Agenda item

Report of Monitoring Officer

Purpose of report

To note the amendments to the constitution of political groups and amendments to the proportionality calculations and committee membership arising from a change to political Group membership.

Recommendations

Council resolves:

1.1           To note the amended constitution of Political Groups (paragraphs 3.2 and 4.2).

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

1.3           To note the amended allocation of seats on committees that are not subject to the political balance requirements as set out in Table 2.

1.4           To note the amendments to committee membership, as advised by the respective Leaders of the Cherwell Conservative and Independent Alliance and Labour Group (paragraphs 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9).

Resolved

(1)          That the amended constitution of Political Groups (paragraphs 3.2 and 4.2 of the report) be noted.

(2)          That the amended allocation of seats on committees that are subject to the political balance requirements (Table 1 of the report) be noted.

(3)          That the amended allocation of seats on committees that are not subject to the political balance requirements (Table 2 of the report) be noted.

(4)          That the following Cherwell Conservative and Independent Alliance committee membership amendments be noted:

·         Budget Planning Committee

o   Remove Councillor David Rogers

o   Add Councillor Zoe McLernon

·         General Licensing Committee

o   Add Councillor Douglas Webb 

·         Licensing Acts Committee

o   Add Councillor Douglas Webb

·         Overview and Scrutiny Committee

o   Remove Councillor Zoe McLernon

o   Add Councillor David Rogers

·         Planning Committee

o   Add Councillor David Rogers as a full committee member (currently a named substitute, therefore creating a named substitute vacancy)

o   Add Councillor Dr Chukwudi Okeke as named substitute (vacancy arisen as per above)

(5)          That the following Labour Group committee membership amendments be noted:

·         Appeals Panel

o   Add Councillor Mark Cherry

·         General Licensing Committee

o   Remove Councillor Andrew Crichton

·         Licensing Acts Committee

o   Remove Councillor Andrew Crichton 

·         Overview & Scrutiny Committee

o   Add Councillor Dom Vaitkus

·         Planning Committee

o   Remove Councillor Rebecca Biegel as full committee member

o   Add Councillor Rebecca Biegel as a named substitute

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report for Council to note the amendments to the constitution of political groups and amendments to the proportionality calculations and committee membership arising from a change to political Group membership.

Resolved

(1)            That the amended constitution of Political Groups be noted.

·       Liberal Democrat (17 Members, all Liberal Democrat party members)

o   Group Leader: Councillor David Hingley

o   Deputy Group Leader: Councillor Lesley McLean

·       Cherwell Conservative and Independent Alliance (13 Members, all Conservative Group members and 1 Independent Member, Councillor Ford) 

o   Group Leader: Councillor Eddie Reeves

o   Deputy Group Leader: Councillor David Rogers

·       Labour (11 Members, all Labour and Labour & Co-operative party members)  

o   Group Leader: Councillor Amanda Watkins

o   Deputy Group Leader: Councillor Andrew Crichton

·       Green and Independent Alliance (5 Members, comprising 4 Green members and 1 Independent Member, Councillor Broad)  

o   Group Leader: Councillor Ian Middleton

o   Deputy Group Leader: Councillor Tom Beckett

·       Independent (2 Members, comprising 2 Independent Members)

o   Group Leader: Councillor Les Sibley

(2)            That the amended allocation of seats on committees that are subject to the political balance requirements (Table 1 of the report) be noted.

(3)            That the amended allocation of seats on committees that are not subject to the political balance requirements be noted.

(4)            That the following Cherwell Conservative and Independent Alliance committee membership amendments be noted:

·       Budget Planning Committee

o   Remove Councillor David Rogers

o   Add Councillor Zoe McLernon

·       General Licensing Committee

o   Add Councillor Douglas Webb 

·       Licensing Acts Committee

o   Add Councillor Douglas Webb

·       Overview and Scrutiny Committee

o   Remove Councillor Zoe McLernon

o   Add Councillor David Rogers

·       Planning Committee

o   Add Councillor David Rogers as a full committee member (currently a named substitute, therefore creating a named substitute vacancy)

o   Add Councillor Dr Chukwudi Okeke as named substitute (vacancy arisen as per above)

(5)            That the following Labour Group committee membership amendments be noted:

·       Appeals Panel

o   Add Councillor Mark Cherry

·       General Licensing Committee

o   Remove Councillor Andrew Crichton

·       Licensing Acts Committee

o   Remove Councillor Andrew Crichton 

·       Overview & Scrutiny Committee

o   Add Councillor Dom Vaitkus

·       Planning Committee

o   Remove Councillor Rebecca Biegel as full committee member

o   Add Councillor Rebecca Biegel as a named substitute