Committees, Sub-Committees and Working Groups 2026-27

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

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

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 (11)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(6)	Crawshaw	Chair
		Baxter
		Burton
		Clarke
		Melly
		Whitcroft
		Merrett	Substitute
		Moroney	Substitute
		Nelson	Substitute
		Perrett	Substitute
		Wilson	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(4)	Fisher	Vice Chair
		Ayre
		Cullwick
		Watson
		Fenton	Substitute
		Orrell	Substitute
		Vassie	Substitute
		Widdowson	Substitute
Conservative	(1)	Rowley BEM
		Steward	Substitute

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

Appeals

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

Health and Wellbeing Board

Health and Wellbeing Board (4)  (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	Cuthbertson
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	Substitute (1)
	Vacant	Substitute (2)
	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	Substitute (1)
	Vacant	Substitute (2)
	Sara Storey, Corporate Director Adult Social Care and Integration	City of York Council (CYC)
	Michael Melvin, Director of Adults Safeguarding	Substitute (1)
	Anne Howgate, Assistant Director Social Care	Substitute (2)
	Martin Kelly, Corporate Director of Children’s, and Education Services	City of York Council (CYC)
	Maxine Squire, Assistant Director, Education and Skills	Substitute (1)
	Danielle Johnson, Director of Children’s Services Safeguarding	Substitute (2)
	Pauline Stuchfield, Director of Housing and Communities	City of York Council (CYC)
	Katherine Proctor, Assistant Director of Housing	Substitute (1)
	Andrew Laslett, Assistant Director, Customer, Communities and Inclusion	Substitute (2)
	Naomi Lonergan, Managing Director (North Yorkshire, York and Selby)	Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
	Brian Cranna, Care Group Director of Operations and Transformation (North Yorkshire, York and Selby Care Group)	Substitute (1)
	Dr Himanshu Garg, Group Medical Director, NYY Care Group	Substitute (2)
	Sarah Coltman-Lovell, Place Director	NHS Humber & North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (Vice-Chair)
	Michelle Carrington, Director of Nursing & Quality, NHS Humber & North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (York Place)	Substitute (1)
	Anja Hazebroek, Executive Director of Communications, Marketing and Media Relations, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership	Substitute (2)
	Clare Smith, Chief Executive	York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
	Lucy Brown, Director of Communications	Substitute (1)
	Vacant	Substitute (2)
	Mike Padgham, Chair	Independent Care Group
	John Pattinson, Chief Executive, Independent Care Group	Substitute (1)
	Vacant	Substitute (2)
	Alison Semmence, Chief Executive	York Centre for Voluntary Service (CVS)
	Peter Otter, Deputy Chief Executive, York CVS	Substitute (1)
	Vacant	Substitute (2)
	Siân Balsom, Manager	Healthwatch York
	Janet Wright, Chair of Healthwatch York	Substitute (1)
	Rachael Reeves Information and Signposting Officer, Healthwatch York	Substitute (2)
	Fiona Willey, Chief Superintendent Local Policing	North Yorkshire Police
	Tim Forber Chief Constable	Substitute (1)
	Vacant	Substitute (2)
	Tom Hirst, Director of Community Risk and Resilience	North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
	Toni Tranter, Head of Early Intervention and Prevention	Substitute (1)
	Vacant	Substitute (2)

Scrutiny Function

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

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

Standards

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

Executive Advisory Groups (Proportionality 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
		Professor Avtar Martharu
		Dee Boyle
		Penny Coppin-Siddall
		Susan Guiver
		Mark Jones
		Tony Lawton
		Fleur Kennedy
		Ben Rich	Vice-Chair
		Karen Vincent
Group B (Church of England)		Sue Bland
		Joseph Everdell
Group C (Teachers)		Taco Michiels
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 and Local Plan Advisory Group (8)
Group	Composition	Membership	Status
Labour	(4)	Merrett	Chair
		Crawshaw
		Myers
		Pavlovic
		Clarke	Substitute
		Kilbane	Substitute
		Melly	Substitute
Liberal Democrat	(3)	Ayre	Vice-Chair
		Orrell
		Vassie
		Fenton	Substitute
		Fisher	Substitute
		Watson	Substitute
Conservative	(1)	Steward
		Rowley BEM	Substitute