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Cabinet reshuffle at Dorset Council

Cllr Spencer Flower, Leader of Dorset Council, has made changes to his Cabinet. The following appointments come into effect from 1 May 2023. Cllr Flower will provide further commentary on these changes at the Annual Council meeting on 11 May.

Cabinet members:

  • Cllr Spencer Flower – Leader and Portfolio Holder – Governance, Performance & Communications
  • Cllr Gary Suttle – Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Finance, Commercial and Capital Strategy
  • Cllr Ray Bryan – Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel & Environment
  • Cllr Jill Haynes – Portfolio Holder for Corporate Development & Transformation
  • Cllr Simon Gibson – Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth & Levelling Up
  • Cllr David Walsh – Portfolio Holder for Planning
  • Cllr Laura Beddow – Portfolio Holder for Culture and Communities
  • Cllr Byron Quayle – Portfolio Holder for People – Children, Education, Skills & Early Help
  • Cllr Jane Somper – Portfolio Holder for People – Adult Social Care, Health & Housing
  • Cllr Andrew Parry – Portfolio Holder for Assets & Property

Dorset Council’s constitution allows up to six Lead Members to be appointed by the Leader of Council, to support Cabinet Members with their portfolios.

Lead members:

  • Cllr Bill Pipe – Education
  • Cllr Mark Roberts – Safeguarding
  • Cllr Cherry Brooks – Care & Health
  • Cllr Graham Carr-Jones – Housing & Homelessness
  • Cllr Noc Lacey-Clarke – Highways & Travel
  • Cllr Andrew Kerby – Environment

Cllr Flower, Leader of Dorset Council, said: “These changes reflect the ten Cabinet Commitments in the Dorset Council Plan and ensure we have Cabinet portfolios aligned to those priorities.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cllrs Graham Carr-Jones and Tony Ferrari for the huge contribution they have both made during the past four years and wish them both well for the future.

“Cllr Peter Wharf, Deputy Leader of Council since May 2019 and more recently Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health, is stepping down from Cabinet due to health issues. Peter has done an absolutely incredible job in both roles and will be missed. Peter will continue to fulfil his role as a local ward member.”

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