Local councillors

What councillors do, find your local councillor, the Leader of the Council, register of interests, code of conduct, allowances and expenses, become a councillor.

The Leader of the Council and political group leaders

The Leader of the Council is Councillor Ann-Marie Barker.

They are elected at the post election annual meeting of the Full Council.

Their term of office starts on the day of their election as Leader and ends on the day the council holds its first annual meeting after the Leader’s normal day of retirement as a councillor. That is unless they:

  • resign as Leader
  • are suspended from being a councillor
  • are no longer a councillor and are removed from office by resolution of Full Council

The Leader appoints councillors to the Executive.

Political group leaders

There 2 political group leaders and 2 deputy political group leaders for 2024 to 2025.

Liberal Democrats

Independent and others