Agenda item

POLITICAL PROPORTIONALITY AND ALLOCATION OF SEATS TO COMMITTEES FOR 2019/20

To approve:

 

(a)  The allocation of seats on committees.

(b)  The nominations of the political group leaders to seats on committees.

(c)  The appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of committees.

(d)  The re-appointment of Grant Osbourn as the Council’s lead independent person and Gillian Homes as the Council’s deputy independent person for a further 2 year term.

 

(Report and nominations from Group Leaders to follow)

Decision:

Council RESOLVED

 

To approve:-

 

(a)  The allocation of seats on committees, joint and advisory committees as follows:

 

Ordinary Committees:

 

Committee

No. of seats

Conservative

Liberal Democrat

Independent

 

Labour

Civic Affairs

 

9

2

6

0

1

Audit and Corporate Governance

7

2

5

0

0

Employment and Staffing

 

7

 

2

5

0

0

Licensing

 

14

3

9

1

1

Planning

 

11

3

7

1

0

Scrutiny and Overview

14

3

9

1

1

Total

62

15

41

3

3

 

Joint and Advisory Committees

                   

Committee

No. of seats

Conservative

Liberal Democrat

Independent

 

Labour

Joint Development Control Committee –  Cambridge Fringes

 

6

2

4

0

0

Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee

7

2

5

0

0

Grants Advisory Committee

5

1

4

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)  The nominations of the Political Group Leaders/Independent Group Convenor to seats on committees and joint bodies, as set out below:

 

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Tony Mason

2.    Nick Sample

3.    John Batchelor

4.    Eileen Wilson

5.    Brian Milnes

1.    Mark Howell

2.    Heather Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

1.    Clare Delderfield

2.    Dawn Percival

 

1.    Nick Wright

2.    Bunty Waters

3.    Tom Bygott

4.    Peter Topping

5.    Grenville Chamberlain

 

 

 

 

Civic Affairs Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Claire Daunton

2.    Henry Batchelor

3.    Martin Cahn

4.    Bridget Smith

5.    Aidan Van de Weyer

 

1. Peter Topping

2. Mark Howell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.    Douglas de Lacey (seat accepted from Liberal Democrats)*

 

 

1.    Nigel Cathcart

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Bill Handley

2.    Geoff Harvey

3.    Steve Hunt

4.    Eileen Wilson

1. Bunty Waters

2. Nick Wright

3. Tom Bygott

4. Sue Ellington

5. Graham Cone

 

 

 

Gavin Clayton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment and Staffing Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Henry Batchelor

2.    Dawn Percival

3.    Sarah Cheung Johnson

4.    Claire Daunton

5.    John Williams

1. Mark Howell

2. Peter Topping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

1.    Claire Delderfield

2.    Peter McDonald.

 

1.    Sue Ellington

2.    Graham Cone

3.    Nick Wright

4.    Heather Williams

5.    Bunty Waters

 

 

 

 

Licensing Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Anna Bradnam

2.    Eileen Wilson

3.    Clare Delderfield

4.    Peter Fane

5.    Jose Hales

6.    Bill Handley

7.    Geoff Harvey

8.    Steve Hunt

9.    Peter McDonald

 

1.    Shrobona Bhattacharya

2.    Graham Cone

3.    Heather Williams

 

 

 

 

1.    Deborah Roberts

 

 

 

 

 

1. Nigel Cathcart

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1. Nick Sample

1. Sue Ellington

2. Nick Wright

3. Bunty Waters

4. Mark Howell

5. Ruth Betson

1.    Douglas de Lacey

1. Gavin Clayton

 

 

 

Planning Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    John Batchelor

2.    Pippa Heylings

3.    Martin Cahn

4.    Peter Fane

5.    Bill Handley

6.    Brian Milnes

7.    Judith Rippeth

 

1.    Peter Topping

2.    Heather Williams

3.    Nick Wright

 

 

 

 

1.    Deborah Roberts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Henry Batchelor

2.    Anna Bradnam

3.    Eileen Wilson

4.    Tumi Hawkins

1.    Grenville Chamberlain

2.    Mark Howell

3.    Shrobona Bhattacharya

4.    Sue Ellington

5.    Graham Cone

 

1.    Douglas de Lacey

 

 

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Brian Milnes

2.    Anna Bradnam

3.    Martin Cahn

4.    Sarah Cheung Johnson

5.    Claire Daunton

6.    Geoff Harvey

7.    Steve Hunt

8.    Peter McDonald

9.    Judith Rippeth

1.    Grenville Chamberlain

2.    Ruth Betson

3.    Peter Topping

 

 

 

1.    Douglas de Lacey

 

 

1.    Gavin Clayton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Henry Batchelor

2.    Peter Fane

3.    Alex Malyon

4.    Jose Hales

5.    Clare Delderfield

 

1. Graham Cone

2. Mark Howell

3. Sue Ellington

4. Bunty Waters

5. Shrobona Bhattacharya

1.    Deborah Roberts

 

1. Nigel Cathcart

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory Committees

 

Climate and Environment Advisory Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Pippa Heylings

2.    Martin Cahn

3.    Peter Fane

4.    Jose Hales

5.    Geoff Harvey

 

1. Graham Cone

2. Grenville Chamberlain

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Eileen Wilson

2.    Judith Rippeth

1.    Heather Williams

2.    Shrobona

Bhattacharya

3.    Nick Wright

4.    Tom Bygott

5.    Peter Topping

 

 

 

 

Grants Advisory Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Jose Hales

2.    Claire Daunton

3.    Clare Delderfield

4.    Peter McDonald

1.Sue Ellington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Bill Handley

2.    Martin Cahn

3.    Sarah Cheung Johnson

1.    Bunty Waters

2.    Shrobona Bhattacharya

3.    Mark Howell

4.    Heather Williams

5.    Peter Topping

 

 

 

 

Joint Committees

 

Cambridge Fringes Joint Development Control Committee

 

Liberal Democrats

Conservatives

Independent

Labour

1.    Steve Hunt

2.    Ian Sollom

3.    John Williams+

 

 

+ Spokesperson

1.    Tom Bygott

2.    Grenville Chamberlain

 

 

 

 

1.    Douglas de Lacey (seat accepted from Liberal Democrats)*

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent Group

Labour

1.    Sarah Cheung Johnson

2.    Tumi Hawkins

3.    Eileen Wilson

1.    Graham Cone

2.    Mark Howell

3.    Bunty Waters

4.    Peter Topping

5.    Sue Ellington

 

 

 

(Note: *The Council, with no one voting against, approved a departure from the rules of political proportionality, in accordance with Section 17 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, in respect of the allocation of seats on the Civic Affairs Committee and the Joint Development Control Committee – Cambridge Fringes.)

 

** The Council has subsequently been advised that the terms of reference of the Cambridge Fringes Joint Development Control Committee only permit two substitutes per political group represented upon the committee.)

 

 

 

 

(c)  The appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees for 2019/20 as follows:

 

Committee

Chairman

Vice-Chairman

 

Audit and Corporate Governance

 

Cllr Tony Mason

Cllr Nick Sample

Civic Affairs

Cllr Douglas de Lacey

Cllr Claire Daunton

Employment and Staffing

Cllr Henry Batchelor

Cllr Dawn Percival

Licensing

 

Cllr Anna Bradnam

Cllr Eileen Wilson

Planning

Cllr John Batchelor

Cllr Pippa Heylings

Scrutiny and Overview

 

Cllr Grenville Chamberlain

Cllr Brian Milnes

Grants Advisory

Cllr Jose Hales

Cllr Clare Delderfield

Climate Change and Environment Advisory

Cllr Pippa Heylings

Vice-Chairman (Environment):

Cllr Martin Cahn

 

Vice-Chairman (Climate Change):

Cllr Geoff Harvey

 

(d)  The re-appointment of Grant Osbourn as the Council’s Lead Independent Person and Gillian Holmes as the Council’s Deputy Independent Person for a further two years, subject to annual ratification.

 

 

Minutes:

Council considered a report which sought approval to the establishment of committees; the allocation of seats on committees and the appointment of members and substitute members to committees.  The report additionally requested the Council to appoint the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of committees and to re-appoint the Lead Independent Person and Deputy Independent Person for a further two-year term of office, subject to annual ratification.

