{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Housing and Communities Committee''' (formerly the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee) 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 work, the expenditure, administration and policies of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and its associated public bodies.
==Membership== Membership of the committee is as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/housing-communities-and-local-government-committee/membership/ |title=Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Membership |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=4 November 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee |access-date=4 November 2024 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-04-07/debates/D7F9F050-619A-49AB-8FB7-D9EF9CF7EE7E/BusinessWithoutDebate |title=Business without Debate Volume 765: debated on Monday 7 April 202 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=7 April 2025 |website=hansard.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Hansard |access-date=22 May 2025 |quote=That Andrew Lewin be a member of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.—(Mark Tami, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Florence Eshalomi MP (Chair) | Labour | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Lewis Cocking MP | Conservative | Broxbourne |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Andrew Cooper MP | Labour | Mid Cheshire |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Curtis MP | Labour | Milton Keynes North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Lee Dillon MP | Liberal Democrats | Newbury |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Maya Ellis MP | Labour | Ribble Valley |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Will Forster MP | Liberal Democrats | Woking |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Andrew Lewin MP | Labour | Welwyn Hatfield |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Gagan Mohindra MP | Conservative | South West Hertfordshire |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Sarah Smith MP | Labour | Hyndburn |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Sean Woodcock MP | Labour | Banbury |- |}
===Changes since 2024=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | nowrap | 7 April 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | Mike Amesbury MP (Independent) | Runcorn and Helsby | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Andrew Lewin MP (Labour) | Welwyn Hatfield | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-04-07/debates/D7F9F050-619A-49AB-8FB7-D9EF9CF7EE7E/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | nowrap rowspan=2 | 27 October 2025 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Naushabah Khan MP (Labour) | Gillingham and Rainham | rowspan=2 |→ | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Sean Woodcock MP (Labour) | Banbury | rowspan=2 |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-10-27/debates/F00777FB-12D2-4F15-BA79-8B6F973AABE3/DelegatedLegislation Hansard] |- | Joe Powell MP (Labour) | Kensington and Bayswater | Andrew Cooper MP (Labour) | Mid Cheshire |}
== 2019-2024 Parliament == The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-01-27/debates/61727BCA-DE80-46AF-9F48-22F43F7297C6/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=27 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Betts MP (Chair) | Labour | Sheffield South East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Bob Blackman MP | Conservative | Harrow East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Ian Byrne MP | Labour | Liverpool West Derby |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Brendan Clarke-Smith MP | Conservative | Bassetlaw |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Ben Everitt MP | Conservative | Milton Keynes North |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Paul Holmes MP | Conservative | Eastleigh |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Rachel Hopkins MP | Labour | Luton South and South Bedfordshire |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Daniel Kawczynski MP | Conservative | Shrewsbury and Atcham |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Abena Oppong-Asare MP | Labour and Co-op | Erith and Thamesmead |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mary Robinson MP | Conservative | Cheadle |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mohammad Yasin MP | Labour | Bedford |}
=== Changes 2019-2024 === {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | 20 July 2020 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Daniel Kawczynski MP (Conservative) | Shrewsbury and Atcham | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Ian Levy MP (Conservative) | Blyth Valley | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-07-20/debates/0CC6DACA-7402-449C-8E83-54B51A1CCDCF/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | rowspan=2 | 22 February 2021 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Abena Oppong-Asare MP (Labour) | Erith and Thamesmead | rowspan=2 |→ | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Florence Eshalomi MP (Labour and Co-op) | Vauxhall | rowspan=2 |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-02-22/debates/5EACC1A5-061C-4EB7-B74F-8262E6BB2EFE/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Paul Holmes MP (Conservative) | Eastleigh | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Andrew Lewer MP (Conservative) | Northampton South |- | 19 October 2021 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Ian Levy MP (Conservative) | Blyth Valley | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Matt Vickers MP (Conservative) | Stockton South | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-10-19/debates/4134E17B-E0F6-4A4B-9419-878A6B60A87A/Committees Hansard] |- | 8 February 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Rachel Hopkins MP (Labour) | Luton South | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Kate Hollern MP (Labour) | Blackburn | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-02-08/debates/8E492616-DE6E-4D1A-905E-C96E1B4DC830/Committees Hansard] |- | 29 March 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Brendan Clarke-Smith MP (Conservative) | Bassetlaw | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Darren