Leader of the council and cabinet members
Councillor Kieron Williams became Leader of the Council in September 2020. Kieron was elected as a Labour councillor in Camberwell Green ward in 2014. He joined Southwark’s Cabinet in 2018, taking on the jobs, skills and innovation portfolio, and has served as Cabinet Member for Housing and Modernisation since 2019.

Leader and Cabinet Member portfolios
- Councillor Kieron Williams - Leader of the Council
- Councillor Jasmine Ali - Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education
- Councillor Evelyn Akoto - Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing
- Councillor Stephanie Cryan - Cabinet Member for Council Homes and Homelessness
- Councillor Helen Dennis - Cabinet Member for the Climate Emergency and Sustainable Development
- Councillor Rebecca Lury - Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Democracy
- Councillor Alice Macdonald - Cabinet Member for Equalities, Neighbourhoods and Leisure
- Councillor Darren Merrill - Cabinet Member for a Safer, Cleaner Borough
- Councillor Jason Ochere Cabinet Member for Jobs, Business and Town Centres
- Councillor Catherine Rose Cabinet Member for Transport, Parks and Sport
- Councillor Radha Burgess - Deputy Cabinet Member for Clean Air and Active Travel
- Councillor Leanne Werner - Deputy Cabinet Member for Domestic Abuse
Details of the Leader and Cabinet’s areas of responsibility are outlined in the following sections.
Page last updated: 08 June 2021