The council's cabinet is made up of ten councillors and is accountable for decision-making within the council.
Each member of the cabinet has a portfolio of responsibility.
Cllr Jagdish Sharma - Leader of the council
Overall strategy, vision and direction of the council
Co-ordination of council policies, strategies and service delivery
Local strategic partnership
Liaison with key partners, central Government, MPs
Budget strategy and finance
Risk management
Business development
Cllr Colin Ellar - Deputy leader of the council
Supporting the leader
Organisational transformation
Environment
Clean and safe streets including private finance initiative
Recycling and waste
Heathrow airport
Tackling climate change - energy and carbon strategy
Biodiversity
Air quality, flooding, Mogden sewage works
Gunnersbury Park
Cllr Sue Sampson - Performance and customer care
Performance management
Customer care
Corporate ICT and legal services
Special projects
Supply chain management
Domestic violence
Cllr Steve Curran - Housing, planning and regeneration
Planning and regeneration
Economic development and jobs
Skills agenda
Property management and asset rationalisation
Hounslow town centre
Financial inclusion
Contingency planning
Housing strategy and commissioning
ALMO
Housing needs (overcrowding, homelessness, allocations, illegal dwellings etc)
Cllr Shantanu Rajawat - Adult social care and health services
Adult social care – older people, mental health, learning disabilities, physical and sensory disabilities
Safeguarding vulnerable adults
Health partnership and commissioning
Cllr Pritam Grewal - Communications and communities
Community engagement and involvement
Community cohesion: strengthening communities by building resilience
Third Sector capacity building and supporting sustainable growth
Corporate voluntary sector funding
Commissioning the voluntary sector
Area forums
Communications and consultation
Cllr Ed Mayne - Community safety and regulatory services
Community safety
Crime reduction
Partnership with the police and other agencies
Parking policy
Regulatory services including licensing and trading standards
Transport and traffic
Cllr Ajmer Grewal - Leisure and public health
Sport, culture, leisure and recreation strategy
Promotion of sport and physical activity
Leisure, libraries parks, culture, cemeteries and crematoria
Promoting healthy lives - tackling health inequalities
Heston Leisure Centre
Promotion of Lampton Park Conference Centre
Cllr Tom Bruce - Education and HR
Partnership with schools – performance, integration and improvement
Addressing rising demand and ensuring choice for families
Special education needs
Adult and community, further and higher education
Human resources and trade union liaison
Cllr Lily Bath - Children's services
Statutory lead on children's services
Looked-after children
Children’s centres and targeted and locality services
Specialist services including fostering adoption, youth justice, children with disabilities
Safeguarding children and child protection
Youth engagement and youth services
Sport, recreation for children and young people