Decision details

The Council considered a draft motion and schedule indicating the nominations submitted by the three political groups for the Membership of the Cabinet, Committees, Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Spokespersons for 2008/09, which had been circulated prior to the meeting.

 

It was moved by Councillor Brodie-Browne, seconded by Councillor Robertson:

 

That the meeting be adjourned to allow the Leaders of the three political groups to discuss the political conventions of the Council.

 

The motion was put to the vote and, on a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the motion was not carried by 31 votes to 26.

 

At this point, the Legal Director requested that the meeting be adjourned for a short period, to allow her to speak to the Leaders.

 

Upon their return to the Council Chamber the meeting resumed.

 

It was then moved by Councillor Brodie-Browne, seconded by Councillor Blackburn:

 

That:

 

(1)      Councillor Robertson as the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, be appointed as the Leader of the Council;

 

(2)      the Cabinet and Spokespersons comprising the Members set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting be appointed for 2008/09 to take effect from the date of this meeting; and

 

(3)      the Committees, Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Spokespersons comprising the Members set out in the schedule circulated prior to the meeting be appointed for 2008/09, to take effect from the date of this meeting.

 

At this point, an amendment was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher:

 

1.       that the Council appoint to 9 of the 10 seats on the Cabinet on a proportionate basis of 3:3:3;

 

2.       that the post of Cabinet Member - Performance be suspended and not filled and the duties, delegations and responsibilities of the portfolio be temporarily assigned to the Leader pending a further review of the Cabinet membership, composition, duties and responsibilities at a future date;

 

3.       that the Legal Director submit a report to a future meeting of the Council on the creation of two Deputy Leader posts, who shall be the Leaders of the two Opposition Groups;

 

4.       that the Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Substitutes of the following Committees as shown in the schedule be replaced by Members of the following Groups and that the Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Substitutes shown, serve as ordinary members thereof:

 

·         Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services) - Conservatives to replace Liberal Democrats

 

·         Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Health and Social Care) - Labour to replace Liberal Democrats

 

·         Audit and Governance Committee - Labour to replace Liberal Democrats

 

Following on from this, it was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Brodie-Browne and

 

RESOLVED:  

 

That the meeting be adjourned to allow the Leaders of the three Political Groups to discuss the amendment and the political conventions of the Council.

 

Following an adjournment of 1 hour 20 minutes, the meeting resumed and a debate took place on the amendment.

 

During the debate, the requisite number of Members having signified their wish that the voting on the amendment should be recorded, in accordance with Rule 18.4 of the Council and Committee Procedure Rules, the voting was duly recorded and the Members of the Council present at the time voted as follows:

 

FOR THE AMENDMENT:

 

Councillors Barber, Bigley, Bradshaw, Brady, Brennan, Cluskey, Cummins, Cuthbertson, Doran, M. Dowd, P. Dowd, Fairclough, Friel, Glover, Griffiths, Gustafson, D. Hardy, P. Hardy, Ibbs, D. Jones, T. Jones, Kerrigan, McGinnity, Maher, Moncur, Papworth, Parry, Platt, Porter, Roberts, Storey, Tweed, Veidman and Webster.

 

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT:

 

Councillors Blackburn, Booth, Brodie-Browne, Byrne, Colbert, Connell, Dodd, M. Fearn, Lord Fearn, Fenton, Gibson, Hands, Hill, Hough, Howe, McGuire, C. Mainey, S. Mainey, Preston, B. Rimmer, D. Rimmer, Robertson, Shaw, Sumner, Tattersall and Weavers.

 

ABSTENTIONS:

 

Councillors Byrom, Pearson and Sir Ron Watson.

 

The Amendment was declared carried by 34 votes to 26.

 

At this point, Councillor Robertson indicated that he wished to withdraw his nomination to be the Leader of the Council and Councillors Lord Fearn and Tattersall indicated that they wished to withdraw their nominations to be Cabinet Members.

