Co-convenor of the Commission

A former Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform until 2021, she has been an elected Councillor, non-executive NHS director and university governor.

Co-convenor of the Commission

A former Director of Article 19, she has been a Crossbench peer since 2004 and was elected Lord Speaker in 2011 serving until 2016.

Convenor of the Commission on the Constitution, Democracy and Rights, former Labour MP, Councillor and trades union official.

Tim Bale is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London. He specialises in British and European parties, elections and governments.

Barrister, former local councillor and Shadow Home Secretary. Conservative MP and Attorney General.

Former Ambassador to Georgia and Brexit Counsellor in Washington.

Former senior home affairs correspondent on Channel 4 News.

Deputy Lieutenant for Hammersmith and Fulham, former High Sheriff of Greater London, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

A founding member, Chair and Director of Southall Black Sisters, the women's rights organisation and is a solicitor and campaigner.

Former Conservative MP and Minister for the Environment, International Development, Foreign Office, Prisons and Probation and Secretary of State for International Development. Working in Jordan with refugees and Senior Fellow at Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.

Guardian social commentator and former BBC Social Affairs Editor. Author of Hard Work: Life in Low Pay Britain, and, Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today (with David Walker), amongst other books.

Consultant Researcher

Hardeep Matharu is a journalist and editor of the independent investigative news site Byline Times. She has worked in local, national and independent media for a decade, read Law at Cambridge University and is a fellow of the RSA.

Partnership and Events Consultant

Catryn Yousefi Mead has over 25 years' experience of working in the voluntary sector. She has experience of initiating, organising and delivering end-to-end management of successful major projects, including the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms; the Community Programme Awards; and the Citizenship and Crime Project at the Howard League for Penal Reform. She has extensive experience of organising local and national events using in-person, online and hybrid platforms.