Agenda item

** Appendix 1 and 2 to this report will follow as Political Groups are considering appointments to Committees **

 

Report of Chief Executive

 

Purpose of report

 

To note the results of the 7 May 2015 district elections, the constitution of Political Groups, to note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2015/16 and to consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2015/2016.

 

Recommendations

 

The meeting is recommended:

 

 1.1        To note the results of the District elections held on 7 May 2015.

 

1.2         To note the constitution of Political Groups and notification of Group Leaders.

 

1.3         To note the appointment of Deputy Leader of the Council, the membership of the Executive and the Executive Portfolios for 2015/16 (Appendix 1 – to follow).

 

1.4         To agree the allocation of seats on committees that are subject to the political balance requirements as set out in Table 1.

 

1.5         To agree the allocation of seats on committees not subject to political balance requirements as set out in Table 2.

 

1.6         To appoint members (and where appropriate, substitute members) to serve on each of the committees and other bodies set out in Tables 1 and 2 in accordance with the nominations to be made by political groups (Appendix 2 - to follow).

 

1.7         To appoint a representative to the County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

1.8         To appoint a representative to the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel.

 

The Chief Executive submitted a report which presented the results of the 7 May 2015 district elections, the constitution of Political Groups, requested Members to note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2015/16 and to consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2015/2016.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the results of the District elections held on 7 May 2015 be noted:

 

Ambrosden and Chesterton – Councillor Lynn Pratt

Banbury Easington – Councillor Nigel Morris

Banbury Grimsbury and Castle – Councillor Andrew Beere

Banbury Hardwick - Councillor Nicholas Turner

Banbury Ruscote – Councillor Mark Cherry

Bicester East – Councillor Rose Stratford

Bicester North – Councillor Melanie Magee

Bicester South – Councillor James Porter

Bicester Town – Councillor Richard Mould

Bicester West – Councillor Les Sibley

Caversfield (By-election) – Councillor Ian Corkin

Cropredy – Councillor Ken Atack

Hook Norton – Councillor Ray Jelf

Kidlington North – Councillor Sandra Rhodes

Kidlington South – Councillor Neil Prestidge

The Astons and Heyfords – Councillor Mike Kerford-Byrnes

Yarnton, Gosford and Water Eaton - Councillor Michael Gibbard

 

(2)          That the constitution of Political Groups (41 Conservatives, 7 Labour, 1 Liberal Democrat and 1 Independent) and notification of Group Leaders: Councillor Barry Wood, Leader of the Conservative Group and Leader of the Council and Councillor Sean Woodcock, Leader of the Labour Group and Leader of the Opposition, be noted.

 

(3)          That the appointment of the Deputy Leader of the Council, the membership of the Executive and the Executive Portfolios for 2015/16 be noted.

 

Lead Member Portfolio	Councillor
Leader of the Council (Responsibility for Eco Town/Garden Town including Graven Hill, policy, partnerships, Law and Governance, Human Resources, Communications, Performance and Programme Management)	Councillor Barry Wood
Deputy Leader of the Council (Responsibility for Leisure, Car parks, customer service and Museum)	Councillor George Reynolds
Lead Member for Public Protection	Councillor Tony Ilott
Lead Member for Housing	Councillor John Donaldson
Lead Member for Clean and Green	Councillor Debbie Pickford
Lead Member for Banbury Futures (Responsible for Brighter Futures and Banbury Projects Board)	Councillor Kieron Mallon
Lead Member for Change Management, Joint Working and IT	Councillor Nicholas Turner
Lead Member for Financial Management	Councillor Ken Atack
Lead Member for Estates and the Economy	Councillor Norman Bolster
Lead Member for Planning	Councillor Michael Gibbard

 

(4)          That the allocation of seats on committees that were subject to the political balance requirements be agreed:

 

	TOTAL	CON	LAB
Accounts, Audit & Risk Committee	8	7	1
Appeals Panel	10	8	2
Budget Planning Committee	12	10	2
Joint Appeals Panel	3	2	1
Joint Commissioning Committee	4	3	1
Joint Scrutiny Committee	5	4	1
Licensing Committee	12	10	2
Overview & Scrutiny	12	10	2
Personnel Committee	12	10	2
Planning Committee	18	15	3
Standards Committee	8	7	1
Proportional Total by Committee	100	86	18
Aggregate Entitlement	100	89*	15*
Adjustment Required	-	+3	-3

 

