Members
The Scrutiny Pool is made up of thirty elected representatives, three from each local authority within AGMA. The political balance of the representatives must echo that of the local authority.
Currently the Scrutiny Pool has –
17 Labour members
4 Liberal Democrat members
8 Conservative members
1 Independent member
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Anthony Connell | Labour | Bolton Council |
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Guy Harkin | Labour | Bolton Council |
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Hilary Fairclough | Conservative | Bolton Council |
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Ann Audin | Labour | Bury Council |
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Tim Pickstone | Liberal Democrat | Bury Council |
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Sam Hurst | Conservative | Bury Council |
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Mike Carmody | Labour | Manchester CC |
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Joanne Green | Labour | Manchester CC |
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Marc Ramsbottom | Liberal Democrat | Manchester CC |
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Kaiser Rehman | Labour | Oldham MBC |
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Lynne Thompson | Liberal Democrat | Oldham MBC |
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Colin McLaren | Labour | Oldham MBC |
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Martin Rodgers | Labour | Rochdale MBC |
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Michael Holly | Conservative | Rochdale MBC |
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June West | Labour | Rochdale MBC |
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Ann-Marie Humphreys | Labour | Salford CC |
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Stephen Coen | Labour | Salford CC |
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Karen Garrido | Conservative | Salford CC |
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Walter Brett | Labour | Stockport MBC |
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Shan Alexander | Liberal Democrats | Stockport MBC |
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Syd Lloyd | Conservative | Stockport MBC |
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Eileen Shorrock | Labour | Tameside MBC |
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Brenda Warrington | Labour | Tameside MBC |
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John Bell | Conservative | Tameside MBC |
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Pam Dixon | Conservative | Trafford Council |
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Barry Brotherton | Labour | Trafford Council |
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Brian Shaw | Conservative | Trafford Council |
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Pam Stewart | Labour | Wigan MBC |
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John O'Brien | Labour | Wigan MBC |
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Jim Ellis | Independent | Wigan MBC |
Scrutiny is a cross-party function, where members are asked to remain politically neutral and review issues as an equal member of the scrutiny pool.




































