Scrutiny Committee

Attendance (22 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Alun Lewis	Labour	Gawthorpe	Present
Ashley Brown	Labour	Rosegrove with Lowerhouse	Present
Aurangzeb Ali	Independent	Queensgate	Present
Charlie Briggs	Liberal Democrats	Gannow	Present
Christine Sollis	Independent	Brunshaw	Present
Gemma Haigh	Labour & Co-operative Party	Gannow	Present
Gordon Birtwistle	Liberal Democrats	Coalclough with Deerplay	Present
Jamie McGowan	Conservative	Hapton with Park	Present
Margaret Brindle	Labour	Rosehill with Burnley Wood	Present
Mike Steel	Conservative	Whittlefield with Ightenhill	Present
Afrasiab Anwar	Independent	Bank Hall	In Attendance
Howard Baker	Liberal Democrats	Coalclough with Deerplay	In Attendance
Margaret Lishman	Liberal Democrats	Briercliffe	In Attendance
Alex Hall	Green Party	Trinity	Expected
Jack Launer	Green Party	Cliviger with Worsthorne	Expected
Lubna Khan	Independent	Bank Hall	Expected
Shah Hussain	Independent	Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	Expected
Alan Hosker	Reform UK	Hapton with Park	Absent
Anne Kelly	Liberal Democrats	Briercliffe	Absent
Helen Bridges	Green Party	Trinity	Absent
Saeed Chaudhary	Independent	Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	Absent
Shaun Sproule	Labour	Brunshaw	Absent

Data last updated: 23 February 2026