Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01684 · Session 5

Composition of local authority executive committees

Closed Submitted 16 Feb 2018 People & Communities
Signatures
0
28 online signatures with a country
Comments
1
Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the Local Government (Scotland) Act 2004 to require that the composition of the executive body must reflect the political party membership of those elected.

What the petitioner did first

We have contacted the West Lothian based MSPs and have discussed the issue with Fiona Hyslop MSP and Neil Findlay MSP.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 10 May 2018
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 22 Nov 2018
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

28 online signatures
  1. Scotland17 60.7%
  2. United Kingdom8 28.6%
  3. England2 7.1%
  4. United States1 3.6%

Comments

1 comment, oldest first
  1. Moira Shemilt 1 Mar 2018
    Having witnessed first hand, a gerrymandered council executive where the largest party has the smallest voice...I heartily endorse this petition.