Former education secretary Nicky Morgan has been elected as chairwoman of the influential Treasury select committee.Ms Morgan saw off five other Tory MPs to land the coveted role scrutinising the government’s finances.Other committee election results, which were announced by Speaker John Bercow, include Tom Tugendhat ousting fellow Tory Crispin Blunt as foreign affairs committee chairman.And ex-education minister Robert Halfon will lead the education committee.Defence committee chairman Julian Lewis saw off Johnny Mercer’s challenge, while Neil Parish was re-elected as chairman of the environment, food and rural affairs committee, beating recently re-elected backbencher Zac Goldsmith.Select committee chairs are allocated between parties by the Speaker based on their Commons representation and then elected by all MPs.Committee elections: The resultsBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Labour) – Rachel Reeves
Communities and Local Government (Labour) – Clive Betts
Defence (Conservative) – Julian Lewis
Education (Conservative) – Robert Halfon
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Conservative) – Neil Parish
Foreign Affairs (Conservative) – Tom Tugendhat
Northern Ireland Affairs (Conservative) – Andrew Murrison
Science and Technology (Liberal Democrat) – Norman Lamb
Transport (Labour) – Lilian Greenwood
Treasury (Conservative) – Nicky Morgan
Backbench Business Committee (Opposition party) – Ian Mearns
The contest for the Treasury select committee, previously chaired by Andrew Tyrie, pitted pro-EU Tory Ms Morgan against party colleagues including Eurosceptic backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg.The former education secretary has repeatedly clashed with Prime Minister Theresa May since being axed from the cabinet.She won 200 of the 570 votes cast in the first round of votes, with the election decided on the alternative vote system, and ended up with 290 votes after the fifth round of voting.In contests for committees chaired by Labour, former shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves was elected as chairwoman for business, energy and industrial strategy.Clive Betts was re-elected as chairman for communities and local government, beating David Lammy, while former shadow transport secretary Lilian Greenwood won the race to chair the transport select committee.Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb beat party colleague Jo Swinson and will chair the science and technology committee.Seventeen committees were not contested as only one nomination was received.Unopposed committee appointments:Culture, Media and Sport (Conservative) – Damian Collins
Exiting the EU (Labour) – Hilary Benn
Health (Conservative) – Sarah Wollaston
International Development (Labour) – Stephen Twigg
Home Affairs (Labour) – Yvette Cooper
International Trade (Scottish National Party) – Angus Brendan MacNeil
Justice (Conservative) – Robert Neill
Scottish Affairs (Scottish National Party) – Pete Wishart
Welsh Affairs (Conservative) – David Davies
Women and Equalities (Conservative) – Maria Miller
Work and Pensions (Labour) – Frank Field
Environmental Audit (Labour) – Mary Creagh
Petitions (Labour) – Helen Jones
Procedure (Conservative) – Charles Walker
Public Accounts (Labour) – Meg Hillier
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (Conservative) – Bernard Jenkin
Standards (Labour) – Sir Kevin Barron
Source: BBC News