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Appointments to outside bodies & working groups

Meeting: 01/06/2026 - Council (Item 52)

Appointments to outside bodies & working groups

Final report and appendices to follow.

Minutes:

Resolved (39 votes to 0, with 1 abstention) to:

 

      i.         Agree the appointments to Outside Bodies, and Working Group for the municipal year 2026/27 as set out below, to be updated:

 

Housing Advisory Board (Advisory Board to Cabinet) – Final numbers TBC()

Membership: 6 + 6 elected tenant/leaseholder reps should Leader wish to follow proportionality

Group

Councillor

Labour

Wade

Labour

Haithcock

Labour Alternate

 

Labour Alternate

 

Green

Davison

Green

Tong

Green Alternate

Fisher

Green Alternate

Whitmore

Lib Dem

Martinelli

Lib Dem

Blackburn-Horgan

Lib Dem Alternate

Dalzell

Lib Dem Alternate

Porrer

 

Inclusion and Equity Panel (TBC following AGM)

Membership 4 (1 Cabinet Member 1 Labour + 1 Green + 1 Lib Dem)

Group

Councillor

Cabinet Member

Moore

Labour

Haithcock

Labour Alternate

 

Green

Flaubert

Green Alternate

Davison

Lib Dem

Grimwood

Lib Dem Alternate

Porrer

 

PARTNERSHIP BODIES/COMMITTEES

Appointed by Council

 

Combined Authority Board – (these members cannot sit on the CPCA O&S and A&G Ctte but can sit on a CPCA ‘Thematic Committee’)

 

 

 

Membership: One member (Leader) and one alternative member: 1 + 1 (1 Labour)

Group

Councillor

Labour

Thornburrow

 

Moore

 

Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee (nb. Proportionality set by the Combined Authority Monitoring Officer, these members cannot sit on the CPCA Board or ‘Thematic Committees’)

 

Membership Two members (1 Labour and 1 Green ) and Alternate members

Group

 

Councillor

Labour

Gawthrope-Wood

Labour Alternate

TBC

Green

Clough

Green Alternate

Sage

 

Combined Authority Audit and Governance Committee (nb. Proportionality set by the Combined Authority Monitoring Officer, these members cannot sit on the CPCA Board or ‘Thematic Committees’)

 

Membership One member and one alternate (1 Labour)

Group

Councillor

Labour

Todd-Jones

Labour Alternate

TBC

 

The following CPCA committees are appointments made by the Leader.

 

Combined Authority Skills Committee

Membership One member and one alternative member: 1 + 1 (TBC)

Group       

Councillor

Labour

Davey

 

 

 

Combined Authority Growth Committee

Membership One member and one alternative member: 1 + 1 (TBC)

Group                

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

Combined Authority Transport Committee

Membership One member and one alternative member: 1 + 1 (TBC)

Group       

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

Combined Authority Funding Committee

Membership One member and one alternative member: 1 + 1 (TBC)

Group       

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

Combined Authority Staffing Committee

Membership One member and one alternative member: 1 + 1 (TBC)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly-this is a Council Appointment

Membership 3 (1 Labour + 1 Green +1 Lib Dem)

Group

Councillor

Labour

TBC

Green

Davison

Lib Dem

Illingworth

 

Joint Development Management Committee – this is a Council Appointment (these members will also sit on JDMC Development Control Forums and Pre-application Developer Briefings as required)

 

Membership 6 + 6 Alternates (2 Labour + 2 Green + 2 Lib Dem)

Group

Councillor

Cambridge City Council Chair 2026/27 (TBC)

 

Labour

Smart

Labour

Griffin

Labour Alternate

Nestor

Labour Alternate

 

Green

Flaubert

Green

Fisher

Green Alternate

Bennett

Green Alternate

Clough

Lib Dem

Illingworth

Lib Dem

Porrer (Chair nominee)

Lib Dem Alternate

Blackburn-Horgan

Lib Dem Alternate

Grimwood

 

Cambridge Joint Area Committee

Membership 6 + up to 4 Alternates per group (2 Labour + 2 Green + 2 Lib Dem) –

Group

Councillor

Labour

Wade

Labour

Bird

Labour Alternate (x 4 if wish)

 

Green

Nicmanis

Green

Davison

Green Alternate (x 4 if wish)

Clough/Cleminson

Lib Dem

Taylor

Lib Dem

Illingworth

Lib Dem Alternate (x 4 if wish)

Blackburn-Horgan/Hauk

 

Appointed by a Cabinet Member

 

Cambridge Community Safety Partnership

Membership 1 + 1 Alternate (TBC)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel

Membership 1 + 1 Alternate (TBC)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board

Membership 1 + 1 Alternate (TBC)

Group

Councillor

Lib Dem

Bick

Labour Alternate

Thornburrow

 

Advisory Council - Cambridge Growth Company (Homes England)

Membership 1 TBC

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

OTHER APPOINTMENTS BY CABINET MEMBERS -proportionality need not apply

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Council of Governors

 

Membership 1

Group

Councillor

Lib Dem

Grimwood

 

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Armed Forces Covenant Partnership Board

 

Membership 1 TBC

Group

Councillor

Labour

 

 

Clay Farm Advisory Board

Membership 1 TBC+ 1 TBC

Group

Councillor

Lib Dem

Hauk

Lib Dem

Grimwood

Green

Flaubert

 

Cambridge Investment Partnership

Cab Mem for Housing and Cab Mem for F&R

Group

Councillor

Cabinet Member for Housing

 

Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources

 

 

East West Main Line Partnership Board

Membership 1  (1 TBC + 1 reserve)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

EWR Eastern Section Board’

Membership 1 (1 TBC + 1 reserve)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Resources East Strategic Advisory Group

Membership 1 (1 TBC + 1 reserve)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

Flood & Water Partnership (CPFloW) (County Council)

Membership 1  (1 TBC + 1 reserve)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

The Junction

Membership 2 (1 TBC + 1 TBC)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

TBC

 

 

Cambridge BID

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

East of England Local Government Association

 

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 Health Scrutiny Committee (County Council)

 

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

 

 

OxCam

 

Group

Councillor

Leader

 

 

LGA General Assembly

 

Group

Councillor

The Leader

 

 

 

 

Local Government Information Unit

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

District Councils Network (DCN)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

Recycling in Cambridge and Peterborough (RECAP)

Group

Councillor

TBC

 

 

Joint Local Planning Advisory Group (joint with South Cambs DC)

5 (2 Labour + 2 Green + 1 Lib Dem)

Group

Councillor

Labour

Wade

Labour

Griffin

Labour reserve

 

Labour reserve

 

Green

Bennett

Green

Clough

Green reserve

Fisher

Green reserve

Flaubert

Lib Dem

Porrer

Lib Dem reserve

Bick

 

Cambridge Airport consultative Committee

1 (1 TBC)

Group

Councillor

Green

Bennett

 

Members’ support:

Health & Safety Representative (Internal liaison with Kathy Brown)

Group

Councillor

Labour

 

Lib Dem

 

Green Group

 

 

Member Training Champion (Internal liaison with Kathy Brown)

Group

Councillor

Labour

 

Lib Dem

 

Green Group

 

 

Group Secretary (for general liaison in the year if required)

Group

Councillor

Labour

 

Lib Dem

 

Green Group

 

 

 


Meeting: 21/05/2026 - Council (Item 40)

Appointments to outside bodies & working groups

Final report and appendices to follow.

Minutes:

 

 

This item was postponed.