Committee details
City Regions Board
Purpose of committee
City Regions Board Terms of Reference
Local Government Association (LGA) Boards engage with and develop a thorough understanding of councils' priorities in relation to their particular programme area. They also help shape our business plan and, through extensive engagement with councils, oversee programmes of work that deliver the strategic priorities set out in the LGA Plan.
The City Regions Board represents the interests of city areas. Its remit includes growth, transport infrastructure, skills and wider public service reform.
For information on the latest activities of the Board, you can view the Chair’s regular reports to Councillors' Forum.
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.
The Equalities Advocate for the City Regions Board is yet to be appointed.
Membership
- Cllr Satvir Kaur (Chair) Labour Southampton City Council
- Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe (Vice-Chair) Labour Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- Cllr Bella Sankey Labour Brighton and Hove City Council
- Cllr Nazia Rehman Labour Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
- Cllr Nadine Peatfield Labour Derby City Council
- Cllr Fran Belbin Labour Sheffield City Council
- Cllr Jason Brock Labour Reading Borough Council
- Cllr John Merry CBE Labour Salford City Council
- Cllr Anthony Hunt Labour Torfaen County Borough Council
- Cllr John Cotton Labour Birmingham City Council
- Cllr David Mellen Labour Nottingham City Council
- Cllr Ross Garrod Labour Merton London Borough
- Cllr Liam Robinson Labour Liverpool City Council
- Cllr Martin Gannon Labour Gateshead Council
- Cllr Chris Penberthy (Substitute) Labour Plymouth City Council
- Cllr Danny Adilypour (Substitute) Labour Lambeth London Borough
- Cllr Daren Hale (Substitute) Labour Hull City Council
- Cllr Nick Kemp (Substitute) Labour Newcastle City Council
- Cllr Robert Alden (Vice Chairman) Conservative Birmingham City Council
- Cllr Barry Anderson Conservative Leeds City Council
- Cllr Julia Lepoidevin Conservative Coventry City Council
- Cllr Antony Mullen Conservative Sunderland City
- Cllr Aled Richard-Jones (Substitute) Conservative Wandsworth London Borough
- Cllr Tim Warren (Substitute) Conservative Bath & North East Somerset Council
- Cllr Ellis Turrell (Substitute) Conservative Wolverhampton City Council
- Cllr Gareth Roberts (Deputy Chair) Liberal Democrat Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
- Cllr Michael Ross Liberal Democrat Hull City Council
- Cllr Mark Jeffery (Substitute) Liberal Democrat Portsmouth City Council
- Cllr Martin Fodor (Deputy Chair) Green Bristol City Council
- Cllr Geraldine Coggins Green Trafford Council
- Cllr Matt Edwards (Substitute) Green Bradford City Council
Contact information
Support officer: Emma West. Email: emma.west@local.gov.uk
Postal address:
Member Services
18 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HZ
Email: emma.west@local.gov.uk