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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 Advisory Board 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 2023 through to the end of the 2023/24 meeting cycle on 31 July 2024.

Membership

Cllr Shaun Davies (Chair) Labour Telford and Wrekin Council
Cllr Nesil Caliskan (Vice-Chair) Labour Enfield Council
Cllr Bev Craig Labour Manchester City Council
Cllr Michael Payne Labour Gedling Borough Council
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble Labour Hackney London Borough Council
Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe Labour Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Cllr John Merry CBE Labour Salford City Council
Cllr Amanda Serjeant Labour Chesterfield Borough Council
Cllr Vince Maple Labour Medway Council
Cllr Richard Henry Labour Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Damien Greenhalgh Labour High Peak Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council
Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz Labour Islington London Borough
Cllr Carl Johnson Labour North Tyneside Council
Cllr Arooj Shah Labour Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Naushabah Khan Labour Medway Council
Cllr Chris Penberthy Labour Plymouth City Council
Cllr Anthony Hunt Labour Torfaen County Borough Council
Cllr David Welsh Labour Coventry City Council
Cllr Jack Hemingway Labour Wakefield Council
Sir Stephen Houghton CBE Labour Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Tudor Evans OBE Labour Plymouth City Council
Cllr Georgia Gould Labour Camden Council
Cllr Louise Gittins Labour Cheshire West and Chester Council
Cllr Satvir Kaur Labour Southampton City Council
Cllr Tracey Dixon Labour South Tyneside Council
Cllr Greg Brackenridge Labour City of Wolverhampton Council
Cllr David Baines Labour St Helens Borough Council
Cllr Darren Rodwell Labour Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Cllr Peter Marland Labour Milton Keynes Council
Cllr Claire Holland Labour Lambeth London Borough Council
Cllr Bella Sankey Labour Brighton and Hove City Council
Cllr Tim Roca Labour Westminster City Council
Cllr Susan Brown Labour Oxford City Council
Cllr Jane Ashworth OBE Labour Stoke on Trent City Council
Cllr Jane Scullion Labour Calderdale Council
Cllr Fran Belbin Labour Sheffield City Council
Cllr Dr Beccy Cooper Labour Worthing Borough Council
Cllr Andrew Morgan (Substitute) Labour Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Cllr Clyde Loakes (Substitute) Labour Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Cllr James Dawson (Substitute) Labour Erewash Borough Council
Cllr Eamonn O'Brien (Substitute) Labour Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Peter Mason (Substitute) Labour Ealing Council
Cllr Shama Tatler (Substitute) Labour Brent Council
Cllr John Cotton (Substitute) Labour Birmingham City Council
Cllr James Lewis (Substitute) Labour Leeds City Council
Cllr Helen Holland (Substitute) Labour Bristol City Council
Cllr Liam Robinson (Substitute) Labour Liverpool City Council
Cllr Kevin Bentley (Senior Vice-Chair) Conservative Essex County Council
Cllr Abi Brown OBE Conservative Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Cllr Izzi Seccombe OBE Conservative Warwickshire County Council
Cllr Morris Bright MBE Conservative Hertsmere Borough Council
Cllr David Fothergill Conservative Somerset Council
Cllr Rory Love OBE Conservative Kent County Council
Baroness O'Neill of Bexley OBE Conservative Bexley Council
Cllr Antony Mullen Conservative Sunderland City Council
Cllr Linda Taylor Conservative Cornwall Council
Cllr Kelham Cooke Conservative Linconshire County Council
Cllr Joanne Laban Conservative London Borough of Enfield
Cllr William Nunn Conservative Breckland Council
Cllr Colin Noble Conservative Suffolk County Council
Cllr Philip Broadhead Conservative Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Cllr Tim Oliver Conservative Surrey County Council
Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen Conservative Breckland District Council
Cllr Rob Waltham MBE Conservative North Lincolnshire Council
Cllr Michael Wilcox Conservative Lichfield District Council
Cllr Keith Glazier Conservative East Sussex County Council
Cllr Patricia Bradwell OBE Conservative Lincolnshire County Council
Cllr Robert Alden Conservative Birmingham City Council
Cllr Rebecca Knox Conservative Dorset Council
Cllr Martin Tett Conservative Buckinghamshire Council
Cllr Louise McKinlay Conservative Essex County Council
Cllr Sue Woolley Conservative Lincolnshire County Council
Cllr Marc Bayliss Conservative Worcestershire County Council
Cllr Matthew Hicks Conservative Suffolk County Council
Cllr Phillip King Conservative Harborough District Council
Cllr John Hart Conservative Devon County Council
Cllr Mark Sutton Conservative Staffordshire County Council
Cllr Peter Golds CBE Conservative Tower Hamlets Council
Cllr Holly Whitbread Conservative Epping Forest District Council
Cllr Barry Lewis Conservative Derbyshire County Council
Cllr John Fuller OBE Conservative South Norfolk District Council
Cllr Joe Harris (Vice-Chair) Liberal Democrat Cotswold District Council
Cllr Bridget Smith Liberal Democrat South Cambridgeshire District Council
Cllr Lucy Nethsingha Liberal Democrat Cambridgeshire County Council
Cllr Alan Connett Liberal Democrat Devon County Council
Cllr Heather Kidd MBE Liberal Democrat Shropshire Council
Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE Liberal Democrat Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Gareth Roberts Liberal Democrat Richmond upon Thames London Borough
Cllr Sarah Osborne Liberal Democrat East Sussex County Council
Cllr Liz Green Liberal Democrat Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Cllr Vikki Slade Liberal Democrat Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Cllr Carolyn Lambert Liberal Democrat East Sussex County Council
Cllr Tim Pickstone Liberal Democrat Cumberland Council
Cllr Caroline Leaver Liberal Democrat North Devon District Council
Cllr Howard Sykes MBE Liberal Democrat Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Jon Ball Liberal Democrat Ealing Council
Cllr Marianne Overton MBE (Vice-Chair) Independent North Kesteven District Council
Cllr Caroline Jackson Independent Lancaster City Council
Cllr Andrew Cooper Green Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Chidi Nweke Independent Epping Forest District Council
Cllr Tony Saffell Independent North West Leicestershire District Council
Cllr Craig Browne Independent Cheshire East Council
Cllr Johnny Denis Green Lewes District Council
Cllr Nate Higgins Green Newham London Borough
Cllr Sue Baxter Independent Bromsgrove District Council
Cllr Colin Mann Plaid Cymru Caerphilly County Borough Council
Cllr Caroline Topping Green Suffolk County Council
Cllr Georgina Hill Independent Northumberland Council

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