 

Following further debate, the requisite number of Members having signified their wish that the voting on the Substantive Motion should be recorded, in accordance with Rule 18.4 of the Council and Committee Procedure Rules, the voting was duly recorded and the Members of the Council present at the time voted as follows:

 

FOR THE MOTION:

 

Councillors Barber, Bigley, Bradshaw, Brady, Brennan, Cluskey, Cummins, Cuthbertson, Doran, M. Dowd, P. Dowd, Fairclough, Friel, Glover, Griffiths, Gustafson, D Hardy, P. Hardy, Ibbs, D. Jones, T. Jones, Kerrigan, McGinnity, Maher, Moncur, Papworth, Parry, Platt, Porter, Roberts, Storey, Tweed, Veidman and Webster.

 

AGAINST THE MOTION:

 

Councillors Blackburn, Booth, Brodie-Browne, Byrne, Colbert, Connell, Dodd, M. Fearn, Lord Fearn, Fenton, Gibson, Hands, Hill, Hough, Howe, McGuire, C. Mainey, S. Mainey, Preston, B. Rimmer, D. Rimmer, Robertson, Shaw, Sumner, Tattersall and Weavers.

 

ABSTENTIONS:

 

Councillors Byrom, Pearson and Sir Ron Watson.

 

The Substantive Motion was declared carried by 34 votes to 26.

 

At this point, it was moved by Councillor Parry, seconded by Councillor Doran and

 

RESOLVED:  

 

That the meeting be adjourned for a short period to allow the Labour and Conservative Groups to discuss how they wished to fill the Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Substitute positions assigned to their Groups.

 

Following the short adjournment and the submission of the nominations for the positions to the Legal Director, it was

 

RESOLVED:   That

 

(1)      the appointment of the Leader of the Council be deferred to a further meeting of the Council to be held at a date and time to be determined;

 

(2)      the post of Cabinet Member - Performance be suspended and not filled and the duties, delegations and responsibilities of the portfolio be temporarily assigned to the Leader (to be appointed) pending a further review of the Cabinet Membership composition, duties and responsibilities at a further Council meeting;

 

(3)      the Cabinet and Spokespersons comprising the Members indicated below be appointed for 2008/09, to take effect from the date of this meeting, and that the appointments to the vacant posts be determined at a further meeting of the Council:

 

CABINET (9)

 

Portfolio	Member
1.  Leader	To be determined
2.  Cabinet Member - Children’s Services	Cllr P. Dowd
3.  Cabinet Member - Communities	Cllr Porter
4.  Cabinet Member - Corporate Services	Cllr Parry
5.  Cabinet Member - Environmental	To be determined
6.  Cabinet Member – Health and Social Care	Cllr Platt
7.  Cabinet Member - Leisure and Tourism	To be determined
8.  Cabinet Member - Regeneration	Cllr Maher
9.  Cabinet Member - Technical Services	Cllr Fairclough

 

CABINET URGENT BUSINESS COMMITTEE (3)

 

To be determined at a further meeting of the Council.

 

CABINET MEMBER - CHILDREN’S SERVICES

 

Member	Substitute
Cllr P. Dowd	Cllr Maher

 

Spokespersons	Substitute
Cllr M. Fearn	Cllr Blackburn
Cllr D. Jones	Cllr Ibbs

 

The Education Added Members - Mr. A. Bell and 1 Vacancy (Church Diocesan Representatives); Mrs. S. Roberts and 1 Vacancy (Parent Governor Representatives) are invited to attend the Cabinet Member - Children’s Services Meetings.  Mr. R. Gregson (Sefton Governors Forum) is also invited to attend the meetings.

 

CABINET MEMBER - COMMUNITIES

 

Member	Substitute
Cllr Porter	Cllr Platt

 

Spokespersons	Substitute
Cllr Preston	Cllr Connell
Cllr Veidman	Cllr P. Hardy

 

CABINET MEMBER - CORPORATE SERVICES

 

Member	Substitute
Cllr Parry	Cllr Porter

 

Spokespersons	Substitute
Cllr McGinnity	Cllr M. Dowd
Cllr McGuire	Cllr Hands

 

CABINET MEMBER - ENVIRONMENTAL

 

Member	Substitute
To be determined	To be determined

 

Spokespersons	Substitute
Cllr P. Hardy	Cllr Friel
Cllr T. Jones	Cllr Barber

 

CABINET MEMBER – HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

 

Member	Substitute
Cllr Platt	Cllr Parry

 

Spokespersons	Substitute
Cllr D. Rimmer	Cllr Preston
Cllr Brennan	Cllr  Cluskey

 

CABINET MEMBER - LEISURE AND TOURISM

 

Member	Substitute
To be determined	To be determined

 

Spokespersons	Substitute
Cllr Cummins	Cllr Webster
Cllr Glover	Cllr Griffiths

 

CABINET MEMBER - REGENERATION

 

Member	Substitute
Cllr Maher	Cllr Fairclough

 

Spokespersons	Substitute
Cllr Bigley	Cllr Roberts
Cllr Hough	Cllr McGuire

 

CABINET MEMBER - TECHNICAL SERVICES

 

Member	Substitute
Cllr Fairclough	Cllr P. Dowd

 

Spokespersons	Substitute
Cllr Ibbs	Cllr T. Jones
Cllr Tonkiss	Cllr Sumner

 

(4)      the Legal Director submit a report to a future meeting of the Council on the creation of two Deputy Leader posts, who shall be the Leaders of the two Opposition Groups;

 

(5)      the Committees, Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Spokespersons for the following Committees indicated below be appointed for 2008/09 to take effect from the date of this meeting:

 

 

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (CHILDREN’S SERVICES) (10)

 

(Lib Dem   4    Lab   3   Con   3)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr Doran	Cllr T. Jones
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr Glover	Cllr Pearson
3.	Cllr Barber	Cllr Bigley
4.	Cllr Booth	Cllr Weavers
5.	Cllr Bradshaw	Cllr Moncur
6.	Cllr Cummins*	Cllr Kerrigan
7.	Cllr Hands*	Cllr Shaw
8.	Cllr Hough	Cllr Colbert
9.	Cllr Howe	Cllr McGuire
10.	Cllr Larkin	Cllr McGinnity

* Spokesperson

 

1.       Education Added Members:-

Father D. Seddon and 1 Vacancy (Church Diocesan Representatives). Mrs. S. Roberts and 1 Vacancy (Parent Governor Representatives)

 

2.       Cabinet Members must not sit on the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE) (10)

 

(Lib Dem   4   Lab   3   Con   3)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr Cluskey	Cllr Mahon
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr Webster	Cllr P. Hardy
3.	Cllr Cummins	Cllr Bradshaw
4.	Cllr Griffiths*	Cllr Doran
5.	Cllr Hill*	Cllr Colbert
6.	Cllr Ibbs	Cllr D. Jones
7.	Cllr T. Jones	Cllr Bigley
8.	Cllr McGuire	Cllr Howe
9.	Cllr C. Mainey	Cllr Blackburn
10.	Cllr S. Mainey	Cllr Fenton

* Spokesperson

 

1. Cabinet Members must not sit on the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (PERFORMANCE AND CORPORATE SERVICES) (10)

 

(Lib Dem   4   Lab   3    Con 3)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr D. Hardy	Cllr  Brady
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr Brennan	Cllr  Moncur
3.	Cllr Byrom*	Cllr Sir Ron Watson
4.	Cllr Connell	Cllr Byrne
5.	Cllr Cuthbertson	Cllr Roberts
6.	Cllr Gibson*	Cllr Tonkiss
7.	Cllr McGinnity	Cllr Larkin
8.	Cllr Papworth	Cllr Barber
9	Cllr Shaw	Cllr Sumner
10.	Cllr Weavers	Cllr Dodd

* Spokesperson

 

1.       Cabinet Members must not sit on the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (REGENERATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES) (10)

 

(Lib Dem   4    Lab   3   Con   3)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr Papworth	Cllr Roberts
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr Griffiths	Cllr D. Jones
3.	Cllr Booth	Cllr Hill
4.	Cllr Cluskey	Cllr Brennan
5.	Cllr McGinnity*	Cllr D. Hardy
6.	Cllr C. Mainey	Cllr D. Rimmer
7.	Cllr S. Mainey	Cllr Fenton
8.	Cllr Pearson	Cllr Sir Ron Watson
9.	Cllr Weavers*	Cllr Howe
10.	Cllr Webster	Cllr P. Hardy

* Spokesperson

 

1.               Cabinet Members must not sit on the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

APPEALS COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Council (other than Cabinet Members) to form a Panel from which 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Committee.

