MOTIONS AT COUNCIL
Full council, 29 January 2025: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 12, Against 26, 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 (12)
- Anita Cooper (Conservative)
- Bradley Mitchell (Conservative)
- Carl Mitchell MBE (Conservative)
- Danny Scott (Conservative)
- Diane Mitchell MBE (Conservative)
- Graham Baker (Conservative)
- Jason Roberts (Conservative)
- Julie Sloman (Conservative)
- Michele Scott (Conservative)
- Paul Galley (Conservative)
- Paul Wilshaw (Conservative)
- Jim O'Neill (Reform UK)
Against (26)
- Adrian Hoyle (Labour)
- Alistair Humphreys (Labour)
- Dave Flanagan (Labour)
- Fred Jackson (Labour)
- Gillian Campbell (Labour)
- Ivan Taylor (Labour)
- Jane Hugo (Labour)
- Jim Hobson (Labour)
- Jo Farrell (Labour)
- Joel McKevitt (Labour)
- John Boughton (Labour)
- Jon Bamborough MBE (Labour)
- Julie Jones (Labour)
- Kath Benson (Labour)
- Kim Critchley (Labour)
- Laura Marshall (Labour)
- Lisette Roe (Labour)
- Lynn Williams MBE (Labour)
- Mark Smith (Labour)
- Matthew Thomas (Labour)
- Mel Fenlon (Labour)
- Neal Brookes (Labour)
- Pam Brookes (Labour)
- Paula Burdess (Labour)
- Portia Webb (Labour)
- Shaun Brookes (Labour)
Abstained (1)
- Peter Hunter (Labour)
From the minutes
ool Council. Members then went on to debate the motion. Prior to voting on the motion, five members of the Council requested that the vote on the motion should be recorded. The voting was as follows: For the motion: Councillors Baker, Cooper, Galley, B Mitchell, C Mitchell, D Mitchell, O'Neill, Roberts, D Scott, M Scott, Sloman, Wilshaw – total 12. Against the motion: Councillors Bamborough, Benson, Boughton, N Brookes, P Brookes, S Brookes, Burdess, Campbell, Critchley, Farrell, Fenlon, Flanagan, Hobson, Hoyle, Hugo, Humphreys, Jackson, Jones, Marshall, McKevitt, Roe, Smith, Taylor, Thomas, Webb, Williams – total 26. Abstentions: Councillor Hunter – total 1. Motion lost: The motion was submitted to the Council and was lost. CALL FOR AN INQUIRY INTO GROOMING GANGS AND THE INCLUSION OF BLACKPOOL IN THAT
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