West Oxfordshire Executive 2026
Role of an Executive member
Executive members are responsible for:
- leading on developing council policy and make recommendations to the Executive
- providing guidance to the Executive on developments within the portfolio
- giving guidance to the Executive 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 Executive, 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 Executive member is the spokesperson for the policy area or 'portfolio' they are responsible for.
Cllr Andy Graham - Leader of the Council
His portfolio responsibilities are:
- Overview of all Executive Portfolios
- Policy Framework
- Council Plan
- Governance
- Legal and Communications
- Local Government Reorganisation
- Strategy
- Governance
- Transition Planning
- Partnership Working
- Service delivery
- Locality Model
- Devolution
- Strategic Partnerships:
- Oxfordshire Joint Leaders
- Thames Valley
- Publica & Ubico
- LGA, LCN & SE Councils
- Emergency Planning
Cllr Duncan Enright - Deputy Leader of the Council and Executive Member for Economic Development
Portfolio responsibilities are:
- Economic and Business Development, including visitor economy, farming and town centres
- Inward investment for growth in emerging industries
- Business grants – strategic overview
- Training skills and apprenticeships, delivery partnerships
- Witney High Street
- Mullin Museum
Cllr Alaric Smith - Executive Member for Finance
Portfolio responsibilities are:
- Budget setting
- Council Tax and Benefits
- Asset and Investment Management
- Performance and Financial Management
- Counter Fraud
- Internal and External Audit
- Health and Safety
Cllr Liz Leffman - Executive Member for Planning and Infrastructure
Portfolio responsibilities are:
- Local Plan
- Strategic Planning
- Development Management – strategic overview
- Landscape Management
- Infrastructure requirements and delivery – planning overview
- Section 106 & CIL requirements and overview
- Carterton Area Strategy
- Salt Cross Garden Village Delivery
Cllr Geoff Saul - Executive Member for Housing and Community Safety
Portfolio responsibilities are:
- Housing
- Homelessness
- Housing allocations – strategic overview
- Provision of affordable/social rented homes
- Sheltered housing and emergency accommodation
- Woodford Way
- Weavers Fold
- Community Safety
- Community Safety Partnership
- Crime and Disorder
- Neighbourhood Policing
- Scrutiny of Police and Crime Commissioner
Cllr Andrew Prosser - Executive Member for Climate Action and Nature Recovery
Portfolio responsibilities are:
- Climate Action
- Energy advice, Renewable Energy, EV Charging
- Nature Recovery Partnerships & Plans
- Landscape & Biodiversity Project Management
- Partnership liaison & promotion (local, county & regional)
Cllr Alistair Wray - Executive Member for Environment
Portfolio responsibilities are:
- Waste & recycling collection
- Flood alleviation/natural flood management and sewage management
- Food production and farming
- Environmental Partnerships
- WASP
- Evenlode CP, North-East Cotswold Cluster
- Street Cleaning & Grounds Maintenance
- Environmental Protection and Food Safety
- Air Quality
- Car Parking and Toilets
Cllr Sandra Coleman - Executive Member for Stronger, Healthy Communities
Portfolio responsibilities are:
- Community and public health
- Community provision of community space/hubs with town & parish partnerships
- Promotion of investment grants support through platform partnership funding
- Assets of community value – strategic overview
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
- Young people
- Equality and diversity
- Voluntary sector engagement
- Safeguarding
Cllr Tim Sumner - Executive Member for Arts, Culture and Sports
Portfolio responsibilities are:
- Leisure provision including swimming pools, including maintenance and investment plans
- Leisure contract renewal
- Sports hub provision in strategic areas of the district for developed and emerging sports
- Playing Pitch Strategy & Provision
- Developing in partnership – play areas (indoor and outdoor), parks, open spaces & footpaths, walking & fitness initiatives
- Arts & cultural provision and development in theatre, music, arts, dance and arts/crafts
- Conservation and Historical Environment
- Promotion of investment grants support through platform partnership funding