Lancaster City Council

Lancaster City Council is the 60-member elected local council for the City of Lancaster.^[1] Template:Infobox legislature

Council leadership[edit]

The Leader of the Council is elected by a majority of Councillors every two years.^[2] The City Council's executive is comprised of a 10-member Cabinet, appointed by the Leader of the Council. Since December 2020, the Cabinet has included councillors from four political groups.^[1]

Cabinet^[1][edit]

Portfolio		Councillor	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Leader of the Council	Cllr Dr Erica Lewis	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Natural Environment	Cllr Dave Brookes	Green
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Sustainable Neighbourhoods	Cllr Gina Dowding	Green
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Economic Recovery and Resilience	Cllr Merv Evans	Independent Group
	Climate Action	Cllr Kevin Frea	Eco-Socialist Independent
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Sustainable Economic Prosperity	Cllr Tim Hamilton-Cox	Green
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Economic Regeneration and Planning	Cllr Janice Hanson	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Housing	Cllr Caroline Jackson	Green
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Arts, Culture, Leisure and Wellbeing	Cllr Jean Parr	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Finance and Resources	Cllr Anne Whitehead	Labour

Committees^[3][edit]

Scrutiny committees[edit]

Committee		Chair	Party
style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Overview and Scrutiny Committee	Cllr Tricia Heath	MBI
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Budget and Performance Panel	Cllr Adrian Duggan	Conservative

Other committees[edit]

Committee		Chair	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Licencing Committee	Cllr Colin Hartley	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Planning Regulatory Committee	Cllr Anna Thornberry	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Personnel Committee	Cllr Oliver Robinson	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Appeals Committee	Cllr Philip Black	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Standards Committee	Cllr Mandy King	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Audit Committee	Cllr Paul Stubbins	Green
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"|	Council Business Committee	Cllr Joyce Pritchard	Liberal Democrat

Electoral History[edit]

Election	Seats
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Lab	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|Con	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color|MBI	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color|G	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|LD	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color|Ind
2003	20	10	11	7	8	0
2007	15	12	11	12	5	5
2011	24	16	8	8	0	4
2015	29	12	2	9	0	1
2019	21	12	14	10	3	0

Councillors by ward[edit]

Ward	Councillor		Party	Term of office
Bare Ward	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"|	Cllr Tony Anderson	Independent Group	2011–2015, 2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Stephie Barber	Conservative	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Sarah Knight	MBI	2019–present
Bolton and Slyne Ward	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Keith Budden	Conservative	1995–2015, 2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Malcolm Thomas	Conservative	2003–present
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr John Wild	Conservative	2015–present
Bulk Ward	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Lucie Carrington	Green	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Tim Hamilton-Cox	Green	2011–present
	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Caroline Jackson	Green	2013–present
Carnforth and Millhead Ward	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Melanie Guilding	Conservative	2015–present
	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"|	Cllr John Reynolds	Independent Group	2016–present
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Peter Yates	Conservative	2015–present
Castle Ward	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Dave Brookes	Green	2011–present
	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Paul Stubbins	Green	2019–present
Ellel Ward	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Richard Austen-Baker	Conservative	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr David Whitworth	Conservative	2019–present
Halton-with-Aughton Ward		Cllr Kevin Frea	Eco-Socialist Independent	2017–present
Harbour Ward	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"|	Cllr Darren Clifford	Independent Group	2015–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Janice Hanson	Labour	1995–1999, 2003–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr David Whittaker	Labour	1999–2007, 2011–present
Heysham Central Ward	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Geoff Knight	MBI	1995–present
	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Cary Matthews	MBI	2019–present
Heysham North Ward	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Victoria Boyd-Power	MBI	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"|	Cllr Roger Cleet	Independent Group	2019–present
Heysham South Ward	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Alan Biddulph	Labour	2015–present
	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Mike Greenall	MBI	1999–2015, 2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Colin Hartley	Labour	2015–present
John O'Gaunt Ward	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Dr Erica Lewis	Labour	2019–present
		Cllr Faye Penny	Eco-Socialist Independent	2019–present
		Cllr Alistair Sinclair	Eco-Socialist Independent	2019–present
Kellet Ward	style="background-color: Template:Vacant/meta/color"|	Vacant
Lower Lune Valley Ward	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Joan Jackson	Conservative	2011–present
	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"|	Cllr Joyce Pritchard	Liberal Democrat	1999–2011, 2019–present
Marsh Ward	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Mandy Bannon	Green	2011–present
	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Gina Dowding	Green	1999–2007, 2019–present
Overton Ward	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Andrew Gardiner	Conservative	2015–2019, 2019–present
Poulton Ward	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Tricia Heath	MBI	1993–2003, 2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"|	Cllr Debbie Jenkins	Independent Group	2019–present
Scotforth East Ward	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Anne Whitehead	Labour	2015–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Jason Wood	Labour	2019–present
Scotforth West Ward	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Tim Dant	Green	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Abi Mills	Green	2014–present
	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"|	Cllr Joanna Young	Green	2019–present
Silverdale Ward	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"|	Cllr June Greenwell	Liberal Democrat	1991–1995, 2019–present
Skerton East Ward	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Abbott Bryning	Labour	1967–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Robert Redfern	Labour	1999–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Anna Thornberry	Labour	2019–present
Skerton West Ward	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Philip Black	Labour	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Mandy King	Labour	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Jean Parr	Labour	2017–present
Torrisholme Ward	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Paul Anderton	MBI	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Roger Dennison	MBI	2007–2015, 2019–present
University and Scotforth Rural Ward		Cllr Jack O'Dwyer-Henry	Eco-Socialist Independent	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Oliver Robinson	Labour	2018–present
		Cllr Katie Whearty	Eco-Socialist Independent	2019–present
Upper Lune Valley Ward	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Stewart Southern	Conservative	2019–present
Warton Ward	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|	Cllr Adrian Duggan	Conservative	2019–present
Westgate Ward	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"|	Cllr Merv Evans	Independent Group	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Morecambe Bay Independents/meta/color"|	Cllr Jason Firth	MBI	2019–present
	style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"|	Cllr Jake Goodwin	Independent Group	2019–present

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