Ecclesiastical Committee

The Ecclesiastical Committee is a statutory joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created by the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 to review Church of England measures submitted to Parliament by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod.

It comprises 30 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Lord Speaker appoints 15 members from the House of Lords, and the Speaker of the House of Commons appoints 15 MPs to serve on the committee. Members are appointed to serve for the duration of a parliament.

Membership

As of May 2026, the members of the committee are as follows:

House of Commons					House of Lords
MP	Party		Constituency		Peer	Party
Juliet Campbell		Labour	Broxtowe		Baroness Butler-Sloss0(Chair)		Crossbench
Tom Collins		Labour	Worcester		Lord Dannatt		Crossbench
Jonathan Davies		Labour	Mid Derbyshire		Baroness Eaton		Conservative
Marsha de Cordova		Labour	Battersea		Lord Faulkner of Worcester		Labour
Zöe Franklin		Liberal Democrat	Guildford		Lord Griffiths of Burry Port		Labour
Danny Kruger		Reform	East Wiltshire		Baroness Harris of Richmond		Liberal Democrat
Luke Myer		Labour	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland		Lord Jones		Labour
Al Pinkerton		Liberal Democrat	Surrey Heath		Lord Lisvane		Crossbench
Cat Smith		Labour Co-op	Lancaster and Wyre		Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall		Labour
David Smith		Labour	North Northumberland		Lord Shinkwin		Conservative
Rebecca Smith		Conservative	South West Devon		Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean		Labour
Sarah Smith		Labour	Hyndburn		Lord Taylor of Holbeach		Conservative
Martin Vickers		Conservative	Brigg and Immingham
Melanie Ward		Labour	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

See also

• Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

External links

• Ecclesiastical Committee website