Agenda item

Report of Chief Executive

 

Purpose of Report

 

To note the results of the 22 May 2014 district elections, the constitution of Political Groups, to appoint the Leader of the Council, to note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2014/15 and to consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2014/2015.

 

Recommendations

 

The meeting is recommended:

 

 1.1        To note the results of the District elections held on 22 May 2014.

 

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

 

1.3         To appoint a Leader of the Council.

 

1.4         To note the appointment of Deputy Leader of the Council, the membership of the Executive and the Executive Portfolios for 2014/15.

 

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

 

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

 

1.7         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).

 

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

 

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

 

The Chief Executive submitted a report which presented the results of the 22 May 2014 district elections, the constitution of Political Groups, sought appointment of the Leader of the Council and the noting of the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2014/15 and requested Members to consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2014/2015. The report also sought nominations for representatives to the County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel.

 

The Chief Executive reported that there were district elections in 17 seats and Councillors were returned as follows:

 

Banbury Calthorpe – Councillor Colin Clarke

Banbury Easington – Councillor Kieron Mallon

Banbury Grimsbury and Castle – Councillor Claire Bell

Banbury Hardwick - Councillor Tony Ilott

Banbury Neithrop – Councillor Matt Johnstone

Banbury Ruscote – Councillor Barry Richards

Bicester West – Councillor Norman Bolster

Bloxham and Bodicote – Councillor Chris Heath

Deddington – Councillor Bryn Williams

Fringford – Councillor Barry Wood

Kidlington North – Councillor Douglas Williamson

Kidlington South – Councillor Carmen Griffiths

Kirtlington – Councillor Simon Holland

Otmoor – Councillor Timothy Hallchurch MBE

Sibford – Councillor George Reynolds

The Astons and Heyfords – Councillor James Macnamara

Wroxton – Councillor Douglas Webb

 

The Chief Executive reported that the constitution of the Council and political groups was now 40 Conservatives, 7 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrats and 1 Independent.

 

The Group Leaders were: Councillor Barry Wood, Leader of the Conservative Group and Leader of the Council; Councillor Sean Woodcock, Leader of the Labour Group and Leader of the Opposition and Councillor Douglas Williamson, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group.

 

Councillor Reynolds proposed that Councillor Barry Wood be appointed Leader of the Council. Councillor Bolster seconded the proposal.

 

The newly appointed Leader of the Council, Councillor Wood, reported that for the Municipal Year 2014/15 he would reappoint Councillor Reynolds as Deputy Leader of the Council.

 

For the Municipal Year 2014/15, the Executive would comprise:

 

Councillor Barry Wood – Leader of the Council

Councillor George Reynolds – Deputy Leader of the Council

Councillor Ken Atack - Lead Member for Financial Management

Councillor Norman Bolster – Lead Member for Estates and the Economy

Councillor John Donaldson - Lead Member for Banbury Brighter Futures

Councillor Michael Gibbard – Lead Member for Planning

Councillor Tony Ilott - Lead Member for Clean and Green

Councillor Kieron Mallon – Lead Member for Performance and Customer

Councillor Debbie Pickford – Lead Member for Housing

Councillor Nicholas Turner - Lead Member for Joint Working and IT

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the results of the District elections held on 22 May 2014 be noted.

 

(2)          That the constitution of Political Groups (40 Conservatives, 7 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrats and 1 Independent) and notification of Group Leaders: Councillor Barry Wood, Leader of the Conservative Group and Leader of the Council; Councillor Sean Woodcock, Leader of the Labour Group and Leader of the Opposition and Councillor Douglas Williamson, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, be noted.

 

(3)          That Councillor Barry Wood be appointed Leader of the Council.

 

(4)          That the appointment of the Deputy Leader of the Council, the membership of the Executive and the Executive Portfolios for 2014/15 be noted.

