Cabinet Lead Members are not members of the Cabinet but are appointed to work along side Portfolio Holder(s).  They provide additional leadership capacity and support to Cabinet. Lead Members may be members of an Overview Committee but they can not sit on a Scrutiny Committee.

The Cabinet Lead for Education  supports the Portfolio Holder for Children, Education, Skills and Early Help . Including the areas of school place planning, early years, SEND and inclusion.

Cabinet Lead Members are not members of the Cabinet but are appointed to work along side Portfolio Holder(s).  They provide additional leadership capacity and support to Cabinet. Lead Members may be members of an Overview Committee but they can not sit on a Scrutiny Committee.

The Cabinet Lead for Environment, Travel and Harbours supports the Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment . Including the areas of Climate Change, Coastal Defence, Transport and Fisheries.

Cabinet Lead Members are not members of the Cabinet but are appointed to work along side Portfolio Holder(s).  They provide additional leadership capacity and support to Cabinet. Lead Members may be members of an Overview Committee but they can not sit on a Scrutiny Committee.

The Cabinet Lead for Health  supports the Portfolio Holder for People - Adult Social Care, Health & Public Health  . Including the areas of Building better lives, Home First, Primary Care Network and Scrutiny Planning

Cabinet Lead Members are not members of the Cabinet but are appointed to work along side Portfolio Holder(s).  They provide additional leadership capacity and support to Cabinet. Lead Members may be members of an Overview Committee but they can not sit on a Scrutiny Committee.

The Cabinet Lead for Highways  supports the Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment . Including the areas of the Local Transport Plan, road safety, and highway verges

Cabinet Lead Members are not members of the Cabinet but are appointed to work along side Portfolio Holder(s).  They provide additional leadership capacity and support to Cabinet. Lead Members may be members of an Overview Committee but they can not sit on a Scrutiny Committee.

The Cabinet Lead for Safeguarding  supports the Portfolio Holder for Children, Education, Skills and Early Help . Including the areas of Children’s Advice & Duty Service, Care Leavers, Child Protection and Child in Need, and Fostering. 

In addition, the Cabinet Lead member supports sustainable aquaculture.

The Chairman of the Council is elected by the Council annually.  The Chairman’s responsibilities include to uphold and promote the purposes of the Constitution; preside over meetings of the Council so that its business can be carried out efficiently; to promote public involvement in the Council’s activities and the attend such civic and ceremonial functions as the Council determines appropriate.

The Vice-Chairman of the Council is elected by the Council annually.  The Vice-Chairman’s responsibilities include supporting the Chairman of the Council to uphold and promote the purposes of the Constitution; in the Chairman’s absence, preside over meetings of the Council, so that its business can be carried out efficiently; to promote public involvement in the Council’s activities and the attend such civic and ceremonial functions, on behalf of the Chairman, as the Council determines appropriate.