The following have been elected:
CLG
- Bob Blackman
- Kevin Hollinrake
- Andrew Lewer
- Mark Prisk
- Mary Robinson
Defence
- Leo Docherty
- Mark Francois
- Johnny Mercer
DCMS
- Simon Hart
- Julian Knight
- Rebecca Pow
- Giles Watling
Education
- Lucy Allan
- Michelle Donelan
- Trudy Harrison
- William Wragg
Environment, food and rural affairs
- Dr Caroline Johnson
- Sheryll Murray
- Julian Sturdy
Foreign Affairs
- Nusrat Ghani
- Andrew Rosindell
- Royston Smith
- Nadhim Zahawi
International Development
- James Duddridge
- Nigel Evans
- Jeremy Lefroy
- Paul Scully
- Henry Smith
International Trade
- Julia Dockerill
- Nigel Evans
- Marcus Fysh
- Ranil Jayawardena
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs
- Marcus Fysh
- Cheryl Gillan
- David Jones
- David Morris
Transport
- Steve Double
- Huw Merriman
- Iain Stewart
- Martin Vickers
Treasury
- Charlie Elphicke
- Stephen Hammond
- Alister Jack
- Kit Malthouse
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- The squeeze on Conservative committee places as a consequence of the general election result has had some savage consequences: for example, Crispin Blunt, the former Foreign Affairs Select Committee Chairman, lost out in the contest to get on it.
- There was a “very high turnout”, ConHome is told.
- Old truths apply: if you’re able, popular with your colleagues and know what you’re talking about, your chances of making it through the pack increase. These qualities – or even two of the three – seem to have mattered more in this poll than loyalties of ideology or intake. Consider the following as examples, picked more or less at random: Mark Prisk, Leo Doherty, Nus Ghani, David Jones, Iain Stewart, Stephen Hammond. Our very able columnist Nadhim Zahawi is back on Foreign Affairs.
- A statement by Graham Brady on behalf of the 1922 Committee says: “There remains some uncertainty over the number of places the Conservative Party will be allocated on the Exiting the European Union Select Committee. Whilst the vote has been counted, I will not therefore be in a position to announce the result until this is finalised.”