New Rutland County Council Election Chairman Mr Baines & Leader Mr Beggy

New Rutland County Council Election Chairman Mr Baines  and Leader Mr Beggy

Rutland County Council met last night to elect a Chairman, Leader and other key positions for the 2011/12 council year.

Although there was not much change, there is one big change the rest of the council is stuck with these people for a full four years rather. The old council decided to do away with the normal one year terms and opted out of creating a Rutland Mayor, which I think would have been good for the county.


On Election Counting day Rog Beggy could be heard on BBC Radio Leicester, speaking nonsense once more stating the council was non political....


That's why all the positions that receive a fat allowance and expenses go to the Conservatives once again.

Councillor Edward Baines (Conservative) was elected to serve a 3^rd year as Chairman. 

Councillor Chris Parsons (Conservative) is Vice-Chair.

Councillor Roger Begy (Conservative) was elected as the Leader of the Council for the next four years. 

Councillor Terry King (Conservative) is Deputy Leader.

The other four members of Cabinet (in addition to the Leader and Deputy Leader) were announced and they are Councillor Bool (Conservative), Councillor Emmett (Conservative), Councillor Plews (Conservative) and Councillor Pocock (Conservative).

The specific areas of responsibility for Cabinet members will be announced after their first meeting.

Scrutiny Chairs were also decided and are as follows:

• Councillor Chris Parsons (Conservative) - Adult Social Services, Health and Housing Scrutiny Panel
• Councillor Gale Waller (Liberal Democrat) - Children and Young People’s Services Scrutiny Panel
• Councillor Jeff Dale (Independent) - Community Services Scrutiny Panel
• Councillor Barrie Roper (Conservative) – Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel - also Chair of Scrutiny Commission

Development Control and Licensing Committee

The Chairman of the Development Control and Licensing Committee (DC&L) is Charlotte Vernon (Conservative).  Vice-Chair is Edward Baines (Conservative).

For further Councillor information - 

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Voting Information

Voting for the key positions was as follows:

Chairman: Baines 17, Gale 8
Leader: Begy 16, Waller 8
ASSHH Scrutiny: Parsons 15, Gale 10
CYPS Scrutiny: Waller (unanimous)
CommServices Scrutiny: Dale 17, Oxley 8
CorpServices Scrutiny: Roper 17, Richardson 8