Committee details

The Cabinet

The Leader chooses a Cabinet of other Councillors (called Cabinet Members) who will together make decisions on important subjects or matters affecting the City or Council as a whole.

The Cabinet Members

Each Cabinet Member has responsibility for a range of Council activities, which are called Portfolios. At present these are:

• Leader – Councillor Fitzhenry
• Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Growth – Councillor Moulton
• Cabinet Member for Finance and Capital Assets – Councillor Hannides
• Cabinet Member for Environment – Councillor S Galton
• Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Heritage – Councillor Vassiliou
• Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care – Councillor White
• Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care – Councillor P Baillie
• Cabinet Member for Education – Councillor J Baillie
• Cabinet Member for Customer Service and Transformation – Councillor Harwood

Detail the individual Portfolio responsibilities can be found in Part 3 of the Council's Constitution - Responsibility for Functions

The Cabinet Members can make decisions individually for their Portfolio area and so most decisions are made either by the whole Cabinet or an individual Cabinet Member.  However, these decisions must be in accordance with the Budget and the Plans in the Policy Framework, all of which have been agreed by the whole Council.

Cabinet usually meets once a month.  The meetings are open to the public, and are generally held in the Council Chamber.