Agenda item

Greater Manchester Appointments and Nominations - 2023/24

Report of Gillian Duckworth, GMCA Solicitor & Monitoring Officer

Decision:

1.     That the appointment of Julie Connor, Director of Governance & Scrutiny, as the Secretary of the GMCA be approved.

 

2.     That Councillors Bev Craig (Lab), Arooj Shah (Lab), Gerald Cooney (Lab), Nick Peel (Lab) and Mark Hunter (Lib Dem) be appointed to the GMCA Standards Committee for 2023/24.

 

3.     That Councillor Christine Carrigan (Lab) be appointed as the member and Councillors Charles Rigby (Lab) and Shelley Lanchbury (Lab) be appointed as the substitute members to the GMCA Audit Committee for 2023/24.

 

4.     That the appointment of the Mayor of Greater Manchester to the Bee Network Committee for 2023/24 be noted.

 

5.     That Councillor Tom Ross (Lab) be appointed, to act as the substitute member for the Mayor of Greater Manchester, to the Bee Network Committee for 2023/4.

 

6.     That Councillor Eamonn O’Brien (Lab) be appointed as GMCA member to the Bee Network Committee for 2023/24 and that Councillor Neil Emmott (Lab) be appointed to act as the substitute GMCA member to the Bee Network Committee for 2023/4.

 

7.     That the establishment of the new GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee be approved and that 20 members be appointed to the Committee for 2023/24 as follows:

 

Members

Local Authority

 

 

Bolton

Peter Wright (Horwich and Blackrod First Independents)

Nadim Muslim (Con)

Bury

Nathan Boroda (Lab)

Russell Bernstein (Con)

 Manchester

Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab)

Basil Curley (Lab)

John Leech (Lib Dem)

Oldham

Colin McLaren (Lab)

Jenny Harrison (Lab)

Rochdale

Patricia Dale (Lab)

Tom Besford (Lab)

Salford

Joshua Brooks (Lab)

Lewis Nelson (Lab)

Stockport

Helen Hibbert (Lab)

Vacancy (Lib Dem)

Tameside

Naila Sharif (Lab)

 

Trafford

Jill Axford (Lab)

Nathan Evans (Con)

Wigan

Fred Walker (Lab)

Joanne Marshall (Lab)

Substitutes

Local Authority

 

 

Bolton

Robert Morrisey (Lab)

Champak Mistry (Lab)

Bury

Mary Whitby (Lab)

(vacancy) (Lab)

Manchester

Linda Foley (Lab)

John Hughes (Lab)

Oldham

Eddie Moores (Lab)

Holly Harrison (Lab)

Rochdale

Sameena Zaheer (Lab)

Ashley Dearnley (Con)

Salford

Marie Brabiner (Lab)

Arnold Saunders (Con)

Stockport

Lisa Smart (Lib Dem)

Shan Alexander (Lib Dem)

Tameside

Claire Reid (Lab)

Liam Billington (Con)

Trafford

Mike Cordingley (Lab)

Kevin Procter (Lab)

Wigan

Dane Anderton (Lab)

Debra Wailes (Lab)

 

 

8.      That it be noted that Councillor Mark Hunter requested his opposition be recorded in relation to the reference in the table illustrating a Liberal Democrat vacancy on the Committee when a clear nomination had been made in accordance with the usual practice.

 

9.     That the appointments made by the GM Local Authorities to the GM Culture & Social Impact Fund Committee for 2023/24, be approved, as follows:

 

District

Member

Substitute

GMCA Portfolio Lead

Neil Emmott (Lab)

 

Bolton

Nadeem Ayub (Lab)

Karen Hon (Lab)

Bury

Charlotte Morris (Lab)

Richard Gold (Lab)

Manchester

Tim Whiston (Lab)

To be confirmed

Oldham

Peter Dean (Lab)

Ros Birch (Lab)

Rochdale

Janet Emsley (Lab)

Terry Smith (Lab)

Salford

Hannah Robinson-Smith (Lab)

To be confirmed

Stockport

Frankie Singleton (Lib Dem)

Jilly Julian (Lib Dem)

