John McGinty - Leader of West Lothian Council

 

As Leader of West Lothian Council, Councillor McGinty (Labour) Chairs the Council Executive. 

Councillor John McGinty, Leader of West Lothian Council Councillor McGinty is also Chair of the Council Executive; a member of the Education Executive; Vice Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee; member of the Performance Committee; Chair of the Employee Appeals Committee; Chair of the Miscellaneous Appeals Committee; Chair of the Avoidance of Disputes Committee; Chair of the Senior Officer Appointment Committee; a member of West Lothian Advisory Committee; a member of the Social Work Complaints Review Committee; West Lothian Council Planning Committee; Vice Chair of Bathgate Local Area Committee; a member of the Joint Consultative Group; Joint Consultative Group (Teaching Staff); Chair of Partnership and Resources Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel (PDSP); member of the Education PDSP; Vice Chair of the Health and Care PDSP; and a member of the Services for the Community PDSP.

His council appointments to outside bodies include: Bathgate Town Centre Management Group; Children's Panel Advisory Committee; Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA); COSLA - Resources and Capacity; COSLA - all of Scotland 2014 Group; Enterprising Bathgate Limited Board of Directors; Lothian and Borders Police Board; Scottish Enterprise East - Regional Advisory Board; St John's Hospital Stakeholder Group; West Lothian Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP); West Lothian Enterprise Ltd;  Korean War Memorial; West Lothian Fairtrade Steering Group; National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection; The Regal Community Theatre Bathgate; West Lothian Chamber of Commerce Board; West Lothian Grapevine Twinning Association; West Lothian Ventures Group Limited; Workers Educational Association.