Andrew Cooper - Councillor for Kirklees (Newsome)

Councillor Andrew Cooper

Green Party Newsome Group Leader (Green Party)

Email: andrew.cooper@kirklees.gov.uk

Council: Kirklees

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Annual Council Cabinet (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Committee Member) Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Panel (Chair) Council (Committee Member) Personnel Committee (Committee Member) zzTest Training Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

56 meetings · Page 1 of 12

Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday 10th December 2025 5.30 pm

December 10, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee - Friday 5th December 2025 10.00 am

December 05, 2025
Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Panel Chair

Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Panel - Wednesday 26th November 2025 2.00 pm

November 26, 2025
Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee Committee Member

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee - Friday 14th November 2025 10.00 am

November 14, 2025
Personnel Committee Committee Member

Personnel Committee - Thursday 13th November 2025 10.30 am

November 13, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

142 decisions · Page 15 of 29

Kirklees' School Funding Arrangements for Financial Year 2025-26

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 21st January 2025 1.30 pm - January 21, 2025

To consider the Kirklees schools funding formula for 2025-26 to be submitted to the Education & Skills Funding Agency.

Recommendations Approved

Half Yearly Monitoring Report on Treasury Management Activities 2024/2025 (Reference to Council)

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 21st January 2025 1.30 pm - January 21, 2025

To consider the treasury management activities for the period 1 April to 30 September 2024.

Recommendations Approved

Surplus Property Disposals 2025/2026

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 21st January 2025 1.30 pm - January 21, 2025

To bring forward the delivery of the proposed Capital Receipts Schedule for 2025/26 in alignment with the Council’s approved budget and Capital Strategy and to determine whether to proceed with the intended disposal of the Former Gomersal First School site.

Recommendations Approved

Approval of acceptance and expenditure of external grant funding on preliminary development enabling works

From: Cabinet - Tuesday 21st January 2025 1.30 pm - January 21, 2025

To seek authority to spend £1.25m of One Public Estate Brownfield Land Release funding on Estates Buildings in order to prepare the building for future development.  

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 56

Average per Month: 2.8

Decisions Recorded: 142