Council Councillors and Meetings Our Constitution Constitution - Membership of Executive, Panels, Committess, Forums and Working Groups
Constitution - Membership of Executive, Panels, Committess, Forums and Working Groups
Part 3 - Responsibility for Functions
- Section 1 - Responsibility for Local Choice Functions
- Section 2 - Responsibility for Council functions (including terms of reference for Council and its Committees)
- Section 3 - Responsibility for Executive functions (including terms of reference for the Executive, individual Executive Members and Panels)
- Section 4 - Joint Arrangements with other Local Authorities
- Section 5 - Advisory Groups to the Executive
- Section 6 - List of non executive functions
- Section 7 - Executive portfolios
- Section 8 - Membership of the Executive/Committees/Panels/Forums
- Section 9 - Appointments to Outside Bodies/Organisations and School Governing Bodies
- Section 10 - Scheme of Officer Delegations
Membership of Cabinet, Committess, Forums and Working Groups
Key: S - Spokesperson, C - Chairman, VC - Vice-Chairman
Meetings of Local Engagement Forums, Swale Rural Forum, Swale Joint Transportation Board, Standards Committee and Scrutiny Committees will elect a Chairman at the first meeting of the Civic Year.
Appointments Committee (to be a Sub-Committee of the General Purposes Committee)
Membership = 7 Quorum = 3
| Conservative (5) | Labour (2) | Independent Group |
| Andrew Bowles | Angela Harrison | |
| Mike Cosgrove | Roger Truelove | |
| Gerry Lewin | ||
| Pat Sandle | ||
| David Simmons |
Audit Committee
Membership = 9 Quorum = 3
| Conservative (6) | Labour (2) | Independent Group (1) |
| Andy Booth | Angela Harrison | Mike Henderson |
| June Garrad | Mike Haywood | |
| Nicholas Hampshire (C) | ||
| Colin Prescott (VC) | ||
| Pat Sandle | ||
| Ted Wilcox |
Emergency Committee
Membership = 6 (Membership to comprise of six Senior Members as nominated by their respective group, or their substitutes). Quorum = 2
| Conservative (4) | Labour (2) | Independent Group |
| Andrew Bowles (C) | Roger Truelove | |
| Mike Cosgrove | Mike Haywood | |
| Gerry Lewin (VC) | ||
| John Wright |
Cabinet
Membership = 7 Quorum = 3
- Leader: Cllr Andrew Bowles
- Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Planning: Cllr Gerry Lewin
- Cabinet Member for Finance and Performance: Cllr Duncan Dewar-Whalley
- Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy (including Learning, Skills and Culture): Cllr John Wright
- Cabinet Member for Environment (including rural issues): Cllr David Simmons
- Cabinet Member for Communities and Localism: Cllr Mike Cosgrove
- Cabinet Member for Housing, Health and Wellbeing: Cllr Derek Conway
Deputy Cabinet Members
- Finance and Performance: Cllr Ted Wilcox
- Regeneration and Economy (including Learning, Skills and Culture): Cllr Bryan Mulhern
- Communities and Localism: Cllr Lesley Ingham
- Housing, Health and Wellbeing: Cllr Lesley Ingham
Lead Members
- Planning: Cllr Lloyd Bowen
- Environment Contracts: Cllr Nick Hampshire
- Green Issues: Cllr June Garrad
Faversham Local Engagement Forum - membership to be made up of relevant Ward Councillors
Membership = 17 Quorum = 2
(Votes to be split 12 District, 2 County, 2 KALC and 1 LSP Partners)
Chairman and Vice-Chairman to be elected at first meeting and to rotate annually between SBC and KCC
Kent County Councillors (2): Mr Bowles (also a Borough Member) and Mr Gates Kent Association of Local Councils representative (2): Councillors S Vaight (Oare PC) and P Duncan (Selling PC)
| Conservative (11) | Labour (0) | Independent Group (1) |
| Richard Barnicott | Mike Henderson | |
| George Bobbin | ||
| Lloyd Bowen | ||
| Andrew Bowles | ||
| Mike Cosgrove | ||
| John Coulter | ||
| Bryan Mulhern | ||
| Colin Prescott | ||
| David Simmons | ||
| Anita Walker (VC) | ||
| Ted Wilcox |
General Purposes Committee
Membership = 9 Quorum = 3
| Conservative (6) | Labour (3) | Independent Group |
| Andrew Bowles | Angela Harrison | |
| Derek Conway | Roger Truelove | |
| Mike Cosgrove | Stephen Worrall | |
| Gerry Lewin | ||
| Pat Sandle (C) | ||
| David Simmons |
General Licensing Committee
Membership = 10 Quorum = 4
| Conservative (7) | Labour (3) | Independent Group |
| George Bobbin | Mick Constable | |
| Adrian Crowther (VC) | Nick Williams | |
| June Garrad | Tony Winckless | |
| Lesley Ingham (C) | ||
| Anita Walker | ||
| Alan Willicombe | ||
| Jean Willicombe |
Licensing Act 2003
Committee Membership = 15 Quorum = 5
Licensing Sub-Committee membership to be formed from within the Licensing Act 2003 Committee membership.