Henry MP (Conservative) | Broxtowe | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-03-29/debates/C559A769-5CC3-4A4C-B03B-7EDE21AE3108/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 21 June 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Matt Vickers MP (Conservative) | Stockton South | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sara Britcliffe MP (Conservative) | Hyndburn | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-06-21/debates/36FFAAA5-474E-4C4C-9E8A-9B0E8B47A0E5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | rowspan=2 | 25 October 2022 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sara Britcliffe MP (Conservative) | Hyndburn | rowspan=2 |→ | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Natalie Elphicke MP (Conservative) | Dover | rowspan=2 |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-10-25/debates/0ED919ED-4562-426D-9F32-8CE1284BF2B8/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | Darren Henry MP (Conservative) | Broxtowe | Paul Holmes MP (Conservative) | Eastleigh |- | 29 November 2022 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Florence Eshalomi MP (Labour and Co-op) | Vauxhall | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Nadia Whittome MP (Labour) | Nottingham East | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-11-29/debates/22112963000004/Committees Hansard] |- | 11 December 2023 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Paul Holmes MP (Conservative) | Eastleigh | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Tom Hunt MP (Conservative) | Ipswich | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-12-11/debates/49442229-047B-424B-9ACE-71F9F9CB97A7/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 14 May 2024 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Natalie Elphicke MP (Labour) | Dover | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Steve Tuckwell MP (Conservative) | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-05-14/debates/2AA52B62-A2F9-44E4-9DCB-27BBA3AF1850/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |}
==2017–2019 Parliament== The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Betts MP (Chair) | Labour | Sheffield South East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mike Amesbury MP | Conservative | Weaver Vale |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Bob Blackman MP | Conservative | Harrow East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Helen Hayes MP | Labour | Dulwich and West Norwood |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Kevin Hollinrake MP | Conservative | Thirsk and Malton |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Fiona Onasanya MP | Labour | Peterborough |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Andrew Lewer MP | Conservative | Northampton South |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mark Prisk MP | Conservative | Hertford and Stortford |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mary Robinson MP | Conservative | Cheadle |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Liz Twist MP | Labour | Blaydon |}
===Changes 2017–2019=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | 11 December 2017 | colspan=3 | ''New seat'' | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-12-11/debates/72CE0912-28F2-4B53-BC40-4D960A3A446B/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 5 February 2018 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | Fiona Onasanya MP (Independent) | Peterborough | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Matt Western MP (Labour) | Warwick and Leamington | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-02-05/debates/C3CF3746-9D15-4EDA-8A95-B0ECC33759C4/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | rowspan=2 | 23 July 2018 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mike Amesbury MP (Labour) | Weaver Vale | rowspan=2 |→ | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP (Labour) | Slough | rowspan=2 |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-07-23/debates/D207597B-81E1-4BC0-A510-FA65B8E0E74B/HousingCommunitiesAndLocalGovernmentCommittee Hansard] |- | Jo Platt MP (Labour and Co-op) | Leigh | Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) | Erith and Thamesmead |- | 20 May 2019 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Liz Twist MP (Labour) | Blaydon | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mohammad Yasin MP (Labour) | Bedford | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-05-20/debates/1913276A-402C-4874-9C5E-F9A2D3935E43/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |}
==2015–2017 Parliament== The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-13/debates/1507144000002/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=13 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Betts MP (Chair) | Labour | Sheffield South East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Bob Blackman MP | Conservative | Harrow East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jo Cox MP | Labour | Batley and Spen |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Helen Hayes MP | Labour | Dulwich and West Norwood |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Kevin Hollinrake MP | Conservative | Thirsk and Malton |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Julian Knight MP | Conservative | Solihull |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | David Mackintosh MP | Conservative | Northampton South |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mark Prisk MP | Conservative | Hertford and Stortford |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Angela Rayner MP | Labour | Ashton-under-Lyne |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mary Robinson MP | Conservative | Cheadle |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | | Alison Thewliss MP | Scottish National Party | Glasgow Central |}
