The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, formerly the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, is one of the
select committees of the
British House of Commons
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, established in 1997. It oversees the operations of the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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which replaced the Department for Culture, Media and Sport which also replaced the Department for National Heritage. The name was last changed on 3 July 2017.
Membership
As of 21 April 2022, the membership of the committee is as follows:
Changes since 2019
2017-2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
Changes 2017-2019
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 up to January 2013 are shown below.
Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
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
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system. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes redistributed until one remaining candidate has more than half of valid votes. Elections are held at the beginning of a parliament or in the event of a vacancy.
See also
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Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom
The parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom are committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each consists of a small number of Members of Parliament from the House of Commons, or peers from the House of Lords, or a mix of both, ap ...
References
External links
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Records of this Committee are held at the Parliamentary Archives
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Select Committees of the British House of Commons
1997 establishments in the United Kingdom