Membership

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Committee on Standards in Public Life

The Committee is made up of:

• An independent chair and 4 independent members appointed by the Prime Minister following open competition in accordance with the Government’s Governance Code. Independent members, including the Chair, are appointed for non-renewable five-year terms.
• Political members appointed by the Prime Minister on the recommendation of the leaders of the three largest political parties in the House of Commons, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat. (The incumbent SNP Member joined the Committee prior to the 2024 general election and the subsequent changes to the make up of the House of Commons.)

Members

Current members are:

• Doug Chalmers CB DSO OBE (Chair)

• The Rt Hon Lady Mary Arden of Heswall DBE

• The Rt Hon Dame Margaret Beckett DBE MP

• Rt Hon Ian Blackford MP

• Cllr Ruth Dombey OBE

• Ewen Fergusson

• Baroness Finn

• John Henderson CB

• Professor Gillian Peele

Read our governance page for more information about the code of practice for members and our expenses and remuneration policy for members.

Register of interests

All committee members’ private interests that might influence their judgement - or could be perceived to do so - are recorded in the Register of interests.

Register of stakeholder meetings

See the Register of our Committee Members’ meetings with stakeholders.

Find minutes and agendas from the Committee’s meetings through our transparency data.