Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
Council meetings involve all members of the Council and will take place five times over the course of a municipal year.
Council meetings are chaired by the Chair of Council Business.
The functions of the Full Council include making decisions on the strategic direction of the Council through approving or adopting the Policy Framework, and for adopting and amending the Constitution.
The Executive Leader, memberships of Scrutiny and other Committees, as well as the Mayor and Deputy Mayor are appointed at Full Council.
At each Council meeting, members of the public are permitted to ask a question to a specific Councillor.
Questions must be submitted in writing 3 clear working days in advance of the meeting (e.g. if Council meets on a Tuesday, any questions will have to be submitted by the Wednesday before).
Questions should be sent to:
Democratic Services
Tameside One
Market Place
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Tameside
OL6 6BH
Watch Full Council
Meetings of the Council are available to view ‘live’ or up to six months after the meeting has taken place by visiting our webcast website.
Membership
- Councillor Naila Sharif
- Councillor George Jones
- Councillor Jacqueline North
- Councillor Joe Kitchen (Chair)
- Councillor Betty Affleck
- Councillor Helen Bowden
- Councillor Joyce Bowerman
- Councillor Warren Bray
- Councillor Gerald Cooney
- Councillor Doreen Dickinson
- Councillor Bill Fairfoull
- Councillor Leanne Feeley
- Councillor Mike Glover
- Councillor Allison Gwynne
- Councillor Ann Holland
- Councillor Barrie Holland
- Councillor Jack Homer
- Councillor Jan Jackson
- Councillor Jackie Lane
- Councillor David McNally
- Councillor David Mills
- Councillor George Newton
- Councillor Adrian Pearce
- Councillor Susan Quinn
- Councillor Claire Reid
- Councillor Vincent Ricci
- Councillor Peter Robinson
- Councillor Tafheen Sharif
- Councillor Michael Smith
- Councillor Teresa Smith
- Councillor David Sweeton
- Councillor John Taylor
- Councillor Denise Ward
- Councillor Brenda Warrington
- Councillor Eleanor Wills
- Councillor Liam Billington
- Councillor Laura Boyle
- Councillor Phil Chadwick
- Councillor Vimal Choksi MBE
- Councillor Stephen Homer
- Dolores Lewis
- Councillor Jacqueline Owen
- Councillor Shibley Alam
- Councillor Charlotte Martin
- Councillor Jack Naylor
- Councillor Nick Axford
- Councillor Christine Emily Beardmore
- Councillor Andrea Colbourne
- Councillor Dan Costello
- Councillor Jean Drennan
- Councillor Gary Ferguson
- Councillor Jim Fitzpatrick
- Councillor Dave Howarth
- Councillor Mohammed Shamsul Karim
- Councillor Andrew McLaren
- Councillor Sangita Patel
- Councillor Hugh Roderick
- Councillor David Tilbrook
Contact information
Support officer: Robert Landon, Head of Democratic Services. 0161 342 2146 or Email: robert.landon@tameside.gov.uk
Postal address:
Democratic Services
Tameside One
Market Square
Ashton-under-Lyne
OL6 6BH
Phone: 0161 342 2146
Email: robert.landon@tameside.gov.uk