LGA Labour Group Executive Team 2018/19 Elections
The election for the contested LGA Labour Group Executive Team & Regional Representative 2019/20 positions has now closed.
Three positions were contested: Deputy Leader, West Midlands Regional Representative, and East of England Regional Representative. Please see below for the results:
LGA Labour Deputy Leader
Cllr Kevin Frea (Lancaster) 3.8%
Cllr Michael Payne (Gedling and Notts) 96.2% (Elected)
Cllr Michael Payne is elected as LGA Labour Group Deputy Leader.
West Midlands Regional Representative
Cllr Cathryn Bayton (Dudley) 32.1%
Cllr Paulette Hamilton (Birmingham) 67.9% (Elected)
Cllr Paulette Hamilton (Birmingham) is elected as West Midlands Regional Representative.
East of England Regional Representative
Cllr Richard Henry (Stevenage) 59.8% (Elected)
Cllr Shaz Nawaz (Peterborough) 40.2%
Cllr Richard Henry (Stevenage) is elected as East of England Regional Representative.
Please see below for the full list of LGA Labour Group Officers and Regional Reps positions:
- Leader: Cllr Nick Forbes (Newcastle)
- Deputy Leader: Cllr Anntoinette Bramble (Hackney)
- Deputy Leader: Cllr Michael Payne (Gedling & Nottinghamshire)
- Chair: Cllr Simon Henig (Durham)
- Vice Chair: Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe (Bradford)
- Whip: Cllr Simon Blackburn (Blackpool)
- Deputy Whip: Cllr Alice Perry (Islington)
- Regional Rep, Londo:n Cllr Georgia Gould (Camden)
- Regional Rep, Eastern: Cllr Richard Henry (Stevenage)
- Regional Rep, East Midlands: Cllr Tom Beattie (Corby)
- Regional Rep, South East: Cllr Naushabah Khan (Medway)
- Regional Rep, West Midlands: Cllr Paulette Hamilton (Birmingham)
- Regional Rep, North Eas:t Cllr Iain Malcolm (South Tyneside)
- Regional Rep, North West: Cllr John Merry (Salford)
- Regional Rep, South West: Cllr Kate Haigh (Gloucester)
- Regional Rep, Yorkshire & Humber: Cllr Tim Swift (Calderdale)
- National Rep, Wales: Cllr Dhanisha Patel (Bridgend)
Congratulations to all those elected, who will take up their positions at the LGA Labour Group AGM on 2 July 2019.
LGA Boards 2018/19 – nominations now open
The nomination process for appointments to the LGA Boards 2019/20 is now open.
If you are interested in applying to a position on an LGA Policy Board, the LGA Leadership Board, Councillors Forum, or a Workforce Employer Body, we would encourage you to read the policy board descriptions and role descriptions. All details can be found on the LGA Labour website, along with the application form.
Members are required to complete an application form and submit it with a 250 word supporting statement. It is important to outline all your experience and areas of interest to enable us to make the most effective appointments to policy leadership positions at the LGA.
Applications close at 5pm on Friday 5 July 2019. Appointments are made by the elected Labour Group Officers, using the principles outlined on the LGA Labour website. Successful nominations will be announced on Monday 22 July 2019.
Please note: We are only able to accept nominations by email. Please email your completed self-nomination form to martin.angus@local.gov.uk
Next Generation Programme 2019/20
The Next Generation Programme for 2019-20 is now open for applications. The programme offers ambitious and talented councillors an unparalleled political development opportunity, uniquely developed within party political traditions and with party political experts. Next Generation aims to support and encourage councillors to be bold and confident political leaders, progress in your political career and be champions of local government.
To apply to be part of the Next Generation you will need to have been a councillor for at least one year as well as be a Group Leader, Portfolio Holder, Service Committee Chair, Portfolio Shadow, or Chair of Scrutiny – or your Group Leader agrees that you are likely to be so within a year. There is a competitive application process, which closes on Wednesday 31 July 2018. You will need sign off from your Group Leader to apply. The programme will run over the weekends of 19/20 October (London), 30 November/1 December (Warwick), and 18/19 January (Manchester). Participants must attend all of the three weekends.
