Council and Cabinet
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Chairman of the County
Council
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West Sussex County Council is made
up of 71 members elected to represent their local
communities.
The County Chairman is the apolitical guardian of the interests of
all members of the Council and its processes as well as being its
principal non-political representative.
The Chairman is assisted by a
Vice-Chairman.
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Vice-Chairman of the
County Council
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Mike
Coleman
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Mick Hodgson
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The political composition of the County Council is 49
Conservative, 18 Liberal Democrat, 2 Labour and 2
independent members.
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The Cabinet
The West Sussex Cabinet has eight members selected from the
Conservative majority. The Cabinet proposes the key policy
decisions of the Council, which are subject to agreement by the
full County Council of 71 members. Each member has a portfolio of
work for which they take personal responsibility. Most decisions
will be made by Cabinet members individually. Agendas and items to be discussed are published
before the Cabinet meetings, which are open to the press and
public.
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Deputy
Leader
and portfolio
for Communities,
Environment and
Enterprise
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Lionel
Barnard
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Health and
Adults' Services
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Education and
Schools
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Children and Families
Lead member
for Children's Services
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Peter
Catchpole
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Peter
Griffiths
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Peter Evans
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Finance and
Resources
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Highways
and
Transport
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Public
Protection
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Michael
Brown
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Pieter
Montyn
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Christine
Field
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Cabinet Portfolios
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Leader
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- Political and Policy Direction
- County Strategy and Local Area Agreement
- Public Health political and policy direction
- Communications
- County Local Committees
- Partnerships
- Equality and Diversity
- Freedom of Information and Data Protection
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Deputy Leader and portfolio for Communities,
Environment and Enterprise
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- Deputising for Leader
- Economic Strategy (including 2012 Olympics)
- Libraries and Help Points
- Arts and Heritage and Archives
- Coast and Countryside (including Rights of Way)
- Environment - Rural and Urban
- National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Land-use Planning
- Minerals
- Waste (Minimisation, Management and Planning)
- Democratic Services (and Members' IT)
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Health and Adults' Services
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- Social Care Services
- Community Health and Health Liaison for Adults
- Health political and policy direction (excluding Public
Health)
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Education and Schools
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- Education (including Adult Education)
- Schools
- Learning and skills for 16 to 19 year-olds (16 to 25 for
learners with learning difficulties or disabilities)
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Children and Families
(Lead Member for Children's Services)
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- Children's social care services
- Children's Trust
- Youth Justice
- Youth Service
- Community Health and Health Liaison for children and
families
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Finance and Resources
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- Finance
- Property
- Procurement
- Human Resources Strategy
- IT/Customer & Community Access
- Performance Management
- Legal Services
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- Transport Planning and Highway Services
- Public Transport
- Gatwick
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Public Protection
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- Fire
- Community Safety
- Drug and Alcohol Action
- Gypsies and Travellers
- Trading Standards
- Emergency Planning
- Registration Service
- Coroner
- Police Liaison
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The County Council
The whole County Council is the ultimate decision-making body
and the principal forum for major political debate. Its 71 members
meet five times a year. The County Council reserves to itself
decisions on key policy plans, questions members of the Cabinet,
debates major pieces of work by Select Committees and notices of
motion.
It appoints the Leader who decides the composition and areas of
competence of the Cabinet, to which responsibility is delegated for
carrying out many of the County Council's existing policies. It
also appoints the Select Committees which examine and review
decisions and actions of the Cabinet and Cabinet Members, as well
as some non-Executive committees and a Standards Committee.
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