New Executive announced to drive forward ambitious Council Plan for West Oxfordshire

The Executive is a group of elected councillors responsible for making key decisions about how the Council is run and driving forward the delivery of the Council Plan. 

It is led by the Leader of the Council, with individual Executive Members each having a portfolio overseeing specific areas of Council delivery.  

Together, they set priorities, approve policies, manage budgets, and make strategic decisions on behalf of the Council. 

Councillor Andy Graham will be continuing as Leader of the Council and the other Executive Members are: 

• Deputy Leader of the Council and Executive Member for Economic Development – Cllr Duncan Enright 

• Executive Member for Finance – Cllr Alaric Smith 

• Executive Member for Planning and Infrastructure – Cllr Liz Leffman 

• Executive Member for Housing and Community Safety – Cllr Geoff Saul 

• Executive Member for Climate Action and Nature Recovery – Cllr Andrew Prosser 

• Executive Member for Environment – Cllr Alistair Wray 

• Executive Member for Stronger, Healthy Communities – Cllr Sandra Coleman 

• Executive Member for Arts, Culture and Sports – Cllr Tim Sumner 

Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of the Council, said, “We have an ambitious Council Plan that is delivering for West Oxfordshire and we still have a lot of work to do over the coming years.  

“I am really proud to announce this Executive team to drive that change and deliver on the key priorities our residents and businesses have told us they want us to act on.  

“We will be focusing on planning for the future by delivering a Local Plan that brings the homes local people need linked to vital infrastructure such as new roads, new facilities and better sewage management. We will also deliver our Carterton Area Strategy setting out a bold vision for how Carterton can grow while bringing new jobs, new homes and improvements to the town centre. 

“Our high quality services will continue to get better and better. We have a £3.5m leisure facilities upgrade programme being rolled out, continuing improvements to Marriotts Walk and a new crowdfunding platform to fund local initiatives. 

“We will continue our work to deliver affordable homes that local people are crying out for. This will include our exciting plans for building our own social rented homes and the highly ambitious Salt Cross development. 

“Our amazing West Oxfordshire environment will be a focus as we work to help our nature thrive, including protecting our waterways. We will continue to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and help our communities adapt for our changing climate. 

“And our residents, communities and businesses will remain at the heart of all we do. We will prioritise improving people’s health and wellbeing, support our young people and grow our local economy. 

“And all our other 50+services we deliver will carry on and improve as we head towards local government reorganisation where we will advocate for West Oxfordshire making sure our residents and business continue to receive good quality services and are part of all the future discussions.”