2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council have a Cabinet member or Portfolio Holder that has climate change explicitly in their remit?

Question code
4.7
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Elected Climate Change portfolio holder
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council has a role such as Chair of Environment Committee, Cabinet Member for Environment, Chair of Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Committee or any title with the words Climate Change, Climate Action, Climate Emergency, Environmental Sustainability, Environment or similar in it.
This role can be merged with another role, such as Environment and Transport.

Clarifications

Councils can be governed either by a cabinet or committee structure. A cabinet structure involves a council leader and cabinet members all from the same governing party or parties. A committee structure distributes power across politically balanced committees.

Having a Climate Champion listed as a responsibility for a councillor, as opposed to a formal role will not qualify for a mark. A Chair or Cabinet member for Environmental Services is also not valid.

Question performance

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Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

county councils

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councils scored higher in 2025
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councils scored lower in 2025

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CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Cambridgeshire County Council1/1--
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Devon County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Essex County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Gloucestershire County Council1/1--
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Hertfordshire County Council1/1--
Kent County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Warwickshire County Council1/1--
West Sussex County Council1/1--
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria