Lancaster City Council
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Lancaster City Council is the 60-member elected local council for the City of Lancaster.[1] Template:Infobox legislature
Council leadership
The Leader of the Council is elected by a majority of Councillors every two years.[2] The City Council's executive is comprised of a 10-member Cabinet, appointed by the Leader of the Council. Since December 2020, the Cabinet has included councillors from four political groups.[1]
Cabinet[1]
Portfolio | Councillor | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Leader of the Council | Cllr Dr Erica Lewis | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Natural Environment | Cllr Dave Brookes | Green |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Sustainable Neighbourhoods | Cllr Gina Dowding | Green |
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| | Economic Recovery and Resilience | Cllr Merv Evans | Independent Group |
Climate Action | Cllr Kevin Frea | Eco-Socialist Independent | |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Sustainable Economic Prosperity | Cllr Tim Hamilton-Cox | Green |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Economic Regeneration and Planning | Cllr Janice Hanson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Housing | Cllr Caroline Jackson | Green |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Arts, Culture, Leisure and Wellbeing | Cllr Jean Parr | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Finance and Resources | Cllr Anne Whitehead | Labour |
Committees[3]
Scrutiny committees
Committee | Chair | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Overview and Scrutiny Committee | Cllr Tricia Heath | MBI |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Budget and Performance Panel | Cllr Adrian Duggan | Conservative |
Other committees
Committee | Chair | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Licencing Committee | Cllr Colin Hartley | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Planning Regulatory Committee | Cllr Anna Thornberry | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Personnel Committee | Cllr Oliver Robinson | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Appeals Committee | Cllr Philip Black | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Standards Committee | Cllr Mandy King | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Audit Committee | Cllr Paul Stubbins | Green |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| | Council Business Committee | Cllr Joyce Pritchard | Liberal Democrat |
Electoral History
Election | Seats | |||||
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Lab | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|Con | style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color|MBI | style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color|G | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|LD | style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color|Ind | |
2003 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
2007 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
2011 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
2015 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
Councillors by ward
Ward | Councillor | Party | Term of office | |
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Bare Ward | style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Cllr Tony Anderson | Independent Group | 2011–2015, 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Stephie Barber | Conservative | 2019–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Sarah Knight | MBI | 2019–present | |
Bolton and Slyne Ward | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Keith Budden | Conservative | 1995–2015, 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Malcolm Thomas | Conservative | 2003–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr John Wild | Conservative | 2015–present | |
Bulk Ward | style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Lucie Carrington | Green | 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Tim Hamilton-Cox | Green | 2011–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Caroline Jackson | Green | 2013–present | |
Carnforth and Millhead Ward | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Melanie Guilding | Conservative | 2015–present |
style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Cllr John Reynolds | Independent Group | 2016–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Peter Yates | Conservative | 2015–present | |
Castle Ward | style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Dave Brookes | Green | 2011–present |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Paul Stubbins | Green | 2019–present | |
Ellel Ward | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Richard Austen-Baker | Conservative | 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr David Whitworth | Conservative | 2019–present | |
Halton-with-Aughton Ward | Cllr Kevin Frea | Eco-Socialist Independent | 2017–present | |
Harbour Ward | style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Cllr Darren Clifford | Independent Group | 2015–present |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Janice Hanson | Labour | 1995–1999, 2003–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr David Whittaker | Labour | 1999–2007, 2011–present | |
Heysham Central Ward | style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Geoff Knight | MBI | 1995–present |
style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Cary Matthews | MBI | 2019–present | |
Heysham North Ward | style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Victoria Boyd-Power | MBI | 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Cllr Roger Cleet | Independent Group | 2019–present | |
Heysham South Ward | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Alan Biddulph | Labour | 2015–present |
style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Mike Greenall | MBI | 1999–2015, 2019–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Colin Hartley | Labour | 2015–present | |
John O'Gaunt Ward | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Dr Erica Lewis | Labour | 2019–present |
Cllr Faye Penny | Eco-Socialist Independent | 2019–present | ||
Cllr Alistair Sinclair | Eco-Socialist Independent | 2019–present | ||
Kellet Ward | style="background-color: Template:Vacant/meta/color"| | Vacant | ||
Lower Lune Valley Ward | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Joan Jackson | Conservative | 2011–present |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| | Cllr Joyce Pritchard | Liberal Democrat | 1999–2011, 2019–present | |
Marsh Ward | style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Mandy Bannon | Green | 2011–present |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Gina Dowding | Green | 1999–2007, 2019–present | |
Overton Ward | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Andrew Gardiner | Conservative | 2015–2019, 2019–present |
Poulton Ward | style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Tricia Heath | MBI | 1993–2003, 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Cllr Debbie Jenkins | Independent Group | 2019–present | |
Scotforth East Ward | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Anne Whitehead | Labour | 2015–present |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Jason Wood | Labour | 2019–present | |
Scotforth West Ward | style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Tim Dant | Green | 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Abi Mills | Green | 2014–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"| | Cllr Joanna Young | Green | 2019–present | |
Silverdale Ward | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| | Cllr June Greenwell | Liberal Democrat | 1991–1995, 2019–present |
Skerton East Ward | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Abbott Bryning | Labour | 1967–present |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Robert Redfern | Labour | 1999–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Anna Thornberry | Labour | 2019–present | |
Skerton West Ward | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Philip Black | Labour | 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Mandy King | Labour | 2019–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Jean Parr | Labour | 2017–present | |
Torrisholme Ward | style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Paul Anderton | MBI | 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Roger Dennison | MBI | 2007–2015, 2019–present | |
University and Scotforth Rural Ward | Cllr Jack O'Dwyer-Henry | Eco-Socialist Independent | 2019–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Oliver Robinson | Labour | 2018–present | |
Cllr Katie Whearty | Eco-Socialist Independent | 2019–present | ||
Upper Lune Valley Ward | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Stewart Southern | Conservative | 2019–present |
Warton Ward | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Cllr Adrian Duggan | Conservative | 2019–present |
Westgate Ward | style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Cllr Merv Evans | Independent Group | 2019–present |
style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"| | Cllr Jason Firth | MBI | 2019–present | |
style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Cllr Jake Goodwin | Independent Group | 2019–present |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Council structure". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ↑ "Lancaster City Council elects new leader". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ↑ "Agenda for Council on Monday, 18th May 2020, 6.00 p.m." committeeadmin.lancaster.gov.uk. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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