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Review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each political group and the appointment of Councillors to Committees and Outside Bodies

Meeting: 10/12/2024 - Council (Item 49)

49 Review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each political group and the appointment of Councillors to Committees and Outside Bodies pdf icon PDF 261 KB

The Council is asked to consider and approve the review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each political group, the appointment of Councillors on Committees and appointments to outside bodies following the result of the by-election in the Muscliff and Strouden Park Ward on 24 October 2024.

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Millie Earl presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Council was requested to consider and approve the review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each political group, the appointment of Councillors on Committees and the appointments to outside bodies following the result of the by-election in the Muscliff and Strouden Park Ward on 24 October 2024.

RESOLVED that: -

(a)           the revised political balance of the Council, as set out in Table 1 to this report be noted;

(b)           the number of seats on each committee, as set out in Table 2 to this report, be approved;

(c)           the allocation of committee seats to each political group, as set out in Table 3 to this report, be approved;

(d)           the appointment of Councillors to Committees and Boards in accordance with the wishes of the political groups, as detailed in Table 4 to this report, be approved;

(e)           the allocation of seats to each political group on the outside bodies, as detailed in Table 5 to this report, be approved;

(f)            the appointment of Councillors to the outside bodies in accordance with the wishes of the political groups, as detailed in Table 6 to this report, be approved;

(g)           subject to (c) above the appointment of the unaligned Members to the Committees and Boards as shown in table (d) be approved.

Voting: Agreed with no dissent