bootle | |
| Clive Efford MP | Labour | Eltham | |
| Gill Furniss MP | Labour | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | |
| Sir Roger Gale MP | Conservative | Herne Bay and Sandwich | |
| Carolyn Harris MP | Labour | Neath and Swansea East | |
| Sir John Hayes MP | Conservative | South Holland and the Deepings | |
| Sir Mark Hendrick MP | Labour Co-operative | Preston | |
| Wera Hobhouse MP | Liberal Democrats | Bath | |
| Dr Rupa Huq MP | Labour | Ealing Central and Acton | |
| Christine Jardine MP | Liberal Democrats | Edinburgh West | |
| Sir Edward Leigh MP | Conservative | Gainsborough | |
| Emma Lewell-Buck MP | Labour | South Shields | |
| Siobhain McDonagh MP | Labour | Mitcham and Morden | |
| Esther McVey MP | Conservative | Tatton | |
| David Mundell MP | Conservative | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | |
| Dr Andrew Murrison MP | Conservative | South West Wiltshire | |
| Mark Pritchard MP | Conservative | The Wrekin | |
| Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton | |
| Graham Stuart MP | Conservative | Beverley and Holderness | |
| Desmond Swayne MP | Conservative | New Forest West | |
| Karl Turner MP | Labour | Kingston upon Hull East | |
| Derek Twigg MP | Labour | Widnes and Halewood | |
| Valerie Vaz MP | Labour | Walsall and Bloxwich | |
| Martin Vickers MP | Conservative | Brigg and Immingham | |
| Matt Western MP | Labour | Warwick and Leamington | |
| Sir Jeremy Wright MP | Conservative | Kenilworth and Southam | |
Members of the Panel of Chairs, as of 15 October 2021:
| Member | Party | Constituency | Notes |
| Dame Eleanor Laing MP | Conservative | Epping Forest | Chairman of Ways and Means |
| Dame Rosie Winterton MP | Labour | Doncaster Central | First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means |
| Nigel Evans MP | Conservative | Ribble Valley | Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means |
| Rushanara Ali MP | Labour | Bethnal Green and Bow | |
| Hannah Bardell MP | Scottish National Party | Livingston | |
| Clive Betts MP | Labour | Sheffield South East | |
| Peter Bone MP | Conservative | Wellingborough | |
| Sir Graham Brady MP | Conservative | Altrincham and Sale West | |
| Karen Buck MP | Labour | Westminster North | |
| Sir Christopher Chope MP | Conservative | Christchurch | |
| Judith Cummins MP | Labour | Bradford South | Previously Acting Deputy Speaker |
| Geraint Davies MP | Labour Co-operative | Swansea West | |
| Philip Davies MP | Conservative | Shipley | |
| Peter Dowd MP | Labour | Bootle | |
| Dame Angela Eagle MP | Labour | Wallasey | |
| Clive Efford MP | Labour | Eltham | |
| Julie Elliott MP | Labour | Sunderland Central | |
| Yvonne Fovargue MP | Labour | Makerfield | |
| Sir Roger Gale MP | Conservative | North Thanet | |
| Nusrat Ghani MP | Conservative | Wealden | |
| James Gray MP | Conservative | North Wiltshire | |
| Sir Mark Hendrick MP | Labour Co-operative | Preston | |
| Philip Hollobone MP | Conservative | Kettering | |
| Stewart Hosie MP | Scottish National Party | Dundee East | |
| Sir George Howarth MP | Labour | Knowsley | |
| Dr Rupa Huq | Labour | Ealing Central and Acton | |
| Sir Edward Leigh MP | Conservative | Gainsborough | |
| Steve McCabe MP | Labour | Birmingham, Selly Oak | |
| Siobhain McDonagh MP | Labour | Mitcham and Morden | |
| Esther McVey MP | Conservative | Tatton | |
| Dame Maria Miller MP | Conservative | Basingstoke | |
| David Mundell MP | Conservative | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | |
| Sheryll Murray MP | Conservative | South East Cornwall | |
| Caroline Nokes MP | Conservative | Romsey and Southampton North | |
| Ian Paisley MP | Democratic Unionist Party | North Antrim | |
| Mark Pritchard MP | Conservative | The Wrekin | |
| Christina Rees MP | Labour Co-operative | Neath | |
| Laurence Robertson MP | Conservative | Tewkesbury | |
| Andrew Rosindell MP | Conservative | Romford | |
| Virendra Sharma MP | Labour | Ealing, Southall | |
| Gary Streeter MP | Conservative | South West Devon | |
| Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton | |
| Derek Twigg MP | Labour | Halton | |
| Sir Charles Walker MP | Conservative | Broxbourne | |
The Panel of Chairs was nominated by the Speaker on 22 June 2017:
* Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Labour), Chairman of Ways and Means
* Dame Eleanor Laing (Conservative), First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
* Dame Rosie Winterton (Labour), Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
* Sir David Amess (Conservative)
* Ian Austin (Independent, previously Labour)
* Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op))
* Sir Henry Bellingham (Conservative)
* Clive Betts (Labour)
* Peter Bone (Conservative)
* Sir Graham Brady (Conservative)
* Karen Buck (Labour)
* Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
* Sir David Crausby (Labour)
* Geraint Davies (Labour (Co-op))
* Philip Davies (Conservative)
* Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
* Nigel Evans (Conservative)
* Sir Roger Gale (Conservative)
* Mike Gapes (Labour (Co-op))
* Dame Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
* James Gray (Conservative)
* David Hanson (Labour)
* Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
* Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party)
* George Howarth (Labour)
* Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)
* Steve McCabe (Labour)
* Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)
* Anne Main (Conservative)
* Madeleine Moon (Labour)
* Albert Owen (Labour)
* Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party)
* Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
* Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
* Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
* Joan Ryan (Labour)
* Virendra Sharma (Labour)
* Gary Streeter (Conservative)
* Graham Stringer (Labour)
* Charles Walker (Conservative)
* Phil Wilson (Labour)
As of December 2015, the members were as follows:
* Lindsay Hoyle (Labour), Chairman of Ways and Means
* Eleanor Laing (Conservative), First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
* Natascha Engel (Labour), Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
* David Amess (Conservative)
* Adrian Bailey (Labour)
* Clive Betts (Labour)
* Peter Bone (Conservative)
* Graham Brady (Conservative)
* Karen Buck (Labour)
* Christopher Chope (Conservative)
* David Crausby (Labour)
* Geraint Davies (Labour)
* Philip Davies (Conservative)
* Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
* Nigel Evans (Conservative)
* Roger Gale (Conservative)
* Mike Gapes (Labour)
* Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
* James Gray (Conservative)
* Fabian Hamilton (Labour)
* David Hanson (Labour)
* Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
* George Howarth (Labour)
* Edward Leigh (Conservative)
* Anne Main (Conservative)
* Steve McCabe (Labour))
* Alan Meale (Labour))
* Madeleine Moon (Labour))
* David Nuttall (Conservative)
* Albert Owen (Labour)
* Andrew Percy (Conservative)
* Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
* Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
* Gary Streeter (Conservative)
* Graham Stringer (Labour)
* Andrew Turner (Conservative)
* Valerie Vaz (Labour)
* Charles Walker (Conservative)
* Phil Wilson (Labour)