Committee details
Assembly
Purpose of committee
The Assembly is the central political focus of the Council and the co-ordinating body for all elements of the political structure. It sets the overall corporate direction, policy framework and financial limits for the Council within which all operations and policies are carried out. It aims to foster a community-focused approach to the formal side of the Council's business, recognising the wider interests of the community and the need to be accountable to them.
Membership
- Cllr Irma Freeborn (Chair)
- Cllr Faruk Choudhury (Deputy Chair)
- Cllr Andrew Achilleos
- Cllr Dorothy Akwaboah
- Cllr Saima Ashraf
- Cllr Princess Bright
- Cllr Sade Bright
- Cllr Josie Channer
- Cllr Muhib Chowdhury
- Cllr Alison Cormack
- Cllr John Dulwich
- Cllr Edna Fergus
- Cllr Cameron Geddes
- Cllr Syed Ghani
- Cllr Rocky Gill
- Cllr Kashif Haroon
- Cllr Victoria Hornby
- Cllr Manzoor Hussain
- Cllr Jane Jones
- Cllr Elizabeth Kangethe
- Cllr Mohammed Khan
- Cllr Donna Lumsden
- Cllr Giasuddin Miah
- Cllr Margaret Mullane, MP
- Cllr Fatuma Nalule
- Cllr Adegboyega Oluwole
- Cllr Glenda Paddle
- Cllr Simon Perry
- Cllr Michel Pongo
- Cllr Moin Quadri
- Cllr Regina Rahman
- Cllr Hardial Singh Rai
- Cllr Tony Ramsay
- Cllr Chris Rice
- Cllr Lynda Rice
- Cllr Ingrid Robinson
- Cllr Paul Robinson
- Cllr Darren Rodwell
- Cllr Emily Rodwell
- Cllr Muhammad Saleem
- Cllr Muazzam Sandhu
- Cllr Faraaz Shaukat
- Cllr Jack Shaw
- Cllr Summya Sohaib
- Cllr Harriet Spoor
- Cllr Dominic Twomey
- Cllr Lee Waker
- Cllr Phil Waker
- Cllr Maureen Worby
- Cllr Mukhtar Yusuf
- Cllr Sabbir Zamee
Contact information
Support officer: Leanna McPherson, Principal Governance Officer.
Postal address:
Ground Floor
Town Hall
1 Town Square
Barking
IG11 7LU
Phone: 020 8227 2852
Email: leanna.mcpherson@lbbd.gov.uk