Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
Council
The Council is currently composed of 50 Councillors, who meet together as The Council. The Council meet together approximately every two months and the public can generally attend and ask questions.
At Council, Councillors decide the council's overall policies and set the budget each year. The Council appoints the Leader, Deputy Leader and the Cabinet.
The Council also appoints Councillors to its Scrutiny Committees, Regulatory and other committees. The Scrutiny committees are the primary means of holding the Cabinet to account, and they, in turn report direct to the Council. The Mayor chairs the meetings of Council and acts as a non-political Civic Head.
Coronavirus legislation which allowed local authorities to hold virtual meetings rather than traditional ‘in person’ meetings expired on 6 May. A High Court case decided in late April that earlier local government legislation cannot be used to hold remote meetings, and therefore we have now reverted back to traditional ‘in person’ meetings.
Membership
- Councillor Sajna Ali (Committee Member)
- Councillor Hilary Allen (Committee Member)
- Councillor Andrew Anderson (Committee Member)
- Councillor Rebecca Baker (Committee Member)
- Councillor Jamie Bartch BA, MA (Committee Member)
- Councillor David Beckett (Committee Member)
- Councillor James Coe (Committee Member)
- Councillor Jan Cossins (Committee Member)
- Councillor Paul Crudass (Committee Member)
- Councillor Helen Crumbie (Committee Member)
- Councillor Mrs Pauline Culley MBE (Committee Member)
- Councillor Anne-Marie Curry (Committee Member)
- Councillor Joe Dillon (Committee Member)
- Councillor Bob Donoghue (The Mayor)
- Councillor Jonathan Dulston (Committee Member)
- Councillor Scott Durham (Committee Member)
- Councillor Jim Garner (Committee Member)
- Councillor Stephen Harker (Committee Member)
- Councillor Ian Haszeldine (Committee Member)
- Councillor Roz Henderson (Committee Member)
- Councillor Bryony Holroyd PhD (Committee Member)
- Councillor Neil Johnson (Committee Member)
- Councillor Sonia Kane (Committee Member)
- Councillor Andy Keir (Committee Member)
- Councillor Deborah Laing (Committee Member)
- Councillor Richard Lawley (Committee Member)
- Councillor Mary Layton (Committee Member)
- Councillor Gerald Lee (Committee Member)
- Councillor Mohammad Mahmud (Committee Member)
- Councillor Kate Mammolotti (Committee Member)
- Councillor Alan Marshall (Committee Member)
- Councillor Libby McCollom (Committee Member)
- Councillor Chris McEwan (Committee Member)
- Councillor James McGill (Committee Member)
- Councillor Kevin Nicholson (Committee Member)
- Councillor Michael Nicholson (Committee Member)
- Councillor Colin Pease (Committee Member)
- Councillor Mandy Porter (Committee Member)
- Councillor David Ray (Committee Member)
- Councillor Yvonne Renton (Committee Member)
- Councillor Dr Amanda Riley (Committee Member)
- Councillor Thomas Robinson (Committee Member)
- Councillor Matthew Roche (Committee Member)
- Councillor Mrs Heather Scott OBE (Committee Member)
- Councillor Matthew Snedker (Committee Member)
- Councillor Dawn Storr (Committee Member)
- Councillor Anna-Maria Toms (Committee Member)
- Councillor Lorraine Tostevin (Committee Member)
- Councillor Nick Wallis (Committee Member)
- Councillor Paul Walters (Committee Member)
- Shirley Wright (Secretary)
- William G. Dixon
- David A. Lyonette
- PA Support Assistants
Contact information
Support officer: Paul Dalton, Elections Officer, Resources Group. Email: [email protected] or Telephone 01325 405805