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{{Short description|Select committee of the UK House of Commons select committee}}
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The '''Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee''' is a [[Parliamentary select committees of the United Kingdom|select committee]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] that came into existence in April 2023. It is the successor to the previous '''Energy and Climate Change Select Committee''', which existed from 2009 to 2016. The current chair is [[Bill Esterson]].
 
==Formation==
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==Membership==
Membership of the committee is as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/news/203488/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee-membership-appointed/ |title=Energy Security and Net Zero Committee membership appointed |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 October 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=Energy Security and Net Zero Committee |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
=== Current membership ===
! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member
The committee's chair [[Angus MacNeil]] was elected on 26 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-26 |title=Angus Brendan MacNeil elected Chair of Energy Security and Net Zero Committee |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/news/194969/angus-brendan-macneil-elected-chair-of-energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Illegal Migration Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-04-26/debates/5751EE9A-180E-48BA-A8CA-D51B230C1984/IllegalMigrationBill#contribution-01EE3053-56DC-4C83-AD86-58343BC2DA15 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref> The other members of the committee were formally appointed on 12 June 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business without Debate - Hansard - UK Parliament |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-06-12/debates/A889FFE9-29DE-4604-9E6B-1DEE46577F63/BusinessWithoutDebate |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref>
! width="160px" valign="top" | Party
! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Bill Esterson]] MP (Chair)
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sefton Central]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Polly Billington]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[East Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|East Thanet]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Christopher Chope]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Christchurch]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Torcuil Crichton]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Wera Hobhouse]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dems]]
| [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Anneliese Midgley]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Knowsley]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Luke Murphy (politician)|Luke Murphy]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)|Basingstoke]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Melanie Onn]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mike Reader]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton South]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Bradley Thomas (British politician)|Bradley Thomas]] MP
| [[Conservative (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Bromsgrove]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Claire Young]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dems]]
| [[Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency)|Thornbury and Yate]]
|-
|}
 
===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 | 13 January 2025
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Julie Minns]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mike Reader]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton South]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-01-13/debates/789A3A9E-5CF1-42B0-92F5-889E8A034825/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
| nowrap | 17 March 2025
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Josh MacAlister]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Whitehaven and Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Whitehaven and Workington]]
| →
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Melanie Onn]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes]]
| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-03-17/debates/A42663E6-2A98-4ECF-8381-CC2424B02641/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
|}
 
== 2019-2024 Parliament ==
[[Angus MacNeil]] was elected chair on 26 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-26 |title=Angus Brendan MacNeil elected Chair of Energy Security and Net Zero Committee |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/news/194969/angus-brendan-macneil-elected-chair-of-energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Illegal Migration Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-04-26/debates/5751EE9A-180E-48BA-A8CA-D51B230C1984/IllegalMigrationBill#contribution-01EE3053-56DC-4C83-AD86-58343BC2DA15 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref> The other members of the committee were formally appointed on 12 June 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business without Debate - Hansard - UK Parliament |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-06-12/debates/A889FFE9-29DE-4604-9E6B-1DEE46577F63/BusinessWithoutDebate |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref>
 
As of June 2023, the membership of the committee is as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Energy Security and Net Zero Committee |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/664/energy-security-and-net-zero-committee/membership/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=UK Parliament}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member
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! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| [[Angus MacNeil]] MP (Chair)
| [[Independent politician|Independent]] <small>(elected as [[Scottish National Party|SNP]])</small>
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Hilary Benn]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds Central]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Vicky Ford]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Barry Gardiner]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Brent North]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Garnier]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Wyre Forest]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Hendrick]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Preston (UK Parliament constituency)|Preston]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Jenkinson]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Mark Pawsey]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Dan Poulter]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Lloyd Russell-Moyle]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Alexander Stafford]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
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|}
 
===Changes since 2019-2024===
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" | Date
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|colspan=3| ''New seat''
|→
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Mark Pawsey]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
|[[Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby]]
|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-06-19/debates/15D812DA-BAB9-4A29-837C-F525FA66BBE8/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
|1920 JuneNovember 2023
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|ConservativeLabour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Hilary Benn]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
|[[Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds Central]]
|→
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Mick Whitley]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
|[[Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead]]
|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-11-20/debates/61B6ADFE-CA49-4636-9A66-0924C046EC69/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
|11 December 2023
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Mark Jenkinson]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
|[[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]]
|→
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Derek Thomas (politician)|Derek Thomas]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]]
|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-12-11/debates/49442229-047B-424B-9ACE-71F9F9CB97A7/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|-
|7 May 2024
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Dan Poulter]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]){{efn|Appointed as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]].}}
|[[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich]]
|→
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Thérèse Coffey]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
|[[Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)|Suffolk Coastal]]
|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-05-07/debates/BDA25F98-C5CC-499E-B8E1-446E8211937D/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]
|}
{{notelist}}
 
=== Former membership ===
The membership of the committee, appointed in July 2015, was as follows:
 
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! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Angus MacNeil]] MP (Chair)
| [[Scottish National Party]]
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Alistair Carmichael]] MP
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
| [[Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Glyn Davies (British politician)|Glyn Davies]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[James Heappey]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Wells (UK Parliament constituency)|Wells]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ian Lavery]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency)|Wansbeck]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Melanie Onn]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Matthew Pennycook]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenwich and Woolwich]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Dan Poulter]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Suffolk & North Ipswich]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Antoinette Sandbach]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Eddisbury]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Julian Sturdy]] MP
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]]
|-
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Dr [[Alan Whitehead]] MP
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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|-
| rowspan=2 nowrap | 2 November 2010
| rowspan=2 bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Gemma Doyle (politician)|Gemma Doyle]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Co-operative Party|Co-op]])
| [[West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dunbartonshire]]
| rowspan=2 | →
| rowspan=2 bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Barry Gardiner]] MP ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
| [[Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Brent North]]
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|-
| 5 November 2012
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Laura Sandys]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[South Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|South Thanet]]
| →
| bgcolorstyle="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Peter Lilley]] MP ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]])
| [[Hitchin and Harpenden (UK Parliament constituency)|Hitchin and Harpenden]]
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|}
 
== List of chairs ==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member
! valign="top" | Party
! width="160px" valign="top" | Constituency
!Term
!Parliament
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Elliot Morley]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)|Scunthorpe]]
|21 January 2009 – 6 May 2010
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2005 United Kingdom general election|54th Parliament]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Tim Yeo]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[South Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South Suffolk]]
|10 June 2010 – 30 March 2015
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2010 United Kingdom general election|55th Parliament]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Angus MacNeil]]
| [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|18 June 2015 – 17 October 2016
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election|56th Parliament]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Angus MacNeil]]
| [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
| [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)|Na h-Eileanan an Iar]]
|26 April 2023 – 30 May 2024
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election|58th Parliament]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Bill Esterson]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| [[Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sefton Central]]
|11 September 2024 – present
|[[List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election|59th Parliament]]
|}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Department of Energy and Climate Change]]
[[Category:Energy policy of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Select Committees of the British House of Commons]]