===Changes 2015–2017=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | 26 October 2015 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Angela Rayner MP (Labour) | Ashton-under-Lyne | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Liz Kendall MP (Labour) | Leicester West | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-10-26/debates/15102639000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |- | 7 March 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jo Cox MP (Labour) | Batley and Spen | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jim McMahon MP (Labour and Co-op) | Oldham West and Royton | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-03-07/debates/16030736000006/CommunitiesAndLocalGovernment Hansard] |- | rowspan=2 | 31 October 2016 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Liz Kendall MP (Labour) | Leicester West | rowspan=2 |→ | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Rushanara Ali MP (Labour and Co-op) | Bethnal Green and Bow | rowspan=2 |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-10-31/debates/FACA5BE1-1594-4C21-9C5C-35B154AFE157/COMMITTEES Hansard] |- | Jim McMahon MP (Labour and Co-op) | Oldham West and Royton | Melanie Onn MP (Labour) | Great Grimsby |- | 18 April 2017 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Julian Knight MP (Conservative) | Solihull | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Christopher Chope MP (Conservative) | Christchurch | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-04-18/debates/47F496FF-DDCB-49FA-BC92-656E8F59EBF8/Adjournment(Summer) Hansard] |}
==2010–2015 Parliament== The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-06-10/debates/10061031000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=10 June 2010 |volume= 511 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-07-12/debates/1007131000004/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2010 |volume= 513 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Betts MP (Chair) | Labour | Sheffield South East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Heidi Alexander MP | Labour | Lewisham East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Bob Blackman MP | Conservative | Harrow East |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Efford MP | Labour | Eltham |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | George Freeman MP | Conservative | Mid Norfolk |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mike Freer MP | Conservative | Finchley and Golders Green |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Steve Gilbert MP | Liberal Democrats | St Austell and Newquay |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | George Hollingbery MP | Conservative | Meon Valley |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | James Morris MP | Conservative | Halesowen and Rowley Regis |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Toby Perkins MP | Labour | Chesterfield |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Williamson MP | Labour | Derby North |}
===Changes 2010–2015=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |- | rowspan=2 | 2 November 2010 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Toby Perkins MP (Labour) | Chesterfield | rowspan=2 | → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Simon Danczuk MP (Labour) | Rochdale | rowspan=2 | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101102/debtext/101102-0004.htm#1011036000005 Hansard] |- | Chris Williamson MP (Labour) | Derby North | David Heyes MP (Labour) | Ashton-under-Lyne |- | 29 November 2010 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | George Freeman MP (Conservative) | Mid Norfolk | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mark Pawsey MP (Conservative) | Rugby | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101129/debtext/101129-0004.htm#1011302000004 Hansard] |- | 7 February 2011 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Efford MP (Labour) | Eltham | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Steve Rotheram MP (Labour) | Liverpool Walton | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110207/debtext/110207-0004.htm#11020737000001 Hansard] |- | 23 May 2011 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mike Freer MP (Conservative) | Finchley and Golders Green | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Heather Wheeler MP (Conservative) | South Derbyshire | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110523/debtext/110523-0004.htm#11052344000003 Hansard] |- | 7 November 2011 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Steve Rotheram MP (Labour) | Liverpool Walton | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Bill Esterson MP (Labour) | Sefton Central | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111107/debtext/111107-0004.htm#1111082000006 Hansard] |- | 29 October 2012 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | George Hollingbery MP (Conservative) | Meon Valley | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | John Stevenson MP (Conservative) | Carlisle | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121029/debtext/121029-0004.htm#1210301000001 Hansard] |- | 26 November 2012 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Heidi Alexander MP (Labour) | Lewisham East | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Andy Sawford MP (Labour and Co-op) | Corby | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121126/debtext/121126-0003.htm#12112635000005 Hansard] |- | 28 January 2013 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | Stephen Gilbert MP(Liberal Democrat) | St Austell and Newquay | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | John Pugh MP (Liberal Democrat) | Southport | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130128/debtext/130128-0003.htm#13012839000004 Hansard] |- | 25 February 2013 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Bill Esterson MP (Labour) | Sefton Central | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Mary Glindon MP (Labour) | North Tyneside | [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130225/debtext/130225-0004.htm#1302263000005 Hansard] |- | 4 November 2013 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Andy Sawford MP (Labour and Co-op) | Corby | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Chris Williamson MP (Labour) | Derby North | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-11-04/debates/13110416000003/Committees Hansard] |- | 23 June 2014 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | James Morris MP (Conservative) | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Alec Shelbrooke MP (Conservative) | Elmet and Rothwell | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2014-06-23/debates/1406244000004/COMMUNITIESANDLOCALGOVERNMENT Hansard] |}
