Agenda item

Report of Chief Executive

 

Purpose of report

 

To note the results of the 6 May 2021 district elections, to note the constitution of Political Groups, to note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2021/22, and consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2021/2022 and to appoint representatives to the Oxfordshire County Council Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel, the Oxfordshire Growth Board, the Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel and Oxfordshire Growth Board advisory sub-groups.

 

Recommendations

        

Council is recommended:

 

1.1         To note the results of the District elections held on 6 May 2021.

 

1.2         To note the constitution of Political Groups and notification of Group Leaders (addendum to report to follow).

 

1.3         To note the appointment of Deputy Leader of the Council, the membership of the Executive and the Executive portfolios for 2021/2022.

 

1.4         To agree the allocation of seats on committees that are subject to the political balance requirements as set out in Appendix 2 (to follow).

 

1.5         To agree the allocation of seats on committees not subject to political balance requirements as set in Appendix 2 (to follow).

 

1.6         To appoint members (and where appropriate, substitute members) to serve on each of the committees in accordance with the nominations to be made by political groups (Appendix 3 - to follow).

 

1.7         To appoint a non-Executive representative to the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

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

 

1.9         To appoint an Executive member representative and Executive member substitute to the Oxfordshire Growth Board.

 

1.10      To appoint three non-Executive representatives to the Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel.

 

1.11      To appoint an Executive member and Executive member substitute to each of the Oxfordshire Growth Board advisory sub-groups: Housing Advisory Subgroup, Infrastructure Advisory Subgroup, Oxfordshire Plan 2050 Advisory Subgroup and Environment Advisory Group.

 

The Chief Executive submitted a report for Council to note the results of the 6 May 2021 district elections, note the constitution of Political Groups, note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Executive for the Municipal Year 2021/22, and consider and agree the suggested constitution of Committees for the Municipal year 2021/2022 and to appoint representatives to the Oxfordshire County Council Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel, the Oxfordshire Growth Board, the Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel and Oxfordshire Growth Board advisory sub-groups.

 

In reporting on his Executive for the 2021/2022 municipal year, the Leader of the Council, Councillor Barry Wood, paid tribute to Councillor George Reynolds and Councillor John Donaldson who had both stood down from Executive. Councillor Wood thanked Councillor Reynolds for his support as his Deputy Leader and commended both Councillor Reynolds and Councillor Donaldson for their contribution to Executive and hard work within their portfolios.

 

Councillor Wood advised Council that he would not be reporting on his Deputy Leader at this time but would notify the Proper Officer and Council in due  course.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the results of the District elections held on 6 May 2021 be noted:

 

Ward	Elected	Party
Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote	Adam Nell	Conservative
Banbury Calthorpe and Easington	Kieron Mallon	Conservative
Banbury Cross and Neithrop	Matthew Hodgson	Labour
Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown	Andy Beere	Labour and Co-operative
Banbury Hardwick	John Donaldson	Banbury Hardwick
Banbury Ruscote	Mark Cherry	Labour and Co-operative
Bicester East	Sandy Dallimore	Conservative
Bicester North and Caversfield	Lynn Pratt	Conservative
Bicester South and Ambrosden	Dan Sames	Conservative
Bicester West	Les Sibley	Independent
Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton	George Reynolds	Conservative
Deddington	Bryn Williams	Conservative
Fringford and Heyfords	Patrick Clarke	Conservative
Kidlington East	Maurice Billington	Conservative
Kidlington West	Dorothy Walker	Liberal Democrat
Launton and Otmoor	Simon Holland	Conservative

 

(2)          That the current constitution of the Council 48 Members) be noted:

·         31 Conservative (65%)

·         9 Labour / Labour & Co-operative Party (19%)

·         4 Independent  (8%)

·         3 Liberal Democrat  (6%)

·         1 Green  (2%)

 

(3)          That the constitution of Political Groups and notification of Group Leaders be noted:

·         Conservative Group – 31 members (all Conservative councillors)

o   Group Leader: Councillor Barry Wood

·         Labour Group – 9 members (comprising all Labour / Labour & Co-operative councillors)

o   Group Leader: Councillor Sean Woodcock

·         Progressive Oxfordshire Group – 6 members (comprising 3 Liberal Democrat, 1 Green and 2 Independent (Cllrs Broad and Cotter) councillors)

o   Group Leader: Councillor Katherine Tyson

·         Independent Group – 2 members (comprising 2 Independent councillors, Cllrs Sibley and Webster)

o   Group Leader: Councillor Les Sibley 

 

(4)          That it be noted that the Deputy Leader of the Council would be appointed in due course.

