The Cabinet consists of 9 Councillors of the majority political party and is
led by the Leader of the Council. Each Cabinet Member has
responsibility for a particular area of the Council's activity.
Cabinet Members cannot be part of the Policy and Scrutiny
Committees but can be part of other committees and are members of
the full Council. Cabinet may take executive action and has a
collective responsibility.
The Leader and the
Cabinet section of the
Constitution of the Council explains how the Cabinet operates, its functions
and procedure rules.
Cabinet Member
Portfolios can be viewed on pages 68-71 of the
Constitution of the Council and sets out the delegation of Cabinet functions to
individual Cabinet Members.