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Members of the Cabinet 2025/26
The Leader of the Council, Councillor Bridget Kendrick is supported by a Cabinet.
- Leader of the Council – Councillor Bridget Kendrick
- Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Climate – Councillor Claire Malcomson
- Cabinet Member for Waste, Recycling and Environmental Health – Councillor Rosemary Hobbs
- Cabinet Member for Services and Security – Councillor Caroline Joseph
- Cabinet Member for Sustainable Economy – Councillor Paula Keay
- Cabinet Member for Finance – Councillor Andrew Matthews
- Cabinet Member for Planning and Infrastructure – Councillor Bradley Nelson
- Cabinet Member for Commercial Assets and Projects – Councillor Keira Vyvyan-Robinson
- Cabinet Member for Leisure and Community Assets – Councillor Nick Wright
Portfolio details
- Annual Plan including corporate strategy
- Communications
- Governance
- Emergency Planning and Business Continuity
- Relations with Districts and County
- Community Governance Review
- Local Government Reorganisation Planning
- Local Government Reorganisation – Community relations
- HR & Equalities
- Democratic Services, Electoral Services, FOI
- Health and Safety
- Active Travel
- Climate Change Action Plan
- Climate Change grants
- Climate Change projects
- Conservation Biodiversity
- Green Policies
- Trees on Council Land
- Water refill scheme
- Environmental Health
- Garden Waste
- Licensing
- Litterpicks
- Recycling
- Street Cleaning
- Waste
- Affordable Housing
- Anti-Social Behaviour
- Asylum Seekers/Ukraine
- CCTV
- Community safety
- Community Transport
- Customer Services
- Fairfield Centre
- Homelessness
- Housing Services
- ICT Strategy
- Mole Valley Life
- Safeguarding
- Volunteering
- Wellbeing
- Winter Preparations
- Youth Services and Youth
- Banking Hubs
- BIDs
- Business Advice and Support
- Business Relations
- Car Parking including Enforcement
- Dorking Foundry
- Economic Development
- Opportunity Dorking
- Partner/County funding etc
- Tourism including information
- Town and Village Centres including Leatherhead
- Asset Investment
- Audit
- Benefits inc fraud
- Finance and Budget
- Insurance
- Performance Management
- Revenues and Exchequer
- Risk Management
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Building Control
- Conservation Area
- Development Management
- Gatwick
- Land charges
- LCWIP
- Local and Neighbourhood Plans
- Neighbourhood CIL
- Planning Enforcement
- Planning Policy
- Protection of Heritage Assets
- Planning support
- Strategic CIL
- Street Naming
- Tree Protection Orders
- Commercial / Strategic Assets
- Facilities Management
- Legal Services (Strategy)
- Procurement (Strategy)
- Projects as determined
- Property
- Transform Leatherhead
- Allotments
- Arts Alive
- Arts, Sports and Culture
- Cemeteries
- Council owned village halls
- Dorking Halls
- Leisure policies
- Grounds Maintenance (Parks and Open Spaces)
- Holiday Activities
- Leisure Centres
- Leisure Policies
- Liaison with arts groups, theatres
- Meadowbank including Stadium
- Parks and Open Spaces
- Pippbrook House
- Playgrounds
- Sports Bursaries and Development