Cabinet and committees

Cabinet

The Cabinet has eight members and is chaired by the Leader of the Council. Each member of the Cabinet has a portfolio to which they are responsible for.

Details relating to the Cabinet member portfolios can be viewed and downloaded below. 

• Councillor Zoe Nicholson, Leader of the Council, Chair of Cabinet and Cabinet member for finance, assets and community wealth building (PDF, 84 KB)
• Councillor Christine Robinson, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet member for community wellbeing (PDF, 112 KB)
• Councillor Chris Collier, Cabinet member for innovation, delivery and people (PDF, 156 KB)
• Councillor Johnny Denis, Cabinet member for arts, culture and tourism and leisure (PDF, 156 KB)
• Councillor Wendy Maples, Cabinet member for neighbourhood wellbeing (PDF, 81 KB)
• Councillor Emily O'Brien, Cabinet member for climate, nature and food systems (PDF, 157 KB)
• Councillor Laurence O'Connor, Cabinet member for planning and infrastructure (PDF, 80 KB)
• Councillor Mark Slater, Cabinet member for tenants and those in housing need (PDF, 99 KB)

Forward plan of decisions

Read the latest version of the Council's plan on our Forward plan of decisions page.

Committees

Find out about council committee membership, meetings, agendas and minutes, please visit our committee page:

Committees

Webcasts

Access the webcasts of our council meetings for the last year.

Cabinet

The Cabinet has seven members and is chaired by the Leader of the Council. Each member of the Cabinet has a portfolio for which they are responsible for.

Details relating to the Cabinet member portfolios can be viewed and downloaded below:

• Councillor Stephen Holt, Leader of the Council, Chair of Cabinet and Cabinet member for Community Strategy, Local Strategic Partnership, the Corporate Plan, Performance and Staff (PDF, 120 KB)
• Councillor Margaret Bannister, Deputy Leader and Cabinet member for tourism, leisure, accessibility and community safety. (PDF, 273 KB)
• Councillor Daniel Butcher, Cabinet member for finance (PDF, 116 KB)
• Councillor Peter Diplock, Cabinet member for housing and homelessness (PDF, 201 KB)
• Councillor Jim Murray, Cabinet member for Carbon Neutral 2030 and Water Champion (PDF, 242 KB)
• Councillor Colin Swansborough, Cabinet member for enterprise, community spaces and planning  (PDF, 202 KB)
• Councillor Jenny Williams, Cabinet member for heritage, culture and seafront (PDF, 115 KB)

Forward plan of decisions

Read the latest version of the Council's plan on our Forward plan of decisions page.

Committees

Find out about council committee membership, meetings, agendas and minutes, please visit our committee page:

Committees