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, fourteen are Labour, two are Liberal Democrats and two are 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
Councillor	Political party	District
Cllr Dan Barrington	Labour	Liverpool City Council
Cllr Allan Brame	Liberal Democrats	Wirral
Cllr Leslie T. Byrom CBE Chair of the Authority 14 Belvedere Road, Southport, PR8 2PA Home: 01704574859 Home mobile: 07836621059 Home: leslie.byrom@councillors.sefton.gov.uk	Labour	Sefton Council
Cllr Angela Coleman	Labour	Liverpool City Council
Cllr Edna Finneran	Labour	Knowsley
Cllr Janet Grace Lead Member People 32 Whitham Avenue, Crosby, L23 0RD Work: 0151 474 9931 Work: janet.grace@councillors.sefton.gov.uk	Labour	Sefton Council
Kelly Kellaway Democratic Services Manager
Cllr Brian Kenny Vice-Chair of the Authority 6 The Pier, Water's Edge Apartments, Tower Promenade, Wallasey, CH45 2PP Work: 0151 538 5488 Work: briankenny@wirral.gov.uk	Labour	Wirral
Cllr Doreen Knight	Labour	Liverpool City Council
Cllr Andrew Makinson Opposition Spokesperson 35 Mapledale Road, Liverpool, L18 5JE Home: Andrew.makinson@liverlibdems.org.uk	Liberal Democrats	Liverpool City Council
Cllr Linda Maloney Chair of Audit Committee 8 Jubilee Crescent, Haydock, St Helens, WA11 0LR Home mobile: 07870630722 Work: cllrlmaloney@sthelens.gov.uk	Labour	St Helens MBC
Cllr Steff O'Keeffe	Labour	Knowsley
Cllr Lisa Preston	Labour	St Helens MBC
Cllr Lesley Rennie Opposition Spokesperson 4 Greenlea Close, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7RU Home: 01516448137 Home mobile: 07795450497 Work: lesleyrennie@wirral.gov.uk	Conservative	Wirral
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
Cllr Emily Spurrell	Labour	Liverpool City Council
Cllr Jean Stapleton Chair of Member Development & Engagement Group 85 Grange Road West, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH43 4XB Home: 0151 201 5057 Home: jeanstapleton@wirral.gov.uk	Labour	Wirral
Cllr Lynne Thompson 34 Oakwood Drive, Ainsdale, Southport, PR8 3HZ Home mobile: 07955 803814 Work: lynne.thompson@councillors.sefton.gov.uk Home: lynne.thompson@councillors.sefton.gov.uk	Liberal Democrats	Sefton Council
Cllr Paul Tweed Lead Scrutiny Member 37 York Close, Netherton, Bootle, L30 7QP Home: 0151 476 4834 Work: paul.tweed@councillors.sefton.gov.uk	Labour	Sefton Council