Agenda item

Political Proportionality, Allocation of Seats on Committees and Other Appointments - 2022-23

To receive the report on proportionality and

·         Allocate seats on committees

·         Receive Group leaders’ nominations to seats on committees

·         Appoint Chairs and Vice Chairs of committees

Appendices B and C to follow.

Decision:

Council agreed the following allocation of seats on committees:

 

Committee

Number of seats

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

7

 

6

(5.756)

1

(1.244)

Civic Affairs Committee

9

7

(7.400)

2

(1.600)

Employment and Staffing Committee

7

6

(5.756)

1

(1.244)

Licensing Committee

14

 

12

(11.511)

 

2

(2.489)

 

Planning Committee

11

 

9

(9.044)

 

2

(1.956)

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

14

12

(11.511)

2

(2.489)

 

Committee

Number of seats

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Joint Development Control Committee

6

5

(4.933)

1

(1.067)

Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee (increased from 7 to 10)

10

8

(8.222)

2

(1.778)

Grants Advisory Committee

5

4

(4.111)

1

(0.889)

 

Council received the Group Leaders’ nominations to seats on Committees

Ordinary committees

 

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

7 members

 

Cabinet members may not serve as committee members.  Scrutiny and Overview Committee Chair may be a member but may not be Chair.

1.Michael Atkins

2.Peter Sandford

3.Jose Hales

4.Helene Leeming

5.Geoff Harvey

6.Richard Stobart

 

1.    Heather Williams

 

 
Substitutes

1.James Hobro

2.Lisa Redrup

3.Pippa Heylings

4.Stephen Drew

Substitutes

1. Mark Howell

2. Graham Cone

3. Sue Ellington

4. Richard Williams

5. Bunty Waters

 

Civic Affairs Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

9 members

 

Including the Chair

of Council, as an ex

officio member.

 

(Note that the Council will be appointing an Independent Person and deputy who are not on the Committee)

 

1.Anna Bradnam

2.Paul Bearpark

3.Bridget Smith

4.Aidan Van de Weyer

5.Henry Batchelor

6.Martin Cahn

7.Susan van de Ven

1. Heather Williams

2. Mark Howell

 

Substitutes

1.Tumi Hawkins

2.Brian Milnes

3.Judith Rippeth

4.Michael Atkins

 

Substitutes

1. Graham Cone

2. Richard Williams

3. Sue Ellington

4. Bunty Waters

5. Lina Nieto

 

Employment and Staffing Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

7 members

 

Including at least one member from the Cabinet who shall normally be the Lead Cabinet Member with responsibility for staffing matters

1.Will Jackson-Wood

2.Sally Ann Hart

3.John Williams

4.Richard Stobart

5.Anna Bradnam

6.Sunita Hansraj

 

1. Mark Howell

 

 

Substitutes

1.Peter Fane

2.Sarah Cheung-Johnson

3.Ariel Cahn

 

Substitutes

1. Heather Williams

2. Sue Ellington

3. Graham Cone

4. Bunty Waters

5. Shrobona Bhattacharya

 

Licensing Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

14 members

 

The Lead Cabinet Member with responsibility for licensing may serve on this committee.

1.Anna Bradnam

2.Annika Osborne

3.Geoff Harvey

4.Sally Ann Hart

5.Peter Sandford

6.Peter McDonald

7.John Loveluck

8.Jose Hales

9.Brian Milnes

10.Lisa Redrup

11.Sunita Hansraj

12.Corinne Garvie

 

1.Shrobona Bhattacharya

2.Mark Howell

 

Substitutes

1.Peter Fane

2.Carla Hofman

3.Pippa Heylings

4.Michael Atkins

5.Stephen Drew

Substitutes

1. Heather Williams

2. Graham Cone

3. Sue Ellington

4. Bunty Waters

5. Lina Nieto

 

Planning Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

11 members

 

The Lead Cabinet Member with responsibility for Development Control may serve on this committee.

1.Henry Batchelor

2.Peter Fane

3.Peter Sandford

4.Martin Cahn

5.Tumi Hawkins

6.Geoff Harvey

7.Ariel Cahn

8.Will Jackson-Wood

9.Bill Handley

 

1.Heather Williams

2.Richard Williams

 

Substitutes

1. Anna Bradnam

2. Brian Milnes

3. Richard Stobart

4. Paul Bearpark

5. Helene Leeming

Substitutes

1. Graham Cone

2. Sue Ellington

3. Mark Howell

4. Bunty Waters

5. Shrobona Bhattacharya

 

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

14 members

 

 

1.Stephen Drew

2.Richard Stobart

3.John Loveluck

4.Sally Ann Hart

5.Aiden Van de Weyer

6.Anna Bradnam

7.Helene Leeming

8.Martin Cahn

9.Libby Earle

10.James Hobro

11.Peter Fane

12.Sunita Hansraj

 

1.Graham Cone

2.Richard Williams

 

Substitutes

1.Annika Osborne

2.Peter Sandford

3.Carla Hofman

4.Lisa Redrup

5.Will Jackson-Wood

Substitutes

1. Richard Williams

2. Heather Williams

3. Bunty Waters

4. Mark Howell

5. Lina Nieto

 

Joint Committees

 

Joint Development Control Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

6 members

 

+1 spokesperson from amongst total membership.

