Is the East Riding under represented within the "Yorkshire & Humberside Region"?

Yorkshire & Humberside Local Authorities Employers’ Forum

On Friday 24 January I attended my first meeting of the LGMB Employers’ Forum, which incidentally was inquorate.

The object of the Forum is to

… regulate relations between local authorities and fire authorities and their representative  and their employees who fall within the purview of the Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Council for Local Government Services (hereinafter referred to as the Regional Council) by providing employer’ representatives as members of the Regional Council and by engaging in all such other activities as are incidental to, or conducive to, the attainment of the aforesaid object.”

The Forum may also undertake like activities on behalf of or in conjunction with the following bodies:

The Regional Assembly for Yorkshire & Humberside

The Improvement and Development Agency and The Employers’ Organisation for Local Government

The Local Government Association

The Forum consists of 46 members from 26 Authorities, appointed as follows

North Yorkshire County Council                              3 members

Metropolitan Council of Bradford                             3 members

Metropolitan Council of  Leeds                                 3 members

Metropolitan Council of Sheffield                             3 members

East Riding of Yorkshire Council                               2 members
Kingston upon Hull CC                                               2 members
North East Lincolnshire Council                                2 members
North Lincolnshire Council                                         2 members

City of York Council                                                            2 members                               

Barnsley MBC                                                                      2 members
Calderdale MBC                                                                   2 members
Doncaster MBC                                                                   2 members
Rotherham MBC                                                                  2 members
Scarborough BC                                                                   2 members
Harrogate BC                                                                        2 members
 

Kirklees MDC                                                                       1 member
Wakefield MDC                                                                   1 member
Craven DC                                                                             1 member
Richmondshire DC                                                               1 member
Hambleton DC                                                                      1 member
Ryedale DC                                                                           1 member
Selby DC                                                                               1 member

Humberside Fire Brigade                                                   1 member
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service                       1 member
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service                       1 member
West Yorkshire Fire Service                                             1 member

Regional Assembly for Yorkshire & Humber                1 member

This means that North Yorkshire has a total representation of  13 members,  as does West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire has 7, whilst Hull, East Riding and N & NE Lincs have just two each.  Does this seem fair - I think not.

At the meeting I questioned how many members of the population related to each delegate on the Forum but was told it was proportional to the numbers of employees of each body.   This I am having checked.

Felicity Temple