Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, chairwoman of the Agriculture Committee, lost her re-election bid, but there are still three female committee chairwomen: Sen.

CNN: Despite new female faces in Congress, numbers in decline

And there's a second way in which it might be changed: half way through the Parliament - so in about June, I assume - the chair and members of the backbench committee will face re-election.

BBC: The year ahead in Parliament

Six months after his party won a general election, the committee has yet to be re-established.

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