Committee details
SWT Full Council
Purpose of committee
Full Council (all 59 Councillors) is responsible for approving and adopting all policies. It normally meets up to five times a year including the annual meeting. It sets the council's budget and borrowing limits; it elects the Chair of the council and appoints the deputy; appoints the Leader of the Council, Head of Paid Service and Councillors to committees, excluding the Executive.
The full role and functions of the council are set out in the Terms of Reference contained in the Constitution.
The Speaking at Council Meetings page gives details on how members of the public can register to speak and the process that is followed during the meetings.
Membership
- Councillor Hazel Prior-Sankey (Chair)
- Councillor Richard Lees (Vice-Chair)
- Councillor Ian Aldridge
- Councillor Benet Allen
- Councillor Lee Baker
- Councillor Marcus Barr
- Councillor Mark Blaker
- Councillor Christopher Booth
- Councillor Sue Buller
- Councillor Norman Cavill
- Councillor Simon Coles
- Councillor Dixie Darch
- Councillor Hugh Davies
- Councillor Tom Deakin
- Councillor David Durdan
- Councillor Kelly Durdan
- Councillor Caroline Ellis
- Councillor Habib Farbahi
- Councillor Ed Firmin
- Councillor Andrew Govier
- Councillor Steve Griffiths
- Councillor Roger Habgood
- Councillor Andrew Hadley
- Councillor Barrie Hall
- Councillor John Hassall
- Councillor Nicole Hawkins
- Councillor Ross Henley
- Councillor Marcia Hill
- Councillor John Hunt
- Councillor Dawn Johnson
- Councillor Marcus Kravis
- Councillor Sue Lees
- Councillor Libby Lisgo
- Councillor Mark Lithgow
- Councillor Janet Lloyd
- Councillor David Mansell
- Councillor Andy Milne
- Councillor Christopher Morgan
- Councillor Simon Nicholls
- Councillor Craig Palmer
- Councillor Derek Perry
- Councillor Martin Peters
- Councillor Andy Pritchard
- Councillor Steven Pugsley
- Councillor Mike Rigby
- Councillor Francesca Smith
- Councillor Federica Smith-Roberts
- Councillor Vivienne Stock-Williams
- Councillor Andrew Sully
- Councillor Nicholas Thwaites
- Councillor Ray Tully
- Councillor Terry Venner
- Councillor Sarah Wakefield
- Councillor Brenda Weston
- Councillor Keith Wheatley
- Councillor Loretta Whetlor
- Councillor Gwilym Wren
Contact information
Support officer: Clare Rendell Email: c.rendell@somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk.
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