Greater Manchester Combined Authority deputies take up portfolios

Leaders and Deputies at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Twenty new deputies have been handed portfolio roles on the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

In June, two councillors from each Greater Manchester local authority took up their posts as Deputies on the GMCA. Those deputies have been handed specific portfolios and will support the Leader who shares their Greater Manchester responsibilities.

Greater Manchester Mayor Tony Lloyd said: “Our new team of Greater Manchester deputies bring a whole host of new skills, experience and expertise to the GMCA. I’ve no doubt that they will all do a terrific job of taking Greater Manchester forward.

“I’m also proud that our new Deputies are overwhelmingly women and as a group better represent Greater Manchester’s diverse communities."

Portfolio teams

• Planning and housing: Richard Farnell (Leader, Rochdale Council), Deputies: Mark Hunter (Stockport), Paula Boshell (Salford)
• Health and social care: Peter Smith (Leader, Wigan Council), Deputies: Brenda Warrington (Tameside), Wendy Wild (Stockport), Linda Thomas (Bolton)
• Low carbon, waste and environment: Paul Dennett (Salford City Mayor), Deputies: Aasim Rashid (Rochdale), Lynn Travis (Tameside)
• Investment and finance: Kieran Quinn (Leader, Tameside Council) 
• Skills and employment: Sean Anstee (Leader, Trafford Council), Deputies: Jenny Bullen (Wigan) 
• Abdul Jabbar (Oldham)
• Children’s services: Cliff Morris (Leader, Bolton Council), Deputies: Donna Martin (Rochdale) 
• Linda Blackburn (Trafford)
• Economic strategy incl internationalisation and marketing and business support: Richard Leese (Leader, Manchester City Council), Deputies: Dylan Butt (Trafford), Ebrahim Adia (Bolton)
• Reform: Tony Lloyd (GM Mayor/PCC) Deputies: Sue Murphy (Manchester), John Merry (Salford)
• Police, crime, civil contingencies, fire: Rishi Shori (Leader, Bury Council), Deputies: Barbara Brownridge (Oldham), 
• Transport: Tony Lloyd (GM Mayor/PCC), Deputies: Jo Platt (Wigan) 
• Fairness, Equalities and Cohesion: Jean Stretton (Leader, Oldham Council), Deputies: Angeliki Stogia (Manchester), Jane Black (Bury)
• Culture, Arts and Leisure: Alex Ganotis (Leader, Stockport Council), Deputies: Jane Lewis (Bury)
• Criminal Justice: Tony Lloyd (GM Mayor/PCC), Deputies: Barbara Brownridge (Oldham)

GMCA Deputies will not support the Leader of their own local authority but will work with a Leader, and in most cases other Deputies, from other authorities in their Greater Manchester role.