diff --git a/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/__init__.py b/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/__init__.py
index d5e18c4e26..e9c0ca387a 100644
--- a/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/__init__.py
+++ b/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "ChannelScorer",
     "ElbowClassPairwise",
     "ElbowClassSum",
+    "MSTS",
     "RandomChannelSelector",
     "TSelect",
 ]
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
     ElbowClassPairwise,
     ElbowClassSum,
 )
+from aeon.transformations.collection.channel_selection._msts import MSTS
 from aeon.transformations.collection.channel_selection._random import (
     RandomChannelSelector,
 )
diff --git a/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/_msts.py b/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/_msts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb187b1ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/_msts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+"""Merit Score for Time Series channel selection."""
+
+__maintainer__ = ["aeon developers"]
+__all__ = ["MSTS"]
+
+from itertools import combinations
+from typing import Any
+
+import numpy as np
+from sklearn.metrics import adjusted_mutual_info_score
+from sklearn.model_selection import StratifiedKFold
+
+from aeon.classification.distance_based import KNeighborsTimeSeriesClassifier
+from aeon.transformations.collection.channel_selection.base import BaseChannelSelector
+from aeon.utils.validation import check_n_jobs
+
+
+def _merit_score(
+    class_scores: np.ndarray,
+    pair_scores: np.ndarray,
+    channels: tuple[int, ...],
+) -> float:
+    """Calculate the MSTS merit score for a channel subset."""
+    k = len(channels)
+    dc = float(np.mean(class_scores[list(channels)]))
+    if k == 1:
+        return dc
+
+    pair_values = pair_scores[np.ix_(channels, channels)]
+    upper_values = pair_values[np.triu_indices(k, 1)]
+    dd = float(np.mean(upper_values))
+    denominator_squared = k + k * (k - 1) * dd
+    denominator = np.sqrt(max(denominator_squared, np.finfo(float).eps))
+    return float(k * dc / denominator)
+
+
+class MSTS(BaseChannelSelector):
+    """Select channels using the Merit Score for Time Series (MSTS).
+
+    MSTS evaluates each channel with out-of-fold predictions from a 1-nearest
+    neighbour dynamic time warping classifier. It measures channel-to-class and
+    channel-to-channel agreement with adjusted mutual information, then uses a
+    greedy forward search to select the subset with the highest merit score.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    n_splits : int, default=3
+        Number of stratified folds used to generate single-channel predictions.
+    n_jobs : int, default=1
+        Number of parallel jobs used by the 1-NN DTW classifiers.
+    random_state : int or None, default=None
+        Controls shuffling of the stratified folds. If None, folds are not shuffled.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    channels_selected_ : list[int]
+        Indices of the selected channels, in their original channel order.
+    channel_predictions_ : np.ndarray
+        Out-of-fold predictions for each training case and channel.
+    channel_class_scores_ : np.ndarray
+        Adjusted mutual information between each channel's predictions and ``y``.
+    channel_pair_scores_ : np.ndarray
+        Pairwise adjusted mutual information between channel predictions.
+    selection_history_ : list[tuple[tuple[int, ...], float]]
+        Selected subsets and their merit scores at each forward-search step.
+    selected_merit_score_ : float
+        Merit score of the selected channel subset.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    MSTS is implemented as a channel selector, so it does not fit a final
+    classifier. The selected channels are applied by ``transform`` and can be
+    passed to a downstream multivariate time-series estimator.
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    .. [1] Kathirgamanathan, B. and Cunningham, P. "Correlation Based Feature
+        Subset Selection for Multivariate Time-Series Data." 2021.
+        https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.03705
+    .. [2] aeon issue #1481, "Implement Merit Score Function channel selection
+        algorithm."
