Your representatives
The Council is made up of 60 members - otherwise called councillors. In addition, the Elected Mayor is a member of the Council.
The full Council is a formal meeting of all Councillors and the Elected Mayor. The full Council is required by law to take certain important decisions including setting the Council's budget and Council tax, and approving a number of key plans and strategies.
The Chairman will preside over meetings of the Council and in doing so will seek to ensure that the business of Council meetings is transacted efficiently and with due regard to the rights of councillors, officers and the interests of the community.
Your Member of Parliament (MPs) represents your interests and concerns in the House of Commons. MPs are involved in considering and proposing new laws, and can use their position to ask government ministers questions about current issues.
Your Member of European Parliament represents the interests and concerns of our region in the European Parliament. Each region has between three and ten MEPs and each MEP in a region represents each person living there. You can contact any or all of them.