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Councillors' Forum

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Purpose of committee

The Councillors' Forum is an advisory body that provides a steer to the Local Government Association (LGA) Executive on current priority issues for local government.

If you are interested in viewing what issues will be discussed at Councillors’ Forum meetings, please see the LGA's Forward Plan.

The membership detailed below has been appointed effective from 1 September 2018 through to the end of the LGA meeting cycle at the end of July 2019.

Membership

Cllr Alan Rhodes Labour Nottinghamshire County Council
Lord Gary Porter CBE (Chairman) Conservative South Holland District Council
Cllr James Jamieson (Vice Chairman) Conservative Central Bedfordshire Council
Cllr Robert Alden Conservative Birmingham City Council
Cllr Paul Carter CBE Conservative Kent County Council
Cllr Peter Fleming OBE Conservative Sevenoaks District Council
Cllr Izzi Seccombe OBE Conservative Warwickshire County Council
Cllr David Simmonds CBE Conservative Hillingdon London Borough Council
Cllr Nadeem Ahmed Conservative Pendle Borough Council
Cllr Sean Anstee CBE Conservative Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Philip Atkins Conservative Staffordshire County Council
Cllr Kevin Bentley Conservative Essex County Council
Cllr Morris Bright MBE Conservative Hertsmere Borough Council
Cllr Abi Brown Conservative Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Cllr Gillian Brown OBE Conservative Arun District Council
Cllr Geraldine Carter Conservative Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Nick Chard Conservative Kent County Council
Cllr Neil Clarke MBE Conservative Rushcliffe Borough Council
Cllr Steve Count Conservative Cambridgeshire County Council
Cllr David Finch Conservative Essex County Council
Cllr John Fuller Conservative South Norfolk District Council
Cllr Peter Golds Conservative Tower Hamlets Council
Cllr Charlotte Haitham Taylor Conservative Wokingham Borough Council
Cllr Mark Hawthorne MBE Conservative Gloucestershire County Council
Cllr Linda Haysey Conservative East Herts Council
Cllr Matthew Hicks Conservative Suffolk County Council
Cllr Ian Hudspeth Conservative Oxfordshire County Council
Cllr Peter Jackson Conservative Northumberland Council
Cllr Donna Jones JP Conservative Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Rebecca Knox Conservative Dorset County Council
Cllr Joanne Laban Conservative Enfield Council
Cllr Rory Love OBE Conservative Folkestone & Hythe District Council
Cllr Oonagh Moulton Conservative Merton London Borough Council
Cllr Colin Noble Conservative Suffolk County Council
Cllr Teresa O'Neill OBE Conservative Bexley Council
Cllr Roy Perry Conservative Hampshire County Council
Cllr Roger Phillips Conservative Herefordshire Council
Cllr Andrew Proctor Conservative Norfolk County Council
Cllr Lynn Riley Conservative Cheshire West and Chester Council
Cllr Nicholas Rushton Conservative Leicestershire County Council
Cllr Glen Sanderson JP Conservative Northumberland Council
Cllr Martin Tett Conservative Buckinghamshire County Council
Cllr Janet Walton Conservative Borough of Poole
Cllr David Williams Conservative Hertfordshire County Council
Cllr Nick Forbes CBE (Senior Vice-Chair) Labour Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Cllr Peter Box CBE Labour Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Cllr Michael Payne Labour Gedling Borough Council
Cllr Anne Western CBE Labour Derbyshire County Council
Cllr Tom Beattie Labour Corby Borough Council
Cllr Judith Blake CBE Labour Leeds City Council
Cllr Judi Billing MBE Labour North Hertfordshire District Council
Cllr Simon Blackburn Labour Blackpool Council
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble Labour Hackney London Borough Council
Cllr Graham Chapman Labour Nottingham City Council
Cllr Clare Coghill Labour Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Cllr Amy Cross Labour Blackpool Council
Cllr Julie Dore Labour Sheffield City Council
