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Joint boards and other forums

Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development

This committee prepares, monitors and reviews the strategic plan for the area on behalf of the member councils.

See more information about the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority Joint Committee on the Committees and Councillors website.

Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership

Brings together public, private and third sector agencies, along with Renfrewshire's local communities, to plan and deliver better services and to ensure that these services make a real difference to people's lives.

See more information about the Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership on the Committees and Councillors website.

Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board

Deals with the planning and delivery of integrated community health and adult social care services.

See more information about the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board on the Committees and Councillors website.

Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee

Provides independent assurance on the adequacy of the risk management framework, the internal control environment and the integrity of the financial reporting annual governance processes.

See more information about the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee on the Committees and Councillors website.

Renfrewshire Licensing Forum

Reviews the operation of the licensing system in Renfrewshire and gives advice and recommendations to the licensing board.

See more information about the Renfrewshire Licensing Forum on the Committees and Councillors website.

Joint Renfrewshire Licensing Forum and Licensing Board

A joint meeting between the Renfrewshire Licensing Forum and Licensing Board.

See more information about the Joint Renfrewshire Licensing Forum and Licensing Board on the Committees and Councillors website.

Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board

Make decisions over council tax, valuation for rating and electoral registration. 

See more information about the Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board on the Committees and Councillors website.

Scotland Excel

As the Centre of Procurement Expertise for the local government sector in Scotland, Scotland Excel supports the delivery of the wide range of essential public services provided by councils. It also provides assessment change management and education services.

See more information on the Committees and Councillors website about

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The joint boards, committees, partnerships and groups we work with at the Council.

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Council departments and senior leadership teams

Chief Executive’s Service

The service is led by:

  • Alan Russell, Chief Executive and Director
  • Alasdair Morrison, Head of Economy and Development  
  • Barbara Walker, Programme Director, City Deal and Infrastructure
  • Laura McIntyre, Head of Policy and Partnerships
  • Lucy Adamson, Head of Marketing and Communications.

Children’s Services

The Children's Services directorate is led by:

  • Janie O’Neill, Director, Children’s Services
  • John Trainer, Head of Children and Justice Social Work
  • Gerard McLaughlin, Head of Education (Strategy and Improvement)
  • Emma Henry, Head of Education.

Environment, Housing and Infrastructure

Environment, Housing and Infrastructure directorate is led by:

  • Gordon McNeil, Director, Environment, Housing and Infrastructure
  • Chris Dalrymple, Head of Facilities and Property Services
  • Gavin Hutton, Head of Operations and Service Development
  • Louise Feely, Head of Housing Services
  • Gerard Hannah, Head of Climate, Public Protection and Roads.

Finance and Resources

The Finance and Resources directorate is led by:

  • Alastair MacArthur, Director of Finance and Resources
  • Karen Campbell, Chief Auditor
  • Christine McCourt, Head of Finance and Procurement
  • Mark Conaghan, Head of Corporate Governance
  • Patrick Murray, Head of Digital Transformation and Customer Services
  • Raymond Cree, Head of People and Organisational Development
  • Emma Shields, Head of Business Services, Risk and Safety.
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Register of senior officers' interests

The register of interests for senior officers states if they have any other employment; or financial or non-financial interests in any other organisations, companies, or property.
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What Council departments there are

There are four departments in Renfrewshire Council:

  • Chief Executive’s Service
  • Children’s Services
  • Environment, Housing and Infrastructure
  • Finance and Resources

Leisure and culture services in Renfrewshire are managed by OneRen. 

Health and social care services in Renfrewshire are managed by Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (RHSCP).

These are led by the Corporate Management Team.

Corporate Management Team

The corporate management team are:

  • Alan Russell, Chief Executive
  • Janie O’Neill, Director of Children’s Services
  • Gordon McNeil, Director of Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Services
  • Alastair MacArthur. Director of Finance and Resources
  • Victoria Hollows, Chief Executive of OneRen
  • Billy McClean, Chief Officer of Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).
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Council meetings

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Details of council board meetings

For dates of meetings, agendas, reports and minutes, go to the Committee and Councillors website.

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Electoral wards

Ward 9 - Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood, and Lochwinnoch

The councillors in Ward 9 are:

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What a ward is

An electoral ward is a geographic area used to elect local government councillors.