 

Details of the nominations for committees, substitute places and committee chairmen were tabled at the meeting.  The allocation of seats included a proposal for the Liberal Democrat Group to continue to cede a seat to Councillor Dr. Douglas de Lacey on each of the Civic Affairs and Cambridge Fringes Joint Development Control Committees.  Whilst this technically upset the political balance requirements, these appointments could be made by the Council provided that no Councillor voted against the alternative arrangements.

 

Councillor Bridget Smith, the Leader of the Council, moved and Councillor Dr. Aidan Van de Weyer, seconded the approval of the recommendations in the report.

 

The Chairman of the Council received confirmation that no Member of the Council had objections to any of the recommendations.

 

Council, by affirmation

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

To approve:-

 

(a)  The allocation of seats on committees, joint and advisory committees as follows:

 

Ordinary Committees:

 

Committee

No. of seats

Conservative

Liberal Democrat

Independent

 

Labour

Civic Affairs

 

9

2

6

0

1

Audit and Corporate Governance

7

2

5

0

0

Employment and Staffing

 

7

 

2

5

0

0

Licensing

 

14

3

9

1

1

Planning

 

11

3

7

1

0

Scrutiny and Overview

14

3

9

1

1

Total

62

15

41

3

3

 

Joint and Advisory Committees

                   

Committee

No. of seats

Conservative

Liberal Democrat

Independent

 

Labour

Joint Development Control Committee –  Cambridge Fringes

 

6

2

4

0

0

Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee

7

2

5

0

0

Grants Advisory Committee

5

1

4

0

0

 

 

(b)  The nominations of the Political Group Leaders/Independent Group Convenor to seats on committees and joint bodies, as set out below:

 

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Tony Mason

2.    Nick Sample

3.    John Batchelor

4.    Eileen Wilson

5.    Brian Milnes

1.    Mark Howell

2.    Heather Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

1.    Clare Delderfield

2.    Dawn Percival

 

1.    Nick Wright

2.    Bunty Waters

3.    Tom Bygott

4.    Peter Topping

5.    Grenville Chamberlain

 

 

 

 

Civic Affairs Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Claire Daunton

2.    Henry Batchelor

3.    Martin Cahn

4.    Bridget Smith

5.    Aidan Van de Weyer

 

1. Peter Topping

2. Mark Howell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.    Douglas de Lacey (seat accepted from Liberal Democrats)*

 

 

1.    Nigel Cathcart

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Bill Handley

2.    Geoff Harvey

3.    Steve Hunt

4.    Eileen Wilson

1. Bunty Waters

2. Nick Wright

3. Tom Bygott

4. Sue Ellington

5. Graham Cone

 

 

 

Gavin Clayton

 

 

 

Employment and Staffing Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Henry Batchelor

2.    Dawn Percival

3.    Sarah Cheung Johnson

4.    Claire Daunton

5.    John Williams

1. Mark Howell

2. Peter Topping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

1.    Clare Delderfield

2.    Peter McDonald.

 

1.    Sue Ellington

2.    Graham Cone

3.    Nick Wright

4.    Heather Williams

5.    Bunty Waters

 

 

 

 

 

Licensing Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Anna Bradnam

2.    Eileen Wilson

3.    Clare Delderfield

4.    Peter Fane

5.    Jose Hales

6.    Bill Handley

7.    Geoff Harvey

8.    Steve Hunt

9.    Peter McDonald

 

1.    Shrobona Bhattacharya

2.    Graham Cone

3.    Heather Williams

 

 

 

 

1.    Deborah Roberts

 

 

 

 

 

1. Nigel Cathcart

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1. Nick Sample

1. Sue Ellington

2. Nick Wright

3. Bunty Waters

4. Mark Howell

5. Ruth Betson

1.    Douglas de Lacey

1. Gavin Clayton

 

 

 

Planning Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    John Batchelor

2.    Pippa Heylings

3.    Martin Cahn

4.    Peter Fane

5.    Bill Handley

6.    Brian Milnes

7.    Judith Rippeth

 

1.    Peter Topping

2.    Heather Williams

3.    Nick Wright

 

 

 

 

