The mayoralty 2009-10
- The Right Worshipful The Mayor: Councillor Russ McPherson
- The Deputy Mayor: Councillor Sheila Stuart
Executive councillors
- Leader: Councillor Ian Nimmo-Smith
- Deputy Leader: Councillor Catherine Smart
- Arts and Recreation: Councillor Julie Smith
- Community Development and Health: Councillor Clare Blair
- Customer Services and Resources: Councillor Rod Cantrill
- Environmental Health and Waste Services: Councillor Mike Pitt
- Housing: Councillor Catherine Smart
- Climate Change and Growth Councillor Sian Reid
- Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group: Councillor Ian Nimmo-Smith
- Leader of the Labour Group: Councillor Lewis Herbert
Composition of the council
- Liberal Democrat: 27
- Labour: 11
- Conservative: 1
- Green: 1
- Independent: 1
Committee structure
Key: LD = Liberal Democrat, L = Labour, C = Conservative, Ind = Independent, sp = spokesperson
Council
The council, which consists of all 42 members, sets the budget and agrees major strategies and plans.
The executive
The Executive consists of seven councillors, including the leader and deputy leader and the executive councillor for each major service area.
- Clare Blair (Liberal Democrat)
- Rod Cantrill (Liberal Democrat)
- Ian Nimmo-Smith (Liberal Democrat, chair)
- Mike Pitt (Liberal Democrat)
- Sian Reid (Liberal Democrat)
- Catherine Smart (Liberal Democrat, vice-chair)
- Julie Smith (Libeal Democrat)
Scrutiny committees
Scrutiny committees consist of non-executive councillors; their composition reflects the political balance of the council. They advise the executive councillors and review their decisions.
Community Services (9)
Al Bander (LD), Benstead (L sp for Arts and Recreation), Blencowe (L sp for Housing), Ellis-Miller (LD), Kightley (LD), Liddle (LD), McGovern (LD), Sanders (LD), Walker (L sp for Community Development and Health)
Alternate: Boyce (LD)
Non-voting co-optees and PCT representatives: TBC
Chair: Liddle (LD), Vice-chair: Kightley (LD), Executive Councillor for Arts and Recreation: Smith (LD), Executive Councillor for Housing: Smart (LD), Executive Councillor for Community Development and Health: Blair (LD)
Environment (9)
Baker (LD), Herbert (L sp for Transport and Planning), Kightley (LD), Newbold (L sp for Environmental Services), Shah (LD), Upstone (LD), Ward (LD), Wright (Green), Zmura (LD)
Alternate: TBC
Chair: Ward (LD), Vice-chair: Shah (LD), Executive Councillor for Environmental Health and Waste Services: Pitt (LD), Executive Councillor for Climate Change and Growth: Reid (LD)
Housing Management Board (9)
Armstrong (LD), Blackhurst (LD), Blencowe (L), Howell (C), Levy (LD), McGovern (LD), Shah (LD), Todd-Jones (L sp), Ward (LD)
Alternate: TBC
Tenant and leaseholder representatives: Tony Barnes, Diane Best, Beverley Dennis, Brian Haywood, John Marais, Terry Sweeney
Chair: Diane Best, Vice-chair: Blackhurst (LD), Executive Councillor for Housing: Smart (LD)
Strategy and Resources (9)
Bick (LD), Blackhurst (LD), Boyce (LD), Dryden (L sp for Customer Services and Resources), Herbert (L sp for Strategy), Howell (C), Shah (LD), Taylor(LD), Ward (LD)
Alternate: McGovern (LD)
Chair: Taylor (LD), Vice-chair: Blackhurst (LD), Leader: Nimmo-Smith (LD), Executive Councillor for Customer Services and Resources: Cantrill (LD)
Regulatory committees
The regulatory committees consider planning applications, licensing matters, elections, employee and administrative issues.
Civic Affairs (6)
Boyce (LD), Dryden (L), Herbert (L sp), Pitt (LD), Rosenstiel (LD), Ward (LD)
Alternate: Blackhurst (LD)
Chair: Boyce (LD), Vice-chair: Rosenstiel (LD)
Licensing (12)
Benstead (L), Blencowe (L sp), Boyce (LD), Dixon (LD), Hart (L), Liddle (LD), McGovern (LD), Rosenstiel (LD), Smith (LD), Stuart (LD), Upstone (LD), Wright (Green)
Alternate: Shah (LD)
Chair: Dixon (LD), Vice-chair: Stuart (LD)
Planning (9)
Al Bander (LD), Baker (LD), Blair (LD), Blencowe (L sp), Dixon (LD), Dryden (L), Hipkin (Ind), Reid (LD), Stuart (LD)
Alternate: Zmura (LD)
Chair: Baker (LD), Vice-chair: Dixon (LD)
Standards committee
The Standards Committee comprises 6 Councillors and 3 External Members, who are City residents, appointed by Councillors.
Standards (6 + 3 external members)
Bick (LD), Dryden (L), McGovern (LD), McPherson (L), Stuart (LD), Taylor (LD sp)
Alternate: Ellis-Miller (LD)
External Members: Dr Clark, Mr Dasgupta, Mr M Williams
Chair: Dr Clark, Vice-chair: Mr Dasgupta
Area committees
Each City Councillor is a member of an Area Committee covering their ward.
