Councillor Stewart Young (Labour) - Leader of the Council
![Councillor Stewart Young](/Images/Stewart%20Young_tcm956-108732.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Strategic overview
Corporate Governance
Key external relations
Communications
Health and Wellbeing Board
Councillor Peter Thornton (Liberal Democrat) - Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance
![Councillor Peter Thornton](/Images/Peter%20Thornton_tcm956-428247.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Strategic overview
Finance
Commissioning and Procurement
Enterprise and Innovation
Councillor Anne Burns (Labour) - Children`s Services (Statutory Lead Member for Children`s Services)
![Councillor Anne Burns](/Images/Anne%20Burns_tcm956-108733.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Children and Families
Early Help and Partnerships
Councillor Sue Sanderson (Liberal Democrat) - Schools and Learning
![Councillor Sue Sanderson](/Images/Sue%20Sanderson_tcm956-428249.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Schools and Learning
Inclusion
Councillor Keith Little (Labour) - Highways and Transport
![Councillor Keith Little](/Images/Keith%20Little_tcm956-397045.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Highways
Transport
Fleet
Flood protection
Windermere Ferry
Councillor Patricia Bell (Liberal Democrat) - Health and Care Services
![Councillor Philip Chappelhow](/Images/Patricia-bell1_tcm956-397042.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Social Care
Older adults
Physical disabilities
Learning disabilities
Mental health
Cumbria Care
Councillor Deborah Earl (Labour) - Public Health and Community Services
![Councillor Deborah Earl](/Images/Deborah-Earl1_tcm956-428248.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Public Health
Local Committees
Libraries and Archives
Registrars
Adult and Community learning
Active Cumbria
Welfare
Councillor David Southward MBE (Labour) - Economic Development and Property
![Councillor David Southward](/Images/David%20Southward_tcm956-397048.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Economic Development
Connecting Cumbria
Nuclear related issues
Property
Skills
Port of Workington
Celia Tibble (Labour) - Environment
![Councillor Celia Tibble](/Images/Celia%20Tibble_tcm956-428245.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Environment
Planning
Waste
Trading Standards
Energy Efficiency
Countryside Access
Coroners
Health and Safety
Janet Willis (Liberal Democrat) - Customers, Transformation and Fire and Rescue
![Janet Willis](/Images/Janet%20Willis_tcm956-102724.jpg)
Responsibilities:
Customer Services
IT and Digital Transformation
Organisational Change
People Management
Member Development
Community Safety
Fire and Rescue Services
Resilience Planning