The Women and Equalities Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was established following the 2015 general election to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office on equalities (sex, age, race, sexual orientation, disability and transgender/gender identity) issues.
The committee has faced criticism for its name, and in 2017, Conservative MP Philip Davies said it should be renamed the "Equalities Committee".[1]
As of November 2023, the membership of the committee is as follows:[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Nokes MP (Chair) | Conservative | Romsey and Southampton North | ||
| Lisa Cameron MP | Conservative | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | ||
| Elliot Colburn MP | Conservative | Carshalton and Wallington | ||
| Caroline Dinenage MP | Conservative | Gosport | ||
| Jackie Doyle-Price MP | Conservative | Thurrock | ||
| Carolyn Harris MP | Labour | Swansea East | ||
| Kim Johnson MP | Labour | Liverpool Riverside | ||
| Lia Nici MP | Conservative | Great Grimsby | ||
| Kate Osborne MP | Labour | Jarrow | ||
| Kirsten Oswald MP | Scottish National Party | East Renfrewshire | ||
| Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP | Labour | Streatham | ||
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with members announced on 11 September 2017.[7] [8]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Miller MP (Chair) | Conservative | Basingstoke | ||
| Angela Crawley MP | SNP | Lanark and Hamilton East | ||
| Philip Davies MP | Conservative | Shipley | ||
| Rosie Duffield MP | Labour | Canterbury | ||
| Kirstene Hair MP | Conservative | Angus | ||
| Jared O'Mara MP | Labour | Sheffield Hallam | ||
| Jess Phillips MP | Labour | Birmingham Yardley | ||
| Gavin Shuker MP | Labour | Luton South | ||
| Tulip Siddiq MP | Labour | Hampstead and Kilburn | ||
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 October 2017 | New seat | → | Eddie Hughes MP (Conservative) | Walsall North | Hansard | ||||
| 6 November 2017 | Jared O'Mara MP (Independent) | Sheffield Hallam | → | Vacant | Hansard | ||||
| 20 November 2017 | Vacant | → | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | Hansard | ||||
| 5 March 2018 | New seat | → | Vicky Ford MP (Conservative) | Chelmsford | Hansard | ||||
| 4 June 2018 | Rosie Duffield MP (Labour) | Canterbury | → | Sarah Champion MP (Labour) | Rotherham | Hansard | |||
| Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour) | Hampstead and Kilburn | Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) | Erith and Thamesmead | ||||||
| 11 June 2018 | Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) | Erith and Thamesmead | → | Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour) | Hampstead and Kilburn | Hansard | |||
| 26 November 2018 | Kirstene Hair MP (Conservative) | Angus | → | Anna Soubry MP (Conservative) | Broxtowe | Hansard | |||
| 8 May 2019 | Gavin Shuker MP (Change UK) | Luton South | → | Stephanie Peacock MP (Labour) | Barnsley East | Hansard | |||
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members announced on 6 July 2015.[9] [10]
| Member | Party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Miller MP (Chair) | Conservative | Basingstoke | ||
| Ruth Cadbury MP | Labour | Brentford and Isleworth | ||
| Maria Caulfield MP | Conservative | Lewes | ||
| Jo Churchill MP | Conservative | Bury St Edmunds | ||
| Angela Crawley MP | SNP | Lanark and Hamilton East | ||
| Mims Davies MP | Conservative | Eastleigh | ||
| Flick Drummond MP | Conservative | Portsmouth South | ||
| Ben Howlett MP | Conservative | Bath | ||
| Jess Phillips MP | Labour | Birmingham Yardley | ||
| Tulip Siddiq MP | Labour | Hampstead and Kilburn | ||
| Cat Smith MP | Labour | Lancaster and Fleetwood | ||
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party | Constituency | → | New Member & Party | Constituency | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2015 | Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour) | Hampstead and Kilburn | → | Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour) | Mitcham and Morden | Hansard | |||
| Cat Smith MP (Labour) | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Gavin Shuker MP (Labour) | Luton South | ||||||
| 13 June 2016 | Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour) | Mitcham and Morden | → | Gill Furniss MP (Labour) | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | Hansard | |||
| 5 December 2016 | Gill Furniss MP (Labour) | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | → | Tracy Brabin MP (Labour) | Batley and Spen | Hansard | |||
| 19 December 2016 | Mims Davies MP (Conservative) | Eastleigh | → | Philip Davies MP (Conservative) | Shipley | Hansard | |||
| 23 January 2017 | Jo Churchill MP (Conservative) | Bury St Edmunds | → | Lucy Allan MP (Conservative) | Telford | Hansard | |||
| 28 February 2017 | Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour) | Brentford and Isleworth | → | Holly Lynch MP (Labour) | Halifax | Hansard | |||