Cabinet
The Cabinet is the Council’s principal decision-making body. It comprises the Leader of the Council and up to nine Cabinet Members. The Leader is appointed for a four year term by Full Council, and then selects their Cabinet Members. Each Cabinet Member has responsibility for a defined service area or 'portfolio', which is set by the Leader. Collectively the Cabinet has responsibility for taking the day to day decisions within the Council. Cabinet Members may be assisted by other councllors in specific areas, referred to as 'portfolio holders', but those individuals do not have any decision making authority
Cabinet Members
Leader of the Council Cllr Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Communications, Communities, Leisure & Libraries (and interim Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Public Protection) Cllr John Thomson
Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Sport - Cllr Jerry Kunkler
Portfolio Holder for Communities and Area Boards - Cllr Chris Williams
Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care Transformation - Cllr Simon Jacobs
Portfolio Holder for Public Health and Public Protection - Cllr Ben Anderson
Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Skills - Cllr Laura Mayes
Portfolio Holder for Education and Skills - Cllr Philip Whalley
Portfolio Holder for SEND and Safeguarding - Cllr Jane Davies
Cabinet Member for Spatial Planning, Development Management and Property - Cllr Toby Sturgis
Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, Housing, Heritage, Arts and Tourism - Cllr Richard Clewer
Portfolio Holder for Heritage, Arts and Tourism - Cllr Richard Gamble
Portfolio Holder for Housing and Electoral Review - Cllr Ashley O'Neill
Portfolio Holder for Strategic Highways, AONB, ESIF, Canals and MCI - Cllr Fleur de Rhé-Philipe
Cabinet Member for Finance, Procurement, IT and Operational Assets - Cllr Philip Whitehead
Portfolio Holder for IT and Digitalisation - Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling
Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Waste - Cllr Bridget Wayman
Portfolio Holder for Transport - Cllr Horace Prickett
Portfolio Holder for Streetscene - Cllr Atiqul Hoque
Portfolio Holder for Waste - Cllr Robert Yuill
Portfolio Holder for Flooding - Cllr Jonathon Seed
