# Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee

The Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee was a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015.

## Remit

The committee was created in response to changes to the machinery of government intended to give the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, responsibility for political and constitutional reform. The functions given to the Deputy Prime Minister were as follows:
* Introducing fixed-term Parliaments
* Legislating to hold a referendum on the alternative vote system for the House of Commons and to create fewer and more equal sized constituencies, see Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
* Supporting people with disabilities in becoming MPs
* Introducing a power for people to recall their MPs
* Developing proposals for a wholly or mainly elected second chamber
* Speeding up implementation of individual voter registration
* Considering the "West Lothian question"
* Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists
* Reforming party funding
* Supporting all postal primaries
In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister had ministerial responsibility for the Boundary Commissions, the Electoral Commission, and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. All these matters were within the remit of the committee.

## Membership

As of 30 March 2015, the membership of the committee was as follows:
| Member | Party | Constituency |
| Graham Allen MP (Chair) | Labour | Nottingham North |
| Christopher Chope MP | Conservative | Christchurch |
| Fabian Hamilton MP | Labour | Leeds North East |
| Paul Flynn MP | Labour | Newport West |
| Andrew Turner MP | Conservative | Isle of Wight |
| Tracey Crouch MP | Conservative | Chatham and Aylesford |
| Mark Durkan MP | Social Democratic & Labour Party | Foyle |
| Duncan Hames MP | Liberal Democrat | Chippenham |
| David Morris MP | Conservative | Morecambe and Lunesdale |
| Bob Neill MP | Conservative | Bromley and Chislehurst |
| Chris Ruane MP | Labour | Vale of Clwyd |
Source: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

### 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 & Party | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source |
| 2 November 2010 | | Nicholas Boles MP (Conservative) | Grantham and Stamford | → | | Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative) | Burton | Hansard |
| 8 November 2010 | | Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour) | Newcastle upon Tyne North | → | | Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour) | Leeds North East | Hansard |
| 1 April 2011 | | Sir Peter Soulsby MP (Labour) | Leicester South | → | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vote and Proceedings |
| 12 July 2011 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour) | Bolton South East | Hansard |
| 12 December 2011 | | Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour) | Bolton South East | → | | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West | Hansard |
| 31 October 2013 | | Eleanor Laing MP (Conservative) | Epping Forest | → | | Tracey Crouch MP (Conservative) | Chatham and Aylesford | TheyWorkForYou |
| 31 October 2013 | | Tristram Hunt MP (Labour) | Stoke-on-Trent Central | → | | Mark Durkan MP (SDLP) | Foyle | TheyWorkForYou |
| 31 October 2013 | | Andrew Griffiths MP (Conservative) | Burton | → | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | TheyWorkForYou |
| 31 October 2013 | | Stephen Williams MP (Liberal Democrat) | Bristol West | → | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | TheyWorkForYou |
| 10 December 2013 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Bob Neill MP (Conservative) | Bromley and Chislehurst | TheyWorkForYou |
| 2014 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Duncan Hames MP (Liberal Democrat) | Chippenham | parliament.uk |
| 20 January 2014 | | Sheila Gilmore MP (Labour) | Edinburgh East | → | | Chris Ruane MP (Labour) | Vale of Clwyd | TheyWorkForYou parliament.uk |
| 20 January 2014 | | Simon Hart MP (Conservative) | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | → | | David Morris MP (Conservative) | Morecambe and Lunesdale | TheyWorkForYou |