(5)          That the allocation of seats on committees not subject to political balance requirements be noted:

 

	TOTAL	CON	LAB	LD
Council and Employee Joint	12	10	2	0
Joint Arrangements Steering Group	5	4	1	0

 

(6)          That members (and where appropriate, substitute members) be appointed to serve on each of the committees and other bodies as set out below in accordance with the nominations made by political groups:

 

Proportional Committees

 

Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee

 

Membership (8 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (7)	Labour (1)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Ray Jelf
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Nicholas Mawer
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Rose Stratford
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Appeals Panel

 

Membership (10 members with no substitutes)

 

Conservative (9)	Labour (1)[1]
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Andrew Beere
Cllr Timothy Hallchurch
Cllr Russell Hurle
Cllr Tony Ilott
Cllr Ray Jelf
Cllr James Macnamara
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Douglas Webb

Budget Planning Committee

 

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (2)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Ian Corkin
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr Russell Hurle
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Nicholas Mawer
Cllr Nigel Randall
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Joint Appeals Panel

 

Membership (3 seats, 2 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Andrew Beere
Cllr James Macnamara

 

Substitutes

 

Conservative (1)	Labour (1)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Matt Johnstone

 

Joint Commissioning Committee

 

Membership (4 members, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (3)	Labour (1)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Nicholas Turner

 

Joint Scrutiny Committee

 

Membership (5 members, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (4)	Labour (1)
Cllr David Hughes	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr Sandra Rhodes
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

Licensing Committee

 

Membership (12 seats and 5 substitutes based on proportional representation with each represented party having at least 1 substitute)

 

Conservative (11)	Labour (1)[2]
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Matt Johnstone
Cllr Colin Clarke
Cllr Michael Gibbard
Cllr Tony Ilott
Cllr Ray Jelf
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Rose Stratford
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

Substitutes

Conservative (4)[3]	Labour (1)
Cllr David Hughes	Cllr Andrew Beere
Cllr Alistair Milne Home
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Vacant

 

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (1)
Cllr Timothy Hallchurch	Cllr Claire Bell
Cllr Chris Heath	Cllr Matt Johnstone
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Alistair Milne Home
Cllr James Porter
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr Neil Prestidge
Cllr Sandra Rhodes
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

Personnel Committee

 

Membership (12 members, unnamed substitutes who shall not be members of the Appeals Panel)

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (2)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Andrew Beere
Cllr Norman Bolster	Cllr Mark Cherry
Cllr Ian Corkin
Cllr Melanie Magee
Cllr James Porter
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Lynda Thirzie Smart
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Planning Committee

 

Membership (18 members, 12 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (16)	Labour (2)[4]
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Matt Johnstone
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Michael Gibbard
Cllr Chris Heath
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Russell Hurle
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr James Macnamara
Cllr Alistair Milne Home
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr Nigel Randall
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Trevor Stevens
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Rose Stratford

 

Substitutes

Conservative (11)[5]		Labour (1)
Cllr Ken Atack		Cllr Andrew Beere
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr Tim Hallchurch
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Cllr James Porter
Cllr Sandra Rhodes
Cllr Nicholas Turner
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Wood
Vacant
Vacant

Standards Committee

 

Membership (8 members, 8 substitute members)

Conservative (7)	Labour (1)
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Andrew Beere
Cllr Chris Heath
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr James Macnamara
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Rose Stratford

 

Substitutes

Conservative (7)[6]	Labour (1)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Matt Johnstone
Cllr Timothy Hallchurch
Cllr Russell Hurle
Cllr Lynda Thirzie Smart
Cllr Barry Wood
Vacant
Vacant

 

 

Non-Proportional Committees

 

Council and Employee Joint Committee[7]

 

Membership (12 seats)

Conservative (10)	Labour (2)
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Surinder Dhesi
Cllr Melanie Magee	Cllr Mark Cherry
Cllr Kieron Mallon
Cllr Nicholas Mawer
Cllr James Porter
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr Nigel Randell
Cllr Sandra Rhodes
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Woods

 

Joint Arrangements Steering Group

 

Membership (5 members, 3 substitutes)

Conservative (4) Cllr Ken Atack	Labour (1) Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Norman Bolster
Cllr Nicholas Turner
Cllr Barry Wood

Substitutes

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)
Cllr Michael Gibbard	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Barry Wood

 

(7)          That Councillor Kieron Mallon be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative to the Oxfordshire Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

 

(8)          That Councillor George Reynolds be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative to the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel.