Following the by-election held in the Frinton Ward on 5 June 2025 and 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).

[NOTE: August 2025 – Membership of Committees/Sub-Committees to FOLLOW.]

Members were aware that, as part of the business that needed to be conducted at the meeting, Council would:-

(i)      decide the allocation of seats for all Committees and Sub-Committees to political groups in accordance with the political balance rules; and

(ii)    appoint Members to each Committee and Sub-Committee as appropriate.

Members were also aware that Councillor Anne Davis had recently joined the Reform UK Group following the by-election held in the Frinton Ward on 5 June 2025.

Council, with the assistance of the contents of the Chief Executive’s report (A.6), formally conducted the review referred to above.

Members had had circulated to them prior to the commencement of the meeting an amended Appendix 1 to the report A.6.

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

RESOLVED that –

(a)  Council approves the review of the allocation of places on relevant Committees, as set out in Table 2 in the Officer report (A.6) so far as it sets out the total number of seats on all those Committees to be allocated to political groups represented on the Council, (principle (c) of the “Principles”);

(b)  Council approves, the number of seats on each relevant Committee set out in Table 9 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 9

(c)   that the following changes to the allocations set out in Table 8 in the report be approved (the relevant allocations are shown in ‘*’ in Table 9 above):

(1)  the Labour Group having no seats on Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee (instead of one) and two seats on the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee (instead of one); and

(2)  the Independent Group having two seats on the Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee (instead of one) and no seats on the Miscellaneous Licensing Sub-Committee (instead of one).

Resolution (c) received a nemine contradicente vote.

(d)  Council 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 the Officer report.