There is no cost to attend the programme, all meals and accommodation will be provided including pre-night accommodation where required. However attendees must cover their own travel costs. If you would like further information about the programme, please email martin.angus@local.gov.uk
To apply please complete the on-line application process.
News from local Labour
A new night shelter will open in Corby after the council has come up with a plan to help the town’s rising number of rough sleepers off the streets.
Blackpool to get first museum after winning £4million lottery grant
Redbridge Council wins further £1.2million to rejuvenate Hainault Forest bringing total investment to £7million
Manchester sets out ambition to be an accredited national living wage employer
A £1million revamp creating a community hub for Croydon residents of all ages and with or without disabilities has opened.
Ipswich has just launched it’s free summer sport and activities programmes for all children five-16 living in the borough
Council housing: it's back, it's booming – and this time it's beautiful
Remembrance List
Each year at the LGA Labour Group AGM we remember the names of serving Labour councillors who have passed away in the previous year, reading out their names and authorities to mark their contribution to Labour in local government.
We would be very grateful if you could please email hannah.lazell@local.gov.uk with the full names of any members of your Group who have died in the previous twelve months, so that they can be included on the Remembrance List. Please send us your names no later than midday on Friday 28th June.
News from Wales
Work has started on a multi-million pound project to revamp some of Swansea's most high-profile leisure facilities.
Festival of Learning returns to Bridgend County Borough
News from the Labour Party
Andrew Gwynne joined a group of 56 MPs and councillors representing areas that have faced some of the deepest cuts to local government funding in the country who are calling on the Government to urgently invest in young people.
Borrowing above forecast – John McDonnell responds.
Tory race is choice between man who broke NHS and man who will sell it to Trump. – Andrew Gwynne
News from the LGA
LGA responds to CQC report on oral health in care homes
LGA responds to Health and Social Care Select Committee report on NHS Long-Term Plan
Cold water shock dangers need including in lessons, councils urge
LGA responds to suicide prevention plans report
LGA responds to inspection of fire and rescue services
LGA responds to calls to repeal Vagrancy Act
LGA responds to local government homelessness commission report
Opposition Watch
Tory leadership: Inquiry after MP brands Tory colleague Antoinette Sandbach 'disgrace'
Tory MP, Mark Field grabs female protester around neck and pins her against pillar before shoving her out of lavish banquet.
Conservative Muslim chair says he was expelled from group for questioning Boris Johnson's 'moral fitness'
Boris Johnson refused multiple times to answer questions at a Tory leadership hustings about why the police were called to his girlfriend's house in the early hours of Friday morning following a domestic disturbance
Jeremy Hunt launches blistering attack on 'disrespectful coward' Boris Johnson
Tories will bring Boris Johnson down if he pursues no-deal Brexit, warns Dominic Grieve
By-elections
The following by-elections took place on 20 June:
Neath Port Talbot UA, Pelenna
Ind Hurley 251 [47.8%; +47.8%]
Plaid Cymru 120 [22.9%; -5.3%]
Ind Hughes 105 [20.0%; -4.3%]
Lab 43 [8.2%; -11.0%]
LD 6 [1.1%; +1.1%]
Ind Hold
Wandsworth LB, Furzedown
Lab 1811 [49.0%; -14.7%]
LD 887 [24.0%; +18.7%]
Con 681 [16.4%; -3.0%]
Green 318 [8.6%; +8.6%]
Lab Hold
Isle of Wight UA, Whippingham & Osborne
Con 318 [35.1%; +9.3%]
LD 179 [19.8%; +14.5%]
Ind Paler 167 [18.4%; +18.4%]
Lab 141 [15.6%; +3.5%]
Island Ind 60 [6.6%; +6.6%]
UKIP 41 [4.5%; +4.5%]
Con gain from Ind sitting as Labour
Merton LB, Cannon Hill
LD 1060 [35.0%; +24.3%]
Lab 875 [28.9%; -13.9%]
Con 867 [28.6%; -14.2%]
Green 158 [5.2%; +5.2%]
UKIP 68 [2.2%; -1.4%]
Turnout 42%
Lib Dem gain from Labour
By-elections on 27 June
Mansfield DC, Sandhurst
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