1.Richard Stobart

2.Anna Bradnam+

3.Tumi Hawkins

4.Peter Fane

5.Martin Cahn

 

1.Richard Williams

 

 

Substitutes

1.John Williams

2.Corinne Garvie

 

Substitutes

1. Heather Williams

2. Graham Coe

 

 

Joint Local Plan Advisory Group

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

3 members

 

 

1.Tumi Hawkins

2.Aidan Van de Weyer

 

1.Richard Williams

 

Advisory Committees

 

Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

The number of members was resolved to be increased from 7 to 10

 

 

1.Pippa Heylings

2.Geoff Harvey

3.Martin Cahn

4.John Loveluck

5.Paul Bearpark

6.Lisa Redrup

7.Ariel Cahn

8.Peter Sandford

1. Shrobona Bhattacharya

2. Bunty Waters

 

 

Substitutes

1.Stephen Drew

2.Tumi Hawkins

 

Substitutes

1. Graham Cone

2. Heather Williams

3. Richard Williams

4. Lina Nieto

5. Sue Ellington

 

Grants Advisory Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

5 members

 

1.Jose Hales

2.Dan Lentell

3.Bill Handley

4.Judith Rippeth

 

1. Sue Ellington

 

 

 

Substitutes

1.Sunita Hansraj

2.Peter McDonald

 

 

Substitutes

1. Heather Williams

2. Graham Cone

3. Mark Howell

4. Bunty Waters

5. Shrobona Bhattacharya

 

 

 

 

Council agreed to appoint the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the following Committees:

 

Committee

Chair

Vice-Chair

 

Audit and Corporate Governance

 

Michael Atkins

Peter Sandford

Civic Affairs

 

Anna Bradnam

Paul Bearpark

Employment and Staffing

 

Will Jackson-Wood

Sally Ann Hart

Licensing

 

Anna Bradnam

Annika Osborne

Planning

 

Henry Batchelor

Peter Fane

Scrutiny and Overview

 

Stephen Drew

Graham Cone

Grants Advisory

 

Jose Hales

Dan Lentell

Climate Change and Environment Advisory

Pippa Heylings

Geoff Harvey (Climate)

 

 

Martin Cahn (Nature)

 

 

Minutes:

The Democratic Service Manager presented this report on political proportionality, allocation of seats on committees and other appointments. Council was also asked to ratify the reappointment of Grant Osborne and Gillian Holmes as the Council’s Independent and Deputy Independent persons for a further year.

 

Councillor Bridget Smith proposed an amendment to increase the size of the Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee from seven to ten. She proposed the recommendations in the report, with this amendment. Councillor Judith Rippeth seconded this recommendation and by affirmation

 

Council agreed the following allocation of seats on committees:

 

Committee

Number of seats

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

7

 

6

(5.756)

1

(1.244)

Civic Affairs Committee

9

7

(7.400)

2

(1.600)

Employment and Staffing Committee

7

6

(5.756)

1

(1.244)

Licensing Committee

14

 

12

(11.511)

 

2

(2.489)

 

Planning Committee

11

 

9

(9.044)

 

2

(1.956)

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

14

12

(11.511)

2

(2.489)

 

Committee

Number of seats

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

Joint Development Control Committee

6

5

(4.933)

1

(1.067)

Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee

7

6

(5.756)

1

(1.244)

Grants Advisory Committee

5

4

(4.111)

1

(0.889)

 

Council received the Group Leaders’ nominations to seats on Committees

Ordinary committees

 

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

7 members

 

Cabinet members may not serve as committee members.  Scrutiny and Overview Committee Chair may be a member but may not be Chair.

1.Michael Atkins

2.Peter Sandford

3.Jose Hales

4.Helene Leeming

5.Geoff Harvey

6.Richard Stobart

 

1.    Heather Williams

 

 
Substitutes

1.James Hobro

2.Lisa Redrup

3.Pippa Heylings

4.Stephen Drew

Substitutes

1. Mark Howell

2. Graham Cone

3. Sue Ellington

4. Richard Williams

5. Bunty Waters

 

Civic Affairs Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

9 members

 

Including the Chair

of Council, as an ex

officio member.

 

(Note that the Council will be appointing an Independent Person and deputy who are not on the Committee)

 

1.Anna Bradnam

2.Paul Bearpark

3.Bridget Smith

4.Aidan Van de Weyer

5.Henry Batchelor

6.Martin Cahn

7.Susan van de Ven

1. Heather Williams

2. Mark Howell

 

Substitutes

1.Tumi Hawkins

2.Brian Milnes

3.Judith Rippeth

4.Michael Atkins

 

Substitutes

1. Graham Cone

2. Richard Williams

3. Sue Ellington

4. Bunty Waters

5. Lina Nieto

 

Employment and Staffing Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

7 members

 

Including at least one member from the Cabinet who shall normally be the Lead Cabinet Member with responsibility for staffing matters

1.Will Jackson-Wood

2.Sally Ann Hart

3.John Williams

4.Richard Stobart

5.Anna Bradnam

6.Sunita Hansraj

 

1. Mark Howell

 

 

Substitutes

1.Peter Fane

2.Sarah Cheung-Johnson

3.Ariel Cahn

 

Substitutes

1. Heather Williams

2. Sue Ellington

3. Graham Cone

4. Bunty Waters

5. Shrobona Bhattacharya

 

Licensing Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

14 members

 

The Lead Cabinet Member with responsibility for licensing may serve on this committee.

