Appointment to Outside Bodies 2025/26

May 27, 2025 Borough Council (Other) Awaiting outcome View on council website

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Summary

...to ensure strong connections between the council, various national, London-wide, and local bodies, the Council agreed to the appointments to outside bodies for the municipal year 2025/26 as listed in the submitted report.

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Members considered
a report by Councillor Shantanu Rajawat.
 
Again the Mayor confirmed cross party support for
this item and suggested that the matter should go straight to the
vote where it was unanimously
 
RESOLVED

 
That the Council
agreed the appointments to outside bodies for the municipal
year 2025/26 as
listed in the submitted report.
 
 
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATIONS
 

Name
of Organisation

 

Number
of Representatives

Local Government Association General Assembly

4
(usually the Leader)
(This is a Cabinet
Appointment)
 
Councillor Shantanu Rajawat
 

 
 
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
ORGANISATIONS
 

Name
of Organisation

 

Number
of Representatives

There are currently
no national community organisations to which the council appoints
representatives

 

 
 
LONDON GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATIONS
 

Name
of Organisation

Number
of Representatives

London
Councils’ Leaders’ Committee (S.101 Joint
Committee)

Councils nominate
one voting member (usually the Leader, but not necessarily) and up
to two named deputies.  All three
members will receive papers for meetings. (This is a
Cabinet Appointment)
Councillor Shantanu Rajawat

London
Councils’ Associated Joint Committee (London Councils
Transport and Environment Committee)

Councils nominate
directly (usually lead member for transport and/or environmental
issues).  One voting member and up to
four named deputies. (This is a Cabinet
Appointment)
Councillor Katherine Dunne

London
Councils’ Associated Joint Committee (London Councils Grants
Committee)

Councils nominate
directly one voting member, and up to four named deputies, who must
all be a member of the nominating borough’s cabinet. They
will preferably be the member with responsibility for partnerships
with the voluntary sector. (This is a Cabinet
Appointment)
Councillor Ajmer Grewal

London
Councils’ Greater London Employment Forum

Each
authority (including the City of London) can nominate one member to
sit on the GLEF.  It is expected that in
most cases this will be the member responsible for human resources
issues within the authority. The Employers’ Side of
the Greater London Provincial Council will be 15 members chosen
from the combined membership of the GLEF and
the Leaders’ Committee.  (This is a Cabinet Appointment)
Councillor Shantanu Rajawat

West London
Economic Prosperity Joint Committee
 

1
Labour
 
Councillor Shantanu Rajawat

West London Waste
Authority

1
member (usually the Cabinet Member for Environment matters who is
Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Climate,
Environment and Transport Strategy) (This is a
Cabinet Appointment)
Councillor Katherine Dunne

 
 
LONDON COMMUNITY
ORGANISATIONS
 

Name
of Organisation

 

Number
of Representatives

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Council of
Governors (TRUST)

1
Labour (usually the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health
Integration)
 
Councillor Lily Bath
 

Crane Valley Park Steering Group

1
Labour
 
Councillor Adesh Farmahan
 

London Road Safety Council (formerly the London Accident
Prevention Council) (TRUST)

2
Labour
 
Councillor Katherine Dunne
Councillor Tony Louki
 

Mortlake Crematorium Board

3 (2
Labour and 1 Conservative)
 
Councillor Bandna Chopra
Councillor Tony Louki
Councillor Gerald McGregor
 

Reserve Forces & Cadets Association (Greater
London)

1
Labour
 
Councillor John Stroud-Turp
 

South West Middlesex Crematorium Board

3
Labour
 
Councillor Richard Foote
Councilor Bishnu Gurung
Councillor Kuldeep Tak
 

Thames Landscape Strategy Steering Group

2 (1
Labour and 1 Conservative)
 
Councillor Katherine Dunne
Councillor Gabriella Giles
 

Thames Water Liaison Committee

2
members and 2 officer
 
Councillor Salman Shaheen
Councillor John Stroud-Turp
 

Twickenham Stadium
Events Committee (formerly the Rugby Football Union
Concert & Match Day Committee)