 

AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (10)

 

(10 Members of the Authority to form a politically balanced committee.  3 executive members (one from each party) and 7 backbench members)  The Chair is not to be an executive member.) 

 

(Lib Dem   5   Lab    3   Con   2)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr Brady	Cllr D. Hardy
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr Moncur	Cllr Mahon
3.	Cllr Byrne	Cllr Connell
4.	Cllr P. Dowd	Cllr Maher
5.	Cllr Parry*	Cllr Porter
6.	Cllr D. Rimmer	Cllr Blackburn
7.	Cllr Roberts	Cllr Bigley
8.	Cllr Robertson	Cllr Brodie-Browne
9.	Cllr Shaw*	Cllr Booth
10.	Cllr Tonkiss	Cllr Weavers

* Spokesperson

 

EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURE COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Council to form a panel from which a minimum of 3 Members are selected to form a politically balanced Committee.  At least one member of the Cabinet to be included on the Committee.

 

LICENSING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE (15)

 

(Lib Dem   6    Lab    5   Con   4)

 

	Member
1.	Chair: Cllr Griffiths
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr Cuthbertson
3.	Cllr Blackburn
4.	Cllr Bradshaw
5.	Cllr Dodd
6.	Cllr Fenton
7.	Cllr Friel
8.	Cllr Gustafson
9.	Cllr Hands*
10.	Cllr Hill
11.	Cllr Kerrigan
12.	Cllr Mahon*
13.	Cllr Papworth
14.	Cllr Pearson
15.	Cllr D. Rimmer

*Spokesperson

 

LICENSING AND REGULATORY (URGENT REFERRALS) COMMITTEE (3)

 

(Lib Dem   1   Lab   1  Con  1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr Griffiths	Cllr Cuthbertson
2.	Cllr Hands	Cllr Dodd
3.	Cllr Mahon	Cllr Friel

 

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee to form a Panel from which 3 Members are selected to form a Sub-Committee.

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE (15)

(Lib Dem   6   Lab   5   Con   4)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr Moncur	Cllr Brady
2.	Vice-Chair: Cllr D. Hardy	Cllr Friel
3.	Cllr Byrne	Cllr Dodd
4.	Cllr Colbert	Cllr Hands
5.	Cllr Connell*	Cllr Gibson
6.	Cllr Cuthbertson	Cllr T. Jones
7.	Cllr M. Fearn	Cllr Hough
8.	Cllr Glover	Cllr Bigley
9.	Cllr Mahon	Cllr Kerrigan
10.	Cllr Preston	Cllr Shaw
11.	Cllr Roberts	Cllr Byrom
12.	Cllr Storey*	Cllr Ibbs
13.	Cllr Sumner	Cllr Tonkiss
14.	Cllr Veidman	Cllr Gustafson
15.	Cllr Webster	Cllr Brennan

*Spokesperson

 

PLANNING (URGENT REFERRALS) COMMITTEE (3)

(Lib Dem   1   Lab   1   Con 1)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Chair: Cllr Moncur	Cllr D. Hardy
2.	Cllr Connell	Cllr Sumner
3.	Cllr Storey	Cllr Roberts

 

PLANNING (PETITIONS) COMMITTEE (15)

 

The Committee comprises the Members of the Planning Committee.

 

PLANNING VISITING PANEL (15)

 

The Committee comprises the Members of the Planning Committee.

 

STANDARDS COMMITTEE (6)   (plus 3 Independent Members* and 2 Parish Council Members**)

 

(6 Members (2 from each party).  4 Members (including 1 Cabinet Member) with a further 2 Members to be appointed as Shadow Members to take Full Membership of the Committee with effect from the Council Meeting on 10 July 2008).