Tameside

Vimal Choksi (Lab)

Sangita Patel (Lab)

Trafford

Catherine Hynes (Lab)

Rose Thompson (Lab)

Wigan

Paul Prescott (Lab)

Keith Cunliffe (Lab)

 

10.  That the appointments to the Green City Region Board as nominated by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2023/24, be approved, as follows:

 

District

Member

GMCA Portfolio Lead

Tom Ross (Lab)

Bolton

Richard Silvester (Lab)

Bury

To be confirmed

Manchester

Tracey Rawlins (Lab)

Oldham

Abdul Jabbar (Lab)

Rochdale

Tricia Ayrton (Lab)

Salford

Mike McCusker (Lab)

Stockport

Mark Roberts (Lib Dem)

Tameside

Jack Naylor (Lab)

Trafford

Aidan Williams (Lab)

Wigan

Paul Prescott (Lab)

 

 

11.  That the GMCA Green-City Region Portfolio Leader Tom Ross (Lab) be appointed to the Greater Manchester Green City Region Partnership Board for 2023/24.

 

12.  That the appointments to the Greater Manchester Clean Air Scrutiny Committee, as agreed by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2023/24, be noted as follows:

 

District

Member

Substitute

Bolton

Martin Donaghy (Lab)

Kate Taylor (Lab)

Bury

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

Manchester

Mandie Shilton Godwin (Lab)

To be confirmed

Oldham

Eddie Moores (Lab)

Colin McClaren (Lab)

Rochdale

Mohammad Arshad (Lab)

Faisal Rana (Lab)

Salford

John Mullen (Lab)

Stuart Dickman (Lab)

Stockport

Lisa Smart (Lib Dem)

Jeremy Meal (Lib Dem)

Tameside

Claire Reid (Lab)

Shibley Alam (Lab)

Trafford

Jill Axford (Lab)

To be confirmed

Wigan

Christine Roberts (Lab)

Samantha Brown (Lab)

 

13.  That the appointments to the Greater Manchester Homelessness Programme Board, as nominated by the 10 GM Local Authorities for 2023/24, be approved, as follows:

 

District

Member

Substitute

GMCA Portfolio Lead

Paul Dennett (Lab)

 

Bolton

Hamid Khurram (Lab)

Martin Donaghy (Lab)

Bury

Clare Cummins (Lab)

Elizabeth Fitzgerald (Lab)

Manchester

Joanna Midgely (Lab)

To be confirmed

Oldham

Elaine Taylor (Lab)

Chris Goodwin (Lab)

Rochdale

Daniel Meredith (Lab)

Terry Smith (Lab)

Salford

Tracy Kelly (Lab)

Wilson Nkurunziza (Lab)

Stockport

Colin MacAlistir (Lib Dem)

Frankie Singleton (Lib Dem)

Tameside

John Taylor (Lab)

To be confirmed

Trafford

James Wright (Lab)

Liz Patel (Lab)

Wigan

Susan Gambles (Lab)

Paula Wakefield (Lab)

 

14.  That the GM Transport Committee/Bee Network Committee be requested to appoint 5 members from the Committee (4 Labour and 1 Conservative) to the GMATL Board for 2023/24.

 

15.  That Councillors Bev Craig (Lab), Eamonn O’Brien (Lab) Nick Peel (Lab) and Arooj Shah (Lab) be appointed to the Greater Manchester Business Board (formerly Local Enterprise Partnership) for 2023/24:

 

16.  That Councillors Gerald Cooney (Lab), Bev Craig (Lab), Nazia Rehman (Lab) and Eamonn O’Brien (Lab) be appointed to the Growth Company Board for 2023/24.

 

17.  That the following Portfolio Leaders, Technical Education & Skills (Eamonn O’Brien), Resource & Investment (David Molyneux), Economy, Business & Inclusive Growth (Bev Craig), Green City Region (Tom Ross) and Equalities & Communities (Arooj Shah) be appointed to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Board for 2023/24.

 

18.  That subject to any further changes the GMCA may wish to make, all appointments are made up to the GMCA Annual Meeting in June 2024.

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