Group elections #3

Last night Haringey's Labour Councillors met to elect our team for 2007-08.

Elected were;

Chair - Matt Cooke
Deputy Chair - Ray Dodds
Leader - George Meehan
Deputy Leader - Lorna Reith
Chief Whip - Claire Kober
Secretary - GMMH Rahman Khan
Assistant Whips - Alan Dobbie and Sheila Peacock

The following are being nominated to Monday's Annual Council as Cabinet members, being;

Adult Social Care & Wellbeing - Bob Harris
Children & Young People - Lis Santry
Community Cohesion & Involvement - Lorna Reith
Enforcement & Safer Communities - Nilgun Canver
Environment & Conservation - Brian Haley
Housing - Isidoros Diakides
Leisure, Culture & Lifelong Learning - Dhiren Basu
Regeneration & Enterprise - Kaushika Amin
Resources - Charles Adje

Our Committee chairs to be nominated are;

Alexandra Palace and Park Board - Matt Cooke
Audit Committee - GMMH Rahman Khan
General Purposes Committee - Eddie Griffith
Licensing Committee - Jayanti Patel
Pensions Committee - GMMH Rahman Khan
Planning Committee - Sheila Peacock

Our Scrutiny members will be Gideon Bull (chair), Pat Egan (vice-chair), Emma Jones and Toni Mallett.

I am being nominated to chair the Wood Green Area Assembly.

Sad to upset some, but quite a peaceful AGM, over by 9.30pn and having a curry by 10.

And like others, no I am not putting down the votes, so please do not ask, cos you won't get.... well, perhaps, if you're good!!!