| Conservative (10) | Labour (4) | Independent Group (1) |
| George Bobbin | Mick Constable | Monique Bonney |
| Lloyd Bowen | Nick Williams | |
| Derek Conway | Tony Winckless | |
| Adrian Crowther (VC) | Steve Worrall | |
| June Garrad | ||
| Lesley Ingham (C) | ||
| Colin Prescott | ||
| Anita Walker | ||
| Alan Willicombe | ||
| Jean Willicombe |
Local Development Framework (LDF) Panel
Membership = 9 Quorum = 3
| Conservative (6) | Labour (3) | Independent Group |
| Andy Booth | Mike Haywood | |
| Andrew Bowles | Roger Truelove | |
| Derek Conway | Tony Winckless | |
| Gerry Lewin (C) | ||
| Bryan Mulhern (VC) | ||
| Colin Prescott |
Member Development Working Group
| Conservative | Labour | Independent Group |
| Ted Wilcox | Mark Ellen | Mike Henderson |
Planning Committee
Membership = 17 Quorum = 6
| Conservative (11) | Labour (5) | Independent Group (1) |
| Rick Barnicott (C) | Mick Constable (S) | Mike Henderson |
| George Bobbin | Mark Ellen | |
| Andy Booth | Roger Truelove | |
| Derek Conway | Nick Williams | |
| Adrian Crowther | Ghlin Whelan | |
| Lesley Ingham | ||
| Bryan Mulhern | ||
| Colin Prescott (VC) | ||
| Pat Sandle | ||
| Alan Willicombe | ||
| Jean Willicombe |
Policy Overview Committee
Membership = 13 Quorum = 5
| Conservative (9) | Labour (3) | Independent Group (1) |
| Andy Booth | Mark Ellen | Monique Bonney |
| Lloyd Bowen (VC) | Mike Haywood (C) | |
| June Garrad | David Sargent | |
| Ed Gent | ||
| Sue Gent | ||
| Nick Hampshire | ||
| Ken Pugh | ||
| Gareth Randall | ||
| John Coulter |
Scrutiny Committee
Membership = 11 Quorum = 4
| Conservative (8) | Labour (3) | Independent Group |
| George Bobbin | Jackie Constable | |
| Andy Booth (VC) | Martin McCusker | |
| Lloyd Bowen | Adam Tolhurst (C) | |
| Ed Gent | ||
| Sue Gent | ||
| Colin Prescott | ||
| John Coulter | ||
| Peter Marchington |
Sheppey Local Engagement Forum -membership to be made up of relevant Ward Councillors
Membership = 17 Quorum = 2
(Votes to be split 14 District, 2 County, 2 KALC and 1 LSP Partners)
Chairman and Vice-Chairman to be elected at first meeting and to rotate annually between SBC and KCC)
Kent County Councillors (2): Mr Crowther and Mr Pugh (also Borough Members)
Kent Association of Local Councils representative (2): Cllr K Ingleton (Minster Parish Council) and Cllr L Murray (Warden Parish Council).
| Conservative (8) | Labour (6) | Independent Group |
| Andy Booth | Mick Constable | |
| Adrian Crowther | Jackie Constable | |
| June Garrad | Mark Ellen | |
| Lesley Ingham | Angela Harrison | |
| Peter Marchington | David Sargent | |
| John Morris | Steve Worrall | |
| Kenneth Pugh | ||
| Pat Sandle (VC) |
Sittingbourne Local Engagement Forum - membership to be made up of relevant Ward Councillors
Membership = 27 Quorum = 2
(Votes to be split 21 District, 4 County, 2 KALC and 1 LSP Partners)
Chairman and Vice-Chairman to be elected at first meeting and to rotate annually between SBC and KCC)
Kent County Councillors (4): Mr Bowles, Mr Ferrin, Mr Whiting and Mr Willicombe (also a Borough Member).
