The Council and its Meetings

Mayoralty
The Worshipful the Mayor	Cllr George Hood
The Deputy Mayor	Cllr Brian Gurden
Political Composition
Total number of seats	60 seats
Conservative	34 seats
Liberal Democrat	14 seats
Labour	9 seats
independent	2 seats
non-aligned	1 seat
Vacant seats	0 seat
Political Leaders
Leader of the Council	Cllr Andrew Finney
Deputy Leader of the Council	Cllr Position Currently Vacant
Conservative Group Leader	Cllr Mark Ruffell
Conservative Group Deputy Leader	TBA
Liberal Democrat Group Leader	Cllr Mrs Paula Baker
Liberal Democrat Group Deputy Leader	Cllr Stuart Parker
Labour Group Leader	Cllr Ms Laura James
Labour Group Deputy Leader	Cllr Paul Harvey
independent Forum Coordinator	Cllr Martin Biermann
independent Forum Deputy Coordinator	TBA
Composition of the Cabinet
The Leader of the Council	Cllr Andrew Finney
Cabinet Member for Sport and Leisure	Cllr Keith Chapman
Cabinet Member for Finance, Property and Performance	Cllr James Lewin
Cabinet Member for Planning and Infrastructure	Cllr Horace Mitchell
Cabinet Member for Housing and Health	Cllr Mrs Cathy Osselton
Cabinet Member for Education and Community Support	Cllr Mrs Elaine Still
Cabinet Member for the Environment and Climate Change	Cllr Mrs Anne Court
Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Development	Cllr Clive Sanders

Council Meetings