City of York Council Committees, Sub-Committees and Working Groups – appointments made May 2025

Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee (3)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(2)	Douglas	Chair
		Kilbane	Vice-Chair
		Lomas	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(1)	Ayre
		Widdowson	Substitute

Shareholder Committee (2)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(2)	Kilbane
		Lomas	Chair
		Kent	Substitute

Note: The Shareholder Committee is a Committee of the Executive and the same rules of procedure apply to its meetings as apply to the Executive. Voting Members therefore need to be members of the Executive.

Regulatory Functions

Planning Committee A (11)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(6)	Crawshaw	Chair
		B Burton
		J Burton
		Clarke
		Melly
		Whitcroft
		Merrett	Substitute
		Moroney	Substitute
		Nelson	Substitute
		Wilson	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(4)	Ayre
		Fisher	Vice-Chair
		Cullwick
		Watson
		Fenton	Substitute
		Orrell	Substitute
		Vassie	Substitute
		Widdowson	Substitute
Conservative	(1)	Steward
		Nicholls	Substitute
Planning Committee B (9)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(4)	Merrett	Chair
		Moroney
		Nelson
		Wilson
		Crawshaw	Substitute
		B Burton	Substitute
		Clarke	Substitute
		Baxter	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(4)	Fenton
		Cullwick	Vice-Chair
		Orrell
		Vassie
		Fisher	Substitute
		Waudby	Substitute
		Waller	Substitute
		Watson	Substitute
Independent	(1)	Warters

Audit and Governance Committee (7)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(4)	J Burton	Vice-Chair
		Coles
		Merrett
		Rose
		Crawshaw	Substitute
		Melly	Substitute
		Taylor	Substitute
		Whitcroft	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(3)	Fisher
		Hollyer	Chair
		Vassie
		Healey	Substitute
		Mason	Substitute
		Orrell	Substitute
Co-opted Non-Statutory Members	(2)	Joe Leigh	Independent Person
		Myles Binney	Independent Person
Licensing & Regulatory Committee (15)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(8)	Melly	Chair
		Baxter
		B Burton
		Clarke
		Kilbane
		Rose
		Wells
		Wilson
Liberal Democrat	(5)	Cuthbertson	Vice-Chair
		Hook
		Smalley
		Mason
		Watson
Conservative	(1)	Nicholls
Independent	(1)	Warters

Appeals

Corporate Appeals Panel (5)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(2)	Kent
		Ravilious
		Pavlovic	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(2)	Cuthbertson
		Watson
		Fenton	Substitute
		Waller	Substitute
Conservative	(1)	Steward (TBC)
		Nicholls (TBC)	Substitute

Health and Wellbeing Board

Health and Wellbeing Board (4)  Note: The appointments identified by an * are ex officio or made by the body concerned and are for information only.
	Membership	Status
CYC Member (Leader’s appointment)	Steels-Walshaw	Chair
CYC Member Appointment	Webb	Executive Member
	Douglas	Substitute
	Pavlovic	Substitute
CYC Member Appointment (Lib Dem nomination)	Cullwick
CYC Member Appointment (Lib Dem nomination)	Runciman
	Dr Emma Broughton, Joint Chair of the York Health and Care Collaborative	York Health and Care Collaborative
	Dr Rebecca Field, Joint Chair of the York Health and Care Collaborative	1^st Substitute
	Vacancy	2^nd Substitute
	Peter Roderick, Director of Public Health for City of York	City of York Council (CYC)
	Anita Dobson, Nurse Consultant in Public Health, City of York Council	1^st Substitute
	Vacancy	2^nd Substitute
	Sara Storey, Corporate Director Adult Social Care and Integration	City of York Council (CYC)
	Michael Melvin, Director of Adults Safeguarding	1^st Substitute
	Linda Thirkheld, Assistant Director Social Care	2^nd Substitute
	Martin Kelly, Corporate Director of Children’s, and Education Services	City of York Council (CYC)
	Maxine Squire, Assistant Director, Education & Skills	1^st Substitute
	Danielle Johnson, Director of Children’s Services Safeguarding	2^nd Substitute
	Pauline Stuchfield, Director of Housing and Communities	City of York Council (CYC)
	Michael Jones, Assistant Director of Housing	1^st Substitute
	Laura Williams, Assistant Director, Customer, Communities and Inclusion	2^nd Substitute
	Zoe Campbell, Managing Director (North Yorkshire, York & Selby)	Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
	Brian Cranna, Care Group Director of Operations & Transformation (North Yorkshire, York & Selby Care Group)	1^st Substitute
	David Kerr, Community Mental Health Transformation Programme & Delivery Lead (NYY&S) & TEWV Lead Master Coach (NYY&S)	2^nd Substitute
	Sarah Coltman-Lovell, Place Director (Anja Hazebroek covering maternity leave)	NHS Humber & North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Vice-Chair
	Michael Ash-McMahon, Interim Director of Place, NHS Humber & North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership	1^st Substitute
	Michelle Carrington, Director of Nursing & Quality, NHS Humber & North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (York Place)	2^nd Substitute
	Simon Morritt, Chief Executive	York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
	Lucy Brown, Director of Communications	1^st Substitute
	Andrew Bertram, Deputy Chief Executive & Finance Director, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	2^nd Substitute
	Mike Padgham, Chair	Independent Care Group
	John Pattinson, Chief Executive, Independent Care Group	1^st Substitute
	Vacancy	2nd Substitute
	Alison Semmence, Chief Executive	York Centre for Voluntary Service (CVS)
	Peter Otter, Deputy Chief Executive, York CVS	1^st Substitute
	Vacancy	2^nd Substitute
	Siân Balsom, Manager	Healthwatch York
	Janet Wright, Chair of Healthwatch York	1^st Substitute
	Rachael Reeves Information & Signposting Officer, Healthwatch York	2^nd Substitute
	Tim Forber, Chief Constable	North Yorkshire Police
	Fiona Willey, Chief Superintendent Local Policing	1^st Substitute
	Scott Bissett, Deputy Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police	2^nd Substitute
	Mathew Walker, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service	North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
	Vacancy	1^st Substitute
	Vacancy	2^nd Substitute