1.    Deborah Roberts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Henry Batchelor

2.    Anna Bradnam

3.    Eileen Wilson

4.    Tumi Hawkins

1.    Grenville Chamberlain

2.    Mark Howell

3.    Shrobona Bhattacharya

4.    Sue Ellington

5.    Graham Cone

 

1.    Douglas de Lacey

 

 

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Brian Milnes

2.    Anna Bradnam

3.    Martin Cahn

4.    Sarah Cheung Johnson

5.    Claire Daunton

6.    Geoff Harvey

7.    Steve Hunt

8.    Peter McDonald

9.    Judith Rippeth

1.    Grenville Chamberlain

2.    Ruth Betson

3.    Peter Topping

 

 

 

1.    Douglas de Lacey

 

 

1.    Gavin Clayton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Henry Batchelor

2.    Peter Fane

3.    Alex Malyon

4.    Jose Hales

5.    Clare Delderfield

 

1.    Graham Cone

2.    Mark Howell

3.    Sue Ellington

4.    Bunty Waters

5.    Shrobona Bhattacharya

1.    Deborah Roberts

 

1. Nigel Cathcart

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory Committees

 

Climate and Environment Advisory Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Pippa Heylings

2.    Martin Cahn

3.    Peter Fane

4.    Jose Hales

5.    Geoff Harvey

 

1. Graham Cone

2. Grenville Chamberlain

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Eileen Wilson

2.    Judith Rippeth

1.    Heather Williams

2.    Shrobona Bhattacharya

3.    Nick Wright

4.    Tom Bygott

5.    Peter Topping

 

 

 

 

Grants Advisory Committee

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Jose Hales

2.    Claire Daunton

3.    Clare Delderfield

4.    Peter McDonald

1.Sue Ellington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent

Labour

1.    Bill Handley

2.    Martin Cahn

3.    Sarah Cheung Johnson

1.    Bunty Waters

2.    Shrobona Bhattacharya

3.    Mark Howell

4.    Heather Williams

5.    Peter Topping

 

 

 

 

Joint Committees

 

Cambridge Fringes Joint Development Control Committee

 

Liberal Democrats

Conservatives

Independent

Labour

1.    Steve Hunt

2.    Ian Sollom

3.    John Williams+

 

 

+ Spokesperson

1.    Tom Bygott

2.    Grenville Chamberlain

 

 

 

 

1.    Douglas de Lacey (seat accepted from Liberal Democrats)*

 

 

 

 

Substitutes in hierarchical order

 

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Independent Group

Labour

1.    Sarah Cheung Johnson

2.    Tumi Hawkins

3.    Eileen Wilson**

1.    Graham Cone

2.    Mark Howell

3.    Bunty Waters**

4.    Peter Topping**

5.    Sue Ellington**

 

 

 

(Note:

*The Council, with no one voting against, approved a departure from the rules of political proportionality, in accordance with Section 17 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, in respect of the allocation of seats on the Civic Affairs Committee and the Joint Development Control Committee – Cambridge Fringes.

 

** The Council has subsequently been advised that the terms of reference of the Cambridge Fringes Joint Development Control Committee only permit two substitutes per political group represented upon the committee.)

 

(c)   The appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Committees for 2019/20 as follows:

 

Committee

Chairman

Vice-Chairman

 

Audit and Corporate Governance

 

Cllr Tony Mason

Cllr Nick Sample

Civic Affairs

Cllr Douglas de Lacey

Cllr Claire Daunton

Employment and Staffing

Cllr Henry Batchelor

Cllr Dawn Percival

Licensing

 

Cllr Anna Bradnam

Cllr Eileen Wilson

Planning

Cllr John Batchelor

Cllr Pippa Heylings

Scrutiny and Overview

 

Cllr Grenville Chamberlain

Cllr Brian Milnes

Grants Advisory

Cllr Jose Hales

Cllr Clare Delderfield

Climate Change and Environment Advisory

Cllr Pippa Heylings

Vice-Chairman (Environment):

Cllr Martin Cahn

 

Vice-Chairman (Climate Change):

Cllr Geoff Harvey

 

(d)  The re-appointment of Grant Osbourn as the Council’s Lead Independent Person and Gillian Holmes as the Council’s Deputy Independent Person for a further two years, subject to annual ratification.

 

 

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