Agenda item

Following a meeting of Group Leaders held to discuss and decide the matter, Council is requested to approve the allocation to the political groups formed on Tendring District Council of seats on those bodies that are subject to the Rules of Political Proportionality (Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989).

In accordance with the wishes expressed by Group Leaders, Council will also appoint Members to serve on those bodies that are subject to the Rules of Political Proportionality (Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989).

Council considered a comprehensive report prepared by Officers, which detailed the legislative requirements, principles and necessary procedural steps, with regard to the allocation to the political groups formed on Tendring District Council of seats on those bodies that were subject to the Rules of Political Proportionality (i.e. Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989).

Council also gave consideration to a Schedule of Members that it was proposed by political Group Leaders should serve on each of the Council’s bodies, which were subject to the Rules of Political Proportionality (Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989).

Members were aware that there were unallocated seats on the Community Leadership Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the Licensing and Registration Committee and the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee, to which Full Council would need to appoint Members.

Having duly considered the information contained in the report and the appendix thereto:-

It was moved by Councillor M E Stephenson, seconded by Councillor I J Henderson and:-

RESOLVED that:-

(a)    Council confirms that the political balance rules shall not be applied to the Tendring/Colchester Borders Garden Community Joint Committee and the Town & Parish Councils Standards Sub-Committee;

(b)    Council approves the review of the allocation of places on relevant Committees, as set out in Table 2 above in so far as it sets out thetotal number of seats on all those Committees to be allocated to political groups represented on the Council, (principle (c) of the “Principles”);

(c)    Council approves, subject to the subsequent consideration of (d) below, the number of seats on each relevant Committee to be allocated to political groups such that, for each group, their proportion of seats on individual Committees is proportionate to their overall membership on the Council (principles (c) and (d) of the “Principles”):

Table 7

(d)    That the following changes to the allocations set out in Table 7 above be approved (the relevant allocations are shown ‘*’ in Table 7):

(1)   the Labour Group to have two seat on the Licensing and Registration Committee (instead of one) and no seat on the Resources and Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee (instead of one);

(2)   the Tendring Independents Group to have two seats on the Licensing & Registration Committee (instead of three) and three seats on the Resources and Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee (instead of two); and

(e)    Council endorses and approves, in so far as it reflects the earlier decisions on this matter, the appointment of Members to serve on the relevant Committees et cetera, as set out in Appendix 1 to this report subject to Councillor Ferguson being replaced by Councillor Alexander as a member of the Standards Committee.

It was then moved by Councillor M E Stephenson, seconded by Councillor I J Henderson and:-

RESOLVED - (f) that Councillor Casey be appointed to the unallocated seats on the Licensing and Registration Committee and the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee.