Committee details

The Cabinet is the executive decision-making body of the Council. The Council has appointed a Leader who is responsible for Cabinet, the executive decision making body of the council. The Leader has appointed Cabinet members, who have responsibility for work on a particular portfolio area and lead on policy development. The cabinet takes decisions collectively in public and cabinet members are jointly accountable for its decisions.

The Cabinet Members and their Portfolios are:

Leader of the Council  - Cllr Sarah Wood

Deputy Leader – Cllr Mark Smith

Adults, Social Care and Public Health Communities – Cllr Michael Simmons

Children’s Services (Statutory responsibility for Children) – Cllr Gill Floyd

Education and SEND – Cllr Robert Butler

Housing and Physical Communities – Cllr Philip James

Place, Culture and Volunteering – Cllr Pip Harvey

Regeneration, Highways and Transport – Cllr John Hardie

Strategic Finance and Local Government Efficiency – Cllr Simon Brophy