Sarah Merry

From the council's own meeting papers and its committee list. Attendance covers the period shown below; declarations come from summarised meetings; questions and motions count only papers that say they asked or moved them.

Attendance

87%

Committees

11

Chairs

2

Declarations

8

Questions

0

Motions

0

Meetings since 27 October 2025 where the council recorded who attended and they were expected as a member. Sending a substitute counts as an absence; attending as someone else's substitute isn't counted.

Attended 27 of 31 meetings (87%).

Among the council's 79 councillors who were expected at five or more meetings over the same 12 months, the middle attendance figure was 91%. Attendance doesn't show everything a councillor does: some sit on more committees than others, and absence can be for illness, caring or council business elsewhere.

Agenda items that name them. An item is marked as a question or motion only when the papers say they asked or moved it. Found by searching the papers for their name, so a few may be about someone with a similar name.

• Named in, Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee, 22 June 2026

  To note that Council, at its Annual Meeting on 21st May 2026, appointed Cllr Sarah Merry as Chair of the Committee for the 2026-2027 municipal year and the following Members to the Committee: Cllrs Chowdhury, Cowan, Ebrahim, Fergusson-Thorne, Kaaba, Lister, Littlechild and Taylor.

• Named in, Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee, 23 February 2026

  Proposals relevant to Cllr Merry's Portfolio

• Named in, Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee, 1 July 2025

  To note that Council, at its Annual Meeting on 22nd May 2025, appointed Cllr Sarah Merry as Chair of the Committee for the 2025 – 2026 municipal year and the following Members to the Committee:

• Named in, Local Authority Governor Panel, 16 June 2025

  • Appointed Councillor Sarah Merry as Chair of the Local Authority Governor

• Named in, Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee, 24 February 2025

  Proposals relevant to Cllr Merry's portfolio

• Named in, Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee, 21 October 2024

  To receive an update on Member visits from Councillor Merry, Chair of the Committee.

• Named in, Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee, 24 June 2024

  To note that Council, at its Annual Meeting on 23 May 2024 appointed Councillor Sarah Merry as Chair of the Committee for the 2024 – 2025 municipal year and the following Members to the Committee:

• Named in, Local Authority Governor Panel, 17 June 2024

  · Appointed Councillor Sarah Merry as Chair of the Local Authority Governor Panel

• Named in, Economy & Culture Scrutiny Committee, 27 February 2024

  Cllr Merry - Cardiff Commitment, Suzanne Scarlett (17:00pm)

• Named in, Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee, 26 June 2023

  To note that Council, at its Annual Meeting appointed Councillor Sarah Merry as Chair of the Committee for the 2023 – 2024 municipal year and the following Members to the Committee:

• Named in, Local Authority Governor Panel, 19 June 2023

  · Appointed Councillor Sarah Merry as Chair of the Local Authority Governor Panel

• Named in, Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee, 9 January 2023

  To note that Council, at its Annual Meeting on 26 May 2022 appointed Councillor Sarah Merry as the Chairperson and the following Members to the Committee for the municipal year 2022/2023:

• Named in, Local Authority Governor Panel, 27 June 2022

  · Appointed Councillor Sarah Merry as Chair of this Committee;

• Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee, Chair
• Local Authority Governor Panel, Chair
• Appointments Committee - Assistant Director, Education and Inclusion
• Appointments Committee - Chief Executive
• Appointments Committee - Director Governance and Legal Services and Monitoring Officer
• Appointments Committee - Principal Solicitor (Litigation), OM2
• Appointments Committee - Principal Solicitor OM1
• Cabinet
• Cabinet (Trustee Maindy Park Trust)
• Cabinet Trust Committee
• Council

Read from the minutes of meetings that Local Record has summarised, so declarations at other meetings aren't included.

• Cabinet, 16 July 2026

  Personal interest on Additional Property Purchases of Medallion House, 62-64 Crwys Road, Cathays, Cardiff

  Personal, non-prejudicial interest because she is a ward councillor for Cathays.

• Council, 5 March 2026

  Personal interest on Budget Proposals 2026- 2027

  Member of the Cardiff & Vale Pension Fund.

• Council, 5 March 2026

  Personal interest on Budget Proposals 2026- 2027

  Member of the Central South Consortium Joint Education Service Joint Committee.

• Council, 5 March 2026

  Personal interest on Budget Proposals 2026- 2027

  Board member of Cardiff & Vale Corporation.

• Council, 25 September 2025

  Personal interest on Notice of Motion – 2

  Member of CF10 Cardiff Rugby Supporters Trust.

• Council, 6 March 2025

  Personal interest on Budget Proposals 2025 - 2026

  Member of the Cardiff & Vale Pension Fund.

• Council, 6 March 2025

  Personal interest on Budget Proposals 2025 - 2026

  Member of the Central South Consortium Joint Education Service Joint Committee.

• Council, 6 March 2025

  Personal interest on Budget Proposals 2025 - 2026

  Board member, Cardiff & Vale Corporation.