Community Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Attendance (21 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Barbara Hughes	Conservative	Cellarhead	Present
Ben Emery	Conservative	Leek West	Present
Gary Bentley	Reform UK	Cheadle West	Present
Jill Salt	Independent	Biddulph East	Present
Joe Porter	Conservative	Brown Edge & Endon	Present
Lyn Swindlehurst	Labour	Leek North	Present
Mark Johnson	Labour	Leek North	Present
Ross Ward	Conservative	Werrington	Present
Bill Cawley	Labour	Leek West	In Attendance
Charlotte Atkins	Labour and Co-operative	Leek North	In Attendance
Dave Proudlove	Labour	Biddulph West	In Attendance
Linda Malyon	Independent	Ipstones	In Attendance
Matt Swindlehurst	Labour	Leek South	In Attendance
Matthew Spooner	Labour	Cheadle North East	In Attendance
Nigel Yates	Labour and Co-operative	Biddulph West	In Attendance
Crecy Boone	Labour	Leek East	Absent
John Jones	Independent	Biddulph Moor	Absent
Kate Mills	Independent	Cheadle West	Absent
Liz Whitehouse	Labour	Cheadle North East	Absent
Marc Durose	Conservative	Forsbrook	Absent
Mike Haines	Labour and Co-operative	Cheadle South East	Absent

Data last updated: 23 February 2026