Cabinet roles and responsibilities
Role of a cabinet member
Cabinet members are responsible for:
- leading on developing council policy and make recommendations to the Cabinet
- providing guidance to the Cabinet on running activities
- giving guidance to the Cabinet on budget priorities
- monitoring performance and make sure policy is delivered
- leading on improving council services
- making sure that activities meet the council's overall vision, core values and guiding principles
- contributing to debate and decision-making
- working with councillors who are not members of the cabinet, members of the opposition and officers to make sure that the overview and scrutiny process works correctly
- appearing before and responding to overview and scrutiny committee reports
- representing the council at a national and local level
Each cabinet member is the spokesperson for the policy area or 'portfolio' they are responsible for.
Leader - Mike Evemy
Portfolio responsibilities
- Executive functions and corporate plan delivery
- Local government reorganisation and devolution
- Town and parish council liaison
- Communications
- Publica and UBICO
- Member development
Deputy Leader, Housing and Planning - Juliet Layton
Portfolio responsibilities
- Strategic housing
- Homelessness
- Forward planning and the local plan
- Development management, heritage and conservation
- Biodiversity emergency response
- Neighbourhood planning
Finance – Patrick Coleman
Portfolio responsibilities
- Financial strategy and management
- Property and assets
- Revenues and benefits
- Grant funding and Crowdfund Cotswold
Climate Change and Digital – Mike McKeown
Portfolio responsibilities
- Climate emergency response
- Community energy and energy efficiency
- Council sustainability and sustainable transport
- Digital innovation, inclusion, and accessibility
- Adoption and governance of AI technologies
- Cybersecurity and data governance
Economy and Council Transformation – Tristan Wilkinson
Portfolio responsibilities
- Economic development
- Council transformation
- Business liaison
- Flooding and sewage
Health, Culture and Visitor Experience – Paul Hodgkinson
Portfolio responsibilities
- Public health
- Parking operations and public toilets
- Leisure centres
- Culture and museums
- Tourism
- Community safety partnership
Communities – Claire Bloomer
Portfolio responsibilities
- Cost of living support
- Liaison with third sector
- Diversity, inclusion and young people
- Safeguarding
- Refugee and asylum response
Environment and Regulatory Services – Andrea Pellegram
Portfolio responsibilities
- Waste and recycling
- Environmental and regulatory services
- Street cleaning
- Public realm