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 Philip
Whitehead
Including Economic Development, Military-Civilian Integration, and Communications
Portfolio Holder for Communications, Military-Civilian Integration, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, European Structural Investment Fund and Canals - Cllr Chris Williams
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Corporate Services,
Heritage, Arts, Tourism, Housing and Communities Cllr Richard
Clewer
Portfolio Holder for Communities, Arts, Heritage and Tourism - Cllr Allison Bucknell
Portfolio Holder for Climate Change - Cllr Ashley O'Neill
Cabinet Member for Finance, Procurement and Commercial
Investment Cllr
Pauline Church
Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Skills Cllr Laura
Mayes
Portfolio Holder for Education and SEND - Cllr Jane Davies
Portfolio Holder for Children's Safeguarding - Cllr Peter Hutton
Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Public
Protection Cllr Simon
Jacobs
Portfolio Holder for Whole Life Pathway - Cllr Phil Alford
Portfolio Holder for Public Health and Public Health and Public Protection - Cllr Ben Anderson
Cabinet Member for Spatial Planning, Development Management and
Investment - Cllr Toby
Sturgis
Cabinet Member for IT, Digitalisation, Operational Assets,
Leisure and Libraries - Cllr Ian
Blair-Pilling
Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Sport - Cllr Jerry Kunkler
Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Waste - Cllr Bridget
Wayman

Portfolio Holder for Highways Streetscene - Cllr Sven Hocking
Portfolio Holder for Waste - Cllr Robert Yuill
Flooding (Chairs - Flood Working Groups) - Cllr Toby Sturgis (North), Cllr Mike Hewitt (Southern), Cllr Derek Brown (Salisbury)