Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
The full Council comprises of the Council's 60 elected Members meeting together. It is chaired by the Lord Mayor who also maintains a ceremonial role. The full Council meets quarterly, plus the Annual Meeting and any special meetings required.
Responsibility and Functions
Decision-making
· Agrees policy framework i.e. statutory plans
· Approves budget
· Takes decisions on executive functions outside approved policy or budget framework
· Adopts and / or changes the constitution
· Agrees / amends terms of reference for non-executive Committees
· Adopts Members' Allowances scheme
· Confirms appointment of Head of Paid Service (the Chief Executive)
· Makes decisions on all matters which, by law, must be determined by full Council
Policy Debate
It is also a forum for debate on policy issues
Membership
- Councillor Concia Albert
- Councillor Gillian Arrindell
- Councillor Barbara Arzymanow
- Councillor Geoff Barraclough
- Councillor Liza Begum
- Councillor David Boothroyd
- Councillor Ruth Bush
- Councillor Nafsika Butler-Thalassis
- Councillor Melvyn Caplan
- Councillor Maggie Carman
- Councillor Md Shamsed Chowdhury
- Councillor Laila Cunningham
- Councillor Lorraine Dean
- Councillor Anthony Devenish
- Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg
- Councillor Robert Eagleton
- Councillor Paul Fisher
- Councillor Jim Glen
- Councillor David Harvey
- Councillor Sara Hassan
- Councillor Elizabeth Hitchcock
- Councillor Adam Hug
- Councillor Louise Hyams
- Councillor Ryan Jude
- Councillor Amanda Langford
- Councillor Aicha Less
- Councillor Iman Less
- Councillor Patrick Lilley
- Councillor Patricia McAllister
- Councillor Alan Mendoza
- Councillor Tim Mitchell
- Councillor Matt Noble
- Councillor Ellie Ormsby
- Councillor Ralu Oteh-Osoka
- Councillor Angela Piddock
- Councillor Ed Pitt Ford
- Councillor Robert Rigby
- Councillor Rachael Robathan
- Councillor Tim Roca
- Councillor Ian Rowley
- Councillor Cara Sanquest
- Councillor Caroline Sargent
- Councillor Karen Scarborough
- Councillor Mark Shearer
- Councillor Selina Short
- Councillor James Small-Edwards
- Councillor Judith Southern
- Councillor Max Sullivan
- Councillor Paul Swaddle OBE
- Councillor Hamza Taouzzale
- Councillor Jessica Toale
- Councillor Aziz Toki
- Councillor Jacqui Wilkinson
- Councillor Jason Williams
Contact information
Support officer: Janis Best, Committee and Councillor Support Manager s. Email: jbest@westminster.gov.uk Tel: 07971 920521
Postal address:
64 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QP