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Councillor Michael Butler
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Outside Bodies
Elected:
04 May 2023
First Elected
02 May 2019
Party:
Labour
Ward:
Southwick
Address:
C/o City Hall , Sunderland
Plater Way
Sunderland , SR1 3AA
Email:
cllr.michael.butler@sunderland.gov.uk
Work Telephone No:
07810 056271
Job Title:
Department:
Election History
Elected
Retired
Reason
Thu 2 May 2019
Wed 3 May 2023
re-elected
Thu 4 May 2023
Party Representation History
Party
From
To
Labour
Thu 2 May 2019
Wed 3 May 2023
Labour
Thu 4 May 2023
Ward Representation History
Ward
From
To
Southwick
Thu 2 May 2019
Wed 3 May 2023
Southwick
Thu 4 May 2023
Current Committee Memberships
Committee - Date Joined
Role
Council - 07 May 2019
Member
North Sunderland Area Committee - 15 May 2019
Member
Past Committee Memberships
Past Committee - Date Joined
Past Role
Past Leaving Date
1
2
Page
1
of
2
, items
1
to
5
of
7
.
Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee - 19 May 2021
Member
16 May 2023
Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee - 15 May 2019
Chairman
04 May 2023
Planning and Highways (East) Committee - 10 June 2020
Chairman
17 May 2022
TWFRA Human Resources Committee - 16 September 2019
Sunderland City Council
13 June 2021
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority - 10 June 2019
Sunderland City Council
19 May 2021
Current Outside Body Appointments
Outside Body
Joining Date
North East Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
18 May 2022
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Durham STP Joint Health Scrutiny Committee
18 May 2022
Southwick Primary School
19 May 2021
Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind Management Committee
15 May 2019
Past Outside Body Appointments
Past Outside Body
Past Joining Date
Past Leaving Date
Sunderland Orphanage and Educational Foundation
15 May 2019
18 May 2021
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority
15 May 2019
18 May 2021
Personal Register of Interests
Date of Notice
Receipt by Monitoring Officer
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07 May 2019
21 May 2019
08 April 2020
08 April 2020
19 May 2020
19 May 2020
17 July 2020
20 July 2020
29 June 2021
01 July 2021
27 December 2021
30 December 2021
03 October 2022
06 October 2022
28 February 2023
06 March 2023
05 May 2023
05 June 2023
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Meeting Date
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Title
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From
Description
Value
There are no hospitality and gift records for this member.
Member Attendance
From:
September 2023
September 2023
week
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
35
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
36
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
37
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
38
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
39
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
40
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
To:
September 2023
September 2023
week
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
35
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
36
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
37
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
38
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
39
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
40
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Attendance Summary
Summary
Count
Percentage
Expected attendances
25
Present as expected
19
76%
Absent
6
24%
Apologies received
4
67% of absences
In attendance (as a visitor)
0
Attendance Details
Meeting Date
Committee
Attendance
4 Oct 2022 17:30
Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
Attended
13 Oct 2022 17:30
Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee
Apologies received
1 Nov 2022 17:30
Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
Attended
10 Nov 2022 17:30
Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee
Attended
16 Nov 2022 16:00
Council
Attended
29 Nov 2022 17:30
Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
Attended
8 Dec 2022 17:30
Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee
Attended
3 Jan 2023 17:30
Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
Attended
12 Jan 2023 17:30
Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee
Apologies received
25 Jan 2023 16:00
Council
Attended
31 Jan 2023 17:30
Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
Attended
9 Feb 2023 17:30
Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee
Attended
22 Feb 2023 18:00
Council
Attended
22 Feb 2023 16:00
Council
Attended
28 Feb 2023 17:30
Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
Attended
8 Mar 2023 18:30
Council
Apologies received
9 Mar 2023 17:30
Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee
Absent
22 Mar 2023 16:00
Council
Attended
23 Mar 2023 17:30
North Sunderland Area Committee
Attended
28 Mar 2023 17:30
Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
Apologies received
6 Apr 2023 17:30
Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee
Absent
17 May 2023 18:00
Council
Attended
14 Jun 2023 16:00
Council
Attended
22 Jun 2023 17:30
North Sunderland Area Committee
Attended
13 Sep 2023 16:00
Council
Attended
