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 Councillor Jeanette Banks

Councillor Jeanette Banks

Home mobile: 07874884678

Home: cllrjbanks@sthelens.gov.uk

Labour St Helens MBC
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Councillor Jeanie Bell

Chair of Audit Committee

Home mobile: 07740422767

Home: cllrjbell@sthelens.gov.uk

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

Councillor Leslie T. Byrom CBE

Chair of the Authority

Home: 01704574859

Home mobile: 07836621059

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

Labour Sefton Council
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Councillor Edna Finneran

Chair of Scrutiny

Home mobile: 07557004147

Home: edna.finneran@knowsley.gov.uk

Labour Knowsley
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Councillor Sam Gorst

Liverpool City Council

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

Home mobile: 07597286500

Home: sam.gorst@liverpool.gov.uk

Liverpool Community Independents Liverpool City Council
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Councillor Janet Grace

Vice Chair of the Authority and Chair of Community Safety and Protection

Work: 0151 474 9931

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

Labour Sefton Council
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Councillor Dave Hanratty

Labour Group Office, Cunard Building, Liverpool, L31AH

Home mobile: 0151 233 0420

Home: dave.hanratty2@liverpool.gov.uk

Labour Liverpool City Council
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Councillor Doreen Knight

Home mobile: 0151 233 0420

Home: doreen.knight@liverpool.gov.uk

Labour Liverpool City Council
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Councillor Andrew Makinson

Home mobile: 0151 233 0427

Home: Andrew.makinson@liverpool.gov.uk

Liberal Democrats Liverpool City Council
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Councillor Grahame McManus

Wirral

Home mobile: 07552 105606

Home: grahamemcmanus@wirral.gov.uk

Labour  
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Councillor Kieran Murphy

Wirral

Home: kieranmurphy@wirral.gov.uk

Green Party  
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Councillor Lynn O'Keeffe

Home mobile: 07385420410

Labour Knowsley
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Councillor Chris Page

Chair of Pension Board

Home mobile: 01704 832807

Home: christopher.page@sefton.gov.uk

Labour Sefton Council
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Councillor Lesley Rennie

Home: 01516448137

Home mobile: 07795450497

Work: lesleyrennie@wirral.gov.uk

Conservative Wirral
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Councillor James Roberts

Vice-Chair of the Authority and Chair of Policy and Resources

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

Work: 0151 225 2366

Work: james.roberts2@liverpool.gov.uk

Labour Liverpool City Council
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Councillor Mike Sullivan

Wirral

Home mobile: 07584 207739

Home: mikesullivan@wirral.gov.uk

Labour  
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Councillor Lynne Thompson

Opposition Spokesperson

Home mobile: 07955 803814

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

Liberal Democrats Sefton Council
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Councillor Heather Westhead

Home: 0151 233 0420

Home mobile: 07745 206 797

Home: Heather.Westhead@liverpool.gov.uk

Labour Liverpool City Council