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Jack Taylor
Jeremy Hunt is amongst a clutch of former cupboard ministers looking for election to chair a Home of Commons choose committee.
The ex-health secretary will face fellow Tory MP Anne Marie Morris within the contest to chair the well being and social care committee.
Former enterprise secretary Greg Clark is operating to chair the science and expertise committee.
Nominations shut on 27 January, with elections happening two days later.
Mr Hunt, who unsuccessfully ran in opposition to Boris Johnson for the Conservative management final 12 months, additionally served as overseas secretary underneath former Prime Minister Theresa Could.
Twenty-seven committee chair posts are up for election following the dissolution of Parliament final month forward of December’s common election.
Newest nominations additionally present Labour MP Hillary Benn needs to to proceed his chairmanship of the Brexit choose committee he has led since late 2016.
It was set as much as scrutinise the work of the Brexit division, which is due to shut down on the finish of the month. However the committee will now flip its consideration to UK-EU commerce talks.
Amongst different declared runners, former Welsh secretary Stephen Crabb has thrown his hat into the ring to chair the Welsh affairs committee.
In the meantime, Labour MPs Debbie Abrahams, Chris Bryant and Stephen Timms have put themselves ahead to chair the work and pensions committee.
The trio will battle it out to switch former chairman and veteran ex-Labour MP Frank Area, who misplaced his Birkenhead seat eventually month’s election.
Most committee chairs have been elected by your entire Commons utilizing a secret poll system, since adjustments have been launched in 2010.
In accordance with a carve-up of the posts following the election, the Conservatives will chair 16 committees and Labour 9. The SNP will retain their chairmanships of each the Scottish affairs and worldwide commerce committees.