Agenda item

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

Meeting of Annual Council, Thursday, 11th May, 2023 7.30 pm (Item 23.)

Minutes:

Councillor Hyde moved the recommendations in the report. The recommendations were put to the vote and CARRIED.

RESOLVED:

(i) That Council note that the Labour Group have notified the following appointments:

Leader of Group	Councillor Kaya Comer-Schwartz
Deputy Leader of Group	Councillor Santiago Bell-Bradford
Chief Whip	Councillor Sara Hyde
Deputy Whips	Councillors Jason Jackson & Fin Craig
Chair of Group	Councillor David Poyser
Vice-Chair	Councillor Angelo Weekes
Secretary	Councillor Jilani Chowdhury
Treasurer	Councillor Satnam Gill
Social Secretary	Councillor Heather Staff
Ordinary Member Posts	Councillors Bashir Ibrahim & Valerie Bossman-Quarshie

(ii) That Council note that the Green Group have notified the following appointments:

Leader of Group	Councillor Benali Hamdache
Deputy Leader of Group	Councillor Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong
Group Business Manager	Councillor Caroline Russell

(iii) That the following appointments be made to the Policy and Performance Committee for 2023/24 or until successors are appointed:

POLICY & PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE (12 Councillors)

Councillor Flora Williamson (Chair)	Councillor Hannah McHugh
Councillor Paul Convery (Vice Chair)	Councillor Bashir Ibrahim
Councillor Jilani Chowdhury	Councillor Saiqa Pandor
Councillor Jason Jackson	Councillor Angelo Weekes
Councillor Tricia Clarke Councillor Sheila Chapman	Councillor Heather Staff Councillor Benali Hamdache

Substitutes:
Councillor Nick Wayne	Councillor Troy Gallagher
Councillor Dave Poyser	Councillor Praful Nargund
Councillor Caroline Russell

(iv) That the following appointments be made to the remaining committees for 2023/24 or until successors are appointed:

CHILDREN’S SERVICES SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (8 Councillors)

Councillor Sheila Chapman (Chair)			Councillor Fin Craig
Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie (Vice Chair)			Councillor Toby North
Councillor Rosaline Ogunro			Councillor Saiqa Pandor
Councillor Clare Zammit			Councillor Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong
Co-opted Members for Education related issues:
	Roman Catholic Diocese – Mary Clement
	Parent Governor Representative (Primary) – Jon Stansfield
	Parent Governor Representative (Secondary) – Zaleera Wallace
Substitutes:
Councillor Jilani Chowdhury		Councillor Paul Convery
Councillor Dave Poyser		Councillor Heather Staff
Councillor Ilkay Cinko-Oner		Councillor Benali Hamdache

ENVIRONMENT & REGENERATION SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (8 Councillors)

Councillor Tricia Clarke (Chair)	Councillor Mick Gilgunn
Councillor Clare Jeapes (Vice Chair)	Councillor Ruth Hayes
Councillor Angelo Weekes	Councillor Claire Zammit
Councillor Fin Craig	Councillor Caroline Russell

Substitutes:

Councillor Jason Jackson

Councillor Heather Staff

Councillor Toby North

Councillor David Poyser

Councillor Flora Williamson

Councillor Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong

HEALTH AND CARE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (8 Councillors)

Councillor Jilani Chowdhury (Chair)	Councillor Fin Craig
Councillor Joseph Croft (Vice Chair)	Councillor Mick Gilgunn
Councillor Janet Burgess	Councillor Claire Zammit
Councillor Tricia Clarke	Councillor Caroline Russell
Substitutes:
Councillor Heather Staff	Councillor David Poyser
Councillor Flora Williamson	Councillor Benali Hamdache

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

HOUSING SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (8 Councillors)

Councillor Jason Jackson (Chair)	Councillor Mick O’Sullivan
Councillor Ilkay Cinko-Oner (Vice Chair)	Councillor Mick Gilgunn
Councillor Phil Graham	Councillor Gulcin Ozdemir
Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie	Councillor Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong
Substitutes:
Councillor Jilani Chowdhury	Councillor David Poyser
Councillor Ben Mackmurdie Councillor Heather Staff Councillor Caroline Russell	Councillor Marian Spall Councillor Rosaline Ogunro

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

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

Substitutes:
Councillor Angelo Weekes Councillor Jilani Chowdhury	Councillor Jason Jackson Councillor Jenny Kay
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

Jon Abbey – Director of Children’s Services

John Everson – Director of Adult Social Care

Representatives of the North Central London Integrated Care Board:

Dr Clare O’Brien– Governing Body representative

Clare Henderson – Executive Director representative

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)

Darren Summers – Camden and Islington NHS Trust (non-voting)

Helen Brown – CEO, Whittington NHS Trust (non-voting)

Voluntary Sector Representative:

To be advised.

