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 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.
Michele Mead - Leader of the Council
Her portfolio responsibilities are:
- policy framework
- Corporate Plan
- co-ordination of executive functions
- representation on Regional and National Bodies
- Oxfordshire Partnership Board
- Oxfordshire Growth Board
- Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
- Oxfordshire Leaders
- economic development
- inward investment
- communications
- Parish and Town Council liaison
Toby Morris - Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Resources
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- finance and management
- equality and diversity
- Customer Services
- Information Technology and services
- Asset Management
- Council Tax and Benefits
- health and safety
- councillor development
- shared services
- efficiency agenda
- performance management
- business development
- visitor economy
Norman MacRae - Cabinet Member for Environment
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- car parking
- waste collection and recycling
- Street Scene (cleansing, litter and grounds maintenance)
- energy advice
- flood alleviation
- environmental and regulatory
- environmental partnership
Suzi Coul - Cabinet Member for Health and Leisure
Her portfolio responsibilities are:
- sports and leisure facilities and strategy
- healthy communities
- public art
- Community Facilities Grants
- Community Revenue Grants
- Community Activity Grants
- Oxfordshire health improvement
- community and public health
Merilyn Davies - Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing
Her portfolio responsibilities are:
- safeguarding, Community Safety Partnership
- crime and disorder
- neighbourhood policing
- scrutiny of Police and Crime Commissioner
- voluntary sector engagement
- broadband
- assets of community value
- housing Allocations
- homelessness
Jeff Haine - Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- regional spatial strategy
- Local Plan
- Government planning policies and guidance
- conservation and design
- design and historic environment
- landscape and biodiversity
- strategic housing
- provision of affordable housing
- sheltered housing accommodation
- development management
David Harvey - Cabinet Member for Climate Change
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- zero carbon status by 2030
- liaising with cabinet colleagues and officers on climate change
- ensuring all the Council’s policies meet this requirement.
- fossil fuel dependence reduction
- alternative energy
- biodiversity across the District
- assisting businesses to achieve carbon neutral status.
- liaising with local, countywide and national bodies on climate change