Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
The Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission , or simply the Speaker's Committee, is a body created under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to scrutinise the Electoral Commission. Through the Committee's members, the Commission is able to field questions in the House of Commons in a manner similar to the way ministers do.
Composition
The Committee comprises nine MPs: the Speaker of the House of Commons , the Lord President of the Council, the Chair of the select committee responsible for electoral issues, the minister responsible for local government, and five others nominated by the Speaker who are not Ministers of the Crown. As of 28 May 2020, the members of the Committee are as follows:| Member | Party | Role |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Speaker | Speaker of the House of Commons ' |
| Michael Gove | Conservative | Minister for the Cabinet Office ' |
| Craig Mackinlay | Conservative | Regular Member |
| Karl McCartney | Conservative | Regular Member |
| Cat Smith | Labour | Regular Member |
| Christian Matheson | Labour | Regular Member |
| William Wragg | Conservative | Chair of PACAC |
| Gloria De Piero | Labour | Regular Member |
| Owen Thompson | Scottish National Party | Regular Member |