== Chair of the Select Committee == {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Chair !Party !Constituency !First elected !Method |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Florence Eshalomi |Labour |Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |11 September 2025 |Elected by the House of Commons |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Clive Betts |Labour |Sheffield South East |10 June 2010 |Elected by the House of Commons<ref name="parliament.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insight/place-your-betts-21330|title=Place your Betts|last=Robertson|first=Gene|date=23 July 2010|work=Inside Housing}}</ref> |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Phyllis Starkey |Labour |Milton Keynes South West |28 June 2006 |Elected by the Select Committee<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10564/phyllis_starkey/milton_keynes_south_west|title=Phyllis Starkey, former MP, Milton Keynes South West|work=TheyWorkForYou}}</ref> |- | colspan="6" |''Previously as '''Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee''''' |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Phyllis Starkey |Labour |Milton Keynes South West |14 July 2005 |Elected by the Select Committee<ref name=":0" /> |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Andrew Bennett |Labour |Denton and Reddish |23 July 2002 |Elected by the Select Committee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmodpm/1344/134403.htm|title=House of Commons - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions - Minutes of Proceedings Report|work=TheyWorkForYou}}</ref> |}
===Election results=== From June 2010 chairs of select committees have been directly elected by a secret ballot of the whole House of Commons using the alternative vote system. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes redistributed until one remaining candidate has more than half of valid votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmstords/900/body.htm#122B|title=Standing Orders of the House of Commons|work=parliament.uk}}</ref> Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN04400|title=Chairs of Commons select committees since 2010|date=31 December 2021|last1=Gorb|first1=Aleksandra|work=parliament.uk}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px;" ! colspan="4" | 11 September 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Chair Election - Result Shee |url=https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-committees/2024-chair-results-sheet---all-contested-committees.pdf |website=UK Parliament |access-date=7 October 2025 |page=9}}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate ! colspan="2" | 1st round |- ! Votes ! % |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Florence Eshalomi | align="right" | 437 | align="right" | 78.3 |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Shaun Davies | align="right" | 121 | align="right" | 21.7 |- | colspan="2" | ''Not redistributed'' | align="right" | | align="right" | |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | '''Valid votes''' ! style="text-align:right;" | 558 ! style="text-align:right;" | |}
{| class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px;" ! colspan="4" | 30 January 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Clive Betts re-elected Chair of Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/108798/clive-betts-reelected-chair-of-housing-communities-and-local-government-committee/ |website=UK Parliament |access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate ! colspan="2" | 1st round |- ! Votes ! % |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Betts | align="right" colspan="2" | ''Unopposed'' |- | colspan="2" | ''Not redistributed'' | align="right" | | align="right" | |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | '''Valid votes''' ! style="text-align:right;" | ! style="text-align:right;" | |}
{| class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px;" ! colspan="4" | 12 July 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Select-Committee-Chair-Results-2017.pdf|title=ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT|date=12 July 2017|work=parliament.uk}}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate ! colspan="2" | 1st round |- ! Votes ! % |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Betts | align="right" | 335 | align="right" | 59.4 |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | David Lammy | align="right" | 229 | align="right" | 40.6 |- | colspan="2" | ''Not redistributed'' | align="right" | | align="right" | |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | '''Valid votes''' ! style="text-align:right;" | 564 ! style="text-align:right;" | |}
{| class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px;" ! colspan="4" | 17 June 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/committee-chair-election-results.pdf|title=ELECTION FOR CHAIRS OF SELECT COMMITTEES: RESULT|date=17 June 2015|work=parliament.uk}}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate ! colspan="2" | 1st round |- ! Votes ! % |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Betts | align="right" colspan="2" | ''Unopposed'' |- | colspan="2" | ''Not redistributed'' | align="right" | | align="right" | |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | '''Valid votes''' ! style="text-align:right;" | ! style="text-align:right;" | |}
{| class="wikitable" style="min-width:250px;" ! colspan="4" | 9 June 2010<ref name="parliament.uk"/> |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Candidate ! colspan="2" | 1st round |- ! Votes ! % |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Clive Betts | align="right" | 279 | align="right" | 50.3 |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Nick Raynsford | align="right" | 276 | align="right" | 49.7 |- | colspan="2" | ''Not redistributed'' | align="right" | | align="right" | |- ! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | '''Valid votes''' ! style="text-align:right;" | 555 ! style="text-align:right;" | |}
== See also == *Levelling-up policy of the Boris Johnson government *Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HC_CL_CO_DW Records for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives] *[https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/ Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee] {{UKParliamentCommittees}}
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