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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 2021 through to the end of the 2021/22 meeting cycle on 31 July 2022.

Membership

Cllr Anthony Hunt (Substitute) Labour Torfaen County Borough Council
Cllr Vince Maple (Substitute) Labour Medway Council
Cllr Peter Marland (Substitute) Labour Milton Keynes Council
Cllr Bryony Rudkin (Substitute) Labour Ipswich Borough Council
Cllr Helen Holland (Substitute) Labour Bristol City Council
Cllr James Dawson (Substitute) Labour Erewash Borough Council
Cllr Elise Wilson (Substitute) Labour Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Leigh Redman (Substitute) Labour Somerset County Council
Cllr James Jamieson OBE (Chairman) Conservative Central Bedfordshire Council
Cllr Izzi Seccombe OBE (Vice Chairman) Conservative Warwickshire County Council
Cllr John Fuller OBE Conservative South Norfolk District Council
Cllr Teresa O'Neill OBE Conservative Bexley Council
Cllr Robert Alden Conservative Birmingham City Council
Cllr Philip Atkins OBE Conservative Staffordshire County Council
Cllr David Fothergill Conservative Somerset County Council
Cllr Linda Robinson Conservative Wychavon District Council
Cllr Joanne Laban Conservative Enfield London Borough
Cllr Nicholas Jones Conservative Bury Metropolitan Borough
Cllr Paul Bettison OBE Conservative Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Cllr Kevin Bentley Conservative Essex County Council
Cllr Rory Love OBE Conservative Kent County Council
Cllr William Nunn Conservative Breckland Council
Cllr Teresa Heritage Conservative Hertfordshire County Council
Lord Gary Porter CBE Conservative South Holland District Council
Cllr Abi Brown Conservative Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Cllr Peter Golds CBE Conservative Tower Hamlets Council
Cllr David Renard Conservative Swindon Borough Council
Cllr Peter Fleming OBE Conservative Sevenoaks District Council
Cllr Richard Wenham Conservative Central Bedfordshire Council
Cllr Mohan Iyengar Conservative Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Cllr Nick Chard Conservative Kent County Council
Cllr Alan White Conservative Staffordshire County Council
Cllr Andrew Proctor Conservative Norfolk County Council
Cllr Keith Glazier Conservative East Sussex County Council
Cllr Michael Wilcox Conservative Lichfield District Council
Cllr Glen Sanderson JP Conservative Northumberland Council
Cllr Roger Phillips Conservative Herefordshire Council
Cllr Mark Hawthorne MBE Conservative Gloucestershire County Council
Cllr Barry Lewis Conservative Derbyshire County Council
Cllr Tim Oliver Conservative Surrey County Council
Cllr Martin Tett Conservative Buckinghamshire Council
Cllr Antony Mullen Conservative Sunderland City
Cllr Martin Hill OBE Conservative Lincolnshire County Council
Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen Conservative Breckland District Council
Cllr Emily Barley Conservative Rotherham Metropolitan Borough
Cllr Olivia Lyons Conservative Cannock Chase District Council
Cllr Linda Taylor Conservative Cornwall Council
Cllr Nick Forbes CBE (Senior Vice-Chair) Labour Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Cllr Michael Payne Labour Gedling Borough Council
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble Labour Hackney London Borough Council
Cllr Jas Athwal Labour Redbridge London Borough
Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe Labour Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Cllr Oliver Ryan Labour Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Alice Perry Labour Islington Borough Council
Cllr Georgia Gould Labour Camden Council
Cllr Tudor Evans OBE Labour Plymouth City Council
Cllr Shabir Pandor Labour Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Paulette Hamilton Labour Birmingham City Council
Cllr Andrew Western Labour Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Mayor Marvin Rees Labour Bristol City Council
Cllr Judi Billing MBE Labour Hertfordshire County Council
Cllr Darren Rodwell Labour Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Cllr Shaun Davies Labour Telford and Wrekin Council
Cllr Simon Henig CBE Labour Durham County Council
Cllr Nesil Caliskan Labour Enfield Council
Cllr Carl Johnson Labour North Tyneside Council
Cllr Timothy Swift MBE Labour Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Richard Henry Labour Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Damien Greenhalgh Labour High Peak Borough Council and Derbyshire CC
Cllr Rachel Sutton Labour Exeter City Council
Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz Labour Islington London Borough
Cllr Naushabah Khan Labour Medway Council
Cllr Dhanisha Patel Labour Bridgend County Borough Council
Cllr Andrew Morgan Labour Rhondda Cynon Taff
Sir Stephen Houghton CBE Labour Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Amy Cross Labour Blackpool Council
Cllr Doina Cornell Labour Stroud District Council
Cllr Sharon Taylor OBE Labour Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Brigid Jones Labour Birmingham City Council
Cllr John Merry CBE Labour Salford City Council
Cllr Shama Tatler Labour Brent Council
Cllr Amanda Serjeant Labour Chesterfield Borough Council
Cllr Louise Gittins Labour Cheshire West and Chester Council
Cllr Joe Harris (Vice-Chair) Liberal Democrat Cotswold District Council
Cllr Bridget Smith Liberal Democrat South Cambridgeshire District Council
Cllr Keith Aspden Liberal Democrat York City Council
Cllr Keith House Liberal Democrat Eastleigh Borough Council
Cllr Heather Kidd Liberal Democrat Shropshire Council
Cllr Howard Sykes MBE Liberal Democrat Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE Liberal Democrat Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Sean MacLeod Liberal Democrat Lewes District Council
Cllr Vikki Slade Liberal Democrat Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Cllr Marianne Overton MBE (Vice-Chair) Independent North Kesteven District Council
Cllr Hannah Dalton Residents Association Epsom and Ewell District Council
Cllr Paul Woodhead Independent Cannock Chase District Council
Cllr Sue Baxter Independent Bromsgrove District Council
Cllr Rosemarie Harris Independent Powys County Council
Cllr Colin Mann Plaid Cymru Caerphilly County Borough Council
Cllr Andrew Cooper Green Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Helen-Ann Smith Independent Ashfield District Council
Cllr Sarah Rouse Independent Malvern Hills District Council
Cllr Mike Haines Independent Teignbridge District Council
Cllr Ian Stephens Independent Isle of Wight Council

Contact information

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