1
Labour
 
Councillor Sue Sampson
 

 
 
HOUNSLOW ORGANISATIONS
 

Name
of Organisation

 

Number
of Representatives

Bedfont Lakes Country Park Trust Fund Panel (TRUST)

5
Labour
 
Councillor Lily
Bath
Councillor Adesh
Farmahan
Councillor Bishnu
Gurung
Councillor Farah
Kamran
Councillor
Raghwinder Siddhu
 

 Blue School
Foundation Trust

3 (need not be
Members)
 
Councillor Sue
Sampson
Councillor Salman
Shaheen
Councillor John
Stroud-Turp
 

Brentford and Chiswick Merged Charities (TRUST)

2
(four year term) (1 Labour and 1
Conservative)
 
Councillor Amy Croft
Councillor Peter Thompson
 

Brentford Dock Limited (four year
term 2022-26)

Councillor Katherine Dunne (director)

Chiswick House and Gardens (Trustees) (TRUST)

2 (1
Labour and 1 Conservative)
 
Councillor Amy Croft
Councillor John Todd
 

Chiswick Parochial Charities (TRUST)

3
(four year term)
 
Councillor Gabriella Giles
Councillor Gerald McGregor
Councillor Peter Thompson
 

Chiswick Pier Trust (TRUST) (four
year term 2022-2026)

2 (1
Labour and 1 Conservative)
 
Councillor Amy Croft
Councillor Gabriella Giles
 

Disability Network Hounslow (TRUST)

1
Labour
 
Councillor John Stroud-Turp
 

Hanworth Village Hall Management Committee (TRUST)

1
Labour
 
Councillor Richard
Foote
 

Heston & Isleworth Old People's Welfare Committee
(TRUST)

5
Labour
 
Councillor Aqsa
Ahmed
Councillor Unsa
Chaudri
Councillor Gurmail
Lal
Councillor Tony
Louki
Councillor Salman
Shaheen
 

Heston Parochial Charities (TRUST)

4
Labour
 
Councillor Rasheed Bhatti
Councillor Gurmail
Lal
Councillor Junue Meah
Councillor Mohammed
Umair
 

Hounslow Community Association Ltd (TRUST)

3
Labour
 
Councillor Rasheed
Bhatti
Councillor Junue
Meah
Councillor Mohammed
Umair
 

Hounslow Community Transport Management Committee

1
Labour
 
Councillor Katherine Dunne

Hounslow Heath Advisory Committee

4
Labour
 
Councillor Samia Chaudhary
Councillor Farah Kamran
Councillor Samina
Nagra
Councillor Farhaan Rehman
 

Hounslow Music
Service

1
Labour
 
Councillor Alan Mitchell
 

Hounslow Virtual
College for Looked After Children, Post 16 and Care Leavers
Management Board

2
Labour
(The Cabinet Member
for Children, Learning and Employment and one other Member
representative of the Corporate Parenting Panel) and other members
as appropriate (at the Chair’s discretion)
 
Note: The
membership of this body is being reviewed and may
change.
 
Councillor Samia Chaudhary
Councillor Emma Yates
 

Thomas Layton Museum Trust

6
(four year term)
To comprise

3 Labour
nominees

 
Councillor Junue
Meah
Councillor Max
Mosley
Councillor Salman
Shaheen
 

1 Conservative
nominee

 
Councillor Gerald
McGregor
 
Two Others:

Mr Jon Cotton
Mr James
Marshall

(Note: The
Trust’s governance documentation require that at least two of the six council
nominees must be resident in the Brentford area).

Town
Twinning Association of Hounslow

4 Labour
 
Councillor Unsa
Chaudri
Councillor Adesh
Farmahan
Councillor Afzaal
Kiani
Councillor Tony
Louki
 

Watermans (TRUST)

1
Labour
 
Councillor Dan Bowring
 

 
 

Supporting Documents

Outside Bodies Report.pdf

Details

OutcomeFor Determination
Decision date27 May 2025