+        https://github.com/aeon-toolkit/aeon/issues/1481
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from aeon.testing.data_generation import make_example_3d_numpy
+    >>> from aeon.transformations.collection.channel_selection import MSTS
+    >>> X, y = make_example_3d_numpy(
+    ...     n_cases=12, n_channels=3, n_timepoints=10, random_state=0
+    ... )
+    >>> selector = MSTS(n_splits=2, random_state=0).fit(X, y)
+    >>> X_selected = selector.transform(X)
+    >>> X_selected.shape[1] <= X.shape[1]
+    True
+    """
+
+    _tags = {
+        "capability:multivariate": True,
+        "requires_y": True,
+        "X_inner_type": "numpy3D",
+    }
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        n_splits: int = 3,
+        n_jobs: int = 1,
+        random_state: int | None = None,
+    ):
+        self.n_splits = n_splits
+        self.n_jobs = n_jobs
+        self.random_state = random_state
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def _fit(self, X: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarray):
+        """Fit channel predictions, agreement scores, and the MSTS subset."""
+        self._validate_parameters()
+        X = np.asarray(X, dtype=float)
+        y = np.asarray(y)
+        n_cases, n_channels, _ = X.shape
+        self.n_cases_ = n_cases
+        self.n_channels_ = n_channels
+
+        class_counts = np.unique(y, return_counts=True)[1]
+        if class_counts.size == 0 or np.min(class_counts) < self.n_splits:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Each class must contain at least n_splits cases for MSTS."
+            )
+
+        splitter = StratifiedKFold(
+            n_splits=self.n_splits,
+            shuffle=self.random_state is not None,
+            random_state=self.random_state,
+        )
+        fold_indices = tuple(splitter.split(np.zeros(n_cases), y))
+
+        predictions = np.empty((n_cases, n_channels), dtype=y.dtype)
+        for channel in range(n_channels):
+            channel_data = X[:, channel : channel + 1, :]
+            for train_index, validation_index in fold_indices:
+                classifier = KNeighborsTimeSeriesClassifier(
+                    n_neighbors=1,
+                    distance="dtw",
+                    n_jobs=self._n_jobs,
+                )
+                classifier.fit(channel_data[train_index], y[train_index])
+                predictions[validation_index, channel] = classifier.predict(
+                    channel_data[validation_index]
+                )
+
+        self.channel_predictions_ = predictions
+        self.channel_class_scores_ = np.asarray(
+            [
+                adjusted_mutual_info_score(y, predictions[:, channel])
+                for channel in range(n_channels)
+            ],
+            dtype=float,
+        )
+        self.channel_pair_scores_ = np.eye(n_channels, dtype=float)
+        for first, second in combinations(range(n_channels), 2):
+            score = adjusted_mutual_info_score(
+                predictions[:, first], predictions[:, second]
+            )
+            self.channel_pair_scores_[first, second] = score
+            self.channel_pair_scores_[second, first] = score
+
+        selected, history = self._forward_search()
+        self.channels_selected_ = list(selected)
+        self.selection_history_ = history
+        self.selected_merit_score_ = history[-1][1]
+        return self
+
+    def _forward_search(
+        self,
+    ) -> tuple[tuple[int, ...], list[tuple[tuple[int, ...], float]]]:
+        """Select a channel subset by greedy forward merit maximisation."""
+        if self.n_channels_ == 1:
+            subset = (0,)
+            return subset, [
+                (
+                    subset,
+                    _merit_score(
+                        self.channel_class_scores_, self.channel_pair_scores_, subset
+                    ),
+                )
+            ]
+
+        best_subset = (0, 1)
+        best_score = _merit_score(
+            self.channel_class_scores_, self.channel_pair_scores_, best_subset
+        )
+        for subset in combinations(range(self.n_channels_), 2):
+            score = _merit_score(
+                self.channel_class_scores_, self.channel_pair_scores_, subset
+            )
+            if score > best_score:
+                best_subset = subset
+                best_score = score
+
+        history = [(best_subset, best_score)]
+        while len(best_subset) < self.n_channels_:
+            candidate_subset = None
+            candidate_score = best_score
+            for channel in range(self.n_channels_):
+                if channel in best_subset:
+                    continue
+                subset = tuple(sorted((*best_subset, channel)))
+                score = _merit_score(
+                    self.channel_class_scores_, self.channel_pair_scores_, subset
+                )
+                if score > candidate_score:
+                    candidate_subset = subset
+                    candidate_score = score
+            if candidate_subset is None:
+                break
+            best_subset = candidate_subset
+            best_score = candidate_score
+            history.append((best_subset, best_score))
+
+        return best_subset, history
+
+    def _validate_parameters(self):
+        """Validate constructor parameters."""
