Agenda item

** Please note this report will follow as it is being reviewed and finalised **

 

Report of Chief Executive

 

The Chief Executive submitted a report for Council to note the results of the 5 May 2022 district elections and agree the governance arrangements for the council following the elections to ensure for the municipal year 2022/2023.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the results of the District Elections held on 5 May 2022 be noted:

 

Ward	Elected	Party
Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote	David Hingley	Liberal Democrats
Banbury Calthorpe and Easington	Ian Harwood	Conservative
Banbury Cross and Neithrop	Chuk Okeke	Labour
Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown	Rebecca Biegel	Labour & Co-operative
Banbury Hardwick	Andrew Crichton	Labour
Banbury Ruscote	Amanda Watkins	Labour
Bicester East	Donna Ford	Conservative
Bicester North and Caversfield	Nick Mawer	Conservative
Bicester South and Ambrosden	Christopher Pruden	Liberal Democrats
Bicester West	John Broad	Independent
Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton	Phil Chapman	Conservative
Deddington	Eddie Reeves	Conservative
Fringford and Heyfords	Barry Wood	Conservative
Kidlington East	Fiona Mawson	Green
Kidlington West	Jean Conway	Liberal Democrat
Launton and Otmoor	Gemma Coton (elected 4 year term) Angus Patrick (elected 1 year term)	Liberal Democrats   Liberal Democrats

 

 

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

·         25 Conservative (52.08%)

·         10 Labour / Labour & Co-operative Party (20.83%)

·         7 Liberal Democrat  (14.58%)

·         4 Independent  (8.34%)

·         2 Green  (4.17%)

 

(3)          That the constitution of Political Groups and notification of Group Leaders.

·         Conservative Group – 25 members (all Conservative councillors)

o   Group Leader: Councillor Barry Wood

 

·         Progressive Oxfordshire Group – 11 members (comprising 7 Liberal Democrat, 2 Green and 2 Independent (Cllrs Broad and Cotter) councillors)

o   Group Leader: Councillor Katherine Tyson

 

·         Labour Group – 10 members (comprising all Labour / Labour & Co-operative councillors)

o   Group Leader: Councillor Sean Woodcock

 

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

o   Group Leader: Councillor Les Sibley

 

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

 

(5)          That the appointment of Councillor Ian Corkin as Deputy Leader of the Council and the membership of the Executive and the Executive portfolios for Municipal Year 2022/2023 be noted.

 

Councillor	Portfolio
Councillor Barry Wood	Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Policy and Strategy
Councillor Ian Corkin	Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Regeneration and Economy
Councillor Phil Chapman	Portfolio Holder for Healthier Communities
Councillor Colin Clarke	Portfolio Holder for Planning
Cllr Nick Mawer	Portfolio Holder for Housing
Councillor Richard Mould	Portfolio Holder for Corporate Services
Councillor Adam Nell	Portfolio Holder for Finance
Councillor Eddie Reeves	Portfolio Holder for Safer Communities
Cllr Lynn  Pratt	Portfolio Holder for Property
Cllr Dan Sames	Portfolio Holder for Cleaner and Green Communities

 

 

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

 

Committee	TOTAL	Conservative	Progressive Oxfordshire	Labour	Independent
Accounts, Audit & Risk Committee	8	4	2	2	0
Appeals Panel	10	6 (+1)	2	2	0
Budget Planning Committee	12	6	3	2 (-1)	1
Joint Appeals Committee	3	2	0 (-1)	1	0
Joint Shared Services & Personnel Committee	5	3	1	1	0
Licensing Committee	12	6	3	2 (-1)	1
Overview & Scrutiny	12	6	3	3	0 (-1)
Personnel Committee	12	6	3	2 (-1)	1
Planning Committee	18	9	4	4	1
Standards Committee	8	4	2	2	0
Proportional Total by Committee	100	51	24	24	5
Aggregate Entitlement	100	52	23	21	4
Adjustment Required	N/A	Plus 1	Minus 1	Minus 3	Minus 1

 

 

(7)          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:

 

(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 must have received training prior to attending a meeting)

 

Conservative (4)	Progressive Oxfordshire (2)	Labour (2)	Independent (0)
Cllr Hugo Brown	Cllr Chris Pruden	Cllr Andrew Crichton
Cllr Patrick Clarke	Cllr Ian Middleton	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Donna Ford
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

Appeals Panel

Membership (10 members with no substitutes – must NOT be Personnel Committee members)

 

Conservative (6)[1]	Progressive Oxfordshire (2)	Labour (2)	Independent (0)
Cllr Patrick Clarke	Cllr Nick Cotter	Cllr Hannah Banfield
Cllr Sandy Dallimore	Cllr Dorothy Walker	Cllr Perran Moon
Cllr John Donaldson
Cllr Ian Harwood
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Eddie Reeves

 

Budget Planning Committee

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

 

