Authority Members
AppointmentAt the time of the Annual Meetings of each of the five District Councils in May/June of each year, appointments are made to the Authority. Districts have the discretion to re-appoint existing Members or to replace them with other Members, subject to statutory requirements for political balance.
Appointments are also subject to the fulfilment of statutory notification periods, which in some circumstances require a notice of one month to be served prior to appointment yet in other circumstances allow for immediate appointment. Should, for whatever reason, an elected Member cease to be a Member of the District Council which appointed them, they automatically cease to be a Member of the Authority and it is for the District to nominate a replacement.
Once appointed each Member has a responsibility to the public of Merseyside as a whole and not just to the district from which they have been nominated.
Political CompositionOf the 18 elected Members of the Authority, 13 are Labour, 2 are Liberal Democrats, 1 is Green Party, 1 is Liverpool community independent and 1 is conservative.
The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 provides for the division of Members into political groups where appropriate notification is submitted to the Clerk. Not all of the seats on a Committee may be allocated to one Group and if one Group has a majority of the membership of the Authority, then that Group must have a majority of Members on each Committee.
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Cllr Jeanie BellSt Helens MBC
Labour
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Cllr Leslie T. Byrom CBESefton Council
Labour
Chair of the Authority
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Cllr Edna FinneranKnowsley
Labour
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Cllr Sam GorstLiverpool City Council
Liverpool Community Independents
Liverpool City Council
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Cllr Janet GraceSefton Council
Labour
Chair of Audit Committee
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Cllr Dave HanrattyLiverpool City Council
Labour
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Cllr Brian KennyWirral
Labour
Vice-Chair of the Authority
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Cllr Doreen KnightLiverpool City Council
Labour
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Cllr Ed LambWirral
Green Party
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Cllr Andrew MakinsonLiverpool City Council
Liberal Democrats
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Cllr Linda MaloneySt Helens MBC
Labour
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Cllr Barbara MurrayLiverpool City Council
Labour
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Cllr Lynn O'KeeffeKnowsley
Labour
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Cllr Lesley RennieWirral
Conservative
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Cllr James RobertsLiverpool City Council
Labour
Vice-Chair of the Authority
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Cllr Lynne ThompsonSefton Council
Liberal Democrats
Opposition Spokesperson
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Cllr Gillian WoodWirral
Labour