Agenda item - Council Appointments 2026/27

The Mayor will move the following appointments:

a)    To approve the appointment of the Deputy Leader(s) of the Council

b)    To approve the appointment of the Leader of the Official Opposition

c)    To note the appointments of the following positions as agreed by the respective Groups represented on the Council as set out in the addendum (to follow)

(i) Leader of the Labour Group

(ii) Deputy Leader(s) of the Labour Group

(iii) Convenor of the Green Group

(iv) Deputy Convenor(s) of the Green Group

(v) Leader of the Conservative Group

(vi) Deputy Leader(s) of the Conservative Group

(vii) Leader of the Brighton & Hove Independent Group

(viii) Deputy Leader of the Brighton & Hove Independent Group

8.1             The mayor moved that for the municipal year 2026/27 the following appointments be agreed: 

(i)     Joint Deputy Leaders of the Council, Councillor Tim Rowkins and Jacob Taylor; and  

(ii)    Leader of the Official Opposition, Councillor Steve Davis. 

8.2             The mayor also moved that for the municipal year 2026/2027 the following appointments to the positions as agreed by the various Groups represented on the Council be noted: 

(i)      Leader of the Labour Group - Councillor Bella Sankey; 

(ii)    Deputy Leaders of the Labour Group - Councillors Tim Rowkins and Jacob Taylor; 

(iii)   Convenor of the Green Group – Councillor Steve Davis; 

(iv)   Deputy Convenors of the Green Group – Councillors Kerry Pickett, Chloe Goldsmith and Marina Lademacher  

(v)    Leader of the Conservative Group - Councillor Alistair McNair; 

(vi)   Deputy Leaders of the Conservative Group – Councillors Anne Meadows and Carol Theobald 

(vii) Leader of the Brighton & Hove Independent Group – Councillor Bridget Fishleigh  

8.3       The motion was carried. 

8.4      RESOLVED: 

That the following appointments to the positions as agreed by the various Groups represented on the Council be noted: 

(i)      Leader of the Labour Group - Councillor Bella Sankey; 

(ii)    Deputy Leaders of the Labour Group - Councillors Tim Rowkins and Jacob Taylor; 

(iii)   Convenor of the Green Group – Councillor Steve Davis; 

(iv)  Deputy Convenors of the Green Group – Councillors Kerry Pickett, Chloe Goldsmith and Marina Lademacher  

(v)    Leader of the Conservative Group - Councillor Alistair McNair; 

(vi)   Deputy Leaders of the Conservative Group – Councillors Anne Meadows and Carol Theobald 

(vii) Leader of the Brighton & Hove Independent Group – Councillor Bridget Fishleigh