 

(5)          That the membership of the Executive and the Executive portfolios for 2021/2022 be noted:

 

Councillor	Portfolio
Councillor Barry Wood	Leader of the Council
Councillor Ian Corkin	Lead Member for Customers and Transformation
Councillor Phil Chapman	Lead Member for Leisure and Sport
Councillor Colin Clarke	Lead Member for Planning
Councillor Tony Ilott	Lead Member for Financial Management and Governance
Councillor Andrew McHugh	Lead Member for Health and Wellbeing
Councillor Richard Mould	Lead Member for Performance
Cllr Lynn  Pratt	Lead Member for Economy, Regeneration and Property
Cllr Dan Sames	Lead Member for Clean and Green
Cllr Lucinda Wing	Lead Member for Housing

 

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

 

Committee	TOTAL	Conservative	Labour	Progressive Oxfordshire	Independent
Accounts, Audit & Risk Committee	8	5	2	1	0
Appeals Panel	10	7	2	1	0
Budget Planning Committee	12	8	2	1	1
Joint Appeals Committee	3	2	1	0	0
Joint Shared Services & Personnel Committee (JSSPC)	5	3	1	1	0
Licensing Committee	12	7 (-1)	2	3 (+2)	0 (-1)
Overview & Scrutiny	12	8	2	1	1
Personnel Committee	12	8	2	1	1
Planning Committee	18	12	3	2	1
Standards Committee	8	5	2	1	0
Proportional Total by Committee	100	65 (-1)	19	12 (+2)	4 (-1)
Aggregate Entitlement	100	65	19	12	4
Adjustment Required	N/A	Minus 1	N/A	Plus 2	Minus 1

(The numbers indicate where seats have been given away / received in line with the adjustments required)

 

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

 

Not subject to Political Balance	TOTAL	Conservative	Labour	Progressive Oxfordshire	Independent
Partnership Working Group	5	3	1	1	0

 

 

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

 

Proportional Committees

(NB. The number in brackets indicates the number of seats for the Group on the Committee. All Group nominations are listed alphabetically by councillor surname)

 

Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee

Membership (8 members with unnamed substitutes who can be any member of the relevant Group. All committee members and any substitute who attends a meeting must have received training prior to attending a meeting)

 

Conservative (5)	Labour (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Hugo Brown	Cllr Matt Hodgson	Cllr Conrad Copeland
Cllr Tony Ilott	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Nick Mawer
Cllr Tom Wallis

 

Appeals Panel

Membership (10 members with no substitutes)

 

Conservative (7)	Labour (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent
Cllr Patrick Clarke	Cllr Mark Cherry	Cllr Dorothy Walker
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Perran Moon
Cllr John Donaldson
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr Tony Mepham
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Adam Nell

 

Budget Planning Committee

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes who can be any member of the relevant Group)

 

Conservative (8)	Labour (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (1)
Cllr Phil Chapman	Cllr Shaida Hussain	Cllr Conrad Copeland	Cllr Fraser Webster
Cllr John Donaldson	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Carmen Griffiths
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Nick Mawer
Cllr Andrew McHugh
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Lucinda Wing

 

 

Joint Appeals Panel

Membership (3 seats, named substitutes - neither full nor substitute members may be members of the Joint Shared Services and Personnel Committee)

 

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)	Progressive Oxfordshire (0)	Independent (0)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Mark Cherry
Cllr Richard Mould

 

Substitutes

Conservative (2)	Labour (1)
Cllr John Donaldson	Cllr Perran Moon
Cllr Andrew McHugh