Conservative (6)	Progressive Oxfordshire (3)	Labour (2)[2]	Independent (1)
Cllr Hugo Brown	Cllr David Hingley	Cllr Matt Hodgson	Cllr Fraser Webster
Cllr Phil Chapman	Cllr Angus Patrick	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Patrick Clarke	Cllr Chris Pruden
Cllr John Donaldson
Cllr Donna Ford
Cllr Douglas Webb

 

Joint Appeals Committee

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

 

Conservative (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire(0)	Labour (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Sandy Dallimore		Cllr Hannah Banfield
Cllr John Donaldson

 

Substitutes

 

Conservative (2)	Progressive Oxfordshire(1)	Labour (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Richard Mould	Cllr Dorothy Walker	Cllr Perran Moon
Vacant

 

 

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)	Progressive Oxfordshire(1)	Labour (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Ian Middleton	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Substitutes

 

Conservative (3)	Progressive Oxfordshire(1)	Labour (1)	Independent (0)
Cllr Phil Chapman	Cllr David Hingley	Cllr Andrew Crichton
Cllr Patrick Clarke
Cllr Lynn Pratt

 

 

Licensing Committee

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

 

Conservative (6)	Progressive Oxfordshire (3)	Labour (2)[3]	Independent (1)
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Angus Patrick	Cllr Hannah Banfield	Cllr Fraser Webster
Cllr Eddie Reeves	Cllr Chris Pruden	Cllr Andy Beere
Cllr George Reynolds	Cllr Katherine Tyson
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Douglas Webb
Cllr Barry Wood

 

 

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 (6)	Progressive Oxfordshire (3)	Labour (3)	Independent (0)[4]
Cllr Maurice Billington	Cllr John Broad	Cllr Matt Hodgson
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr David Hingley	Cllr Perran Moon
Cllr Sandy Dallimore	Cllr Ian Middleton	Cllr Dr Chukwudi Okeke
Cllr John Donaldson
Cllr Ian Harwood
Cllr Douglas Webb

 

 

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 (6)	Progressive Oxfordshire (3)	Labour (2)[5]	Independent (1)
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Gemma Coton	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Simon Holland	Cllr Fiona Mawson	Cllr Amanda Watkins
Cllr Lynn Pratt	Cllr Chris Pruden
Cllr Jason Slaymaker
Cllr Douglas Webb
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 (9)	Progressive Oxfordshire (4)	Labour (4)	Independent (1)
Cllr Maurice Billington	Cllr John Broad	Cllr Andy Beere	Cllr Les Sibley
Cllr Hugo Brown	Cllr Jean Conway	Cllr Rebecca Biegel
Cllr Ian Corkin	Cllr Fiona Mawson	Cllr Amanda Watkins
Cllr Ian Harwood	Cllr Dorothy Walker	Cllr Sean Woodcock
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr Richard Mould
Cllr Lynn Pratt
Cllr George Reynolds
Cllr Barry Wood

 

Named Substitutes (12 – not included in the proportionality calculations, all Groups to be represented)

Conservative (5)	Progressive Oxfordshire (3)	Labour (3)	Independent (1)
Cllr Mike Bishop	Cllr Gemma Coton	Cllr Andrew Crichton	Cllr Fraser Webster
Cllr Colin Clarke	Cllr David Hingley	Cllr Matt Hodgson
Cllr Donna Ford	Cllr Ian Middleton	Cllr Dr Chukwudi Okeke
Cllr Adam Nell
Cllr Douglas Webb

 

 

 

Standards Committee

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

 

Conservative (4)	Progressive Oxfordshire (2)	Labour (2)	Independent (0)
Cllr Patrick Clarke	Cllr John Broad	Cllr Hannah Banfield
Cllr John Donaldson	Cllr Ian Middleton	Cllr Amanda Watkins
Cllr Simon Holland
Cllr George Reynolds

 

 

 

(8)          That Councillor Jason Slaymaker be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative to the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2022/2023.

 

(9)          That Councillor Eddie Reeves be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s appointed representative Councillor Barry Wood be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s substitute to the Police and Crime Commissioner Scrutiny Panel for the municipal year 2022/2023.

 

(10)       That Councillor Barry Wood be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representative and Councillor Ian Corkin be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s substitute to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership for the municipal year 2021/2022.

 

(11)       That Councillor Sandy Dallimore and Councillor Sean Woodcock be appointed as Cherwell District Council’s representatives to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership Scrutiny Panel for the municipal year 2022/2023 and it be noted that the Progressive Oxfordshire Group Leader, Councillor Tyson, would confirm the name of the Progressive Oxfordshire Group member to be the third Cherwell District Council representative in due course.

 

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

 

Advisory Sub-Group	Representative	Substitute
Housing	Councillor Nick Mawer	Councillor Barry Wood
Infrastructure	Councillor Ian Corkin	Councillor Barry Wood
Oxfordshire Plan 2050	Councillor Colin Clarke	Councillor Barry Wood
Environment	Councillor Dan Sames	Councillor Barry Wood