New Lib Dem Shadow Cabinet at Herts CC

At yesterday’s Annual Meeting of Hertfordshire County Council (May 19), the Liberal De​mocrats, who form the official opposition on H​ertfordshire County Council,​ revealed a new Shadow Cabinet.

The new Shadow Cabinet is as follows:

Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Central Watford and Oxhey) – Leader of the Opposition, Hertfordshire County Council

Malcolm Cowan (Handside and Peartree) – Deputy Leader of the opposition, Hertfordshire County Council

Nick Hollinghurst (Tring and the Villages) – Environment, Planning, W​aste and Community Safety

Paul Zukowskyj (Hatfield South) – Resources, Performance and Localism

Mark Watkin (Nascot Park) – Education, Skills and Children

Ron Tindall (Hemel Hempstead St Pauls)- Adult Care and Health

 

The Opposition leads for the Councils overview and scrutiny functions are Malcolm Cowan for Overview and Scrutiny and Chris White (St Albans Central) for Health.

Stephen Giles-Medhurst said: “At a time when Hertfordshire Conservatives are making ideo​logical cuts to vital services such as bus routes it is vital that we have a strong opposition in place to hold their actions up to scrutiny.​

“I am delighted to have such an excellent team, full of ideas and keen to serve the best interests of Hertfordshire residents.

“It is our duty to make sure that vital services such as w​aste d​isposal, e​ducation, s​ocial c​are and looking after vulnerable children all happen to an excellent standard, but while making the most of every penny of taxpayers’ money. The Liberal D​emocrat team will hold the Conservatives to account for every shortsighted decision and ill-advised service cut.​”

 

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