+        if not isinstance(self.n_splits, (int, np.integer)) or self.n_splits < 2:
+            raise ValueError("n_splits must be an integer >= 2.")
+        self._n_jobs = check_n_jobs(self.n_jobs)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_test_params(cls, parameter_set: str = "default") -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return a small parameter set for estimator checks."""
+        return {"n_splits": 2, "n_jobs": 1, "random_state": 0}
diff --git a/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/tests/test_msts.py b/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/tests/test_msts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fef540946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aeon/transformations/collection/channel_selection/tests/test_msts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+"""Tests for the MSTS channel selector."""
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+
+from aeon.transformations.collection.channel_selection import MSTS
+from aeon.transformations.collection.channel_selection._msts import _merit_score
+
+
+def test_msts_merit_score_matches_definition():
+    """The merit score uses mean class agreement and pair agreement."""
+    class_scores = np.array([0.8, 0.6, 0.2])
+    pair_scores = np.eye(3)
+    pair_scores[0, 1] = pair_scores[1, 0] = 0.5
+
+    expected = 2 * np.mean([0.8, 0.6]) / np.sqrt(2 + 2 * 0.5)
+    assert _merit_score(class_scores, pair_scores, (0, 1)) == pytest.approx(expected)
+
+
+def test_msts_selects_informative_channel_and_subsets_transform():
+    """MSTS retains an informative channel and preserves collection shape."""
+    rng = np.random.RandomState(0)
+    n_cases, n_channels, n_timepoints = 18, 3, 12
+    y = np.array([0, 1] * (n_cases // 2))
+    X = rng.normal(scale=0.05, size=(n_cases, n_channels, n_timepoints))
+    X[y == 1, 0, :] += 2.0
+
+    selector = MSTS(n_splits=3, random_state=0)
+    Xt = selector.fit_transform(X, y)
+
+    assert 0 in selector.channels_selected_
+    assert Xt.shape == (
+        n_cases,
+        len(selector.channels_selected_),
+        n_timepoints,
+    )
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(Xt, X[:, selector.channels_selected_, :])
+
+
+def test_msts_stores_prediction_and_agreement_metadata():
+    """MSTS exposes training predictions and square agreement matrices."""
+    rng = np.random.RandomState(1)
+    n_cases, n_channels, n_timepoints = 12, 4, 8
+    X = rng.normal(size=(n_cases, n_channels, n_timepoints))
+    y = np.array(["a", "b"] * (n_cases // 2))
+
+    selector = MSTS(n_splits=2, random_state=0).fit(X, y)
+
+    assert selector.channel_predictions_.shape == (n_cases, n_channels)
+    assert selector.channel_class_scores_.shape == (n_channels,)
+    assert selector.channel_pair_scores_.shape == (n_channels, n_channels)
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(np.diag(selector.channel_pair_scores_), 1.0)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "kwargs, message",
+    [
+        ({"n_splits": 1}, "n_splits must be an integer"),
+        ({"n_splits": 3, "n_jobs": 1.5}, "n_jobs"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_msts_validates_parameters(kwargs, message):
+    """MSTS rejects invalid cross-validation and threading parameters."""
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=message):
+        MSTS(**kwargs)._validate_parameters()
+
+
+def test_msts_requires_enough_cases_per_class():
+    """MSTS requires every class to appear in each validation-fold scheme."""
+    X = np.zeros((5, 2, 8))
+    y = np.array([0, 0, 0, 1, 1])
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Each class must contain"):
+        MSTS(n_splits=3).fit(X, y)
diff --git a/docs/api_reference/transformations.md b/docs/api_reference/transformations.md
index 4a2e40cd7e..71bf3e8d8e 100644
--- a/docs/api_reference/transformations.md
+++ b/docs/api_reference/transformations.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ all_tags_for_estimator`` function with the argument ``"transformer"``.
     ChannelScorer
     ElbowClassPairwise
     ElbowClassSum
+    MSTS
     RandomChannelSelector
     TSelect
 ```