1.Anna Bradnam

2.Annika Osborne

3.Geoff Harvey

4.Sally Ann Hart

5.Peter Sandford

6.Peter McDonald

7.John Loveluck

8.Jose Hales

9.Brian Milnes

10.Lisa Redrup

11.Sunita Hansraj

12.Corinne Garvie

 

1.Shrobona Bhattacharya

2.Mark Howell

 

Substitutes

1.Peter Fane

2.Carla Hofman

3.Pippa Heylings

4.Michael Atkins

5.Stephen Drew

Substitutes

1. Heather Williams

2. Graham Cone

3. Sue Ellington

4. Bunty Waters

5. Lina Nieto

 

Planning Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

11 members

 

The Lead Cabinet Member with responsibility for Development Control may serve on this committee.

1.Henry Batchelor

2.Peter Fane

3.Peter Sandford

4.Martin Cahn

5.Tumi Hawkins

6.Geoff Harvey

7.Ariel Cahn

8.Will Jackson-Wood

9.Bill Handley

 

1.Heather Williams

2.Richard Williams

 

Substitutes

1. Anna Bradnam

2. Brian Milnes

3. Richard Stobart

4. Paul Bearpark

5. Helene Leeming

Substitutes

1. Graham Cone

2. Sue Ellington

3. Mark Howell

4. Bunty Waters

5. Shrobona Bhattacharay

 

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

14 members

 

 

1.Stephen Drew

2.Richard Stobart

3.John Loveluck

4.Sally Ann Hart

5.Aiden Van de Weyer

6.Anna Bradnam

7.Helene Leeming

8.Martin Cahn

9.Libby Earle

10.James Hobro

11.Peter Fane

12.Sunita Hansraj

 

1.Graham Cone

2.Sue Ellington

 

Substitutes

1.Annika Osborne

2.Peter Sandford

3.Carla Hofman

4.Lisa Redrup

5.Will Jackson-Wood

Substitutes

1. Richard Williams

2. Heather Williams

3. Bunty Waters

4. Mark Howell

5. Lina Nieto

 

Joint Committees

 

Joint Development Control Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

6 members

 

+1 spokesperson from amongst total membership.

1.Richard Stobart

2.Anna Bradnam+

3.Tumi Hawkins

4.Peter Fane

5.Martin Cahn

 

1.Richard Williams

 

 

Substitutes

1.John Williams

2.Corinne Garvie

 

Substitutes

1. Heather Williams

2. Graham Coe

 

 

Joint Local Plan Advisory Group

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

3 members

 

 

1.Tumi Hawkins

2.Aidan Van de Weyer

 

1.Richard Williams

 

Advisory Committees

 

Climate Change and Environment Advisory Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

The number of members is proposed to be increased from 7 to 10

 

 

1.Pippa Heylings

2.Geoff Harvey

3.Martin Cahn

4.John Loveluck

5.Paul Bearpark

6.Lisa Redrup

7.Ariel Cahn

8.Peter Sandford

1. Shrobona Bhattacharya

2. Bunty Waters

 

 

Substitutes

1.Stephen Drew

2.Tumi Hawkins

 

Substitutes

1. Graham Cone

2. Heather Williams

3. Richard Williams

4. Lina Nieto

5. Sue Ellington

 

Grants Advisory Committee

Notes

Liberal Democrat

Conservative

5 members

 

1.Jose Hales

2.Dan Lentell

3.Bill Handley

4.Judith Rippeth

 

1. Sue Ellington

 

 

 

Substitutes

1.Sunita Hansraj

2.Peter McDonald

 

 

Substitutes

1. Heather Williams

2. Graham Cone

3. Mark Howell

4. Bunty Waters

5. Shrobona Bhattacharya

 

 

Council agreed to appoint the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the following Committees:

 

Committee

Chair

Vice-Chair

 

Audit and Corporate Governance

 

Michael Atkins

Peter Sandford

Civic Affairs

 

Anna Bradnam

Paul Bearpark

Employment and Staffing

 

Will Jackson-Wood

Sally Ann Hart

Licensing

 

Anna Bradnam

Annika Osborne

Planning

 

Henry Batchelor

Peter Fane

Scrutiny and Overview

 

Stephen Drew

Graham Cone

Grants Advisory

 

Jose Hales

Dan Lentell

Climate Change and Environment Advisory

Pippa Heylings

Geoff Harvey (Climate)

 

 

Martin Cahn (Nature)

 

 

Council agreed to reappoint Grant Osborne and Gillian Holmes as the Council’s Independent and Deputy Independent persons for a further year.

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