Agenda item

Appointment of Councillors to Political Positions and the Appointment of Chairs and Vice Chairs and Membership of Committees 2021/22

Meeting of Annual Council, Thursday, 20th May, 2021 7.30 pm (Item 45.)

Minutes:

Councillor Hyde, seconded by Councillor Comer-Schwartz, moved the recommendations in the report. The recommendations were put to the vote and CARRIED.

RESOLVED:

A. APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILLORS TO POLITICAL POSITIONS

That Council note that the Labour group have notified the following appointments:

Leader of Group	Councillor Kaya Comer-Schwartz
Deputy Leader of Group	Councillor Rowena Champion
Chief Whip	Councillor Sara Hyde
Deputy Whips	Councillors Anjna Khurana & John Woolf
Chair of Group	Councillor Roulin Khondoker
Vice-Chair	Councillor Michelline Ngongo
Secretary	Councillor Jilani Chowdhury
Treasurer	Councillor Diarmaid Ward
Social Secretary	Councillor Marian Spall
Ordinary Member Posts	Councillors Matt Nathan & Mouna Hamitouche

B. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRS AND VICE-CHAIRS AND MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES FOR 2021/22

1) That the following appointments be made to the Policy and Performance Committee for 2021/22 or until successors are appointed:

POLICY & PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE (16 Councillors)

Councillor Theresa Debono (Chair)	Councillor Bashir Ibrahim
Councillor Troy Gallagher (Vice Chair)	Councillor Rakhia Ismail
Councillor Santiago Bell-Bradford	Councillor Matt Nathan
Councillor Sheila Chapman	Councillor Mick O’Sullivan
Councillor Jilani Chowdhury	Councillor Roulin Khondoker
Councillor Clare Jeapes	Councillor Tricia Clarke
Councillor Osh Gantly	Councillor Caroline Russell
Councillor Gary Heather	Councillor Nick Wayne

Substitutes:
Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie	Councillor Dave Poyser
Councillor Sara Hyde	Councillor Toby North
Councillor Anjna Khurana	Councillor Angelo Weekes
Councillor Jason Jackson	Councillor John Woolf

2) That the following appointments be made to the remaining committees for 2021/22 or until successors are appointed:

CHILDREN’S SERVICES SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (8 Councillors)

Councillor Sheila Chapman (Chair)			Councillor Paul Convery
Councillor Kadeema Woodbyrne (Vice Chair)			Councillor Gulcin Ozdemir
Councillor Santiago Bell-Bradford			Councillor Toby North
Councillor Janet Burgess			Councillor John Woolf
Co-opted Members for Education related issues:
	Roman Catholic Diocese – Mary Clement
	Parent Governor Representative (Primary) – Claire Ballak
	Parent Governor Representative (Secondary) – Zaleera Wallace
Substitutes:
Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie		Councillor Bashir Ibrahim
Councillor Sara Hyde		Councillor Angelo Weekes
Councillor Anjna Khurana

ENVIRONMENT & REGENERATION SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (9 Councillors)

Councillor Tricia Clarke (Chair)	Councillor Roulin Khondoker
Councillor Gary Heather (Vice Chair)	Councillor Gulcin Ozdemir
Councillor Santiago Bell-Bradford	Councillor Caroline Russell
Councillor Clare Jeapes	Councillor Kadeema Woodbyrne
	Councillor Angelo Weekes

Substitutes:
Councillor Sara Hyde	Councillor Toby North
Councillor Anjna Khurana	Councillor Marian Spall
Councillor Dave Poyser	Councillor John Woolf

HEALTH AND CARE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (8 Councillors)

Councillor Clare Jeapes (Chair)	Councillor Sara Hyde
Councillor Jenny Kay (Vice Chair)	Councillor Osh Gantly
Councillor Jilani Chowdhury	Councillor Phil Graham
Councillor Tricia Clarke	Councillor Martin Klute
Substitutes:
Councillor Janet Burgess	Councillor Anjna Khurana
Councillor Gary Heather	Councillor Dave Poyser
Councillor Bashir Ibrahim	Councillor John Woolf

The co-opted member from Healthwatch Islington is to be confirmed.

