Scrutiny Committee

Attendance (24 councillors)

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

Data last updated: 23 February 2026