Leadership of the Council

Councillor Nadine Peatfield Labour and Co-operative councillor for Sinfin and Osmaston since 2018. She is also the Cabinet Member for City Centre, Regeneration, Strategy and Policy.

Prior to becoming Leader of the Council, Cllr Peatfield was the Deputy Leader of the council for one year and Labour Group Deputy Leader for four years. She has previously been Shadow Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Transport and Regeneration and also the Shadow Cabinet Member for Communities and Streetpride prior to that. She has been a Board Director of both the Cathedral Quarter and St Peter’s Quarter Business Improvement Districts for four years and sat on Derby Museums Trust Board for a year.

As a drama and English graduate, Nadine has a life-long love of theatre, literature, and music, running her own community choir for more than 15 years. Having run her own Derby-based family magazine and events business, Nadine has a unique understanding of communities, business, culture, and events.

Councillor Peatfield was appointed to serve as the Leader of the Council at an Extraordinary meeting of Full Council on 18 June 2024. She is also the Cabinet Member for City Centre, Regeneration, Strategy and Policy.

Portfolio Themes and Priorities

• Regeneration and Economic Growth
• Culture
• City Centre (Market Place, Becketwell, Market Hall, Castleward)
• Strategic Partnerships

This includes overall strategic responsibility for the following Council services:

City Growth and Vibrancy

• Regeneration and Economic Growth
• Culture

Corporate Management

• Communications and Marketing
• Strategy, Performance and Partnerships
• Projects and Change
• Policy and Insight

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Sarah has a wealth of experience, holding various roles of responsibility in the public and private sector. Sarah has witnessed firsthand how poverty, modern day slavery, the cost of living crisis and inequality affects many people in our society. Sarah will draw on these experiences, as well as work with partners and agencies to positively influence change for the people of Derby. 

Sarah has volunteered for many community groups over the years and recognises the benefits and how valuable these groups are, especially over recent years. This prompted Sarah to stand to be a Councillor in Sinfin and Osmaston, the ward she and her family grew up in, spanning 70+ years. The richest thing Sarah had growing up, was community and always strives for more UNITY in the commUNITY. 

Since being elected in May 2023, Sarah has been a member of the Licensing Committee, Communities, Public Protection and Housing Scrutiny Review Board, Regeneration, Vibrancy and Climate Change Scrutiny Review Board and is the chair of Sinfin and Osmaston Neighbourhood Ward Board Committee.

Family is the most important thing to Sarah, along with her other passion, her beloved Derby County FC!
Councillor Chambers was appointed as the Cabinet Member for Cost of Living, Equalities and Communities at Full Council on 17 July 2024.

Portfolio Themes and Priorities

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Community Cohesion
• Libraries
• Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) and Partnership Engagement

This includes overall strategic responsibility for the following Council services:

Corporate Management

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Communities
• Community Safety and Localities (Cohesion)
• Libraries

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Alison Martin has been a Councillor for Darley Ward for three years, and was previously a Councillor for Boulton Ward, when she was a Cabinet Member for Leisure and Culture. She has been the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Care since May 2023.

She was formerly: Chair of the Adults and Health Scrutiny Board; Chair of the Resources and Governance Scrutiny Board; Shadow Cabinet Member for Adults and Health, and Shadow Cabinet Member for Children and Young People.
Alison is currently Chair of the Derby Health and Wellbeing Board and Co-Chair of the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Partnership. She is a Council representative on the Déda Board and on SACRE. Formerly, she was a Board member of Derby Homes, Quad and Sinfonia Viva. She was, for many years, a governor, and Chair of Governors at Woodlands School.

Councillor Martin was re-appointed as the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Care at Full Council on 17 July 2024.

Portfolio Themes and Priorities

• Health Inequality
• Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) (Joined Up Care Derbyshire)
• Community Support
• Adults Commissioning

This includes overall strategic responsibility for the following Council services:

Public Health

• Health Inequality

Adult Social Care Services

• Community Support and Frailty
• Learning, Disabilities, Autism and Mental Health
• Safeguarding and Professional Standards

Commissioning and Delivery

• Adults Commissioning, Integration and Market Development

Councillor Ndukwe Onuoha was elected to represent Mackworth and New Zealand ward in 2023. He is the first African to be elected in the city of Derby.

He is a Creative Director with over 16 years of experience creating marketing communications for global brands such as Uber, Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Ciroc, British Council, ABInBev, E.On Next, Total Energy, WorldRemit, Fidelity Bank, and others. He is also a storyteller and an Arts Council England-endorsed spoken word poet.

He has previously served as a juror on international advertising festivals such as the New York Festivals Advertising Award, AD Stars, South Korea, Pitchers Awards, and Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival.

Councillor Onuoha was born and raised in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria. He moved to Derby in 2021 with his wife and two children. Councillor Onuoha has served on various committees and is a member of the board of Déda.

He is also a member of the Neighbourhood Board for Mackworth and New Zealand.

Councillor Onuoha was appointed as the Cabinet Member for Streetpride, Public Safety and Leisure at Full Council on 17 July 2024.

Portfolio Themes and Priorities

• Neighbourhood Services
• Community Safety, including Public Protection Officers (PPOs)
• Leisure and Parks
• Neighbourhood Working and Community Recovery

This includes overall strategic responsibility for the following Council services:

Communities

• Neighbourhood Services
• Waste Disposal
• Community Safety and Localities, including PPOs and Public Safety
• Leisure and Parks

Portfolio information to follow.