HOUSING SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (8 Councillors)

Councillor Mick O’Sullivan (Chair)	Councillor Phil Graham
Councillor Marian Spall (Vice Chair)	Councillor Osh Gantly
Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie	Councillor Jason Jackson
Councillor Theresa Debono	Councillor Gulcin Ozdemir
Substitutes:
Councillor Gary Heather	Councillor Matt Nathan
Councillor Sara Hyde	Councillor John Woolf
Councillor Anjna Khurana
Resident Observers:
Rose-Marie McDonald Dean Donaghey

AUDIT COMMITTEE (4 Councillors and 2 Independent Members, as below)

Councillor Nick Wayne (Chair)	Councillor Flora Williamson
Councillor Sara Hyde (Vice Chair)	Councillor Janet Burgess

Substitute:
Councillor Angelo Weekes
Independent Members:
Alan Begg
Alan Finch

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD (15 members, as below)
Members of the Board are also members of the Haringey and Islington Health and Wellbeing Boards Joint Sub-Committee, with the exception of the representatives of NHS England and Islington GP Federation.

Councillors:

Councillor Kaya Comer-Schwartz (Chair)

Councillor Nurullah Turan

Councillor Michelline Safi Ngongo

Officers:

Jonathan O’Sullivan – Acting Director of Public Health

Cate Duffy – Interim Director of Children’s Services

Stephen Taylor – Interim Director of Adult Social Care

Representatives of the North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group:

Dr Jo Sauvage – NCL CCG Governing Body member for Islington

Sarah McDonnell-Davies – Executive Director of Borough Partnerships

Representative of Healthwatch Islington:

Emma Whitby – Chief Executive, Healthwatch Islington (non-voting)

Representatives of the NHS:

Dr Helene Brown, Medical Director, NHS England (non-voting)

Angela McNab, Chief Executive, Camden and Islington NHS Trust (non-voting)

Siobhan Harrington, Chief Executive, Whittington NHS Trust (non-voting)

Voluntary Sector Representative:

Katy Porter, Manor Gardens Welfare Trust (non-voting)

Islington GP Federation:

Michael Clowes, Chief Executive, Islington GP Federation (non-voting)

Substitutes may attend meetings subject to prior agreement of the Chair.

Councillor Substitutes:
Councillor Una O’Halloran	Councillor Asima Shaikh
Councillor Satnam Gill	Councillor Diarmaid Ward
Councillor Rowena Champion	Councillor Sue Lukes

Officer Substitutes:
For Jonathan O’Sullivan – Charlotte Ashton, Islington Deputy Director of Public Health
For Stephen Taylor – Jim Beale, Assistant Director of Adult Social Care For Cate Duffy – Laura Eden, Director of Safeguarding and Family Support
Clinical Commissioning Group Substitutes:
For Dr Jo Sauvage – Dr John McGrath, NCL CCG Governing Body For Sarah McDonnell-Davies – Paul Sinden, Director of Performance & Acute Commissioning
Healthwatch Islington Substitute:
For Emma Whitby – Jennifer Kent, Healthwatch Islington

NHS Substitutes:
For Dr Helene Brown – Dr Hasz Sonigra, Associate Medical Director, NHS England
For Siobhan Harrington – Jonathan Gardner, Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Whittington Health
For Angela McNab – Andy Rogers, Chief Operating Officer, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

PLANNING COMMITTEE (10 Councillors)

Councillor Martin Klute (Chair)	Councillor Bashir Ibrahim
Councillor Dave Poyser (Vice Chair)	Councillor Jason Jackson
Councillor Roulin Khondoker (Vice Chair)	Councillor Toby North
Councillor Tricia Clarke	Councillor Angela Picknell
Councillor Paul Convery	Councillor John Woolf

Substitutes:
Councillor Jenny Kay	Councillor Anjna Khurana
Councillor Jilani Chowdhury	Councillor Matt Nathan
Councillor Sara Hyde	Councillor Nick Wayne
	Councillor Flora Williamson

LICENSING COMMITTEE (14 Councillors)

Councillor Phil Graham (Chair)	Councillor Ben Mackmurdie
Councillor Nick Wayne (Vice Chair)	Councillor Matt Nathan
Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie	Councillor Gary Poole
Councillor Alice Clarke-Perry	Councillor Dave Poyser
Councillor Paul Convery	Councillor Marian Spall
Councillor Angela Picknell	Councillor Angelo Weekes
Councillor Anjna Khurana	Councillor Flora Williamson

LICENSING REGULATORY COMMITTEE (4 Councillors)

Councillor Marian Spall (Chair)	Councillor Alice Clarke-Perry
Councillor Phil Graham (Vice-Chair)	Councillor Theresa Debono

Note: Appointments to sub-committees of the Executive, the Audit Committee, the Planning Committee and the Licensing Committee will be made at the next meeting of those committees.

