Agenda item

Review of appointments to committees, panels and joint committees 2014/15

To consider the report of the head of legal and democratic services (attached). 

 

Minutes:

Council considered the report of the head of legal and democratic services on the review of the political balance and changes to the make-up and membership of committees following the resignation of Mrs Hodgkin and Mrs Wood from the Henley Residents Group and them joining the Independent Group and a request to review the political balance.

 

A schedule of appointments was circulated to councillors prior to the meeting which reflected the views of group leaders and the non-group councillors.

 

RESOLVED: to

 

1.    appoint the following committees and panels for the remainder of the 2014/15 year and to appoint the membership, substitutes and chairmen and vice-chairmen as indicated to sit on them: 

 

Names

 

Planning Committee, 14 Members

Conservative (9)

Independent (2)

Labour (1)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Non group councillor (1)

Joan Bland

Celia Collett

Denise Macdonald

Roger Bell

Neville Harris

Felix Bloomfield

(Chairman)

Jeni Wood

 

 

 

Kristina Crabbe

 

 

 

 

Phil Cross

 

 

 

 

Pat Dawe

 

 

 

 

Paul Harrison

 

 

 

 

Malcolm Leonard

 

 

 

 

Margaret Turner

 

 

 

 

Mike Welply(Vice-Chairman)

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTES

 

 

 

 

Conservative (9)

Independent (3)

Labour (3)

Liberal Democrat (3)

 

Steve Connel

Mark Gray

Bernard Cooper

David Bretherton

 

Leo Docherty

Elizabeth Hodgkin

Margaret Davies

Anne Purse

 

Marcus Harris

Ann Midwinter

Eleanor Hards

David Turner

 

Stephen Harrod

 

 

 

 

Imran Lokhon

 

 

 

 

Alan Rooke

 

 

 

 

Pearl Slatter

 

 

 

 

Rachel Wallis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Names

Scrutiny Committee, 13 Members

Conservative (9)

Independent (2)

Labour (1)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Joan Bland(Vice-Chairman)

Celia Collett

Eleanor Hards

David Turner (Chairman)

Steve Connel

Elizabeth Hodgkin

 

 

Kristina Crabbe

 

 

 

Pat Dawe

 

 

 

Tony Harbour

 

 

 

Paul Harrison

 

 

 

Imran Lokhon

 

 

 

Alan Rooke

 

 

 

Margaret Turner

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTES

 

 

 

Conservative (9)

Independent (3)

Labour (3)

Liberal Democrat (3)

Felix Bloomfield

Mark Gray

Bernard Cooper

Roger Bell

Dorothy Brown

Ann Midwinter

Margaret Davies

Anne Purse

Phil Cross

Jeni Wood

Denise Macdonald

David Bretherton

Leo Docherty

 

 

 

Marcus Harris

 

 

 

Rachel Wallis

 

 

 

Mike Welply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Names

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee, 8 Members

Conservative (5)

Labour (1)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Non-group councillor (1)

John Cotton

Margaret Davies

David Bretherton

Neville Harris

Kristina Crabbe(Chairman)

 

 

 

Phil Cross(Vice-Chairman)

 

 

 

Paul Harrison

 

 

 

Mike Welply

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTES

 

 

 

Conservative (5)

Labour (3)

Liberal Democrat (3)

 

Pat Dawe

Bernard Cooper

Roger Bell

 

Leo Docherty

Eleanor Hards

Anne Purse

 

Stephen Harrod

Denise Macdonald

David Turner

 

Chris Hood

 

 

 

Rob Simister

 

 

 

 

Names

General Licensing Committee, 10 Members

Conservative (7)

Independent (1)

Labour (1)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Joan Bland

Mark Gray

Bernard Cooper

Anne Purse

Pat Dawe

 

 

 

Elizabeth Gillespie(Vice-Chairman)

 

 

 

Malcolm Leonard(Chairman)

 

 

 

Pearl Slatter

 

 

 

Margaret Turner

 

 

 

Mike Welply

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTES

 

 

 

Conservative (7)

Independent (3)

Labour (3)

Liberal Democrat  (3)

Dorothy Brown

Celia Collett

Margaret Davies

Roger Bell

Will Hall

Marc Hiles

Eleanor Hards

David Bretherton

Tony Harbour

Ann Midwinter

Denise Macdonald

David Turner

Marcus Harris

 

 

 

Stephen Harrod

 

 

 

Chris Hood

 

 

 

Alan Rooke

 

 

 

 

Names

Licensing Acts Committee, 10 Members

 

Conservative (6)

Independent (1)

Labour (1)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Non-group councillor (1)

Joan Bland

Mark Gray

Eleanor Hards

David Bretherton

Neville Harris

Dorothy Brown(Chairman)

 

 

 

 

Pat Dawe(Vice-Chairman)

 

 

 

 

Malcolm Leonard

 

 

 

 

Pearl Slatter

 

 

 

 

Margaret Turner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Names

NNDR Appeals Panel, 5 Members

Conservative (2)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Non-group councillors (2)

Elizabeth Gillespie

Anne Purse

Neville Harris

Malcolm Leonard

 

Christopher Quinton

SUBSTITUTES

 

 

Conservative (3)

Liberal Democrat (3)

 

Tony Harbour

Roger Bell

 

Paul Harrison

David Bretherton

 

Mike Welply

David Turner

 

 

 

Names

Housing Appeals Panel, 5 Members

Conservative (3)

Labour (1)

Non-group councillor (1)

Dorothy Brown

Bernard Cooper

Neville Harris

Pat Dawe

 

 

Alan Rooke

 

 

SUBSTITUTES

 

 

Conservative (3)

Labour (3)

 

Phil Cross

Margaret Davies

 

Marcus Harris

Eleanor Hards

 

Pearl Slatter

Denise Macdonald

 

 

 

 

2.    appoint Mr N Harris to the Independent group’s seat on the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and Housing Appeals Panel and one of the Conservative group's seats on the NNDR Panel;

 

3.    appoint Mr M Welply as the council’s representative  on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;

 

4.    appoint Mr N Harris to the Planning Committee and the Licensing Acts Committee; and

 

5.    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. 

 

 

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