There are 43 councillors in Renfrewshire, each representing one of 12 multi-member electoral wards. 

Each electoral ward has either three or four councillors.

You can find your ward using our interactive map.

The Council has:

  • 20 Scottish National Party (SNP)
  • 10 Scottish Labour
  • 2 Labour and Co-operative Party
  • 3 Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • 3 Independent
  • 3 Reform UK
  • 1 Liberal Democrat
  • 1 Non-Aligned councillor.

Councillor Iain Nicolson (SNP) is the Leader of the Council.

Councillor Jacqueline Cameron (SNP) is the Depute Leader.

Councillor Lorraine Cameron is Provost of Renfrewshire (SNP – although this role is non-political).

You can search for your local councillor by postcode, party or ward on the Renfrewshire Committees and Councillors website.

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Accessibility statement

How you should be able to use this website

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. You should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We also make the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Feedback and contact information

You can contact us if you find any problems not listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements. 

You can also contact us if you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille. 

We'll aim to get back to you in 10 working days.

Digital Experience team

web@renfrewshire.gov.uk
This email address is monitored from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the 'accessibility regulations'). 

If you're not happy with how we respond to your feedback or complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS). 

Technical information about this website's accessibility

Renfrewshire Council is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. 

Compliance status

This website is currently partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Some foreground and background colours have poor contrast, so visually impaired users may experience problems accessing the information. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum).

Some tables do not have associated scope attributes, so screen reader users will not be able to fully understand the association between header and data cells. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.

Some input elements do not have associated labels, so screen reader users may experience problems completing the forms. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions.

Some links have the same text but go to different destinations, so users may find this confusing. This fails WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context).

Some form controls have an insufficient colour contrast from their surroundings, so visually impaired users may experience problems completing the form. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast.

Some form controls have duplicate IDs, so users using assistive technology may experience nonsensical user interface (UI) information that does not represent the actual UI of the page. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.1 Parsing.

Some form controls have more than one label associated with them, so users using assistive technology may not know what the form control is supposed to represent. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships and 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value.

Non-accessible content

Many documents are in non-HTML formats, for example PDF. They are not accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure.

Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and other documents are essential for providing and using our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services. 

If not eligible for exemptions, any new PDFs or documents published on renfrewshire.gov.uk will be checked against accessibility standards.

For existing PDFs, we replace non-accessible PDFs with accessible HTML pages as part of our content plan to migrate to a new renfrewshire.gov.uk. 

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they're not essential to providing our services.

Maps

We do not audit these for accessibility as we do not provide maps for navigational purposes, and therefore these maps are exempt from the accessibility regulations.

What we're doing to improve accessibility

We have developed a Digital Experience vision and launched a new Renfrewshire.gov.uk on 9 July 2025.

The new Renfrewshire.gov.uk will run alongside the old website until August 2026, when all content has been rewritten and moved to the new website

As part of the roll-out of the new renfrewshire.gov.uk, existing accessibility issues have been fixed.

This new website is supported by a new Content Management System (Drupal) and a design system. The design system includes a library of web components that have been designed and built with accessibility as a core focus. We'll use Figma, Chromatic and other tools to ensure the design system follows accessibility standards.

We have increased capacity in the Digital Experience team to implement new approaches to accessibility across our websites. For example, the team has already published guidelines on accessibility and content writing, including guidance on the use of PDF and other documents online.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared in November 2025.

This website was tested twice to the WCAG 2.2 AA standards in November 2025, prior to the launch of the new website.

The test was carried out by Renfrewshire Council. We tested 9 pages across the website, including:

  • Homepage
  • Search results page
  • Consultation page
  • Consultation index page
  • Consultation topic page
  • Financial support page
  • News index page
  • Person page
  • Publication page

The pages were tested using a combination of manual and automated testing tools, including:

  • axe DevTools
  • Google Lighthouse
  • Silktide
  • WAVE

Email web@renfrewshire.gov.uk if you experience any issues with accessibility.

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This accessibility statement applies to www.renfrewshire.gov.uk.

It does not cover other renfrewshire.gov.uk subdomains such as service subdomains like myaccount.renfrewshire.gov.uk and other Renfrewshire Council websites like renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com, which have their own accessibility statements.

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