Joint assembly
The assembly advises the executive board, so it benefits from a wide range of expertise
The role of the joint assembly is to advise the executive board, acting as a forum for discussion with a wider range of members and stakeholders across the Greater Cambridge area.
The joint assembly comprises three elected members from each partner council; three co-opted members nominated by the business board and three co-opted members nominated by the University of Cambridge.
The joint assembly was formally established by Cambridge City Council, Cambridgeshire County Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. It is a joint advisory committee of the three councils.
Members of the public can ask questions, and submit and present petitions to meetings of the joint assembly. Filming, recording and taking photographs at meetings open to the public is encouraged.
Joint assembly members
- Cllr Tim Bick (chair) – Cambridge City Council
- Cllr Katie Thornburrow (vice-chair) – Cambridge City Council
- Cllr Simon Smith – Cambridge City Council
- Cllr Claire Daunton – Cambridgeshire County Council
- Cllr Graham Wilson – Cambridgeshire County Council
- Cllr Neil Shailer - Cambridgeshire County Council
- Cllr Paul Bearpark – South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Cllr Annika Osbourne – South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Cllr Heather Williams – South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Nitin Patel – business board representative – Impact Management Consultancy
- Christopher Walkinshaw – business representative – Marshalls of Cambridge
- Claire Ruskin – business board representative – Cambridge Network
- Dr Karen Kennedy – University of Cambridge
- Dr Kristin-Anne Rutter – University of Cambridge
- James Rolfe – Anglia Ruskin University
Declarations of interest
Member conduct
Member conduct is governed by either the code of conduct set out by the nominating authority or the code of conduct set out by Cambridgeshire County Council (for members who are not nominated by a local authority). The code of conduct set by each authority includes the provisions for declarations of interest.