Cabinet

Attendance (34 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Clare Sutton	Green Party	Rodwell and Wyke	Present
Gill Taylor	Liberal Democrats	Chickerell	Present
Jon Andrews	Liberal Democrats	Sherborne East	Present
Nick Ireland	Liberal Democrats	Crossways	Present
Richard Biggs	Liberal Democrats	Dorchester Poundbury	Present
Ryan Hope	Liberal Democrats	Westham	Present
Shane Bartlett	Liberal Democrats	Wimborne Minster	Present
Steve Robinson	Liberal Democrats	Lytchett Matravers and Upton	Present
Alex Brenton	Liberal Democrats	Lytchett Matravers and Upton	In Attendance (Virtual)
Andrew Parry	Conservative	West Parley	In Attendance (Virtual)
Barry Goringe	Conservative	St Leonards and St Ives	In Attendance (Virtual)
Belinda Bawden	Green Party	Lyme and Charmouth	In Attendance
Beryl Ezzard	Liberal Democrats	Wareham	In Attendance (Virtual)
Byron Quayle	Conservative	Blandford	In Attendance (Virtual)
Carole Jones	Conservative	Sturminster Newton	In Attendance (Virtual)
Cathy Lugg	Conservative	Ferndown North	In Attendance (Virtual)
Chris Tomes	Conservative	Swanage	In Attendance (Virtual)
Craig Monks	Conservative	Beaminster	In Attendance
David Morgan	Liberal Democrats	Wimborne Minster	In Attendance (Virtual)
Gary Suttle	Conservative	Swanage	In Attendance (Virtual)
Hannah Hobbs-Chell	Independents for Dorset	Ferndown South	In Attendance
Jack Jeanes	Liberal Democrats	Shaftesbury Town	In Attendance (Virtual)
Jane Somper	Conservative	Beacon	In Attendance
Laura Beddow	Conservative	West Purbeck	In Attendance (Virtual)
Louie O'Leary	Conservative	Littlemoor and Preston	In Attendance
Matt Bell	Liberal Democrats	Radipole	In Attendance
Richard Crabb	Liberal Democrats	Sherborne West	In Attendance (Virtual)
Rob Hughes	Independents for Dorset	Portland	In Attendance (Virtual)
Roland Tarr	Liberal Democrats	Winterborne and Broadmayne	In Attendance (Virtual)
Ryan Holloway	Liberal Democrats	Wareham	In Attendance
Simon Christopher	Conservative	Marshwood Vale	In Attendance
Stella Jones	Liberal Democrats	Dorchester East	In Attendance (Virtual)
Ben Wilson	Liberal Democrats	South East Purbeck	Absent
Simon Clifford	Liberal Democrats	Chickerell	Absent

Data last updated: 23 February 2026