Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
Combined county authority; foundation strategic authority (no mayor). Created February 2025.
Constituent councils: Devon County Council, Torbay Council.
Board, and overview and scrutiny committee meetings from March 2025 to September 2026, read from the authority's own record.
- No mayor: no single party
- 16 meetings: 10 board, 6 overview and scrutiny
- 0 named votes recorded in the minutes
Mayor
It has no mayor, so no single party controls it: its members are appointed by its councils.
Members
Listed at the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Board meeting of 22 September 2026, with each member's role, and their party on the date from their home council's record where the site has it. Appointed members who aren't councillors aren't named.
- Chris Lewis: Non-constituent member, Conservative (the authority's record)
- David Thomas: Non-constituent member, Conservative (the authority's record)
- Julian Brazil: Non-constituent member, Liberal Democrats (the authority's record)
- Ken James: Non-constituent member, Independent (the authority's record)
- Michael Fife Cook: Non-constituent member, Reform UK (the authority's record)
- Paul Arnott: Non-constituent member, Liberal Democrats (the authority's record)
- Phil Bialyk: Non-constituent member, Labour (the authority's record)
- Swithin Long: Non-constituent member, Liberal Democrats (the authority's record)
- Name not shown (not a councillor): Appointed member (not a councillor)
- Name not shown (not a councillor): Appointed member (not a councillor)
- Alan Tyerman: Substitute, Conservative (the authority's record)
- Katya Maddison: Substitute, Independent (the authority's record)
- Neil Stevens: Substitute, Reform UK (the authority's record)
- James Buczkowski: Substitute, Devon County Council, Liberal Democrats (home council's record)
Named votes (0)
No named votes were found in this authority's minutes.
Latest meetings
- 22 September 2026: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Board
- 8 September 2026: Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- 28 July 2026: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Board
- 9 June 2026: Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- 29 May 2026: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Board
- 30 March 2026: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Board
- 16 March 2026: Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- 26 January 2026: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Board
- 15 December 2025: Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- 24 November 2025: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Board
- 29 September 2025: Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Board (minutes not published yet)
- 15 September 2025: Overview and Scrutiny Committee (minutes not published yet)