Agenda item

Appointments to committees, panels and joint committees for 2017/18

To consider the report of the head of legal and democratic services on the appointment to those committees required to be politically balanced, together with the Area Committees, Licensing Acts Committee and joint committees and to authorise any consequential changes to the constitution (attached).

Minutes:

Council considered the report of the head of legal and democratic services on the appointment of those committees and joint committees which are required to be politically balanced; together with the Licensing Acts committee, the area committees and appointments to joint bodies.

 

RESOLVED: to

 

1.         appoint the following committees and panels for the 2017/18 municipal  year and to appoint the membership, substitutes and chairmen and vice-chairmen as indicated to sit on them (see table below);

 

2.         (with no councillor voting against) allocate one of the Conservative Group’s seats on the Corporate Services Joint Scrutiny committee to the Liberal Democrat Group.

 

3.         appoint all local members representing the wards covered by the relevant area committees to those committees for the 2017/18 municipal year with the following chairmen:

·           Abingdon and North East – Ed Blagrove

·           Faringdon – Simon Howell

·           Wantage – St John Dickson

 

4.         appoint Monica Lovatt as the council’s representative on the Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee;

 

5.         appoint Chris McCarthy as the council’s representative on the Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel;

 

6.         authorise the head of legal and democratic services to make appointments to any vacant committee or panel seat and substitute positions in accordance with the wishes of the relevant group leader;

 

7.         authorise the head of legal and democratic services to amend the constitution as necessary to reflect the arrangements set out in the report of the head of legal and democratic services to the Council meeting on 17 May 2017.

 

Names

Planning Committee, 11 Members

Conservative (8)

Liberal Democrat (3)

Stuart Davenport

Jenny Hannaby

StJohn Dickson

Bob Johnston

Anthony Hayward

Catherine Webber

Robert Hall

 

Sandy Lovatt (Chairman)

 

Ben Mabbett

 

Chris McCarthy

 

Janet Shelley (Vice-Chairman)

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

Conservative (8)

Liberal Democrat (3)

Mike Badcock

Margaret Crick

Ed Blagrove

Helen Pighills

Yvonne Constance

Emily Smith

Gervase Duffield

 

Vicky Jenkins

 

Monica Lovatt

 

Chris Palmer

 

Julia Reynolds

 

 

Names

Scrutiny Committee, 9 Members        

Conservative (7)

Liberal Democrat (2)

Alice Badcock (Vice-Chairman)

Debby Hallett (Chairman)

Mike Badcock

Judy Roberts

Ed Blagrove

 

Vicky Jenkins

 

Mohinder Kainth

 

Sandy Lovatt

 

Chris Palmer

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative (7)

Liberal Democrat (3)

 

Yvonne Constance

Dudley Hoddinott

 

StJohn Dickson

Emily Smith

 

Simon Howell

Catherine Webber

 

Monica Lovatt

 

 

Ben Mabbett

 

 

Chris McCarthy

 

 

Reg Waite

 

 

 

Names

Joint Scrutiny Committee, 5 Members

Conservative (4)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Alice Badcock

Debby Hallett (Co-Chairman)

Ed Blagrove

 

Mohinder Kainth

 

Chris Palmer

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

Conservative (4)

Liberal Democrat (3)

Mike Badcock

Dudley Hoddinott

Vicky Jenkins

Judy Roberts

Monica Lovatt

Emily Smith

Sandy Lovatt

 

 

Names

Corporate Services Joint Scrutiny Committee, 2 Members

Conservative (1)

Liberal Democrat Group (1)

Ed Blagrove

Debby Hallett

 

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

Conservative (3)

Liberal Democrat (3)

Alice Badcock

Helen Pighills

Yvonne Constance

Judy Roberts

Chris Palmer

Emily Smith

 

Names

Joint Audit and Governance Committee, 4 Members

Conservative (3)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Simon Howell (Co-Chairman)

Dudley Hoddinott

Chris Palmer

 

Henry Spencer

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

Conservative (3)

Liberal Democrat (3)

Ed Blagrove

Helen Pighills

Yvonne Constance

Judy Roberts

Reg Waite

Catherine Webber

 

Names

Community Governance and Electoral Issues Committee, 6 Members

Conservative (5)

Liberal Democrat Group (1)

Ed Blagrove

Debby Hallett

Yvonne Constance (Chairman)

 

Charlotte Dickson

 

Gervase Duffield

 

Ben Mabbett

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

Conservative (5)

Liberal Democrat (3)

Matthew Barber

Margaret Crick

Stuart Davenport

Helen Pighills

StJohn Dickson

Bob Johnston

Janet Shelley

 

Henry Spencer

 

 

Names

 Joint Staff Committee, 3 Members

Conservative (2)

Liberal Democrat (1)

Matthew Barber

Debby Hallett

Roger Cox

 

SUBSTITUTES

 

Conservative

Liberal Democrat

The Leader may be substituted by another Cabinet member. Other members of the Committee may be substituted by any member of that Council’s political group (executive or non-executive).

 

 

 

 

Names

General Licensing Committee, 12 Members

Conservative (9)

Liberal Democrat Group (3)

Mike Badcock

Margaret Crick

Eric Batts

Jenny Hannaby

Yvonne Constance

Dudley Hoddinott

Charlotte Dickson

 

St John Dickson (Chairman)

 

Robert Hall

 

Chris McCarthy

 

Julia Reynolds (Vice-Chairman)

 

Reg Waite

 

NO SUBSTITUTES

 

Names

Licensing Acts Committee, 12 Members

Conservative (9)

Liberal Democrat Group (3)

Mike Badcock

Margaret Crick

Eric Batts

Jenny Hannaby

Yvonne Constance

Dudley Hoddinott

Charlotte Dickson

 

St John Dickson (Chairman)

 

Robert Hall

 

Chris McCarthy

 

Julia Reynolds (Vice-Chairman)

 

Reg Waite

 

NO SUBSTITUTES

 

Names

Appeals Panel, 3 Members

Conservative (2)

Liberal Democrat Group (1)

Matthew Barber

Debby Hallett

Roger Cox

 

PREFERRED SUBSTITUTES

Conservative (3)

Liberal Democrat (3)

Yvonne Constance

Jenny Hannaby

Charlotte Dickson

Bob Johnston

Elaine Ware

Judy Roberts

 

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