Declarations
Meeting: Wednesday, 28th May, 2025 10.30 am - Strategic Planning Board
2. Declarations of Interest/Pre Determination
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - Personal - In relation to items 6 and 7, applications 24/4223/FUL and 24/4242/FUL, Councillor Gardiner stated that he was known to the public speaker in a professional manner, but they had not spoken about applications.
Meeting: Monday, 2nd June, 2025 2.00 pm - Finance Sub-Committee
2. Declarations of Interest
Meeting: Thursday, 12th June, 2025 10.30 am - Corporate Policy Committee
13. Appointment of Independent Remuneration Panel
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - Personal - Declared that they knew one of the appointees and that they would leave the meeting during consideration and decision on the item.
Meeting: Monday, 15th September, 2025 10.30 am - Children and Families Committee
2. Declarations of Interest
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - In the interests of Openness - During consideration of item 6 - Supported Accommodation for 16–25-year-old Children in Care and Care Leavers in the interest of openness, Councillor S Gardiner declared an interest by virtue of the fact his husband was a partner in a law firm who occasionally represented cared-for children living within Cheshire East. The firm represented the children (very occasionally parents) in care-proceedings in which the Council was a party but there was no direct commissioning or procurement by CEC of his company’s services.
Meeting: Monday, 3rd November, 2025 2.00 pm - Finance Sub-Committee
2. Declarations of Interest
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - In the interests of Openness - Potential beneficiary of the Cheshire Pension Fund.
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - In the interests of Openness - In relation to agenda item 6 - Medium Term Financial Strategy Consultation 2026/27 - 2029/30 - Member of the Strategic Planning Board.
Meeting: Friday, 30th January, 2026 10.00 am - Finance Sub-Committee
2. Declarations of Interest
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - In the interests of Openness - Beneficiary of the Cheshire Pension Fund.
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - In the interests of Openness - In relation to agenda item 7 - MTFS Strategies - Investment Strategy - interest declared by virtue of role as a Knutsford Town Councillor. Bruntwood is also involved in a project with Knutsford Town Council.
Meeting: Tuesday, 3rd March, 2026 2.00 pm - Cared For Children and Care Leavers Committee
2. Declarations of Interest
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - In the interests of Openness - In the interests of openness, during consideration of agenda item 6 - Cared for Children and Care Leavers Scorecard, Councillor S Gardiner declared an interest by virtue of the fact his husband was a partner in a law firm who occasionally represented cared for children living within Cheshire East.
Meeting: Thursday, 19th March, 2026 10.30 am - Corporate Policy Committee
2. Declarations of Interest
- Councillor Stewart Gardiner - In the interests of Openness - In the interest of openness and transparency, Councillor Gardiner declared that he was a non-contributing member of the Cheshire Local Government Pension Fund.