Mike Bell - Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Strategic Partnerships, Finance, Digital and Corporate Services
Responsibilities include:
- leadership and strategic partnerships - devolution, West of England Combined Authority, Bristol Airport and Bristol Port, and regional collaboration
- finance and performance - budget setting, capital programme, risk management, data insight and performance reporting
- digital transformation and customer services - ICT, digital services, customer experience, revenues and benefits, and welfare provision
- corporate governance and people services - legal, democratic, electoral and HR services, equality, diversity and inclusion, and corporate development
- communications and engagement - media relations, consultation, and community engagement
Catherine Gibbons - Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, Families, Skills and Lifelong Learning
Responsibilities include:
- children’s social care and safeguarding - Family Help, child protection, children in care and care leavers, fostering, and corporate parenting
- education and early years - school improvement, early years provision, Virtual School, and school admissions and capital projects
- special educational needs and inclusion - SEND services, inclusion, education welfare, and support for children out of school
- skills and lifelong learning - skills strategy, post-16 participation, adult learning, and youth mentoring (including Junction 21)
- workforce and service quality - workforce development, Children’s Services Academy, quality assurance, and continuous improvement
Annemieke Waite - Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment
Responsibilities include:
- climate and nature emergency - climate adaptation, renewable energy, carbon reduction, ecological recovery, and flood resilience
- planning policy and delivery - Local Plan, development control, planning enforcement, and building control
- environmental services - waste and recycling, street cleaning, and environmental maintenance
- biodiversity and green infrastructure - strategic oversight of biodiversity and green infrastructure strategy and marine environment management
- sustainable communities - working with local groups on community and environmental initiatives
Jenna Ho Marris - Cabinet Member for Homes and Health
Responsibilities include:
- housing strategy and supply - affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and private rented sector regulation
- public health and wellbeing - health improvement programmes, mental health and wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, and reducing inequalities
- public health protection and resilience - strategic oversight of local health protection and emergency health response in partnership with the NHS, UKHSA and North Somerset’s environmental health teams
- integrated health and care - partnerships with NHS, localities and the Integrated Care System
- community resilience - work with voluntary and community sector partners on health and housing outcomes
Hannah Young - Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport
Responsibilities include:
- transport strategy - active travel, sustainable transport, Bus Service Improvement Plan, and rail partnerships
- highways maintenance - road repairs, lighting, drainage, and asset management
- traffic management - traffic regulation orders, safety schemes, and congestion management
- public transport and accessibility - community transport, home-to-school travel, and inclusive transport planning
- infrastructure delivery - delivery of transport improvements and support for growth areas
Roger Whitfield - Cabinet Member for Adult Social Services
Responsibilities include:
- adult social care and safeguarding - protection of vulnerable adults, safeguarding partnerships, and quality assurance
- community and locality services - social work teams, occupational therapy, and hospital discharge coordination
- mental health and wellbeing - mental health services, commissioning, and partnership working
- reablement and support services - reablement, technology-enabled care, brokerage, and contracts
- service transformation - continuous improvement and integration with health partners
James Clayton - Regulatory Services, Sport and Pride in Place programme
Responsibilities include:
- regulatory and public protection - food safety, environmental protection, trading standards, and emergency planning
- environmental health and protection - delivery of local environmental health services and operational response to health protection incidents in coordination with Public Health
- licensing and compliance - alcohol, taxi and private hire licensing, entertainment and event licences, animal welfare licensing, and enforcement of related regulations to support safe and fair business practice
- sport and leisure development - support for sports clubs, leisure facilities, and community sport partnerships; promotion of physical activity and wellbeing through sport
- Pride in Place programme - delivery of the Pride in Place programme, including improvement of public spaces, neighbourhood appearance, and community pride initiatives
Mark Canniford - Cabinet Member for Sustainable Places and Service Transformation
Responsibilities include:
- economic growth and regeneration - placemaking, heritage, and development of council land for housing and employment
- improving Weston-super-Mare programme - Birnbeck Pier and town centre strategy
- property and asset management - council property, car parks, and technical services
- service transformation and efficiency - business transformation, digital innovation, and value for money
- commercial and partnership delivery - driving income generation and partnership working
Mike Solomon - Cabinet Member for Culture, Community Services and Safety
Responsibilities include:
- culture and heritage - cultural strategy, partnerships with Arts Council England and Super Culture, and creative sector support
- community safety - CCTV, community policing liaison, Public Space Protection Orders, and safety of women and girls
- leisure and recreation - leisure centres, sport facilities, seafront activities, and the Sport and Leisure Facilities Strategy
- parks and open spaces - parks management, ranger services, and ecology
- libraries and community hubs - operation and development of libraries and community buildings
