Agenda item

Appointment of Members to Committee and Boards

Meeting of Annual Council, Council, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 7.00 pm (Item 17.)

To appoint Members together with the Chairs and Vice-Chairs (where required) to the following Committees and Boards:-

Planning Committee

Licensing Committee

Finance and Audit Committee

Overview Scrutiny Committee

Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Committee

Appointments Board

Standards Committee

Appeals Sub-Committee

Appointments Panel

Hackney Carriage Sub-Committee

Licensing Panel

Joint arrangements with other local authorities:-

Joint Transportation Board

South Thames Gateway Building Control Joint Committee

Minutes:

1. That the Committees and Boards of the Council be appointed as set out below so as to give effect to the wishes of the political groups as notified to the Service Manager (Communities) and that the Chairs and Vice-Chairs be as shown.

Planning Committee – 9 Seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Lee Croxton (Chair) Cllr Rajinder Atwal (Vice Chair)	Cllr Ejaz Aslam Cllr Alan Metcalf
Cllr Alison Williams	Cllr Samir Jassal
Cllr Lyn Milner Cllr Peter Scollard	Cllr Gary Harding

Licensing Committee – 15 Seats

Labour Group (8 seats)	Conservative Group (7 seats)
Cllr Baljit Hayre (Chair)	Cllr Frank Wardle
Cllr Jenny Wallace (Vice Chair)	Cllr Helen Ashenden
Cllr Jo Hart	Cllr Derek Ashenden
Cllr Ektaveen Thandi	Cllr Gary Harding
Cllr Peter Scollard	Cllr Alan Metcalf
Cllr Lyn Milner Cllr Lee Croxton Cllr Deborah Croxton	Cllr Leslie Pearton Cllr Gurjit Bains

Finance and Audit Committee – 9 Seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Gavin Larkins (Chair)	Cllr Dakota Dibben
Cllr Ektaveen Thandi (Vice Chair)	Cllr Derek Ashenden
Cllr Jo Hart	Cllr Samir Jassal
Cllr Karina O’Malley	Cllr Aaron Elliott
Cllr Lee Croxton

Overview Scrutiny Committee – 9 Seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Karina O’Malley (Vice Chair)	Cllr Jordan Meade (Chair)
Cllr Gavin Larkins	Cllr Leslie Hills
Cllr Daniel Adewale King	Cllr Emma Elliott
Cllr Deborah Croxton	Cllr Ejaz Aslam
Cllr Tony Rana

Crime and Disorder Committee – 15 Seats

Labour Group (8 seats)	Conservative Group (7 seats)
Cllr Baljit Hayre (Chair)	Cllr Gary Harding
Cllr Lyn Milner (Vice Chair)	Cllr Frank Wardle
Cllr Deborah Croxton	Cllr Derek Ashenden
Cllr Jo Hart	Cllr Helen Ashenden
Cllr Christina Rolles	Cllr Aaron Elliott
Cllr Tony Rana Cllr Karina O’Malley Cllr Ektaveen Thandi	Cllr Leslie Pearton Cllr Ejaz Aslam

Appointments Board – 15 Seats

Labour Group (8 seats)	Conservative Group (7 seats)
Cllr John Burden (Chair)	Cllr Jordan Meade
Cllr Shane Mochrie-Cox (Vice Chair)	Cllr Ejaz Aslam
Cllr Lyn Milner	Cllr Ben Sizer
Cllr Lenny Rolles	Cllr Leslie Hills
Cllr Lauren Sullivan	Cllr Helen Ashenden
Cllr Jenny Wallace Cllr Lee Croxton Cllr Gurdip Bungar	Cllr Alan Ridgers Cllr Frank Wardle

Standards Committee – 9 Seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Lenny Rolles (Chair)	Cllr Leslie Hills
Cllr Lyn Milner (Vice Chair)	Cllr Jordan Meade
Cllr Tony Rana	Cllr Emma Elliott
Cllr Emma Morley	Cllr Helen Ashenden
Cllr Rajinder Atwal

Appeals Sub-Committee – 3 seats

Labour Group (2 seats)

Conservative Group (1 seat)

Cllr Lyn Milner (Chair)

Cllr Jordan Meade

Cllr Jo Hart (Vice Chair)

Hackney Carriage Sub-Committee – 3 seats

Labour Group (2 seats)

Conservative Group (1 seat)

Cllr John Burden (Chair)

Cllr Jordan Meade

Cllr Lee Croxton (Vice Chair)

Appointments Panel (3 seats) - The panel’s membership is drawn from available Appointments Board Members and will consist of two Labour Members and one Conservative Member.

Licensing Panel (3 seats) - The panel’s membership is drawn from available Licensing Committee Members and will consist of two Labour Members and one Conservative Member.

Joint Arrangements with other Local Authorities

Joint Transportation Board – 5 seats

Labour Group (4 seats)	Conservative Group (1 seats)

Cllr Lenny Rolles (Chair)	Cllr Aaron Elliott
Cllr Tony Rana Cllr Karina O’Malley Cllr Deborah Croxton

South Thames Gateway Building Control Joint Committee – 1 seat (plus substitute)

Labour Group (1 seats)

Conservative Group (0 seats)

Cllr John Burden (Chair)

Cllr Lee Croxton (Substitute)

Cabinet Committees

Special Cabinet Advisory Committee – 9 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Lenny Rolles (Chair)	Cllr Samir Jassal
Cllr Alison Williams (Vice Chair)	Cllr Leslie Pearton
Cllr Gurdip Ram Bungar	Cllr Alan Ridgers
Cllr Tony Rana	Cllr Jordan Meade
Cllr Lee Croxton

Community & Leisure Cabinet Committee – 9 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Lauren Sullivan (Chair)	Cllr Helen Ashenden
Cllr Tony Rana (Vice Chair)	Cllr Ejaz Aslam
Cllr Deborah Croxton Cllr Christina Rolles	Cllr Ben Sizer Cllr Alan Metcalf
Cllr Karina O’Malley

Housing Services Cabinet Committee – 9 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Jenny Wallace (Chair)	Cllr Emma Elliott
Cllr Christina Rolles (Vice Chair)	Cllr Jordan Meade
Cllr Baljit Hayre Cllr Lyn Milner	Cllr Leslie Pearton Cllr Ejaz Aslam
Cllr Deborah Croxton

Operational Services Cabinet Committee – 9 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Emma Morley (Chair)	Cllr Derek Ashenden
Cllr Lee Croxton (Vice Chair)	Cllr Leslie Pearton
Cllr Ektaveen Thandi	Cllr Alan Ridgers
Cllr Peter Scollard	Cllr David Beattie
Cllr Daniel Adewale King

Performance and Administration Cabinet Committee – 9 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Narinderjit Singh Thandi (Chair)	Cllr Leslie Hills
Cllr Gavin Larkins (Vice Chair)	Cllr Ben Sizer
Cllr Christina Rolles	Cllr David Beattie
Cllr Jo Hart	Cllr Dakota Dibben
Cllr Rajinder Atwal

Strategic Environment Cabinet Committee – 9 seats

Labour Group (5 seats)	Conservative Group (4 seats)
Cllr Shane Mochrie-Cox (Chair)	Cllr Ejaz Aslam
Cllr Alison Williams (Vice Chair)	Cllr David Beattie
Cllr Rajinder Atwal	Cllr Jordan Meade
Cllr Gavin Larkins	Cllr Gurjit Bains
Cllr Karina O’Malley