West Oxfordshire Cabinet 2022
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 developments within the portfolio
- 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.
Andy Graham - Leader of the Council
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Policy Framework
- Corporate Plan
- Executive functions
- Regional and National Bodies
- Oxfordshire Partnership Board
- Oxfordshire Growth Board
- Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
- Oxfordshire Leaders
- Publica and Ubico
- Democratic Services
- Communications
- Legal Services
- Counter Fraud
- Emergency Planning
Duncan Enright - Deputy Leader & Economic Development
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Economic Development
- Inward investment
- Business Development
- Visitor Economy
- Town and Village regeneration
Dan Levy - Finance
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Finance and Management
- Council Tax and Benefits
- Efficiency agenda
- Performance management of the Council
- Asset management
- Investment Strategy
- South West Audit Partnership
Carl Rylett - Planning & Sustainable Development
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Oxfordshire Plan 2050
- Local Plan
- Government planning policies and guidance
- Conservation and Design
- Design and Historic Environment
- Landscape and Biodiversity
- Strategic Housing
- Development Management
- Ensuring planning policies meet 2030 requirement
Mathew Parkinson - Customer Delivery
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Parish and town empowerment
- Equality and diversity
- Customer Services
- ICT and services
- Councillor development
- Broadband
Joy Aitman - Stronger Healthy Communities
Her portfolio responsibilities are:
- Community
- Community Revenue Grants
- Voluntary sector engagement
- Sports and leisure facilities
- Health and safety
- Public art
- Facilities Grants
- Community and public health
- Healthy Communities
- Accountable Member for Refugee Resettlement Programme
- Young people
Geoff Saul - Housing & Social Welfare
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Housing Allocations
- Homelessness
- Provision of affordable homes
- Sheltered housing accommodation
- Safeguarding - Community Safety Partnership
- Crime and Disorder
- Neighbourhood Policing
- Scrutiny of Police and Crime Commissioner
- Assets of Community Value
Lidia Arciszewska - Environment
Her portfolio responsibilities are:
- Energy advice
- Flood alleviation and sewage
- Environmental and regulatory
- Environmental partnership
- Waste collection and recycling
- Street Scene (cleansing, litter and grounds maintenance)
- Car parking
- Air quality
- Land, food, farming
Andrew Prosser - Climate Change
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Renewable energy and retrofit investment
- Biodiversity across the District
- Carbon neutral by 2030
- Fossil fuel dependence reduction
- Local, national and county wide liaison on climate
- Internal liaison on Climate Change
- EV Charging Rollout