Committee

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Committee Commons

What it does

The Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission (SCEC) is a statutory body established under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA). Its work relates to the Electoral Commission and the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE).

Members

Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP Speaker Chair
Alison McGovern MP Labour Member
Florence Eshalomi MP Labour (Co-op) Member
Lisa Smart MP Liberal Democrat Member
Rachel Hopkins MP Labour Member
Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Wright KC MP Conservative Member
Rt Hon Steve Reed MP Labour (Co-op) Member
Samantha Dixon MP Labour Member
Simon Hoare MP Conservative Member

Recent outputs

Report 4th Report - Appointment and reappointment of nominated Electoral Commissioners 6 Jul 2026
Report 3rd Report – Work of the Committee in 2025–26 11 Jun 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Chair of the Committee relating to the Electoral Commission’s and the LGBCE’s main estimates for 2026/27, dated 2 March 2026 20 May 2026
Estimate memoranda Electoral Commission’s Main Supply Estimate 2026/27 memorandum 30 Mar 2026
Estimate memoranda Electoral Commission’s Main Supply Estimate for 2026/27 30 Mar 2026
Estimate memoranda Local Government Boundary Commission for England's (LGBCE) Main Supply Estimate 2026/27 memorandum 30 Mar 2026
Estimate memoranda Local Government Boundary Commission for England's (LGBCE) Main Supply Estimate for 2026/27 30 Mar 2026
Correspondence Letter from Beverley Smith, Chair, LGBCE, on Business Plan and Main Supply Estimate 2026/27, dated 11 February 2026 30 Mar 2026
Formal Minutes Formal minutes 2025 30 Mar 2026
Report 2nd Report - Appointment of a nominated Electoral Commissioner 17 Mar 2026
Correspondence Letter from Vijay Rangarjan CMG, CEO, Electoral Commission to Mr Speaker, regarding the Commission’s supplementary estimate 2025/26, dated 22 January 2026. 16 Mar 2026
Correspondence Letter from Ailsa Irvine, CEO, LGBCE, to Mr Speaker, regarding the LGBCE’s supplementary estimate 2025/26, dated 22 January 2026. 16 Mar 2026
Estimate memoranda Electoral Commission - Supplementary Estimates Memorandum 2025-26 26 Feb 2026
Estimate memoranda Electoral Commission - Supplementary Estimate 2025-26 26 Feb 2026
Estimate memoranda Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) - Supplementary Estimate 2025-26 26 Feb 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Speaker's Committees on Supplementary Estimates 25-26, dated 19 January 2026 26 Feb 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) to Mr Speaker, regarding Supplementary Estimate 2025-26 dated 5 November 2025 26 Feb 2026
Report 1st Report - Appointment of an Electoral Commissioner 9 Feb 2026
Correspondence Letter from Professor Colin Mellors to Mr Speaker regarding a supplementary estimate in 2025/26, dated 5 November 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from John Pullinger to Mr Speaker providing an update on the Electoral Commission’s activity and priorities, dated 4 November 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Leader of the House of Commons to Mr Speaker on the Government’s forthcoming Elections Bill and a Strategy and Policy Statement for the Electoral Commission, dated 2 September 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from Mr Speaker to the Leader of the House of Commons on the Government’s Elections Strategy and the Strategy and Policy Statement for the Electoral Commission, dated 22 July 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy to Mr Speaker on the publication of the Government’s Elections’ Strategy, dated 17 July 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from Ailsa Irvine, Chief Executive of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, to Mr Speaker on LGBCE’s Chair’s remuneration, dated 20 June 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from Mr Speaker to Ailsa Irvine, Chief Executive of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, on LGBCE’s Chair’s remuneration, dated 13 June 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from Ailsa Irvine, Chief Executive of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, to Mr Speaker on LGBCE’s Chair’s remuneration, dated 30 April 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from Mr Speaker to the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament on the Electoral Commission’s new Five-Year Corporate Plan, dated 12 May 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Correspondence Letter from the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament to Mr Speaker on the Electoral Commission’s new Five-Year Corporate Plan, dated 24 April 2025. 5 Jan 2026
Report 5th Report - Appointment of the Chair of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England 28 Oct 2025
Report 4th Report - Work of the Committee in 2024–25 4 Jun 2025

Source: the official committee page.