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ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE COUNCIL'S POLITICAL BALANCE

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Decision Maker: The Council

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

1. To adopt the list of committees and sub-committees to be established for the 2023/24 municipal year, as noted below, and to adopt the allocation of seats as noted.

ALLOCATION OF SEATS ON COMMITTEES

A	Plaid Cymru	Independent	Labour Liberal*	Total
Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee	12	6	0	18
Communities Scrutiny Committee	11	6	1	18
Care Scrutiny Committee	11	6	1	18
Governance and Audit	8	4	0	12

B	Plaid Cymru	Independent	Labour Liberal	Total
Democratic Services	9	5	1	15
Planning	9	5	1	15
Central / General Licensing	10	5	0	15
Language	10	5	0	15
Chief Officers Appointment	10	5	0	15
Employment Appeals	5	2	0	7
Number of seats	95	49	4	148

C	Plaid Cymru	Independent	Labour Liberal	Total
Pensions	4	2	1	7
Local Joint Consultative Committee	7	4	0	11
SACRE	4	3	0	7

Total seats

110

173

* Labour/Liberal Democrats Group

1. To delegate the authority to the Head of Democratic Services to make appointments to the committees on the basis of political balance, and in accordance with the wishes of the political groups.

2. To adopt the chairpersonships of scrutiny committees on the basis of political balance, as follows:

Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee - Independent Group

Communities Scrutiny Committee – Plaid Cymru Group

Care Scrutiny Committee - Independent Group

Publication date: 04/05/2023

Date of decision: 04/05/2023

Decided at meeting: 04/05/2023 - The Council

Accompanying Documents:

Annual Review of the Council's Political Balance PDF 429 KB