Scrutiny Function

Corporate Scrutiny Committee (9)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(5)	Baxter
		Coles
		Merrett	Vice-Chair
		Taylor
		Wells
		J Burton	Substitute
		Moroney	Substitute
		Whitcroft	Substitute
		Wilson	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(4)	Ayre
		Fenton	Chair
		Watson
		Widdowson
		Fisher	Substitute
		Healey	Substitute
		Hollyer	Substitute
		Waller	Substitute

People Scrutiny Committee (9)
Group	Composition		Membership		Status
Labour	(4)		J Burton		Chair
			Clarke
			Moroney
			Nelson
			Wells		Substitute
			Myers		Substitute
			Rose		Substitute
			Taylor		Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(4)		Cuthbertson
			Mason
			Runciman
			Waller		Vice-Chair
			Hook		Substitute
			Knight		Substitute
			Orrell		Substitute
			Vassie		Substitute
Conservative	(1)		Nicholls
			Steward		Substitute
Place Scrutiny Committee (9)
Group		Composition		Membership		Status
Labour		(5)		Baxter
				B Burton		Chair
				Myers
				Taylor
				Whitcroft
				J Burton		Substitute
				Coles		Substitute
				Rose		Substitute
				Wells		Substitute
Liberal Democrat		(4)		Fenton
				Healey		Vice-Chair
				Hook
				Vassie
				Mason		Substitute
				Orrell		Substitute
				Waller		Substitute
				Widdowson		Substitute

Standards

Joint Standards Committee (5 Council Members)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(2)	Kent
		Pavlovic
Liberal Democrat	(2)	Fisher
		Runciman
Conservative	(1)	Steward
Parish Council Member (Rawcliffe)	(1)	Cllr Mark Waudby
Parish Council Member (Huntington)	(1)	Cllr Diane Geoghegan-Breen
Parish Council Member (Strensall with Towthorpe)	(1)	Cllr Christopher Chambers
Independent Person	(1)	Joe Leigh
Independent Person	(1)	Roseleen Mazza

Executive Advisory Groups (To which proportionality is not strictly applied)

Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) (4)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(2)	Webb	Chair
		Wilson
Liberal Democrat	(1)	Knight
Conservative	(1)	Rowley BEM
Group A (Christian and other religious denominations)		Imam Amar
		Dee Boyle
		Penny Coppin-Siddall
		Mark Jones
		Colin Lewisohn
		Fleur Kennedy
		Ben Rich	Vice-Chair
		Karen Vincent
Group B (Church of England)		Sue Bland
		Joseph Everdell
Group C (Teachers)		Taco Michiels
		Diane Norton
		Andy Tod
Planning Policy Advisory Group (7)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(4)	Crawshaw
		Merrett	Chair
		Myers
		Pavlovic
		Baxter	Substitute
		B Burton	Substitute
		Clarke	Substitute
		Melly	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(3)	Ayre	Vice-Chair
		Orrell
		Vassie
		Fenton	Substitute
		Fisher	Substitute
		Watson	Substitute