LGA Independent Group Councillors from across the country sit on LGA governance structures and outside bodies to ensure Independent, Green and smaller party voices are heard. Below are the leading members of our group for 2021/22.
Independent Group appointments 2021/2022
Independent Group Leadership
Elected Leader: Cllr Marianne Overton MBE, Lincolnshire CC & North Kesteven DC
Elected Deputy Leader: Cllr Hannah Dalton, Epsom and Ewell
Elected Treasurer: Cllr Paul Woodhead, Cannock Chase
LGA Leadership Board
Vice-Chairman of LGA: Cllr Marianne Overton, Lincolnshire CC & North Kesteven DC
Deputy-Chairman of LGA: Cllr Hannah Dalton
LGA Executive Advisory Board
Vice-Chairman of LGA: Cllr Marianne Overton, Lincolnshire CC & North Kesteven DC
Deputy-Chairman of LGA: Cllr Hannah Dalton, Epsom and Ewell
Cllr Paul Woodhead, Cannock Chase
Cllr Rosemarie Harris, Powys
Independent Group Executive Committee
Cllr Marianne Overton MBE, Lincolnshire CC & North Kesteven DC
Cllr Hannah Dalton, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Cllr Colin Mann, Caerphilly CBC
Cllr Wayne Davies, Redcar and Cleveland
Cllr Helen-Ann Smith, Ashfield District Council
Cllr Sue Baxter, Bromsgrove
Cllr Rosemarie Harris, Powys
Cllr Sarah Rouse, Malvern Hills
Cllr Mike Haines, Teignbridge
Cllr Andrew Cooper, Kirklees
Cllr Hannah Clare, Brighton and Hove
Independent Group representatives on LGA Boards
Culture, Tourism and Sport
Vice Chair: Cllr Julian German, Cornwall CC
Member: Cllr Tom Hollis, Ashfield DC and Nottinghamshire CC
Substitute: Cllr Natalie McVey, Malvern Hills
Substitute: Cllr Geoff Knight, Lancaster
Substitute: Cllr Mark Howell, South Cambridgeshire
Children and Young People
Deputy Chair: Cllr Julie Fallon, Conwy
Member: Cllr Judy Jennings, Epping Forest
Substitute: Cllr Charlie Hull, South Somerset
Substitute: Cllr Julian Dean, Shropshire
Substitute: Cllr John Hubbard
Substitute: Cllr Georgina Hill, Northumberland
Substitute: Cllr Edward Maxfield
Safer and Stronger Communities
Deputy Chair: Cllr Clive Woodbridge, Epsom and Ewell BC
Member: Cllr Philip Evans, Conwy
Substitute: Cllr Nikki Dillon, North Kesteven
Substitute: Cllr Karen Lucioni, Isle of Wight
Substitute: Cllr Paul Hilliard, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Community Wellbeing
Deputy Chair: Council Cllr Rosemary Sexton, Solihull
Member: Cllr Sue Baxter, Bromsgrove
Substitute: Cllr David Beaman, Waverley
Substitute: Cllr Rosemary Harris, Powys
Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport
Deputy Chair: Cllr Loic Rich, Cornwall
Member: Cllr David Beaman, Waverley
Substitute: Cllr Diana Moore, Exeter
Substitute: Cllr Jamie Osborn, Norwich
Substitute: Cllr Ed Gemmell, Buckinghamshire
Substitute: Cllr Paul Hilliard, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Substitute: Cllr Phil Jordan, Isle of Wight
Resources
Deputy Chair: Cllr Jason Zadrozny, Ashfield DC and Nottinghamshire CC
Member: Cllr Phelim Mac Cafferty, Brighton and Hove
Substitute: Cllr Jim Hakewill, Northamptonshire
Substitute: Cllr Zoe Nicholson, Lewes
Substitute: Cllr Phil Jordan, Isle of Wight
Improvement and Innovation
Deputy-Chair: Cllr Neil Prior, Pembrokeshire
