Community Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Attendance (22 councillors)

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

Data last updated: 23 February 2026