The Council and its Meetings

Mayoralty
The Worshipful the Mayor	Cllr Dan Putty
The Deputy Mayor	Cllr Roger Gardiner
Political Composition
Total number of seats	60 seats
Conservative	30 seats
Liberal Democrat	11 seats
Labour	14 seats
Independent	4 seats
UKIP	1 seat
Vacant seats	0 seat
Political Leaders
Leader of the Council	Cllr Clive Sanders
Conservative Group Leader	Cllr Clive Sanders
Conservative Group Deputy Leader	TBA
Liberal Democrat Group Leader	Cllr Gavin James
Liberal Democrat Group Deputy Leader	Cllr Mrs Paula Baker
Labour Group Leader	Cllr Ms Laura James
Labour Group Deputy Leader	Cllr Paul Harvey
Independent Forum Coordinator	Cllr Ian Tilbury
Independent Forum Deputy Coordinator	TBA
Composition of the Cabinet
The Leader of the Council	Cllr Clive Sanders
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategy	Cllr Ranil Jayawardena
Cabinet Member for Partnerships	Cllr Mrs Cathy Osselton
Cabinet Member for Economic Strategy and Development	Cllr Andrew Finney
Cabinet Member for Property, Finance and Commissioning	Cllr John Izett
Cabinet Member for Planning	Cllr Mark Ruffell
Cabinet Member for Housing and Regeneration	Cllr Rob Golding
Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change	Cllr Robert Donnell
Cabinet Member for Community Services	Cllr Miss Hayley Eachus

Council Meetings