Cabinet

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The Cabinet is made up of the Leader of the Council and other members, each of whom has responsibility for a particular group of council services.

The Cabinet take most of the day to day decisions about running the Council and the provision of services that are not the responsibility of other committees. 

One of the main functions of the Cabinet is to recommend the annual budget to the Council and to advise it on the development of major policies. 

The public and other Councillors can question Cabinet members about their areas of responsibility and comment on the issues discussed at its meetings.

Cabinet members

• Leader of the Council: Councillor Stephen Robinson

• Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure: Councillor Jennie Lardge

• Cabinet Member for Connected Chelmsford: Councillor Joanne Hawkins

• Cabinet Member for a Fairer Chelmsford: Councillor Kieron Franks

• Cabinet Member for Finance: Councillor Chris Davidson

• Cabinet Member for a Greener Chelmsford: Councillor Rose Moore

• Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing: Councillor Natacha Dudley

• Cabinet Member for Planning and Place-Shaping: Councillor Richard Lee

Cabinet deputies

In addition, the Leader of the Council has appointed Cabinet deputies. They are not members of the Cabinet but they support Cabinet members with specific areas of responsibility.

• Deputy Cabinet Member for Cleaner Communities: Councillor Simon Goldman

• Cabinet Deputy for Economy and Sustainable Transport: Councillor Terry Sherlock

Shadow Cabinet and deputies

The largest opposition group on the council appoints spokespeople to shadow the Cabinet Members and ask questions at Cabinet meetings.

• Leader's Responsibilities: Councillor Roy Whitehead (Conservative)

• Cleaner Communities: Councillor Gillian Bonnett (Conservative)

• Connected Chelmsford: Councillor James Raven (Conservative) 

• Culture and Leisure: Councillor Julia Jeapes (Conservative) 

• Economy and Sustainable Transport: Councillor Mike Steel (Conservative)

• Fairer Chelmsford: Councillor Andrew Thorpe-Apps (Conservative)

• Finance: Councillor Roy Whitehead (Conservative)

• Greener Chelmsford: Councillor Susan Sullivan (Conservative)

• Health and Wellbeing: Councillor Philip Wilson (Conservative) 

• Planning and Place-Shaping: Councillor Sue Dobson (Conservative)