Cabinet Members
Haringey Council's Cabinet Members
The Cabinet is a group of Councillors who take most of the decisions about what the Council does. It is made up of a Leader and seven other Councillors. Each Cabinet Councillor looks after an individual area of responsibility. They make decisions on how our policies and services are delivered.
Below is a list of who the current Cabinet members are and a summary of their portfolio (areas of responsibility).
- Leader of the Council
- Cabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction
- Cabinet Member for Children
- Cabinet Member for Environment
- Cabinet Member for Housing
- Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Social Inclusion
- Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services
- Cabinet Member for Communities
Leader of the Council
Councillor Claire Kober
- Performance of the Council
- External partnerships
- Northumberland Park Project
- Corporate policy and strategy
- Communications
- Legal services
- Human Resources and organisational development
Councillor Kober's ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Children
Councillor Ann Waters 
- Looked after children
- Safeguarding
- Fostering and adoption
- Children with disabilities
- Early years
- Child care
- Children's centres
- Education
Councillor Waters ward and contact details
|Back to topCabinet Member for Finance and Carbon Reduction
Councillor Joe Goldberg
- Carbon Reduction Strategies
- Council budget, taxation and benefits
- Asset management and investment policy
- Procurement
- Property
- IT
- Customer contact
- Corporate property
- Youth services, youth democracy, youth unemployment and youth offending
- Business growth and green jobs
Councillor Goldberg's ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Environment
Councillor Nilgun Canver
- Recycling, waste and street cleaning
- Environmental enforcement
- Licensing policy and enforcement
- Highways
- Parking
- Parks and green spaces
Councillor Canver's Ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Housing
Councillor John Bevan
- Homes for Haringey
- Engagement with Registered Social Landlords
- Homeless families
- Strategic housing policy
- Housing allocations policy
Councillor Bevan's ward and contact details.
|Back to topCabinet Member for Economic Development and Social Inclusion
Councillor Alan Strickland
- Planning
- Promoting investment and economic growth
- Regeneration
- Employment
- Child poverty
- Financial and social inclusion including credit unions
- Culture and Olympics
Councillor Strickland's ward and contact details
|Back to topCabinet Member for Health and Adult Services and Deputy Leader of the Council
Councillor Bernice Vanier
- Adult social care
- Voluntary sector
- Public health provision and engagement with the NHS
Councillor Vanier ward and surgery details
|Back to topCabinet Member for Communities
Councillor Richard Watson
- Community safety and engagement with the Metropolitan Police
- Domestic violence
- Community cohesion
- Youth services, youth democracy; youth unemployment and youth offending
- Equalities
- Area Committees and community engagement
- Complaints and member enquiries
- Recreation and Leisure
- Libraries and community hubs
Councillor Watson ward and surgery details
|Back to topFor further information on the Cabinet and what they do please contact:
David McNulty
Head of Local Democracy and Member Services
Tel 020 8489 2790
