Appointments to Committees and Sub-Committees

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The County Council is recommended to allocate places on, and membership of, the main committees listed in Appendix 1 and the other committees and panels set out in Appendix 2. p15p16p17

Appendix 1 sets out 79 committee seats in total: 35 for Reform UK (22 councillors), 20 for the Liberal Democrats (13 councillors), 17 for the Greens (11 councillors), 5 for the Conservatives (3 councillors), and 2 unallocated seats available for the independent member. p18p19p20p21p22p23p37

Group leaders and the independent member have been asked to send nominations to fill the places, and these will be circulated to members on the day of the annual Council meeting for approval by the Full Council. p11

The report also notes that Cabinet members may not serve on the Scrutiny Committees, the Audit Committee or the Regulatory Committee, and that the Leader and Deputy Leader may not serve on the Standards Committee. p9

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• p91.4 Members of the Cabinet may not serve on the Scrutiny Committees, the Audit Committee, or the Regulatory Committee, and the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council may not serve on the Standards Committee.
• p111.6 Based on the proposed allocations to Committees included in this report, the group leaders and independent member have been asked to let the Deputy Chief Executive have nominations to fill the places on committees, sub-committees, panels and other bodies. The nominations received will be circulated to members of the County Council on the day of the annual Council meeting for approval by the Full Council. Allocation of seats
• p15The County Council is recommended: v to allocate to political groups and the independent member places on, and membership of:
• p16(a) the main committees as listed in Appendix 1 of this report; and
• p17(b) other committees and panels as set out in Appendix 2, and listed under item 10 of the agenda.
• p18Appendix 1 Group Number of Councillors %
• p19Number of seats Reform UK 22 44% 34.76 (35)
• p20Liberal Democrat 13 26% 20.54 (20) Green
• p2111 22% 17.38 (17) Conservatives 3 6% 4.74 (5)
• p22Unallocated (available for Independent) 1
• p232% 1.58 (2) Total 50 100% 79 Committee Reform UK
• p37(0.14) 0 Total (79) 35 20 17 5 2 APPENDIX 2