STANDARDS COMMITTEE (4 Councillors and 2 Independent Persons)

Councillor Sara Hyde (Chair)	Councillor Anjna Khurana
Councillor Theresa Debono	Councillor John Woolf
Substitute:
Councillor Marian Spall

Independent Persons (non-voting members of the committee):
Luke Rigg
Robert Milne

GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE

Councillor Sara Hyde (Chair)	Councillor Martin Klute
Councillor Diarmaid Ward	Councillor Una O’Halloran
Councillor Theresa Debono

GRIEVANCE APPEAL COMMITTEE

Councillor John Woolf (Chair)	Councillor Janet Burgess
Councillor Rowena Champion	Councillor Marian Spall
Councillor Angela Picknell

INVESTIGATING AND DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE

Councillor Nick Wayne (Chair)	Councillor Nurullah Turan
Councillor Satnam Gill	Councillor Flora Williamson
Councillor Marian Spall

DISCIPLINARY APPEAL COMMITTEE

Councillor Anjna Khurana (Chair)	Councillor Sue Lukes
Councillor Michelline Safi Ngongo	Councillor Asima Shaikh
Councillor Phil Graham

FOSTERING PANEL AND ADOPTION AND PERMANENCE PANEL

Councillor Paul Convery

CORPORATE PARENTING BOARD

Councillor Michelline Safi Ngogo (Chair)	Councillor Sara Hyde
Councillor Paul Convery	Councillor Flora Williamson
Councillor Sheila Chapman

STANDING ADVISORY COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (SACRE)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster		Conor McGinn 1 Vacancy
Free Church Federal Council:	Archway Methodist Church	Tim Bradshaw
	Salvation Army	1 Vacancy
	United Reformed Church	1 Vacancy
	Baptist Union	1 Vacancy
Society of Friends		1 Vacancy
Greek Orthodox Church		1 Vacancy
Elim Pentecostal Church		1 Vacancy
Jewish	Board of Deputies of British Jews	Judith Fox
Muslim Community	Muslim Welfare House Trust	Mohamed Mahmoud
	Muslim Education Trust	Merium Bhuiyam 1 Vacancy

Jain	Jain Samaj Europe	Vinay K Shah
Buddhist	Harrow Zazenkai - White Wind Zen Community	Frank Tettsu Woods
Islington Baha’i Community		1 Vacancy
Hindu		1 Vacancy
Sikh		Rosalind Miller
Daoist		1 Vacancy
Church of England	London Diocesan Board for Schools	Mary Thorne
	St Mary Magdalene Academy	April Keech
	St Luke’s Church	Revd Dave Tomlinson
	St Clement’s Church	Fr David Allen
Humanist	British Humanist Association	Edward Prout
National Union of Teachers		1 Vacancy
Association of School and College Leaders	Drayton Park Primary School St Lukes / Moreland Primary Schools	Damien Parrott Ann Dwulit
National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)		1 Vacancy
National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)		1 Vacancy
Head of RE Secondary Schools	St Mary Magdalene Academy	Sophie Morgan
Head of RE Special Schools	New River College	Ian Benson
Head of RE Primary Schools	Winton Primary School	Semra Gokce
Representatives of Governor Organisations		1 Vacancy
Islington Council		Cllr Michelline Safi Ngongo Cllr Sheila Chapman Substitute members: Cllr Gulcin Ozdemir Cllr Flora Williamson

JOINT TMO LIAISON COMMITTEE

Councillor Mick O’Sullivan

C. OTHER POSITIONS

That the following appointments be made for 2021/22 or until successors are appointed:

MEMBER CHAMPIONS

Carers Champion – Councillor Janet Burgess

Equalities Champions – Councillor Anjna Khurana

Arts Champion – Councillor Angela Picknell

Armed Forces Champion – Councillor Gary Poole

Mental Health Champion – Councillor Sara Hyde

Reading Champion – Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie

Recycling Champion – Councillor Clare Jeapes

Small Business, Co-ops and Social Enterprise Champion – Councillor Matt Nathan

Women and Girls Champion – Councillor Kadeema Woodbyrne

Private Renters Champion – Councillor Jenny Kay

Migrants Champion – Councillor Santiago Bell-Bradford

Supporting documents:

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