Councillors and Democracy

In this section you can find information about;

• My Councillors

  

• Parish council and clerks

• Area Forums

• Local MPs and MEPs

• Committee agendas and minutes

• Committee timetable

• Decision making

• Declarations of interest

• ePetitions

• Information and advice

• How to become a Councillor

• Code of conduct

Local government and public involvement in health Act 2007

The Council currently operates Leader and Cabinet arrangements.  The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members are appointed annually by the full Council.  The Council’s Constitution sets out who makes executive decisions: the full Cabinet, single Cabinet Members or Officers.

Please click on this link to view the  Constitution 2011

From May 2011 the Council must operate new arrangements.  These are based on a Modified Leader and Cabinet model.

In the Modified Leader and Cabinet arrangement, the Leader is elected by the Council, but he holds office for four years (provided still a Councillor) and appoints his Cabinet Members, including a deputy.  He also decides whether he, the full Cabinet, single Cabinet Members or Officers should make executive decisions.

2011/12 Municipal Year
Great Yarmouth Borough Council has 38 Councillors with a 14 Labour and 23 Conservative split along with 1 independent and 1 vacant post, therefore the majority is Conservative.  These are split over 17 wards in the Borough.

The whole 38 Councillors meet together at full Council meetings which are open to the public.

The Member Services Department manages many Committees which includes:

• Regulatory Committees:
  Tree Preservation, Development Control, Housing Appeals, Licensing, Standards and Appeals.

• Formal Committees:
  Advisory Groups, Scrutiny, Cabinet, Local Development Framework, Audit & Risk, Community Housing Board, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Area Scrutiny Committees and Area Museums.

• Working Groups:
  Corporate Management Board, HR Working Party, ICT Strategic Governance Board, Coastal Pathfinder Project Board and Management Board, Town Centre Partnership, Enterprise GY, LSP Executive, LSP Board and Community Housing Board.