The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (EFRA) is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.
Membership
Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, chairs and member of committees are yet to be appointed.[1]
2019-2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.[2][3]
Parish's resignation from the House of Commons became effective on 4 May 2022.[4][5] Geraint Davies served as interim Chair until the election of Robert Goodwill as new committee Chairman.
Changes 2019-2024
Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
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11 May 2020 | Toby Perkins MP (Labour) | Chesterfield | → | Ian Byrne MP (Labour) | Liverpool West Derby | Hansard | ||
8 June 2020 | Mary Glindon MP (Labour) | North Tyneside | → | Barry Gardiner MP (Labour) | Brent North | Hansard | ||
5 January 2022 | Dave Doogan MP (SNP) | Angus | → | Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP) | Aberdeen North | Hansard | ||
4 May 2022 | Neil Parish MP (Chair, Independent) | Tiverton and Honiton | → | Vacant | Resignation of member from Parliament[6] | |||
25 May 2022 | Vacant | → | Robert Goodwill MP (Chair, Conservative) | Scarborough and Whitby | Hansard | |||
8 November 2022 | Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP) | Aberdeen North | → | Steven Bonnar MP (SNP) | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Hansard | ||
19 June 2023 | Geraint Davies MP (Independent) | Swansea West | → | Cat Smith MP (Labour) | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Hansard | ||
22 January 2024 | Robbie Moore MP (Conservative) | Keighley | → | Selaine Saxby MP (Conservative) | North Devon | Hansard |
2017-2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[7][8]
Changes 2017-2019
Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
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4 December 2017 | New seat | → | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | Hansard | |||
11 December 2017 | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | → | Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) | Bristol East | Hansard | ||
17 February 2019 | Paul Flynn MP (Labour) | Newport West | → | Vacant | Death of member[9] |
2015-2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.[10][11]
Changes 2015-2017
Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | ||
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26 October 2015 | Sarah Champion MP (Labour) | Rotherham | → | Angela Smith MP (Labour) | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Hansard | ||
4 February 2016 | Harry Harpham MP (Labour) | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | → | Vacant | Death of member[12] | |||
7 March 2016 | Vacant | → | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | Hansard | |||
31 October 2016 | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | → | Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour) | Bristol East | Hansard |
2010-2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[13][14]
Changes 2010-2015
Chair election results
25 May 2022[15] | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | |||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Sir Robert Goodwill | 123 | 25.9 | 134 | 28.5 | 162 | 35.5 | 243 | 57.9 | |||
Dr Neil Hudson | 126 | 26.6 | 130 | 27.6 | 164 | 36.0 | 177 | 42.1 | |||
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 101 | 21.3 | 108 | 22.9 | 130 | 28.5 | Eliminated | ||||
Anthony Mangnall | 92 | 19.4 | 99 | 21.0 | Eliminated | ||||||
Derek Thomas | 32 | 6.8 | Eliminated | ||||||||
Not redistributed | 3 | 18 | 54 | ||||||||
Valid votes | 474 | 471 | 456 | 420 |
28 January 2020[16] | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | ||||||||||
Votes | % | ||||||||||
Neil Parish | Unopposed | ||||||||||
Not redistributed | |||||||||||
Valid votes |
12 July 2017[17] | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | ||||||||||
Votes | % | ||||||||||
Neil Parish | 324 | 57.0 | |||||||||
Bill Wiggin | 137 | 24.1 | |||||||||
Zac Goldsmith | 107 | 18.8 | |||||||||
Not redistributed | |||||||||||
Valid votes | 568 |
17 June 2015[18] | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | ||||||||||
Votes | % | ||||||||||
Neil Parish | Unopposed | ||||||||||
Not redistributed | |||||||||||
Valid votes |
9 June 2010[19] | |||||||||||
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Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | ||||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
Anne McIntosh | 215 | 38.7 | 239 | 44.8 | 266 | 53.2 | |||||
Stewart Jackson | 168 | 30.2 | 195 | 36.5 | 234 | 46.8 | |||||
Neil Parish | 87 | 15.6 | 100 | 18.7 | Eliminated | ||||||
James Gray | 86 | 15.5 | Eliminated | ||||||||
Not redistributed | 22 | 34 | |||||||||
Valid votes | 556 | 534 | 500 |