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Political Proportionality and Appointments to Committees

Meeting: 30/01/2023 - City Council (Item 34)

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The Assistant Chief Executive will submit a schedule of vacancies on committees, outside bodies etc and of changes notified to us.  

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members were advised of the following changes –

 

a)    Councillor Sally Haydon should have shown as Vice Chair of the Taxi Licensing Committee, not Councillor Eddie Rennie;

b)    Councillor Dylan Tippetts should have shown as Vice Chair of the Licensing Committee, not Councillor Eddie Rennie.

 

Councillor Nicholson moved an amendment to the recommendations as follows, this was seconded by Councillor Nick Kelly –

 

1.    The Council approved the proportionality following changes to the political composition of the Council;

2.    Chairs and Vice-Chairs would be appointed in line with political proportionality.

 

The Lord Mayor advised that if this amendment was passed, it would be referred to the Audit and Governance Committee for further consideration.

 

Following a discussion with a contributions from Councillors Evans OBE and Hulme, the amendment was not passed.

 

For (6)

Councillors Mrs Beer, Hulme, Kelly, Nicholson, Singh and Mrs Bridgeman.

 

Against (37)

Councillors Allen, Mrs Aspinall, Briars-Delve, Dr Cree, Coker, Cresswell, Evans OBE, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, McDonald, Noble, Penberthy, Reilly, Rennie, Stevens, Tippetts, Tuohy, Bingley, Carlyle, Drean, Harrison, Finn, Loveridge, Lugger, Dr Mahony, Patel, Partridge, Riley, Salmon, Shayer, Smith, Stoneman, Tofan, Ms Watkin and Wakeham.

 

Abstain (2)

Councillors Churchill and McLay.

 

Absent/Did Not Vote (4)

Councillors Dann, Murphy, Poyser and Wheeler.

 

The Council agreed to approve the proportionality following changes to the political composition of the Council.

 

For (40)

Councillors Allen, Mrs Aspinall, Briars-Delve, Dr Cree, Coker, Cresswell, Evans OBE, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, McDonald, Noble, Penberthy, Reilly, Rennie, Stevens, Tippetts, Tuohy, Bingley, Carlyle, Drean, Harrison, Finn, Loveridge, Lugger, Dr Mahony, Patel, Partridge, Riley, Salmon, Shayer, Smith, Stoneman, Tofan, Ms Watkin, Wakeham, McLay, Poyser and Wheeler.

 

 

Abstain (2)

Councillors Churchill and Mrs Bridgeman.

 

Against (4)

Councillors Hulme, Kelly, Nicholson and Singh.

 

Absent/Did Not Vote (3)

Councillors Dann, Murphy and Mrs Beer.


Meeting: 21/11/2022 - City Council (Item 17)

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Additional documents:

Minutes:

Following a question from Councillor Nicholson it was clarified that –

 

a)    The Lord Mayors Selection Committee was a committee of Council and therefore fell under the Local Government Act  1972 and had to be proportional;

b)    The change had been made at the AGM on 20 May 2022 to include it in proportionality.

 

The Council agreed the changes to committee membership following changes in the political proportionality of the Council.