Cabinet

The full Council Cabinet responsibilities are shown below:

Councillor Susan Brown

Councillor Susan Brown

Leader, and Cabinet Member for Inclusive Economy and Partnerships

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  • Business Partnerships
  • Economic development and inclusion
  • Business Plan
  • Electoral & Legal Services
  • LG General Assembly member
  • Council Strategy and Partnerships
  • Outside bodies
  • Research & Policy Development
  • Scrutiny
  • Future Oxfordshire Partnership
  • Oxford Strategic Partnership
  • Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
  • Emergency Planning
  • Democratic Services and Member Support 
  • Participatory democracy
  • Corporate Affairs (FOI, Environmental Impact Regulations, complaints) and Data Protection
  • Tourism
  • Chair of Zero Carbon Oxford Partnership
  • City Centre Action Plan delivery 
  • Town Hall Facilities and Civic Office
  • External Affairs
  • Communications and consultation

Councillor Ed Turner

Councillor Ed Turner

Deputy Leader (Statutory), and Cabinet Member for Finance and Asset Management 

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  • Delivery of non-housing capital programme
  • Medium-term financial strategy
  • Strategic financial and accounting services 
  • Payments and Insurance
  • Corporate Fraud and Audit/Risk Management
  • Corporate asset and treasury management 
  • Procurement
  • Commercial property management 
  • Acquisition, valuation and disposal of land and property
  • Major projects, land, and property development
  • Maintenance of corporate buildings 
  • Contract management for corporate property services
  • International links including Oxford International Links Committee
  • Deputise for Leader as required

Councillor Chewe Munkonge

Councillor Chewe Munkonge

Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Leisure and Parks

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  • Fusion Lifestyle partnership and contract – both management of existing contract and future planning
  • Leisure and wellbeing
  • Children and young people policies
  • Youth Ambition
  • Youth Partnership Board
  • School liaison and partnerships
  • Sport and physical activity
  • Parks, Allotments, Cemeteries & Open Spaces 
  • Deputise for Leader as required

Councillor Anna Railton

Councillor Anna Railton

Cabinet Member for Zero Carbon Oxford and Climate Justice

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  • Carbon reduction
  • Environmental policies
  • Delivering the Zero Emission Zone to improve Air Quality
  • Delivering Zero Carbon Oxford City Council by 2030
  • Sustainability
  • Low Carbon Oxford
  • Support delivery of the outcomes of the  Oxford Citizens Assembly on Climate Change
  • Biodiversity delivery
  • Promotion of clean energy

Councillor Mark Lygo

Councillor Mark Lygo

Cabinet Member for Inclusive and Safer Communities

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  • Community safety and tackling antisocial behaviour 
  • Working with TVP on tackling drug-dealing, county lines, Domestic Violence, Child Sexual Exploitation,
  • Modern Slavery, crime and Violence against Women and Girls
  • Keeping our Night-time Economy safe
  • Oxford Safer Communities Partnership
  • Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel
  • Safeguarding Adults and Children
  • Safer Oxford Partnership
  • Community centres
  • Community development/engagement
  • Social regeneration
  • Welfare Reform
  • Discretionary Housing Payments
  • Council Tax Reduction Scheme
  • Community and voluntary sector grants
  • Stronger Communities Steering Group
  • Community Impact Zone 
  • Financial inclusion

Councillor Linda Smith

Councillor Linda Smith

Cabinet Member for Housing

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  • Regulation of the Private Rented Sector
  • Housing strategy for HRA
  • Housing Revenue Account
  • Housing capital programme (HRA)
  • Landlord services
  • Housing allocations
  • Estate regeneration projects (HRA)
  • Commissioning housing maintenance services
  • Tenancy management and sustainment
  • Tenant and Resident involvement
  • Development of affordable housing via HRA
  • Disabled Facilities Grant
  • Statutory and non-statutory homelessness
  • Homelessness Prevention Services
  • Home Choice Scheme

Councillor Jemima Hunt

Councillor Jemima Hunt

Cabinet Member for Culture and Events

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  • Culture and cultural partnerships 
  • Museum of Oxford & Town Hall
  • Events including St Giles Fair
  • Environmental Health
  • Local market promotions
  • Events
  • Licensing and enforcement

Councillor Nigel Chapman

Councillor Nigel Chapman

Cabinet Member for Citizen Focused Services and Council Companies

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  • Customer Services:
    • Council Tax
    • Benefits administration
    • Rents, rates, and Income collection
  • Oxford Direct Services as contractor:
    • Planned maintenance contracts
    • Responsive maintenance contracts
    • Highways, engineering
    • Fleet management 
    • Tree management 
  • OX Place
  • Council Corporate Services:
    • ICT
    • Business Improvement
    • HR – including apprenticeships and Organisational Development 
    • Health and safety
    • Equalities and diversity
  • Street scene, public conveniences
  • Flood relief
  • Pest control
  • Waste and recycling including:
    • Oxfordshire Resources and Waste Partnership
    • Clean, green Oxford campaign
    • Promotion of refillables and campaigning against single use plastics

Councillor Louise Upton

Councillor Louise Upton

Cabinet Member for Planning and Healthier Communities

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  • Addressing health inequalities
  • Health and Wellbeing Board & Health Improvement Board
  • Public Health promotion 
  • Planning Policy including biodiversity
  • Community Infrastructure Levy
  • Local Plan
  • Spatial Planning & Conservation
  • Development & Building Control
  • Transport Policy including Connecting Oxford
  • Taxi Licensing
  • Car Parking Policy
  • Work in partnership with transport authorities (OCC and Highways England) to deliver a strategic approach to sustainable transport involving engaging with our local communities
  • Work with transport providers (Network Rail, bus companies, taxi firms etc) to deliver affordable, accessible and frequent public transport