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 John Woolf
Councillor Roulin Khondoker	Councillor Diarmaid Ward
Councillor Rowena Champion	Councillor Santiago Bell-Bradford

Officer Substitutes:
For Jonathan O’Sullivan – Charlotte Ashton, Islington Deputy Director of Public Health
For John Everson – Jodi Pilling, Director of Strategic Commissioning and Investment For Jon Abbey – Laura Eden, Director of Safeguarding and Family Support
Clinical Commissioning Group Substitutes:
For Clare Henderson – Sarah McDonnell-Davies, Executive Director for Borough Partnerships
Healthwatch Islington Substitute:
For Emma Whitby – Jennifer Kent, Healthwatch Islington

NHS Substitutes:
For Dr Helene Brown – Dr Hasz Sonigra, Associate Medical Director, NHS England

PLANNING COMMITTEE (10 Councillors)

Councillor Martin Klute (Chair)	Councillor Hannah McHugh
Councillor Dave Poyser (Vice Chair)	Councillor Ruth Haynes
Councillor Toby North (Vice Chair)	Councillor Jason Jackson
Councillor Tricia Clarke	Councillor Rosaline Ogunro
Councillor Paul Convery	Councillor Benali Hamdache

Substitutes:
Councillor Jilani Chowdhury Councillor Heather Staff	Councillor Nick Wayne Councillor Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong
Councillor Jenny Kay

LICENSING COMMITTEE (15 Councillors)

Councillor Angelo Weekes (Chair)	Councillor Ben Mackmurdie
Councillor Heather Staff	Councillor Joseph Croft
Councillor Phil Graham	Councillor Ilkay Cinko-Oner
Councillor Bashir Ibrahim	Councillor Marian Spall
Councillor Clare Jeapes	Councillor Matt Nathan
Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie	Councillor Asima Shaikh
Councillor Nick Wayne	Councillor Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong
Councillor Praful Nargund

LICENSING REGULATORY COMMITTEE (4 Councillors)

Councillor Marian Spall (Chair)	Councillor Ben Mackmurdie
Councillor Phil Graham (Vice-Chair)	Councillor Asima Shaikh

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 Anjna Khurana (Chair)	Councillor Jason Jackson
Councillor Fin Craig	Councillor Satnam Gill

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

GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE (5 Councillors)

Councillor Sara Hyde (Chair)	Councillor Rosaline Ogunro
Councillor Diarmaid Ward	Councillor Janet Burgess
Councillor Heather Staff

GRIEVANCE APPEAL COMMITTEE (5 Councillors)

Councillor Jason Jackson (Chair)	Councillor Clare Jeapes
Councillor Rowena Champion	Councillor Marian Spall
Councillor Nurullah Turan

INVESTIGATING AND DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE (5 Councillors)

Councillor Nick Wayne (Chair)

Councillor Troy Gallagher

Councillor Diarmaid Ward

Councillor Ruth Hayes

Councillor Una O’Halloran

Substitute:

Councillor Sheila Chapman

Councillor Flora Williamson

DISCIPLINARY APPEAL COMMITTEE (5 Councillors)

Councillor Fin Craig (Chair)	Councillor David Poyser
Councillor Michelline Safi Ngongo	Councillor Benali Hamdache
Councillor Satnam Gill

A. OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Recommendation:

1) That the following appointments be made for 2023/24 or until successors are appointed:

FOSTERING PANEL AND ADOPTION AND PERMANENCE PANEL

Councillor Gulcin Ozdemir

CORPORATE PARENTING BOARD

Councillor Michelline Safi Ngongo (Chair)	Councillor Gulcin Ozdemir
Councillor Sheila Chapman	Councillor Toby North
Councillor Flora Williamson

STANDING ADVISORY COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (SACRE)

Revd David Allen - Church of England Representative (Chair)
Mary Thorne - Church of England Representative
Ann Dwulit - Teacher Association Representative
Parul Monnan - Religious Representative
Tracey Peters - Religious Representative
Vinay Shah - Religious Representative
Naomi Ter-Berg - Religious Representative
Cllr Michelline Safi Ngongo – Local authority representative
Cllr Saiqa Pandor – Local authority representative

Note: there are vacancies on SACRE and further appointments will be made in due course.

TMO LIAISON COMMITTEE

Councillor Mick O’Sullivan

MEMBER CHAMPIONS

Carers Champion – Councillor Janet Burgess

Equalities Champions – Councillor Hannah McHugh

Arts Champion – Councillor Claire Zammit

Armed Forces Champion – Councillor Marian Spall

Mental Health Champion – Councillor Joseph Croft

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 Saiqa Pandor

Private Renters Champion – Councillor Jenny Kay

Migrants Champion – Councillors Heather Staff & Ilkay Cinko-Oner (Job Share)

Young People’s Champion – Councillors Fin Craig and Rosaline Ogunro (Job Share)

Supporting documents:

Appointment of Councillors to Political Positions Committee Memberships 2023-4, item 23. PDF 253 KB