The North East Regional Select Committee was one of nine regional select committee of the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. The establishment of the committee was agreed by the House of Commons on 12 November 2008, following the appointment of 'regional minister

Regional minister

In England, regional ministers were appointed from 2007 on a part-time basis as part of the Government of the United Kingdom. Each minister had other departmental responsibilities, as well as specific responsibilities for one of the English regions...

s' by Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

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 on his appointment as Prime Minister in June 2007. The committee came into existence on 1 January 2009 and ceased to exist upon the dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010.

The purpose of the Committee was "to examine regional strategies and the work of regional bodies" in the North East

North East England

North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...

.

Membership

The committee was first appointed on 3 March 2009 by the House of Commons, but only contained 5 Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 members as opposed to the 9 members from various parties as was agreed in the motion of 12 November 2008, due to the Conservatives

Conservative Party (UK)

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 and Liberal Democrats refusing to nominate any members as a sign of their opposition to the existence of regional committees.

Member		Party	Constituency
	Dari Taylor Dari Taylor Dari Jean Taylor is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stockton South between the 1997 and 2010 general elections.-Biography:...  MP (Chair)	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	Stockton South
	David Anderson David Anderson (UK politician) David Anderson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Blaydon since 2005.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Blaydon
	Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Washington and Sunderland West since 2010...  MP	Labour	Gateshead East and Washington West
	Denis Murphy Denis Murphy (UK politician) Denis Murphy is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Wansbeck from 1997 until 2010.-Early life:...  MP	Labour	Wansbeck Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency) Wansbeck is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
	Phil Wilson MP	Labour	Sedgefield Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency) Sedgefield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

Source: Parliament website

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Leader of the House of Commons

Leader of the House of Commons

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. Such changes are shown below.

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
23 April 2009		David Clelland David Clelland David Gordon Clelland is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Tyne Bridge from 1985 until 2010.-Early life:...  MP (Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... )	Tyne Bridge Tyne Bridge (UK Parliament constituency) Tyne Bridge was a parliamentary constituency in the north east of England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1983 until 2010...	→		Denis Murphy Denis Murphy (UK politician) Denis Murphy is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Wansbeck from 1997 until 2010.-Early life:...  MP (Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... )	Wansbeck Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency) Wansbeck is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...	Hansard