Member: Cllr Alex Coley, Epsom and Ewell
Member: Cllr Mike Haines, Teinbridge Council and National Lead Peer
Fire Services Management Committee
Chair: Cllr Frank Biederman, Devon CC
Substitute: Cllr Luke Frost, Stockton
Substitute: Cllr Nigel Smith, Conwy
Substitute: Cllr Jason Zadrozny, Ashfield and Nottinghamshire CC
People and places
Deputy Chair: Cllr Emily O’Brien, Lewes
Member: Cllr Sue Roberts, South Oxfordshire
Member: Cllr Kevin Etheridge
Substitute: Cllr Georgina Hill, Northumberland
Substitute: Cllr Rosemary Harris, Powys
Substitute: Cllr Nikki Dillon, North Kesteven
City Regions
Deputy-Chair: Cllr Gillian Ford, LB Havering
Member: Martin Fodor, Bristol
Substitute: Cllr Phelim MacCafferty, Brighton and Hove
We also appoint representatives to other LGA structures, special interest groups and other national and European structures:
Audit Committee
Cllr Geoff Knight, Lancaster
Substitute: Cllr Jim Hakewill, Northamtonshire
Commercial Advisory Board
Cllr Nick Darby, Surrey CC
IDeA Board
Cllr Marianne Overton MBE, Lincolnshire CC & North Kesteven DC
Local Government Association (Properties) Ltd
Cllr Nick Darby, Surrey CC
Fire Commission
Cllr Ian Stephens (Chair), IoW
Cllr Frank Biederman, Devon
Cllr Jason Zadrozny, Nottinghamshire
Cllr Adam Brook, Cleveland
Cllr Philip Barrett, North Yorkshire
Cllr Luke Frost, Stockton
Cllr Nigel Smith, Conwy
Reuse Commission
Cllr Jonathan Essex, Surrey CC
County Councils Network
Vice Chair: Cllr Julian German, Cornwall
Cllr David Hitchiner, Herefordshire
Cllr John Shuttleworth, Durham
Cllr Chris Townsend, Surrey
Cllr Frank Biederman, Devon
Cllr Craig Browne, Cheshire East
Cllr Loic Rich, Cornwall
Cllr Tom Sanderson, Cambridgeshire
Cllr Cate Cody, Gloucestershire
Cllr Chloe Turner, Gloucestershire
Cllr John Harrington, Herefordshire
Cllr Peter Jinman, Herefordshire
Cllr Liz Harvey, Herefordshire
Cllr Chris Pond, Essex
Cllr Alan Shield, Durham
Cllr Robert Lindsay, Suffolk
Cllr Nick Darby, Surrey
District Councils Network
Vice Chair: Cllr Jason Zadrozny, Ashfield DC
Member: Cllr Sarah Rouse, Malvern Hills
Member: Cllr Angie Dale, Richmondshire
Local Partnerships Board
Cllr Tony Saffell, North West Leicestershire District Council
Centre for Public Scrutiny
Cllr Peter Southgate, Merton
Sustainable Communities Selector Panel
Cllr Sebastian Bowen, Herefordshire Council
Congress of the Council of Europe
To be confirmed
Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
Cllr Marianne Overton MBE, North Kesteven and Lincolnshire
Cllr Johnny Denis, Lewes
National Employers Organisation for School Teachers (NEOST)
Cllr Julian Dean, Shropshire
Cllr Colin Mann, Caerphilly CBC
NJC for Local Authority Fire & Rescue Services; NJC for Brigade Managers of Local Authorities' Fire & Rescue Services; Middle Managers Negotiating Body
Cllr Ian Stephens, Isle of Wight
Cllr Frank Biederman, Devon
Local Government Services Employers NJC incl. Chief Executives, NJC Chief Officers, Workshop's for the Blind
Cllr Goronwy Edwards, Conwy CBC
Cllr Doug McMurdo, Bedford
Local Government Pensions Committee
Cllr Goronwy Edwards, Conwy CBC
Cllr Doug McMurdo, Bedford
CEEP UK Executive
Cllr Goronwy Edwards, Conwy CBC
Cllr Doug McMurdo, Bedford