Community Overview and Scrutiny Panel

Attendance (20 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Barbara Hughes	Conservative	Cellarhead	Present
Crecy Boone	Labour	Leek East	Present
John Jones	Independent	Biddulph Moor	Present
Lyn Swindlehurst	Labour	Leek North	Present
Mark Johnson	Labour	Leek North	Present
Ross Ward	Conservative	Werrington	Present
Callum Beswick	Conservative	Dane	In Attendance
Charlotte Atkins	Labour and Co-operative	Leek North	In Attendance
Keith Hoptroff	Labour	Leek South	In Attendance
Linda Malyon	Independent	Ipstones	In Attendance
Matt Swindlehurst	Labour	Leek South	In Attendance
Bill Cawley	Labour	Leek West	Expected
Ben Emery	Conservative	Leek West	Absent
Gary Bentley	Reform UK	Cheadle West	Absent
Jill Salt	Independent	Biddulph East	Absent
Joe Porter	Conservative	Brown Edge & Endon	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: 25 March 2026