The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The original Science and Technology Committee was abolished upon the creation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee on 6 November 2007. However, just 19 months later, the government announced that it was re-establishing the committee following the recommendation of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee after the merging of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in June 2009. The House of Commons approved the re-establishment of the committee on 25 June 2009. The committee was officially re-established on 1 October 2009 and has a remit to examine the work of the Government Office for Science. The committee currently scrutinises the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, headed by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Liz Kendall.
Chairs
Committee chairs include those listed below.
| Name | Start | End | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Palmer | 1 November 1978 | 4 April 1979 | Labour | Bristol North East | |
| Giles Shaw | 27 April 1992 | 21 March 1997 | Conservative | Pudsey | |
| Michael Clark | 14 July 1997 | 11 May 2001 | Conservative | Rayleigh | |
| Ian Gibson | 16 July 2001 | 11 April 2005 | Labour | Norwich North | |
| Phil Willis | 13 July 2005 | 6 May 2010 | Liberal Democrats | Harrogate and Knaresborough | |
| Andrew Miller | 10 June 2010 | 30 March 2015 | Labour | Ellesmere Port and Neston | |
| Nicola Blackwood | 18 June 2015 | 19 July 2016 | Conservative | Oxford West and Abingdon | |
| Stephen Metcalfe | 19 October 2016 | 3 May 2017 | Conservative | South Basildon and East Thurrock | |
| Norman Lamb | 12 July 2017 | 6 November 2019 | Liberal Democrats | North Norfolk | |
| Greg Clark | 29 January 2020 | 30 May 2024 | Conservative | Tunbridge Wells | |
| Chi Onwurah | 11 September 2024 | present | Labour | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West | |
Membership
Membership of the committee is as follows:
2024–present Parliament
Changes since 2024
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 December 2024 | Josh Simons MP (Labour) | Makerfield | → | Jon Pearce MP (Labour) | High Peak | Hansard | ||
| 27 October 2025 | Steve Race MP (Labour) | Exeter | → | Samantha Niblett MP (Labour) | South Derbyshire | Hansard | ||
| Jon Pearce MP (Labour) | High Peak | Daniel Zeichner MP (Labour) | Cambridge | |||||
| 13 November 2025 | Tom Gordon MP (Liberal Democrats) | Harrogate and Knaresborough | → | Freddie van Mierlo MP (Liberal Democrats) | Henley and Thame | Hansard | ||
| 22 June 2026 | Lauren Sullivan MP (Labour) | Gravesham | → | Tom Collins MP (Labour) | Worcester | Hansard | ||
| Adam Thompson MP (Labour) | Erewash | Maya Ellis MP (Labour) | Ribble Valley | |||||
2019–2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.
Changes 2019–2024
2017–2019 Parliament
The election of the chair took place on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rt. Hon. Sir Norman Lamb MP (Chair) | Liberal Democrat | North Norfolk | |
| Vicky Ford MP | Conservative | Chelmsford | |
| Bill Grant MP | Conservative | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | |
| Darren Jones MP | Labour | Bristol North West | |
| Liz Kendall MP | Labour | Leicester West | |
| Stephen Metcalfe MP | Conservative | South Basildon and East Thurrock | |
| Carol Monaghan MP | SNP | Glasgow North West | |
| Damien Moore MP | Conservative | Southport | |
| Neil O'Brien MP | Conservative | Harborough | |
| Graham Stringer MP | Labour | Blackley and Broughton | |
| Martin Whitfield MP | Labour | East Lothian | |
Changes 2017–2019
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 October 2017 | New seat | → | Vicky Ford MP (Conservative) | Chelmsford | Hansard | |||
| Adam Holloway MP (Conservative) | Gravesham | |||||||
| Stephanie Peacock MP (Labour) | Barnsley East | |||||||
| 4 December 2017 | Stephanie Peacock MP (Labour) | Barnsley East | → | Carol Monaghan MP (SNP) | Glasgow North West | Hansard | ||
| 22 January 2018 | Adam Holloway MP (Conservative) | Gravesham | → | Damien Moore MP (Conservative) | Southport | Hansard | ||
| 27 March 2018 | Clive Lewis MP (Labour) | Norwich South | → | Liz Kendall MP (Labour) | Leicester West | Hansard | ||
| 21 January 2019 | Neil O'Brien MP (Conservative) | Harborough | → | Sam Gyimah MP (Conservative) | East Surrey | Hansard | ||
2015–2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 13 July 2015.
Changes 2015–2017
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2015 | Liz McInnes MP (Labour) | Heywood and Middleton | → | Stella Creasy MP (Labour and Co-op) | Walthamstow | Hansard | ||
| Daniel Zeichner MP (Labour) | Cambridge | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | |||||
| 18 July 2016 | Valerie Vaz MP (Labour) | Walsall South | → | Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP (Labour) | City of Durham | Hansard | ||
| 19 July 2016 | Nicola Blackwood MP (Conservative) | Oxford West and Abingdon | → | Vacant | Hansard | |||
| 19 October 2016 | Vacant | → | Stephen Metcalfe MP (Chair) (Conservative) | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Hansard | |||
| 13 March 2017 | Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods MP (Labour) | City of Durham | → | Gareth Snell MP (Labour and Co-op) | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Hansard | ||
2010–2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.
