Medium Term Financial Plan Update and Strategy
Full council, 18 February 2026: a named vote on the motion.
For 29, Against 26, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (29)
- Barbara Inman (Labour)
- Barry Woodhouse (Labour)
- Carol Clark (Labour)
- Clare Besford (Labour)
- Eileen Johnson (Labour)
- Jim Beall (Labour)
- Katie Zagoria (Labour)
- Lisa Evans (Labour)
- Marc Besford (Labour)
- Marilyn Surtees (Labour)
- Michelle Bendelow (Labour)
- Mick Stoker (Labour)
- Mrs Ann McCoy (Labour)
- Nathan Gale (Labour)
- Nigel Cooke (Labour)
- Norma Stephenson OBE (Labour)
- Paul Rowling (Labour)
- Paul Weston (Labour)
- Pauline Beall (Labour)
- Richard Eglington (Labour)
- Robert Cook (Labour)
- Steve Nelson (Labour)
- Ian Dalgarno (Thornaby Independent Association)
- Mick Moore (Thornaby Independent Association)
- Ray Godwin (Thornaby Independent Association)
- Sylvia Walmsley (Thornaby Independent Association)
- Kevin Faulks (Ingleby Barwick Independent Society)
- Ross Patterson (Ingleby Barwick Independent Society)
- Stefan Barnes (Ingleby Barwick Independent Society)
Against (26)
- Alan Watson (Conservative)
- Andrew Sherris (Conservative)
- David Reynard (Conservative)
- Diane Clarke OBE (Conservative)
- Elsi Hampton (Conservative)
- Emily Tate (Conservative)
- Hilary Vickers (Conservative)
- Hugo Stratton (Conservative)
- Jack Miller (Conservative)
- Jason French (Conservative)
- Jim Taylor (Conservative)
- John Coulson (Conservative)
- John Gardner (Conservative)
- Lynn Hall (Conservative)
- Marcus Vickers (Conservative)
- Mohammed Mazi (Conservative)
- Niall Innes (Conservative)
- Sally Ann Watson (Conservative)
- Shakeel Hussain (Conservative)
- Stefan Houghton (Conservative)
- Stephen Dodds (Conservative)
- Stephen Richardson (Conservative)
- Sufi Mubeen (Conservative)
- Tony Riordan (Conservative)
- Vanessa Sewell (Conservative)
- Ted Strike (Independent)
From the minutes
and associated estimates of income generation attached at Appendix C to the report. In accordance with the Constitution, the vote was taken by means of a recorded vote and the voting was as follows: Members in favour of the motion: Cllr Stefan Barnes, Cllr Jim Beall, Cllr Pauline Beall, Cllr Michelle Bendelow, Cllr Clare Besford, Cllr Marc Besford, Cllr Carol Clark, Cllr Bob Cook, Cllr Nigel Cooke, Cllr Ian Dalgarno, Cllr Richard Eglington, Cllr Lisa Evans, Cllr Kevin Faulks, Cllr Nathan Gale, Cllr Ray Godwin, Cllr Barbara Inman, Cllr Eileen Johnson, Cllr Mrs Ann McCoy, Cllr Mick Moore, Cllr Steve Nelson, Cllr Ross Patterson, Cllr Paul Rowling, Cllr Norma Stephenson OBE, Cllr Mick Stoker, Cllr Marilyn Surtees, Cllr Sylvia Walmsley, Cllr Katie Weston, Cllr Paul Weston and Cllr Barry Woodhouse. Members against the motion: Cllr Diane Clarke OBE, Cllr John Coulson, Cllr Stephen Dodds, Cllr Jason French, Cllr John Gardner, Cllr Lynn Hall, Cllr Elsi Hampton, Cllr Stefan Houghton, Cllr Shakeel Hussain, Cllr Niall Innes, Cllr Mohammed Mazi, Cllr Jack Miller, Cllr Sufi Mubeen, Cllr David Reynard, Cllr Stephen Richardson, Cllr Tony Riordan, Cllr Vanessa Sewell, Cllr Andrew Sherris, Cllr Hugo Stratton, Cllr Ted Strike, Cllr Emily Tate, Cllr Jim Taylor, Cllr Hilary Vickers, Cllr Marcus Vickers, Cllr Alan Watson and Cllr Sally Ann Watson. 29 for the motion. 26 against the motion.
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.