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** Please note that the proportionality calculations will be published as an addendum to this report. The appendices to this report will follow to enable Political Groups to give consideration to appointments **

 

Report of Chief Executive

 

Purpose of report

 

To note the results of the 3 May 2018 district elections, the constitution of Political Groups, appoint the Leader of the Council, note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2018/19 and consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2018/2019.

 

Recommendations

 

The meeting is recommended:

 

 1.1        To note the results of the District elections held on 3 May 2018.

 

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 2018/19.

 

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

 

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

 

1.7         To agree that the Constitution be amended to remove the requirement for named substitutes for Licensing Committee and the Assistant Director Law and Governance be requested to amend the Constitution accordingly.

 

1.8         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).

 

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

 

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

 

The Chief Executive submitted a report for Council to note the results of the 3 May 2018 district elections, the constitution of Political Groups, appoint the Leader of the Council, note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2018/2019 and consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2018/2019.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the results of the District elections held on 3 May 2018 be noted:

 

Ward	Elected
Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote	Councillor Andrew McHugh
Banbury Calthorpe and Easington	Councillor Tony Mepham
Banbury Cross and Neithrop	Councillor Cassi Perry
Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown	Councillor Shaida Hussain
Banbury Hardwick	Councillor Tony Ilott
Banbury Ruscote	Councillor Barry Richards
Bicester East	Councillor Tom Wallis
Bicester North and Caversfield	Councillor Nick Mawer
Bicester South and Ambrosden	Councillor Lucinda Wing
Bicester West	Election postponed until 21 June 2018
Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton	Councillor Phil Chapman – elected for a 4 year term Councillor Douglas Webb – elected for a 1 year term
Deddington	Councillor Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Fringford and Heyfords	Councillor Barry Wood
Kidlington East	Councillor Carmen Griffiths
Kidlington West	Councillor Alaric Rose
Launton and Otmoor	Councillor David Hughes

 

(2)          That the constitution of Political Groups (36 Conservative, 9 Labour, Independent Group comprising 1 Independent and 1 Liberal Democrat councillors, and 1 vacancy) and 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 Les Sibley, Leader of the Independent 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 2018/2019 be noted:

 

Lead Member Portfolio	Councillor
Leader of the Council	Councillor Barry Wood
Deputy Leader of the Council and Lead Member for Leisure and Sport	Councillor George Reynolds
Lead Member for Planning	Councillor Colin Clarke
Lead Member for Customers and Transformation	Councillor Ian Corkin
Lead Member for Housing	Councillor John Donaldson
Lead Member for Financial Management and Governance	Councillor Tony Ilott
Lead Member for Health and Wellbeing	Councillor Andrew McHugh
Lead Member for Performance	Councillor Richard Mould
Lead Member for Clean and Green	Councillor Debbie Pickford
Lead Member for Economy, Regeneration and Property	Councillor Lynn Pratt

 

 

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

 

Political Balance	TOTAL	CON	LAB	IND	Vacant
Accounts, Audit & Risk Committee	8	6	2	0	0
Appeals Panel	10	7 (-1)	2	0	1 (+1)
Budget Planning Committee	12	9	2	1	0
Joint Appeals Committee	3	2	1	0	0
Joint Commissioning Committee	6	5	1	0	0
Joint Scrutiny Committee	5	4	1	0	0
Licensing Committee	12	9	2	1	0
Overview & Scrutiny	12	9	2	1	0
Personnel Committee	12	9	2	0 (-1)	1 (+1)
Planning Committee	18	14	3	1	0
Standards Committee	8	6	2	0	0
Proportional Total by Committee	106	80 (-1)	20	4 (-1)	2 (+2)
Aggregate Entitlement	106	80	20	4	2
Adjustment Required	N/A	1 seat to vacant	0	1 seat to vacant	1 from Con, 1 from Ind

 

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

 

Committee	TOTAL	CON	LAB	IND	Vacant
Joint Councils Employee Engagement Committee	3	2	1	0	0

 

(7)          That it be agrees that the Constitution be amended to remove the requirement for named substitutes for Licensing Committee and Standards Committee and the Assistant Director Law and Governance be requested to amend the Constitution accordingly.

