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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 2020 through to the end of the 2020/21 meeting cycle on 31 July 2021.

Membership

Cllr Helen-Ann Smith Independent Ashfield District Council
Cllr Louise Gittins Labour Cheshire West and Chester Council
Cllr James Jamieson (Chairman) Conservative Central Bedfordshire Council
Cllr Izzi Seccombe OBE (Vice Chairman) Conservative Warwickshire County Council
Cllr Robert Alden Conservative Birmingham City Council
Cllr John Fuller OBE Conservative South Norfolk District Council
Cllr Teresa O'Neill OBE Conservative Bexley Council
Cllr Philip Atkins OBE Conservative Staffordshire County Council
Cllr Marc Bayliss Conservative Worcester City Council
Cllr Kevin Bentley Conservative Essex County Council
Cllr Paul Bettison OBE Conservative Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Cllr Morris Bright MBE Conservative Hertsmere Borough Council
Cllr Abi Brown Conservative Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Cllr Nick Chard Conservative Kent County Council
Cllr Janet Clowes Conservative Cheshire East Council
Cllr Steve Count Conservative Cambridgeshire County Council
Cllr Andrew Day Conservative Warwick District Council
Cllr Geoff Driver CBE Conservative Lancashire County Council
Cllr Peter Fleming OBE Conservative Sevenoaks District Council
Cllr Peter Golds CBE Conservative Tower Hamlets Council
Cllr John Hart Conservative Devon County Council
Cllr Mark Hawthorne MBE Conservative Gloucestershire County Council
Cllr Teresa Heritage Conservative Hertfordshire County Council
Cllr Ian Hudspeth Conservative Oxfordshire County Council
Cllr Rory Love OBE Conservative Kent County Council
Cllr Paul Middlebrough Conservative Worcestershire County Council
Cllr Colin Noble Conservative Suffolk County Council
Cllr William Nunn Conservative Breckland Council
Cllr Tim Oliver Conservative Surrey County Council
Cllr John Pennington Conservative Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Cllr Roger Phillips Conservative Herefordshire Council
Lord Gary Porter CBE Conservative South Holland District Council
Cllr Andrew Proctor Conservative Norfolk County Council
Cllr David Renard Conservative Swindon Borough Council
Cllr John Riley Conservative Hillingdon London Borough Council
Cllr Linda Robinson Conservative Wychavon District Council
Cllr Nicholas Rushton Conservative Leicestershire County Council
Cllr Glen Sanderson JP Conservative Northumberland Council
Cllr Linda Taylor Conservative Cornwall Council
Cllr Michael Wilcox Conservative Lichfield District Council
Cllr Katrina Wood Conservative Buckinghamshire Council
Cllr Nick Forbes CBE (Senior Vice-Chair) Labour Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Cllr Tom Beattie Labour Corby Borough Council
Cllr Nesil Caliskan Labour Enfield Council
Cllr Judi Billing MBE Labour Hertfordshire County Council
Cllr Judith Blake CBE Labour Leeds City Council
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble Labour Hackney London Borough Council
Cllr Clare Coghill Labour Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Cllr Doina Cornell Labour Stroud District Council
Cllr Amy Cross Labour Blackpool Council
Cllr James Dawson Labour Erewash Borough Council
Cllr Tudor Evans OBE Labour Plymouth City Council
Cllr Georgia Gould Labour Camden Council
Cllr Kate Haigh Labour Gloucester City Council
Cllr Paulette Hamilton Labour Birmingham City Council
Cllr Richard Henry Labour Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe Labour Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Cllr Simon Henig CBE Labour Durham County Council
Cllr Helen Holland Labour Bristol City Council
Sir Stephen Houghton CBE Labour Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Anthony Hunt Labour Torfaen County Borough Council
Cllr Farah Hussain Labour Redbridge London Borough Council
Cllr Brigid Jones Labour Birmingham City Council
Cllr Naushabah Khan Labour Medway Council
Sir Richard Leese CBE Labour Manchester City Council
Cllr John Merry CBE Labour Salford City Council
Cllr Dhanisha Patel Labour Bridgend County Borough Council
Cllr Michael Payne Labour Gedling Borough Council
Cllr Oliver Ryan Labour Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Timothy Swift MBE Labour Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Shama Tatler Labour Brent Council
Cllr Sharon Taylor OBE Labour Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Leigh Redman Labour Somerset County Council
Cllr Darren Rodwell Labour Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Cllr Alan Rhodes Labour Nottinghamshire County Council
Cllr Richard Watts Labour Islington Council
Cllr Andrew Western Labour Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Muhammed Butt (Substitute) Labour Brent Council
Cllr Shaun Davies (Substitute) Labour Telford and Wrekin Council
Cllr Peter Marland (Substitute) Labour Milton Keynes Council
Cllr Shabir Pandor (Substitute) Labour Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Cllr Alice Perry (Substitute) Labour Islington Council
Mayor Marvin Rees (Substitute) Labour Bristol City Council
Cllr Bryony Rudkin (Substitute) Labour Ipswich Borough Council
Cllr Sian Timoney (Substitute) Labour Luton Borough Council
Cllr Alan Waters (Substitute) Labour Norwich City Council
Cllr Debbie Wilcox (Substitute) Labour Newport City Council
Cllr Howard Sykes MBE (Vice-Chair) Liberal Democrat Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Alan Connett Liberal Democrat Devon County Council
Cllr Mark Cory Liberal Democrat Colchester Borough Council
Cllr Ruth Dombey OBE Liberal Democrat Sutton London Borough Council
Cllr Liz Green Liberal Democrat Kingston upon Thames Royal Borough Council
Cllr Richard Kemp CBE Liberal Democrat Liverpool City Council
Cllr Heather Kidd Liberal Democrat Shropshire Council
Cllr Adele Morris Liberal Democrat Southwark Council
Cllr Bridget Smith Liberal Democrat South Cambridgeshire District Council
Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE Liberal Democrat Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Chris White Liberal Democrat Hertfordshire County Council
Cllr Keith House (Substitute) Liberal Democrat Eastleigh Borough Council
Cllr Anita Lower (Substitute) Liberal Democrat Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Cllr David Neighbour (Substitute) Liberal Democrat Hart District Council
Cllr Marianne Overton MBE (Vice-Chair) Independent Lincolnshire County Council
Cllr Sue Baxter Independent Bromsgrove District Council
Cllr Wayne Davies Independent Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
Cllr Rosemarie Harris Other Powys County Council
Cllr Phelim MacCafferty Green Brighton & Hove City Council
Cllr Colin Mann Plaid Cymru Caerphilly County Borough Council
Cllr Sarah Rouse Independent Malvern Hills District Council
Cllr Carolyn Rule Independent Cornwall Council
Cllr Clive Woodbridge Residents Assocation Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Cllr Paul Woodhead Independent Cannock Chase District Council

Contact information

Support officer: Thomas French. 020 7664 3041 / Email: thomas.french@local.gov.uk

Postal address:
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Phone: 020 7664 3041

Email: thomas.french@local.gov.uk