Whos on Question Time tonight? All the guests and panellists

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BBC’S political debate show Question Time is on tonight in Liverpool.

The show, currently hosted by Fiona Bruce, has been running since September 1979. Heres who is on the panel tonight, January 16.

Fiona Bruce hosts Question Time

Who’s on Question Time tonight?

Helen Whately

Helen Whately, 43, is the Tory MP for Faversham and Kent.

She was once dubbed a Tatler Tory because she was only one of 10 Tory MPs tipped for the top.

Helen also serves as Deputy Chairwoman of the Tory party.

She has three children with Marcus Whately, whom she met at Oxford University.

Helen Whately is a Tory culture minister

Shami Chakrabarti

Shami Chakrabarti, 50, is a politician, barrister, and human rights activist and the Shadow Attorney General.

The Labour MP campaigned to Remain in the Brexit referendum but alter said Labour needed to prioritise “jobs and the economy”.

She shares one son with Martyn Hopper, whom she divorced six years ago, after 19 years of marriage.

Shami is expected to support Rebecca Long Bailey in the Labour leadership contest.

Baroness Shami Chakrabarti might vote for Rebecca Long Bailey as Labour leader

Alyn Smith

The new SNP MP for Stirling was elected for the first time in December.

Alyn is hoping for a second Scottish Referendum and believes Scotland could join the EU after Brexit.

The 46-year-old from Glasgow has been an MP since 2004, and is hailed as Scotland’s youngest MEP.

Alyn Smith was elected for the first time last month

Madeline Grant

Madeline is the assistant comment editor of the Daily Telegraph.

She is the former editorial manager of the right-wing think thank, the Institute of Economic Affairs.

She has backed calls for the Big Ben to sound to mark Brexit.

Madeline once campaigned to become the Oxford Union librarian while at university in 2012 under the slogan, “I don’t hack, I just have a great rack.”

 

Laurence Fox

The actor and musician is best known as DS James Hathaway in the TV series Lewis.

The 41-year-old backs Brexit and proudly describes himself as right-wing.

He shares two children with Billie Piper and he is Richard Ayoade’s brother in law.

Laurence has released two albums.

Musician Laurence Fox will be on tonight