Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
All Councillors meet several times a year at Council.
The Council sets the policy and budgetary framework within which the Cabinet must operate and remains the ultimate policy making body for Richmond upon Thames.
The Council is also responsible for appointments. It elects the Leader, members of the Cabinet and members of other committees such as Overview and Scrutiny.
Councillors and Members of the Public have the right to question Cabinet Members at meetings of the Council.
Membership
- Councillor Geoff Acton
- Councillor Piers Allen
- Councillor Tony Arbour
- Councillor Paul Avon
- Councillor Lisa Blakemore
- Councillor Meena Bond
- Councillor Frances Bouchier
- Councillor Jean-Francois Burford
- Councillor Alan Butler
- Councillor Jonathan Cardy
- Councillor Susan Chappell
- Councillor Jennifer Churchill
- Councillor John Coombs
- Councillor Ellen Day
- Councillor Malcolm Eady
- Councillor Martin Elengorn
- Councillor Gareth Elliott
- Councillor Jerry Elloy
- Councillor Gareth Evans
- Councillor Pamela Fleming
- Councillor Arnie Gibbons
- Councillor Katharine Harborne
- Councillor Chris Harrison
- Councillor Clare Head
- Councillor Paul Hodgins
- Councillor Liz Jaeger
- Councillor Sue Jones
- Councillor Ben Khosa
- Councillor Stephen Knight
- Councillor Janet Langhorne
- Councillor Helen Lee-Parsons
- Councillor David Linnette
- Councillor David Marlow
- Councillor Richard Martin
- Councillor Dr Tania Mathias
- Councillor Brian Miller
- Councillor Virginia Morris
- Councillor Scott Naylor
- Councillor Suzette Nicholson
- Councillor Thomas O'Malley
- Councillor Rita Palmer
- Councillor Christine Percival
- Councillor Lesley Pollesche
- Councillor David Porter
- Councillor Gareth Roberts
- Councillor Samantha Salvoni
- Councillor Geoffrey Samuel
- Councillor Stephen Speak
- Councillor Gemma Stockley
- Councillor Darren Thornton
- Councillor Bill Treble
- Lord True
- Councillor Nicola Urquhart
- Councillor Sir David Williams
Contact information
Support officer: Kathryn Thomas, Head of Democratic Services, 020 8891 7860, Email: kathryn.thomas@richmond.gov.uk.