 

(5)          That the allocation of seats on committees that were subject to the political balance requirements be agreed as set out below:

 

	TOTAL	CON	LAB	LD
Accounts, Audit & Risk Committee	8	6 (-1)	1	1 (+1)
Appeals Panel	10	8	1 (-1)	1 (+1)
Budget Planning Committee	12	10	2	0
Joint Appeals Panel	3	2	1	0
Joint Personnel Committee	5	4	1	0
Licensing Committee	12	10	1 (-1)	1 (+1)
Overview & Scrutiny	12	10	2	0
Personnel Committee	12	10	2	0
Planning Committee	18	14	3	1
Standards Committee	8	7	1	0
Proportional Total by Committee	100	82	17	1
Aggregate Entitlement	100	81*	15*	4
Adjustment Required	-	-1	- 2	+3

 

(6)          That the allocation of seats on committees not subject to political balance requirements be agreed as set out below:

 

 

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

 

(7)          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 to be made by political groups:

 

Proportional Committees

 

Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee

 

Membership (8 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (6)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (1)
Cllr Ray Jelf	Cllr Barry Richards	Cllr Douglas Williamson
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Nick Mawer
Cllr Dan Sames
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Appeals Panel

 

Membership (10 members with no substitutes)

 

Conservative (8)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (1)
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Claire Bell	Cllr Alaric Rose
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr Russell Hurle
Cllr Tony Ilott
Cllr Ray Jelf
Cllr Rose Stratford
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Douglas Webb

 

 

Budget Planning Committee

 

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (9)	Labour (2)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Carmen Griffiths	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Tim Hallchurch
Cllr Mike Keyford Byrnes
Cllr Alastair Milne Home
Cllr Nick Mawer
Cllr Nigel Randall
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Barry Wood

Joint Appeals Panel

 

Membership (3 seats, 2 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Claire Bell
Cllr James Macnamara

 

Substitutes

 

Conservative (1)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Andy Beere

 

 

Joint Personnel Committee

 

Membership (5 members, 3 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (4)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Mark Cherry
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr George Reynolds

 

Substitutes

 

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Norman Bolster	Cllr Surinder Dhesi
Cllr Lawrie Stratford

 

Licensing Committee

 

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

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (1)
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Matt Johnstone	Cllr Alaric Rose
Cllr Colin Clarke
Cllr Diana Edwards
Cllr Michael Gibbard
Cllr Tony Ilott
Cllr Ray Jelf
Cllr Nigel Morris
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

Substitutes

 

Conservative (3)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (1)
Cllr Debbie Pickford	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Douglas Williamson
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Rose Stratford

 

 

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (2)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Maurice Billington	Cllr Claire Bell
Cllr Ann Bonner	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Diana Edwards
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Jon O’Neill
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr Neil Prestidge
Cllr Dan Sames
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 (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Mark Cherry
Cllr Norman Bolster	Cllr Surinder Dhesi
Cllr Ann Bonner
Cllr Tim Hallchurch
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr Melanie Magee
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Lynda Thirzie Smart
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Planning Committee

 

Membership (18 members, 12 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (14)	Labour (3)	Liberal Democrats (1)
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Douglas Williamson
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Matt Johnstone
Cllr Michael Gibbard	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Chris Heath
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Russell Hurle
Cllr Mike Kerford Byrnes
Cllr James Macnamara
Cllr Alastair Milne Home
Cllr Nigel Randall
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Trevor Stevens
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Rose Stratford

 

Substitutes

Conservative (10[1])	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (1)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Sean Woodcock	Cllr Alaric Rose
Cllr Andrew Fulljames
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr Jon O’Neill
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Cllr Nicholas Turner
Councillor Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Wood

Standards Committee

 

Membership (8 members, 8 substitute members)

 

Conservative (7)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Fred Blackwell	Cllr Andy Beere
Cllr Chris Heath
Cllr James Macnamara
Cllr Nigel Randall
Cllr Lynda Thirzie Smart
Cllr Lawrie Stratford
Cllr Rose Stratford

 

Substitutes

Conservative (7)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Colin Clarke
Cllr Diana Edwards
Cllr Tim Hallchurch
Cllr Russell Hurle
Cllr Jon O’Neill
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Non-Proportional Committees

 

Council and Employee Joint Committee

 

Membership (12 seats)

 

Conservative (10)	Labour (2)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Mark Cherry
Cllr Tim Hallchurch	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Russell Hurle
Cllr Tony Ilott
Cllr Melanie Magee
Cllr Kieron Mallon
Cllr Nick Mawer
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr Nigel Randall
Cllr Barry Wood

Joint Arrangements Steering Group

 

Membership (5 members, 3 substitutes)

 

Conservative (4)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Ken Atack	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Norman Bolster
Cllr Nicholas Turner
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Substitutes

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)	Liberal Democrats (0)
Cllr Michael Gibbard	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Debbie Pickford

 

(8)          That Councillor Rose Stratford be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative to the Oxfordshire County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

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