Why aren't there more women and young people in North East Lincolnshire Council's cabinet?

Cllr Cracknell - only woman in NELC cabinet

A PROTEST about the lack of diversity in NELC's Conservative cabinet came up this evening during a live question-and-answer session  on the Facebook social media platform Facebook.

At present, all are thought be in their  late 50s or older, and only one - Haverstoe ward representative, Cllr Margaret Cracknell - is female.

Council leader Cllr Philip Jackson replied that he had appointed "the best people for the job" with each of the individual portfolios.

However, he acknowledged that it was obvious looking around the cabinet table that almost all were "men of a certain age".

He continued: "Ideally, the cabinet would be  more diverse with more women and some young people, but at present I am fully confident I have the right people in the right posts."

There followed a brief discussion in which the leader's cabinet colleagues theorised about how to encourage more people to become involved with local politics.