 

(Lib Dem   2   Lab   2   Con   2 - including 1 Cabinet Member)

 

	Member	Substitute
1.	Cllr Brady	Cllr Moncur
2	Cllr. Fairclough (Cabinet Member)	Cllr Maher
3.	Cllr M. Fearn	Cllr Booth
4	Cllr Hill (Shadow Member)	Cllr D. Rimmer
5	Cllr Papworth (Shadow Member)	Cllr Bigley
6.	Cllr Storey	Cllr Cuthbertson

 

*Independent Members:

Chair - Mr. N. Edwards

Vice-Chair - Mrs. C. Batchelor

1 Vacancy to be filled following public advertisement

 

** Parish Council Members:

Mrs. B. O’Brien

1 Vacancy to be filled by Sefton Area Partnership of Local Councils

 

ASSESSMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF STANDARDS COMMITTEE

All Members of the Standards Committee will form a Panel from which membership will be drawn for the Sub-Committee.

 

REVIEW SUB-COMMITTEE OF STANDARDS COMMITTEE

 

All Members of the Standards Committee to form a Panel from which membership will be drawn for the Sub-Committee.

 

LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES

 

The Members of the Wards included in the Area of the Committee.

 

(Local Advisory Groups are appointed by the respective Area Committee).

 

INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION PANEL(3 members)

 

Rev. R. Driver, Mrs. L. McBrearty and one vacancy

 

(To advise and make recommendations to the Authority about the allowances to be paid to Elected Members).

 

JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR TEACHING STAFFS

(9 Council Members plus teacher representatives)

 

(Lib Dem   4   Lab  3    Con  2)

 

Lib Dem Group          Councillors  Blackburn, Dodd, M. Fearn and Fenton

                                 (Substitutes – Councillors Sumner, Colbert, Tonkiss and Byrne).                                    

 

Labour Group            Councillors P. Dowd, P. Hardy and Cummins

                                 (Substitutes - Councillors Brennan, Tweed and Moncur).

 

Conservative Group   Councillors Doran and D. Jones

                                 (Substitutes - Councillors Glover and Ibbs).

 

 

LOCAL JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

 

(12 Council Members plus 12 Trade Union Representatives) (i.e. Equal number of Council Members to the number of seats which the Trade Unions are entitled to).

 

(Lib Dem 5     Lab 4    Con 3)

 

Lib Dem Group          Councillors Brodie-Browne, Hands, McGuire, Robertson and Shaw

                                

                                 (Substitutes – Councillors Lord Fearn, S. Mainey, C. Mainey, Tattersall and Hough).

                                                                                                             

Labour Group            Councillors Brady, P. Dowd, Fairclough and Moncur

 

                                 (Substitutes - Councillors Friel, M. Dowd, Tweed and Mahon).

 

Conservative Group   Councillors Platt, Porter and Sir Ron Watson

 

                                 (Substitutes - Councillors Griffiths, Parry and Papworth).

 

LORD STREET MEMBER/OFFICER WORKING GROUP

 

Cabinet Member - Technical Services (Councillor Fairclough) and six Members of the Southport Area Committee (3 Liberal Democrat and 3 Conservative Councillors).

 

(The Working Group was appointed in May 2007 to track and monitor the Lord Street Phase 2 Developments).

 

MEMBERS’ DEVELOPMENT STEERING GROUP (7)

 

(Lib Dem 2      Lab  2       Con 2)  plus one Cabinet Member

 

1.       Chair: Cllr Porter

2.       Cllr Cluskey

3.       Cllr Colbert

4.       Cllr Griffiths

5.       Cllr Ibbs

6.       Cllr Moncur

7.       Cllr Weavers

 

MEMBERS’ ICT STEERING GROUP (6)

 

(Lib Dem 2      Lab  2       Con 2)

 

1.       Chair: Cllr Parry

2.       Cllr Brady

3.       Cllr Dodd

4.       Cllr McGuire

5.       Cllr Fairclough

6.       Cllr Porter

 

Membership to include the Cabinet Member - Corporate Services.