Authority Members

Appointment

At 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 Composition

Of 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.

Councillor
Photograph Councillor Political party District
photo of Cllr Jeanie Bell

Cllr Jeanie Bell

Labour St Helens MBC
photo of Cllr Leslie T. Byrom CBE

Cllr Leslie T. Byrom CBE

Chair of the Authority

Home: 01704574859

Home mobile: 07836621059

Home: leslie.byrom@councillors.sefton.gov.uk

Labour Sefton Council
photo of Cllr Edna Finneran

Cllr Edna Finneran

Labour Knowsley
photo of Cllr Sam Gorst

Cllr Sam Gorst

Liverpool City Council

c/o Minority Group Office, 6th floor, Cunard Building, Liverpool, L3 1AH

Liverpool Community Independents Liverpool City Council
photo of Cllr Janet Grace

Cllr Janet Grace

Chair of Audit Committee

Work: 0151 474 9931

Work: janet.grace@councillors.sefton.gov.uk

Labour Sefton Council
photo of Cllr Dave Hanratty

Cllr Dave Hanratty

Labour Group Office, Cunard Building, Liverpool, L31AH

Labour Liverpool City Council
photo of Cllr Brian Kenny

Cllr Brian Kenny

Vice-Chair of the Authority

Work: 0151 538 5488

Work: briankenny@wirral.gov.uk

Labour Wirral
photo of Cllr Doreen Knight

Cllr Doreen Knight

Labour Liverpool City Council
photo of Cllr Ed Lamb

Cllr Ed Lamb

Green Party Wirral
photo of Cllr Andrew Makinson

Cllr Andrew Makinson

Liberal Democrats Liverpool City Council
photo of Cllr Linda Maloney

Cllr Linda Maloney

Labour St Helens MBC
photo of Cllr Barbara Murray

Cllr Barbara Murray

Labour Liverpool City Council
photo of Cllr Lynn O'Keeffe

Cllr Lynn O'Keeffe

Labour Knowsley
photo of Cllr Lesley Rennie

Cllr Lesley Rennie

Home: 01516448137

Home mobile: 07795450497

Work: lesleyrennie@wirral.gov.uk

Conservative Wirral
photo of Cllr James Roberts

Cllr James Roberts

Vice-Chair of the Authority

Labour Group Office, Municipal Buildings, Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2DH

Work: 0151 225 2366

Work: james.roberts2@liverpool.gov.uk

Labour Liverpool City Council
photo of Cllr Lynne Thompson

Cllr Lynne Thompson

Opposition Spokesperson

Home mobile: 07955 803814

Work: lynne.thompson@councillors.sefton.gov.uk

Liberal Democrats Sefton Council
photo of Cllr Gillian Wood

Cllr Gillian Wood

Home mobile: 07493 142 672

Work: gillianwood@wirral.gov.uk

Labour Wirral