Near clean sweep for Labour MPs in parliament select committee elections

Emily Thornberry becomes head of foreign select committee, while Karen Bradley is sole Conservative given leading role

Emily Thornberry will chair the foreign affairs select committee, but none of Labour's 2024 intake succeeded in their attempts to lead parliament's various select committees, it has emerged, after the Speaker of the House, Lindsay Hoyle, declared the results of the elections for select committee chairs.

Thornberry, the member of parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, was surprisingly left out of Keir Starmer's cabinet despite years serving in his shadow cabinet. The 64-year-old will head the highly influential foreign affairs select committee instead, while Labour MPs will also fill almost every other committee chair position.