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Nominations For Committees For The Municipal Year 2013/14
The rules on political balance set out in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 will be applied to both scrutiny and regulatory committee composition so that, once the size of committees has been determined, the division of seats among the political groups on the Council will be automatic and the Council must appoint those members which each political group puts forward for its seats.
In considering the allocation of committee places to political groups, the Council is legally required to take into account the following principles:
(1) That the controlling group should have a majority of seats on each committee
(2) That the total number of committee places allocated to each political group must be in proportion to the number of members of that group on the Council.
(3)
That on each committee the number of places
allocated to each political group must be in proportion to the number of
members of that group on the Council.
The order of precedence of these principles is the order in which they are given - i.e. (1) takes highest priority, then (2) then (3).
Minutes:
The Committee considered a
paper setting out the proposed size of committees, the allocations by party and
the nominations received. The Committee
considered the rules on political balance set out in the Local Government &
Housing Act 1989 in developing the recommendations set out below.
Council is recommended (by
3 votes to 0) –
To agree to the number and
size of committees and to note the nominations as listed below:
|
SCRUTINY COMMITTEE |
GROUP |
CURRENT
NUMBERS
(1)
=Alternate |
NOMINATIONS |
|
Community
Services |
Liberal
Democrats Labour |
4
(1) 4
(1) |
Blackhurst, Kerr, Kightley, Tucker Alt:
Brierley Johnson,
Moghadas (Community Wellbeing Spokes), Price (Housing Spokes), Roberts Alt:
Todd-Jones |
|
Environment |
Liberal Democrats Labour |
4 (1) 4 (1) |
Kightley, Reid, Saunders,
Tunnacliffe Alt: Brierley Blencowe (Planning and
Climate Change Spokes), Owers (Environmental and Waste Services Spokes),
O’Reilly (Public Places Spokes), Marchant-Daisley Alt: Herbert |
|
Strategy & Resources |
Liberal Democrats Labour
|
4 (1) 4 (1) |
Boyce, Cantrill, Pitt,
Rosenstiel Alt: Stuart Ashton, Benstead
(Customer Services and Resources Spokes), Herbert (Strategy Spokes), O’Reilly Alt: Bird |
|
Housing Management Board |
Liberal
Democrats Labour |
4 (1) 4 (1) |
Blackhurst, Brierley,
Pippas, Rosenstiel Alt: Pitt Bird, Blencowe, Price
(Spokes), Johnson Alt: Todd-Jones |
REGULATORY COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE/SUB COMMITTEE
|
NOMINATIONS
|
CURRENT NUMBERS
(1)=
Alternate |
PROPOSED CHANGES AND NOMINATIONS
|
|
PLANNING |
Liberal Democrat Labour Ind&Con |
4 (1) 3 (1) 1 |
Rosenstiel, Saunders,
Stuart, Tunnacliffe Alt: TBC Blencowe, Dryden,
Marchant-Daisley Alt: Herbert Hipkin |
|
JOINT DEVELOPMENT CONTROL
COMMITTEE |
Liberal Democrat Labour |
3 (2) 3 (2) |
Reid, Smart, Tucker Alts: Tunnacliffe + 1 Blencowe, Dryden, Price, Alts: Herbert and
O’Reilly |
|
LICENSING |
Liberal Democrat Labour Ind&Con |
6 (1) 5 (1) 1 |
Brierley, Pippas,
Rosenstiel, Saunders, Stuart +1 TBC Alt: Brown Benstead, Gawthrope,
McPherson, Owers, O’Reilly Alt: Bird Meftah |
|
CIVIC AFFAIRS |
Liberal Democrat Labour |
3 (1) 3 (1) |
Cantrill, Pitt,
Rosenstiel Alt: Boyce Benstead, Herbert, Johnson Alt: Ashton |
|
EMPLOYMENT APPEALS SUB |
Liberal Democrat Labour Ind&Con |
5 4 1 |
Brierley, Boyce, Pippas,
Smart, Stuart Bird, Gawthrope, Price + 1 TBC Hipkin |
