Cabinet members are appointed to lead new council

THE portfolio-holders for Cornwall Council’s new Lib Dem/ Independent administration have been announced, with many councillors holding cabinet positions for the first time.

- by LEE TREWHELA Local Democracy Reporter leetrewhela@reachplccom @LeeTrewhela

The membership of the various committees has also been revealed, with Reform UK - the largest party on the council - having a majority representation, alongside the Lib Dems.

The council's Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Leigh Frost announced the appointment of his new cabinet last Monday, June 2.

Independent councillor Adam Paynter, who led the council from 2017 to 2019) is Cllr Frost's deputy and the portfolio-holder for resources.

Penzance’s Jim McKenna (Independent) is in charge of adult social care and health partnerships, while Saltash councillor Hilary Frank (Liberal Democrats) is the cabinet member for children, families and schools.

Newly elected Liberal Democrat councillor Sarah Preece (Lostwithiel and Lanreath), a former executive director of London performing arts college the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and of Battersea Arts Centre, is cabinet member for tourism, localism and planning while fellow Lib Dem Thalia Marrington (Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan) will oversee community safety and public health.

Truro councillor and former Independent group leader Loic Rich is named cabinet member for the environment and climate change while Penzance Independent councillor Tim Dwelly is in charge of economic regeneration and investment.