Joint Scrutiny Committee

Attendance (59 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Adrian Hussey	Labour	Newbridge	Present
Alan Patrick Angel	Plaid Cymru	Ystrad Mynach	Present
Andrew Farina-Childs	Independent	Blackwood	Present
Aneurin Minton	Plaid Cymru	Penyrheol	Present
Ann Gair	Labour	St Cattwg	Present
Anne Broughton-Pettit	Labour	Morgan Jones	Present
Arianna Leonard	Labour	Risca East	Present
Bob Owen	Independent	Risca West	Present
Brenda Miles	Labour	Nelson	Present
Carl Cuss	Labour	Twyn Carno	Present
Carl Thomas	Labour	Crumlin	Present
Charlotte Bishop	Plaid Cymru	Aber Valley	Present
Colin Gordon	Labour	Pontllanfraith	Present
David Harse	Labour	Moriah and Pontlottyn	Present
Dawn Ingram-Jones	Labour	Aberbargoed and Bargoed	Present
Denver W.R. Preece	Labour	Abercarn	Present
Elizabeth Davies	Labour	Penmaen	Present
Gary Enright	Plaid Cymru	Llanbradach	Present
Gary Johnston	Labour	Newbridge	Present
Greg Ead	Plaid Cymru	Penyrheol	Present
Haydn Pritchard	Plaid Cymru	St Cattwg	Present
Jan Jones	Independent	Ynysddu	Present
Janine Reed	Independent	Ynysddu	Present
Jill Winslade	Labour	Bedwas and Trethomas	Present
John Eryl Roberts	Plaid Cymru	Aber Valley	Present
Judith Ann Pritchard	Plaid Cymru	St Cattwg	Present
Kevin Etheridge	Independent	-	Present
Kristian Woodland	Labour	Crumlin	Present
Leeroy Jeremiah	Labour	Newbridge	Present
Mansel Powell	Labour	Moriah and Pontlottyn	Present
Mike Adams	Labour	Pontllanfraith	Present
Mrs Elizabeth M. Aldworth	Labour	Bedwas and Trethomas	Present
Mrs Lisa Phipps	Labour	Bedwas and Trethomas	Present
Mrs Patricia Cook	Labour	Pontllanfraith	Present
Nigel Dix	Independent	Blackwood	Present
Robert Edward Chapman	Labour	Darran Valley	Present
Roy Saralis	Labour	Penmaen	Present
Sean Morgan	Green	Nelson	Present
Shane Williams	Labour	Cefn Fforest and Pengam	Present
Teresa Heron	Labour	Cefn Fforest and Pengam	Present
Teresa Parry	Plaid Cymru	Hengoed	Present
Walter Williams	Labour	Argoed	Present
Ceri Wright	Labour	Risca West	Expected
Andrew Whitcombe	Labour	Abercarn	Absent
Chris Bissex-Foster	Labour	Aberbargoed and Bargoed	Absent
Colin Elsbury	Plaid Cymru	St Martins	Absent
Colin Peter Mann	Plaid Cymru	Llanbradach	Absent
D. Tudor Davies MBE	Labour	Aberbargoed and Bargoed	Absent
Donna Cushing	Plaid Cymru	Hengoed	Absent
James Emmanuel Fussell	Plaid Cymru	St Martins	Absent
Jo Rao	Labour	Maesycwmmer	Absent
John Taylor	Plaid Cymru	Aber Valley	Absent
Jon Scriven	Plaid Cymru	Penyrheol	Absent
Julian Simmonds	Labour	Crosskeys	Absent
Marina Chacon-Dawson	Labour	Cefn Fforest and Pengam	Absent
Mark Evans	Labour	-	Absent
Martyn Paul James	Plaid Cymru	Ystrad Mynach	Absent
Stephen Kent	Plaid Cymru	St Martins	Absent
Steve Skivens	Plaid Cymru	Penyrheol	Absent

Data last updated: 23 February 2026