North Area Committee (12)
Armstrong (LD), Blair (LD), Boyce (LD), Levy (LD), Liddle (LD), McGovern (LD), Nimmo-Smith (LD), Pitt (LD), Todd-Jones (L), Upstone (LD), Ward (LD)
Chair: Armstrong (LD), Vice-chair: Levy (LD)
East Area Committee (12)
Benstead (L), Blencowe (L), Bradnack (L), Ellis-Miller (LD), Hart (L), Herbert (L), Howell (C), Lynn (L), Shah (LD), Smart (LD), Walker (L), Wright (Green)
Chair: Blencowe (L), Vice-chair: Hart (L)
South Area Committee (9)
Al Bander (LD), Baker (LD), Blackhurst (LD), Dryden (L), McPherson (L), Newbold (L), Sanders (LD), Stuart (LD), Taylor (LD)
Chair: Blackhurst (LD), Vice-chair: Sanders (LD), Labour spokesperson: McPherson (L)
West/Central Area Committee (9)
Bick (LD), Cantrill (LD), Dixon (LD), Hipkin (Ind), Kightley (LD), Reid (LD), Rosenstiel (LD), Smith (LD), Zmura (LD)
Chair: Kightley (LD), Vice-chair: Cantrill (LD)
Appeals committees
Employment Appeals Sub (9)
Blair (LD), Boyce (LD), Cantrill (LD), Dryden (L), Hipkin (Ind), McGovern (LD), Smart (LD), Stuart (LD), Walker (L)
Chair: Smart (LD)
Working parties
Chief Officer Performance Review (6)
Boyce (LD), Blencowe (L), Bick (LD), Herbert (L), Smart (LD), The Leader
Chair: The Leader
Development Plan Steering Group (6)
Baker (LD), Blencowe (L), Blair (LD), Dryden (L), Ward (LD) and the Ex Cllr Climate Change and Growth
Alternate: Dixon (LD)
Chair: Ex Cllr for Climate Change and Growth (Cllr Reid)
Vice Chair: Ward (LD)
Equalities Panel (4)
Lynn (L), Shah (LD), Smith (LD), Walker (L)
Joint Staff Employer Forum (6)
Bick (LD), Dryden (L), Rosenstiel (LD), Shah (LD) Smart (LD),
Todd-Jones (L)
Alternate: Ward (LD)
Chair: Smart (LD)
Vice Chair: Bick (LD)
Growth of the city
Joint Development Control Committee (6+6+4)
City Council: Baker (LD), Blair (LD), Blencowe (L), Dryden (L), Reid (LD), Smart (LD)
Alternate: Ward (LD)
South Cambs
Bard (C), de Lacey (Ind), Kindersley (LD), Nightingale (C), Orgee (C), H Smith (LD)
Alternates: Wotherspoon (C), Williams (LD), Scarr (Ind)
County Council
Harrison (LD), Kenney (C), McCraith (C), Turner (C)
Alternate: Baldwin (C), Oliver (LD)
Chair: Baker (LD)
Vice Chair: McCraith (C)
Cambridge Fringes Joint Planning Policy Committee (3+3+)
City Council
Blencowe (L), Ward (LD), Ex Cllr for CC&G
Alternate: Herbert (L), Nimmo-Smith (LD)
South Cambs: Bard (C), Kindersley (LD), Manning (C)
County Council:
Other bodies
Addenbrookes/City Council/South Cambridgeshire DC Joint Working Group (3)
Baker (LD), Dryden (L), Reid (LD)
Cambridgeshire Horizons - Joint Strategic Growth Implementation Committee (3 + 1 substitute)
The Leader (Nimmo-Smith), Ex Cllr for Climate Change and Growth, (LD Substitute: Blair), Herbert (Lab Substitute: Blencowe)
Love Cambridge Partnership
Ex Cllr for Customer Services and Resourcses (Cantrill)
City University Forum - ARU (5)
Blackhurst (LD), Blencowe (L), Dixon (LD), Smart (LD), Walker (L)
East of England Regional Assembly (1)
The Leader
Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership (1)
The Leader
Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Panel (led by County Council) (1 + 1 alternate)
Blair (LD) Alt: Walker
Joint Transport Forum (3)
Newbold (L), Reid (LD), Ward (LD)
Alternate: Blair (LD) Herbert (L)
LGA General Assembly (1)
The Leader
LGA Urban Commission (2)
Rosenstiel (LD), Walker (L)
Local Area Agreement Joint Accountability Committee (County Council led) (1)
Ward (LD) Alternate: Herbert
Local Strategic Partnership (1)
The leader
Safer and Stronger Communities Partnership
The Leader
Environmental Sustainability
Ex Cllr for Climate Change and Growth
Cambridgeshire Horizons
Ex Cllr for Climate Change and Growth
Children and Young People Strategic Partnership – Member Group
Ex Cllr for Community Development and Health
South Cambs and Cambridge City Area Partnership
Ex Cllr for Community Development and Health
Cambridgeshire Together
The Leader