Setting the Council Tax for 2026/27
Full council, 19 February 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 29, Against 16, 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)
- Andrew Anderson (Labour)
- Chris McEwan (Labour)
- David Beckett (Labour)
- David Ray (Labour)
- Dawn Storr (Labour)
- Helen Crumbie (Labour)
- Ian Haszeldine (Labour)
- James McGill (Labour)
- Jan Cossins (Labour)
- Jim Garner (Labour)
- Joe Dillon (Labour)
- Libby McCollom (Labour)
- Mandy Porter (Labour)
- Mary Layton (Labour)
- Matthew Roche (Labour)
- Michael Nicholson (Labour)
- Mohammad Mahmud (Labour)
- Neil Johnson (Labour)
- Nick Wallis (Labour)
- Rebecca Baker (Labour)
- Sonia Kane (Labour)
- Stephen Harker (Labour)
- Anna-Maria Toms (Green)
- Bryony Holroyd PhD (Green)
- Matthew Snedker (Green)
- Richard Lawley (Green)
- Roz Henderson (Green)
- Anne-Marie Curry BSc (Liberal Democrats)
- Hilary Allen (Liberal Democrats)
Against (16)
- Alan Marshall (Conservative)
- Andy Keir (Conservative)
- Bob Donoghue (Conservative)
- Gerald Lee (Conservative)
- Jamie Bartch BA, MA (Conservative)
- Jonathan Dulston (Conservative)
- Lorraine Tostevin (Conservative)
- Mrs Heather Scott OBE (Conservative)
- Mrs Pauline Culley MBE (Conservative)
- Paul Crudass (Conservative)
- Paul Walters (Conservative)
- Scott Durham (Conservative)
- Colin Pease (Independent)
- Kevin Nicholson (Independent)
- Yvonne Renton (Independent)
- Michael Walker (Reform UK)
From the minutes
efore 11th March 2026. In accordance with the requirements of the Budget and Policy Framework Rules a vote on the recommendation was taken of those Members present at the meeting and there appeared:- For the Motion – The Mayor, Councillors Allen, Anderson, Baker, Beckett, Cossins, Crumbie, Curry, Dillon, Garner, Harker, Haszeldine, Henderson, Holroyd, Johnson, Lawley, Layton, Mahmud, McCollom, McEwan, McGill, M Nicholson, Porter, Ray, Roche, Snedker, Storr, Toms, Wallis (29) Against the Motion - Councillors Bartch, Crudass, Mrs. Culley, Donoghue, Dulston, Durham, Keir, Lee, Marshall, K. Nicholson, Pease, Renton, Mrs. Scott, Tostevin, Walker, Walters (16) Motion Carried. RESOLVED – (a) That the following amounts be calculated by the Council for 2026/27 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local
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