 

Joint Shared Services and Personnel Committee

Membership (5 members, named substitutes – neither full nor substitute members may be members of the Joint Appeals Panel)

 

Conservative (3)	Labour (1)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Barry Richards	Cllr Ian Middleton
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Substitutes

Conservative (3)	Labour (1)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Tony Ilott	Cllr Sean Woodcock	Cllr Conrad Copeland
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

Licensing Committee

Membership (12 seats, with unnamed substitutes who can be any member of the relevant Group)

 

Conservative (7)	Labour (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire (3)[1]	Independent (0)
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Conrad Copeland
Cllr Richard Mould	Cllr Perran Moon	Cllr Katherine Tyson
Cllr Lynn Pratt		Cllr Dorothy Walker
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes who can be any member of the relevant Group but shall not be a member of the Executive)

 

Conservative (8)	Labour (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (1)
Cllr Maurice Billington	Cllr Matt Hodgson	Cllr Ian Middleton	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Perran Moon
Cllr Sandy Dallimore
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr Adam Nell
Cllr Tom Wallis
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

Personnel Committee

Membership (12 members with unnamed substitutes who can be any member of the relevant Group but shall not be a member of the Appeals Panel)

 

Conservative (8)	Labour (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (1)
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Katherine Tyson	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Sandy Dallimore	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Planning Committee

Membership (18 members, 12 named substitutes. All committee members and named substitutes must have received planning training prior to attending a meeting)

 

Conservative (12)	Labour (3)	Progressive Oxfordshire (2)	Independent (1)
Cllr Maurice Billington	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr John Broad	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Hugo Brown	Cllr Cassi Perry	Cllr Dorothy Walker
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Patrick Clarke
Cllr Ian Corkin
Cllr Sandy Dallimore
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr David Hughes
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Tony Mepham
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr George Reynolds

 

Named Substitutes

Conservative (8)	Labour (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (1)
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Shaida Hussain	Cllr Ian Middleton	Cllr Fraser Webster
Cllr Tony Ilott	Cllr Barry Richards
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Adam Nell
Cllr Dan Sames
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Standards Committee

Membership (8 members with unnamed substitutes who can be any member of the relevant Group)

 

Conservative (5)	Labour (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr John Donaldson	Cllr Mark Cherry	Cllr Ian Middleton
Cllr Simon Holland	Cllr Perran Moon
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Bryn Williams
Cllr Lucinda Wing

 

 

Non-Proportional Committees

(NB. The number in brackets indicates the number of seats for the Group on the Committee. All Group nominations are listed alphabetically by councillor surname)

 

Partnership Working Group

Membership (5 seats, named substitutes)

 

Conservative (3)	Labour (1)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Sean Woodcock	Cllr Ian Middleton
Cllr Mike Kerford-Byrnes
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Named Substitutes

Conservative (3)	Labour (1)	Progressive Oxfordshire (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Tony Ilott	Cllr Barry Richards	Cllr Conrad Copeland
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Bryn Williams

 

 

(9)          That Councillor John Donaldson be appointed at Cherwell District Council’s representative to the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2021/2022.

 

(10)       That Councillor Andrew McHugh be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative and Councillor Tony Ilott be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s substitute to the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel for the municipal year 2021/2022.

 

(11)       That Councillor Barry Wood be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative and Councillor Colin Clarke be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s substitute to the Oxfordshire Growth Board for the municipal year 2021/2022.

 

(12)       That Councillors David Hughes, Adam Nell and Sean Woodcock be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representatives to the Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel for the municipal year 2021/2022.

 

(13)       That Executive members be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative and substitute to each of the Oxfordshire Growth Board advisory sub-groups as set out below:

 

Advisory Sub-Group	Representative	Substitute
Housing	Councillor Lucinda Wing	Councillor Andrew McHugh
Infrastructure	Councillor Lynn Pratt	Councillor Colin Clarke
Oxfordshire Plan 2050	Councillor Colin Clarke	Councillor Barry Wood
Environment	Councillor Dan Sames	Councillor Andrew McHugh