Kent Association of Local Councils representative (2): Councillors D Jordan (Rodmersham Parish Council) and P Paige (Borden Parish Council).
| Conservative (13) | Labour (7) | Independent Group (1) |
| Sylvia Bennett | Mike Haywood | Monique Bonney |
| Derek Conway | Martin McCusker | |
| Duncan Dewar-Whalley | Adam Tolhurst | |
| Ed Gent | Roger Truelove | |
| Sue Gent | Ghlin Whelan | |
| Nicholas Hampshire | Nick Williams | |
| Gerry Lewin | Tony Winckless | |
| Gareth Randall | ||
| Brenda Simpson | ||
| Ben Stokes | ||
| Alan Willicombe | ||
| Jean Willicombe | ||
| John Wright |
Standards Committee
Membership = 11 Quorum = 3 (to include one Ind. Member)
Chairman and Vice-Chairman to be elected at first meeting (to be an Ind. Member).
2 Parish Council representatives, 3 Independent Members, 6 Borough Councillors (Independent Members should make up 25% of the Committee, excluding Parish Council Representatives)
Standards Sub-Committee membership to be formed from within Standards Committee membership
| Conservative (4) | Labour (2) | Independent Group |
| Rick Barnicott | Jackie Constable | |
| Lloyd Bowen | Tony Winckless | |
| Adrian Crowther | ||
| Pat Sandle |
Swale Joint Transportation Board
Membership = 15 (7 from SBC) Quorum = 4 (2 from each Council)
Chairman and Vice-Chairman to be elected at first meeting. (Chairman and Vice-Chairman to rotate annually between SBC and KCC)
Kent County Councillors (7) Adrian Crowther, Bowles, Ferrin, Gates, Kenneth Pugh, Mike Whiting and Alan Willicombe.
Kent Association of Local Councils representative (2) (Councillors Mike Baldock and Peter Macdonald)
| Conservative (5) | Labour (2) | Independent Group | |||
| Rick Barnicott | Angela Harrison | ||||
| Colin Prescott | Ghlin Whelan | ||||
| Pat Sandle | |||||
| Jean Willicombe | |||||
| John Wright (C) |
Swale Rural Forum - Membership as below in bold
Membership = 15 Quorum = 5
Chairman and Vice-Chairman to be elected at first meeting.
(Councillors from the Wards in the Leader+ Programme Area and the Borden Ward and the Cabinet Member for Environment), Kent County Councillor -(vacancy) and Ms E Harrison (Head of Rural Regeneration, Kent County Council), Kent Association of Local Councils (KALC) -Councillors Baldock, Ingleton and Tucker, Swale National Farmers Union (NFU) -Messrs Kevin Attwood, Alastair Brooks and Jeff Holroyd, Diocese of Canterbury -Reverend Caroline Pinchbeck, SEESWALE -Mrs Pamela Prescott, Action with Communities in Rural Kent -Mr Keith Harrison, Swale Countryside Forum - Mr David Shaw, Greening the Gateway Kent and Medway -Mr Martin Hall, Swale Local Strategic Partnership -Environment & Liveability Thematic Partnership -Ms Fay Blair, Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) -Mr Peter Blandon, Kent Police -Inspector Kevin Swinney.
| Conservative (14) | Labour (0) | Independent Group (1) |
| Richard Barnicott | Monique Bonney | |
| George Bobbin | ||
| Andrew Bowles | ||
| Lloyd Bowen | ||
| June Garrad | ||
| Nicholas Hampshire | ||
| Lesley Ingham | ||
| Gerry Lewin | ||
| John Morris | ||
| Colin Prescott (C) | ||
| David Simmons | ||
| Pat Sandle | ||
| Ben Stokes | ||
| John Wright |
Revised May 2011
