Agenda item

Review of political balance following Didcot South and Didcot West by elections

To consider the report of the head of legal and democratic services (to follow)

Minutes:

Council considered the report of the head of legal and democratic services on the review of the political balance following the Didcot South and Didcot West by elections.

 

Council agreed the allocation of seats to each political group, and the non-group councillor, as set out in the schedule attached to the report, subject to the allocation of an additional Planning Committee seat to the Opposition Forum Group.

 

No councillor voted against these proposals.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.     to appoint the below committees, joint committees and panels and to appoint the membership and substitutes, as indicated, to sit on them;

2.     to allocate the vacant seat on the Joint Scrutiny Committee and the Community Governance and Electoral Issues committee to the Opposition Forum Group;

3.     to allocate the vacant seat on the Appeals Panel to Paul Harrison (independent councillor);

4.     to allocate one of the Conservative group’s seats on the Planning Committee to the Opposition Forum Group (with no councillor voting against);

5.     to authorise the head of legal and democratic services to make appointments to any vacant committee or panel seat and substitute positions in accordance with the wishes of the relevant group leader.

 

Names

Planning Committee, 11 Members

Conservative (9)

Opposition Forum Group (2)

Joan Bland

Mocky Khan

Anthony Dearlove

David Turner

Lorraine Hillier

 

Elaine Hornsby

 

Sue Lawson (Vice-Chairman)

 

Jeannette Matelot

 

Toby Newman (Chairman)

 

Richard Pullen

 

Ian White

 

(seat given to Opposition Forum Group)

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative (9)

Opposition Forum Group (1)

Charles Bailey

Stefan Gawrysiak

Kevin Bulmer

 

Nigel Champken-Woods

 

Steve Connel

 

Pat Dawe

 

Stephen Harrod

 

Imran Lokhon

 

Vacancy

 

Vacancy

 

 

Names

Scrutiny Committee, 9 Members

Conservative (8)

Opposition Forum Group (1)

Anna Badcock

David Turner

Steve Connel

 

Pat Dawe

 

Anthony Dearlove

 

Elaine Hornsby

 

Richard Pullen (Chairman)

 

John Walsh (Vice-Chairman)

 

Ian White

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative (8)

Opposition Forum Group (2)

Charles Bailey

Stefan Gawrysiak

David Dodds

Mocky Khan

Will Hall

 

Stephen Harrod

 

Lorraine Hillier

 

Sue Lawson

 

Toby Newman

 

Vacancy

 

 

Names

Joint Scrutiny Committee, 5 Members

Conservative (4)

Opposition Forum Group (1)

David Dodds

David Turner

Sue Lawson

 

Richard Pullen (Co-Chairman)

 

John Walsh

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative (4)

Opposition Forum Group (2)

Pat Dawe

Stefan Gawrysiak

Imran Lokhon

Mocky Khan

Toby Newman

 

Ian White

 

 

Names

Corporate Services Joint Scrutiny Committee, 2 Members

Conservative (2)

Opposition Forum Group (0)

Toby Newman

Will Hall

 

SUBSTITUTES: All other councillors from the relevant political group.

 

Names

Joint Audit and Governance Committee, 4 Members

Conservative (4)

Opposition Forum Group (0)

Charles Bailey

 

Kevin Bulmer (Co-Chairman)

 

Toby Newman

 

John Walsh

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative (4)

Opposition Forum Group (0)

David Dodds

 

Joan Bland

 

Richard Pullen

 

Alan Thompson

 

 

Names

Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee, 6 Members

Conservative (5)

Opposition Forum Group (1)

Charles Bailey

Mocky Khan

Steve Connel

 

Anthony Dearlove

 

Will Hall

 

Ian White (Chairman)

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative (5)

Opposition Forum Group (2)

Anna Badcock

Stefan Gawrysiak

Joan Bland

David Turner

Toby Newman

 

John Walsh

 

Vacancy

 

 

Names

Joint Staff Committee, 3 Members

Conservative (3)

Opposition Forum Group (0)

John Cotton

 

David Nimmo-Smith

 

Anthony Nash

 

SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative

Opposition Forum Group (0)

The Leader may be substituted by another Cabinet member.  Other members of the Committee may be substituted by any member of that councillor’s political group (executive or non-executive).

 

 

Names

General Licensing Committee,   

12 Members

Conservative (11)

Opposition Forum Group (1)

Joan Bland

Stefan Gawrysiak

Nigel Champken-Woods

 

Pat Dawe

 

David Dodds (Chairman)

 

Stephen Harrod

 

Lorraine Hillier

 

Imran Lokhon

 

Anthony Nash

 

Bill Service (Vice-Chairman)

 

Alan Thompson

 

Ian White

 

NO SUBSTITUTES

 

 

Names

Licensing Acts Committee, 12 Members

Conservative (11)

Opposition Forum Group (1)

Joan Bland

Stefan Gawrysiak

Nigel Champken-Woods

 

Pat Dawe

 

David Dodds (Chairman)

 

Stephen Harrod

 

Lorraine Hillier

 

Imran Lokhon

 

Anthony Nash

 

Bill Service (Vice-Chairman)

 

Alan Thompson

 

Ian White

 

NO SUBSTITUTES

 

Names

 Appeals Panel (NNDR and Housing),    5 Members

Conservative (4)

Non Group Councillor

Nigel Champken-Woods

Paul Harrison

Elaine Hornsby

 

Anthony Nash

 

Bill Service

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative (4)

Joan Bland

 

Kevin Bulmer

 

Sue Lawson

 

Alan Thompson

 

 

Names

Community Grant Panel, 9 Members

Conservative (8)

Opposition Forum Group (1)

 

Anna Badcock (Chairman)

Stefan Gawrysiak

 

Joan Bland

 

 

Pat Dawe

 

 

David Dodds

 

 

Jeannette Matelot

 

 

Anthony Nash

 

 

Richard Pullen

 

 

Bill Service

 

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

 

 

Conservative (8)

Opposition Forum Group (2)

 

Charles Bailey

Mocky Khan

 

Nigel Champken-Woods

David Turner

 

Steve Connel

 

Stephen Harrod

 

 

Elaine Hornsby

 

 

Alan Thompson

 

 

Vacancy

 

 

Vacancy

 

 

 

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