LGA General Assembly 2020 Voting Results

Voting dates: Wednesday 9 September 2020 to Wednesday 30 September 2020


Total number of authorities voted: 148

Total number of weighted votes cast: 471

Item

Decision 

Item 1 – Election of President

 

 

The General Assembly elected Lord Kerslake as President of the Association for 2020/21.

 

 

 

Item 2 – Election of Chairman

 

The General Assembly elected Cllr James Jamieson (Central Bedfordshire Council) as the Chairman of the Association on the nomination of the Conservative Group, which was the largest political group at the point of calculating the LGA’s political balance for 2020/21.

 

Item 3 – Election of Vice-Chairs

 

The General Assembly elected four Vice-Chairs of the Association on the nomination of the four political groups:

Conservative: Cllr Izzi Seccombe OBE (Warwickshire County Council)

Labour: Cllr Nick Forbes CBE (Newcastle upon Tyne City Council)

Liberal Democrat: Cllr Howard Sykes MBE (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council)

Independent: Cllr Marianne Overton OBE (Lincolnshire County Council and North Kesteven District Council)

 

Item 4 – Election of Deputy Chairs

 

The General Assembly elected nine Deputy Chairs for 2020/21 as set out in this report, on the nomination of the four political groups:

Conservative:

Cllr John Fuller OBE (South Norfolk District Council)

Cllr Robert Alden (Birmingham City Council)

Cllr Teresa O’Neill OBE (Bexley Council)





Labour:

Cllr Michael Payne (Gedling Borough Council)

Cllr Anntoinette Bramble (London Borough of Hackney)

Cllr Tudor Evans OBE (Plymouth City Council)

Cllr Georgia Gould (London Borough of Camden)





Liberal Democrat:

Cllr Ruth Dombey OBE (London Borough of Sutton)



Independent:

Cllr Clive Woodbridge (Epsom and Ewell Borough Council)

 

 

Item 5 – Appointment of Vice-Presidents

 

The General Assembly noted the appointment of Members of Parliament and Peers listed here as Vice-Presidents for 2020/21.

Item 6 – LGA Group Accounts

 

The General Assembly received the LGA Group financial statements for the year to 31 March 2020.

 

Item 7 – Audit Committee Annual Report

 

That the General Assembly noted the Audit Committee Annual Report.  

 

 

Item 8 – Minutes of Previous General Assembly

 

The General Assembly agreed the minutes of the previous meeting held on 2 July 2019.