Cllr Tudor Evans OBE Labour Plymouth City Council
Cllr Kate Haigh Labour Gloucester City Council
Cllr Paulette Hamilton Labour Birmingham City Council
Cllr Simon Henig CBE Labour Durham County Council
Cllr Richard Henry Labour Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe Labour Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Cllr Helen Holland Labour Bristol City Council
Sir Stephen Houghton CBE Labour Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Sabia Hussain Labour Slough Borough Council
Cllr Peter John OBE Labour Southwark Council
Cllr Brigid Jones Labour Birmingham City Council
Cllr Roger Lawrence Labour Wolverhampton City Council
Sir Richard Leese CBE Labour Manchester City Council
Cllr Vince Maple Labour Medway Council
Cllr John Merry CBE Labour Salford City Council
Cllr Alice Perry Labour Islington Council
Cllr Bryony Rudkin Labour Ipswich Borough Council
Cllr Rishi Shori Labour Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Timothy Swift MBE Labour Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Sharon Taylor OBE Labour Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Linda Thomas Labour Bolton Council
Cllr Sian Timoney Labour Luton Borough Council
Cllr Richard Watts Labour Islington Council
Cllr Debbie Wilcox Labour Newport City Council
Cllr Iain Malcolm Labour South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
Vacancy Labour Labour
Cllr Muhammed Butt (Substitute) Labour Brent Council
Cllr James Dawson (Substitute) Labour Erewash Borough Council
Mayor Philip Glanville (Substitute) Labour Hackney London Borough Council
Cllr Judith Hughes (Substitute) Labour Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Cllr Sue Jeffrey (Substitute) Labour Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
Cllr Peter Marland (Substitute) Labour Milton Keynes Council
Cllr Shabir Pandor (Substitute) Labour Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Cllr Leigh Redman (Substitute) Labour Somerset County Council
Mayor Marvin Rees (Substitute) Labour Bristol City Council
Cllr Robert Stewart (Substitute) Labour Swansea City and County Council
Ms Fiona Twycross AM (Substitute) Labour Greater London Authority
Cllr Alan Waters (Substitute) Labour Norwich City Council
Cllr Sue Woodward (Substitute) Labour Staffordshire County Council
Cllr Howard Sykes MBE (Vice-Chair) Liberal Democrat Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Keith Aspden Liberal Democrat North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
Cllr Abigail Bell Liberal Democrat Hull City Council
Cllr Alan Connett Liberal Democrat Devon County Council
Cllr Jon Hubbard Liberal Democrat Wiltshire Council
Cllr Claire Hudson Liberal Democrat Mendip District Council
Cllr Heather Kidd Liberal Democrat Shropshire Council
Cllr Paul Tilsley CBE Liberal Democrat Birmingham City Council
Cllr Chris White Liberal Democrat Hertfordshire County Council
Vacancy Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat Group
Cllr Paul Crossley (Substitute) Liberal Democrat Bath & North East Somerset Council
Cllr Anita Lower (Substitute) Liberal Democrat Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Cllr Lucy Nethsingha (Substitute) Liberal Democrat Cambridgeshire County Council
Cllr David Neighbour (Substitute) Liberal Democrat Hart District Council
Cllr Marianne Overton MBE (Vice-Chair) Independent Lincolnshire County Council
Cllr Wayne Davies Independent Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
Cllr Colin Mann Plaid Cymru Caerphilly County Borough Council
Cllr Carolyn Rule Independent Cornwall Council
Cllr Alan Seldon Independent Herefordshire Council
Cllr Chris Townsend Independent Surrey County Council
Cllr Clive Woodbridge Residents Assocation Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Cllr Geoff Knight (Substitute) Independent Lancaster City Council
Cllr Phelim MacCafferty (Substitute) Green Brighton & Hove City Council

Contact information

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Phone: 020 7664 3041

Email: thomas.french@local.gov.uk