Growth and Economy Committee

Attendance (22 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Andrew Church	Labour	Biddulph South	Present
Ben Emery	Conservative	Leek West	Present
Gareth Taylor	Labour	Leek East	Present
Ian Herdman	Conservative	Forsbrook	Present
Jim Garvey	Independent	Biddulph North	Present
Mark Deaville	Conservative	Checkley	Present
Mike Haines	Labour and Co-operative	Cheadle South East	Present
Philip Barks	Labour	Leek West	Present
Tony Holmes	Conservative	Forsbrook	Present
Chris Wood	Labour	Biddulph East	In Attendance
Darren Price	Labour	Leek East	In Attendance
Dave Proudlove	Labour	Biddulph West	In Attendance
Dylan Pascall	Labour	Cheddleton	In Attendance
Gary Bentley	Reform UK	Cheadle West	In Attendance
Ian Plant	Independent	Cheadle West	In Attendance
Jonathan Kempster	Green Party	Manifold	In Attendance
Keith Hoptroff	Labour	Leek South	In Attendance
Lyn Swindlehurst	Labour	Leek North	In Attendance
Mark Johnson	Labour	Leek North	In Attendance
Matt Swindlehurst	Labour	Leek South	In Attendance
Matthew Spooner	Labour	Cheadle North East	In Attendance
Charlie Smith	Independent	Biddulph West	Absent

Data last updated: 23 February 2026