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Cabinet
portfolios



Councillor Rodney Chambers is Leader of the Council and the Cabinet consists of the Leader plus nine other Councillors (see below for details).

Portfolio Holder

Leader:
Rodney Chambers view reports
Democracy and Governance and Regeneration.    

Finance and Deputy Leader:
Alan Jarrett view reports
Communications and media, Council tax and business rates, Finance, Housing benefit, Legal, Property, Risk Management and Strategic procurement.    

Adult Services:
Tom Mason view reports
Community care, Health, Older people, Services for people with learning and physical disabilities and Telecare/Telemedicare.    

Children's Services (Lead Member):
Les Wicks view reports
Early years, Further Education, Home to school transport, Inclusion, Primary and secondary education, School services, Special educational needs, Specialist youth services and Youth    

Children's Social Care:
David Wildey view reports
Children and family services    

Community safety & enforcement:
Rehman Chishti view reports
CCTV, Community safety, Drugs, Enforcement (executive functions only), Environmental health, Trading standards, Travellers and Wardens.    

Community Services:
Howard Doe view reports
Adult learning,Castles, Events, Greenspaces, Leisure and community services, Libraries and resource centres, Sport, Theatre and arts, Voluntary sector, Housing and homelessness and Housing revenue account.    

Customer First and Corporate Services:
Janice Bamber view reports
Community plan, CPA, Customer First, Human Resources, ICT, Learning and development, Medway Local Strategic Partnership, Performance plan and Service improvement, Bereavement services and Registrars    

Front Line Services:
Phil Filmer view reports
Parking, Public transport, Roads, Street cleaning and waste collection/recycling/waste disposal, Traffic management and Transport for Medway.    

Strategic Development and Economic Growth:
Jane Chitty view reports
Building* and development control, Economic development, Europe, Local Development Framework, Planning, Rural strategy, Social regeneration, South East Plan and Tourism. (*The Council has delegated its building control functions to the South Thames Gateway Building Control Joint Committee)