 

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

 

Proportional Committees 2018/19

 

Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee

Membership (8 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (6)	Labour (2)	Ind (0)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Hugo Brown	Cllr Hannah Banfield
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Sean Gaul
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Nick Mawer
Cllr Tom Wallis

 

 

Appeals Panel

Membership (10 members with no substitutes)

 

Conservative (7)	Labour (2)	Ind (0)	Vacant (1)
Cllr David Anderson	Cllr Andy Beere		Vacant
Cllr Maurice Billington	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr Tim Hallchurch
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Tom Wallis

 

 

Budget Planning Committee

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (9)	Labour (2)	Ind (1)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Phil Chapman	Cllr Barry Richards	Cllr Alaric Rose
Cllr Carmen Griffiths	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Nicholas Mawer
Cllr Andrew McHugh
Cllr Tony Mepham
Cllr Tom Wallis
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Lucinda Wing

 

 

Joint Appeals Panel

Membership (3 seats, 2 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Alan McKenzie-Wintle	Cllr Andy Beere
Cllr James Macnamara
Substitutes
Conservative (1)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Hannah Banfield

 

 

Joint Commissioning Committee

Membership (6 members, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (5)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Richard Mouls
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Cllr Nicholas Turner
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Joint Scrutiny Committee

Membership (5 members, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (4)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Simon Holland	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Nicholas Mawer
Cllr Neil Prestidge
Cllr Jason Slaymaker

 

 

Licensing Committee

 

Membership (12 seats, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (9)	Labour (2)	Ind (1)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Hannah Banfield	Cllr Alaric Rose
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Surinder Dhesi
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Lucinda Wing

 

 

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (9)	Labour (2)	Ind (1)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Mark Cherry	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Phil Chapman	Cllr Cassi Perry
Cllr Sean Gaul
Cllr Chris Heath
Cllr Tony Mepham
Cllr Neil Prestidge
Cllr Sandra Rhodes
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Lucinda Wing

 

 

Personnel Committee

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

 

Conservative (9)	Labour (2)	Ind (0)	Vacant (1))
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Claire Bell		Vacant
Cllr Lynn Pratt	Cllr Cassi Perry
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Sandra Rhodes
Cllr Dan Sames
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Planning Committee

Membership (18 members, 12 named substitutes)

 

Conservative (14)	Labour (3)	Ind (1)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Maurice Billington	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Phil Chapman	Cllr Surinder Dhesi
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Cassi Perry
Cllr Ian Corkin
Cllr Chris Heath
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Alan MacKenzie-Wintle
Cllr James Macnamara
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Debbie Pickford
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr George Reynolds

 

Substitutes

Conservative (9)	Labour (2)	Ind (1)	Vacant (0)
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Barry Richards	Cllr Alaric Rose
Cllr John Donaldson	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Tim Hallchurch
Cllr Tony Ilott
Cllr Tony Mepham
Cllr Nick Turner
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Barry Wood
Vacant

 

 

Standards Committee

Membership (8 members, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (6)	Labour (2)	Ind (0)	Vacant (0)
Cllr David Anderson	Cllr Andy Beere
Cllr Tim Hallchurch	Cllr Mark Cherry
Cllr Chris Heath
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr James Macnamara
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

 

Non-Proportional Committees

 

Joint Councils Employee Engagement Committee

Membership (3 seats, unnamed substitutes)

 

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)	Ind (0)
Cllr Nicholas Turner	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

(9)          That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of Council, to appoint a representative to the Oxfordshire County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2018/2019.

 

(10)       That Councillor McHugh be appointed as the council’s representative to the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel for the municipal year 2018/2019.