Planning Committee

Attendance (14 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Andy Bowden	Labour Party	Parr	Present
David Banks	Labour Party	Newton le Willows - West	Present
Derek Long	Labour Party	West Park	Present
Geoff Pearl	Liberal Democrat Party	Eccleston	Present
James Tasker	Independents	Rainhill	Present
John Case	Conservative Party	Rainford	Present
John Hodkinson	Labour Party	Sutton - North West	Present
Karl Collier	Newton-le-Willows Independents	Newton le Willows - West	Present
Keith Laird	Labour Party	Newton le Willows - East	Present
Lisa Preston	Labour Party	Windle	Present
Richard McCauley	Labour & Co-operative Party	Thatto Heath	Present
Tracy Dickinson	Labour & Co-operative Party	Moss Bank	Present
David Hawley	Reform UK	Bold and Lea Green	Absent
Susan Murphy MBE	Labour & Co-operative Party	Billinge and Seneley Green	Absent

Data last updated: 23 February 2026