Elected Members
Appointment Process
The Councillor members of the Police Authority are appointed by their respective local authority on an annual basis. The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA), acting as a joint Committee, appoints the seats to the political parties based on the number of seats for the county area as a whole. The current (May 2008) make up of the ten district councils in the Greater Manchester area is given below: -
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Other/ Independent |
Total | |
| Bolton | 27 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 60 |
| Bury | 16 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 51 |
| Manchester | 61 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 96 |
| Oldham | 23 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 60 |
| Rochdale | 19 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 60 |
| Salford | 36 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 60 |
| Stockport | 14 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 63 |
| Tameside | 44 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 57 |
| Trafford | 20 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 63 |
| Wigan | 41 | 14 | 4 | 16* | 75 |
| TOTAL | 301 | 151 | 169 | 24 | 645 |
| % of total number of seats | 46.6% | 23.4% | 26.2% | 3.8% | 100% |
* Includes one vacancy
For 2008/09 this has resulted in the following political make up of the Police Authority: -
·5 Labour
·2 Conservative
·3 Liberal Democrat
(Information as at May 2008)
Since 1st October 2008, magistrates have not been included as a class of member of police authorities, which means GMPA is now made up of 10 councillor seats and nine independent members, one of which is a magistrate. Previously there were 10 councillors, three magistrates and six independent members.
The independent members are appointed by the police authority following a selection process involving an Independent Selection Panel, including representatives from the police authority and the Home Secretary, together with an independent assessor selected by the previously referred to persons from a list approved by the Home Secretary. Independent members are appointed for four years.
This page was last updated on 28 September 2009