Budget 2026-27 - Key Decision (EXB93 refers)
Full council, 4 March 2026: a named vote on the motion.
For 40, Against 3, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (40)
- Aimee Skinner (Labour)
- Andrea Wall (Labour)
- Angela Ball (Labour)
- Angela McInerney (Labour)
- Angela Teeling (Labour)
- Bill Woolfall (Labour)
- Chris Carlin (Labour)
- Colin Hughes (Labour)
- Dave Thompson (Labour)
- Eddie Dourley (Labour)
- Ged Philbin (Labour)
- Irene Bramwell (Labour)
- John Abbott (Labour)
- Laura Bevan (Labour)
- Louise Goodall (Labour)
- Louise Nolan (Labour)
- Marie Wright (Labour)
- Mark Dennett (Labour)
- Martha Lloyd Jones (Labour)
- Mike Fry (Labour)
- Mike Ryan (Labour)
- Mike Wharton (Labour)
- Neil Connolly (Labour)
- Norman Plumpton Walsh (Labour)
- Pamela Wallace (Labour)
- Paul Nolan (Labour)
- Peter Lloyd Jones (Labour)
- Phil Harris (Labour)
- Rob Polhill (Labour)
- Robert Gilligan (Labour)
- Rosie Leck (Labour)
- Sandra Baker (Labour)
- Sharon Thornton (Labour)
- Stef Nelson (Labour)
- Tom McInerney (Labour)
- Tony McDermott (Labour)
- Victoria Begg (Labour)
- Gareth Stockton (Liberal Democrats)
- Margaret Ratcliffe (Liberal Democrats)
- Jones (not matched to a member)
Against (3)
- Kevan Wainwright (Independent)
- Chris Loftus (Labour)
- Sian Davidson (Reform UK)
Abstained (1)
- Kath Loftus (Labour)
From the minutes
support in producing this challenging budget and wished to record his thanks to the Members for their contribution. In accordance with Standing Order 16 (3), a recorded vote was taken. The following Members voted FOR the motion: Councillors Abbott, Ball, Baker, Begg, Bevan, Bramwell, Carlin, Connolly, Dennett, Dourley, Fry, Gilligan, Goodall, Harris, Hughes, Jones, Leck, M. Lloyd Jones, P. Lloyd Jones, McDermott, A. McInerney, T. McInerney, Nelson, L. Nolan, P. Nolan, Philbin, N. Plumpton Walsh, Polhill, Ratcliffe, Ryan, Skinner, Stockton, Teeling, Thompson, Thornton, Wall, Wallace, Wharton, Woolfall, and Wright. Councillors Davidson, C. Loftus and Wainwright voted AGAINST the motion. Councillor K. Loftus abstained. RESOLVED: That Council 1) adopt the resolution set out in Appendix A, which includes setting the budget at £224.237m, the Council Tax requirement of £
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