24 May 2006

Hackney Council has a new team of councillors at the helm following the recent Council elections, agreed at the Annual Meeting of the Council on 17 May.

Labour Mayor Jules Pipe announced his new Cabinet of six councillors, supported by four advisers, with re-jigged portfolios to match the Council’s new service directorates and provide clear lines of responsibility and accountability.

Committee Chairs were also agreed by the Council, for the quasi-judicial functions of planning and licensing, and for the Scrutiny Commissions whose role it is to hold the Mayor and Cabinet to account.

A full list of cabinet members and committee chairs with their responsibilities, is given below.

Cabinet members (Labour)

Jamie Carswell, Deputy Mayor
Lead responsibility for finance, IT issues, and housing strategy. Also responsible for supporting the Mayor and deputising in his absence.

Karen Alcock, Customer & Corporate Services
Lead responsibility for customer care, property, legal services, ethical governance, human resources and equalities.

Nargis Khan, Community Services
Lead responsibility for libraries, parks, and leisure services, adult and community social services, health, and voluntary sector issues.

Rita Krishna, Children’s Services
Lead responsibility for all issues relating to children and young people, including education, children’s social services and the youth service.

Alan Laing, Neighbourhoods
Lead responsibility for neighbourhood renewal, issues relating to Hackney Homes, waste management, recycling, street scene and highway infrastructure, environmental health and trading standards, parking, traffic management, and crime and community safety.

Guy Nicholson, Regeneration and Olympic & Paralympic Games
Lead responsibility for the sustainable regeneration of Hackney’s communities, promoting investment and economic development. Also responsible for planning and transport issues, and maximising the opportunities presented by the 2012 Olympic Games.

Cabinet Advisers (Labour)

Sally Mulready, Equalities
Responsibility for equalities issues.

Julius Nkafu, Crime & Community Safety
Responsibility for crime and community safety issues.

Sharon Patrick, Public Health
Responsibility for public health issues, and partnership work with the PCT and NHS.

Carole Williams, Youth
Responsibility for issues relating to 11-19 age group, youth service and YOT.

Scrutiny Commission Chairs

To protect the independence of the scrutiny function, it is led by the Leader of the Opposition and the Chairs and Vice-Chairs posts are politically balanced, as is Commission membership.

Overview & Scrutiny Board

• Eric Ollerenshaw, Chair (Conservative)
• Daniel Kemp, Vice-Chair (Labour)

Living in Hackney

• Eric Ollerenshaw, Chair (Conservative)
• Semakaleng Moema, Vice-Chair (Labour)

Governance & Resources

• Rob Chapman, Chair (Labour)
• Matthew Coggins, Vice-Chair (Conservative)

Health in Hackney

• Patrick Vernon, Chair (Labour)
• Daniel Kemp, Vice-Chair (Labour)

Children & Young People

• Saleem Siddiqui, Chair (Labour)
• Muttalip Unluer, Vice-Chair (Labour)

Regeneration & Social Inclusion

• Sophie Linden, Chair (Labour)
• Deniz Oguzkanli, Vice-Chair (Labour)

Other Council Committee Chairs (Labour)

Regulatory Committee

• Christine Boyd, Chair

Planning Sub-Committee

• Vincent Stops, Chair
• Darren Parker, Vice-Chair

Olympic Planning Sub-Committee

• Geoffrey Taylor, Chair

Pensions Sub-Committee

• Samantha Lloyd, Chair
• Faizullah Khan, Vice-Chair

Licensing Committee

• Christopher Kennedy, Chair
• Angus Mulready-Jones, Vice-Chair

Audit Sub-Committee

• Jamie Carswell, Chair
• Brian Bell, Vice-Chair

In addition, there is the Council’s Standards Committee, which has a majority of Independent members, who are not elected, chaired by Rosina Hayes (Independent), and the Council Joint Committee, which oversees negotiations between the Council and its staff. Cllr Karen Alcock represents the Mayor on both these committees