GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET, COUNCIL TAX AND DEDICATED SCHOOLS GRANT FOR 2026/27
Full council, 23 February 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 27, Against 10, Abstained 0.
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 (27)
- Adrian Hoyle (Labour)
- Alistair Humphreys (Labour)
- Dave Flanagan (Labour)
- Fred Jackson (Labour)
- Gillian Campbell (Labour)
- Jane Hugo (Labour)
- Jim Hobson (Labour)
- Joel McKevitt (Labour)
- John Boughton (Labour)
- Jon Bamborough MBE (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)
- Peter Hunter (Labour)
- Shaun Brookes (Labour)
- Simon Cartmell (Labour)
- Emma Ellison (Reform UK)
- Jim O'Neill (Reform UK)
- Jon Morgan (Reform UK)
Against (10)
- Bradley Mitchell (Conservative)
- Carl Mitchell MBE (Conservative)
- Danny Scott (Conservative)
- Diane Mitchell MBE (Conservative)
- Gerard Walsh (Conservative)
- Jason Roberts (Conservative)
- Julie Sloman (Conservative)
- Michele Scott (Conservative)
- Paul Galley (Conservative)
- Paul Wilshaw (Conservative)
From the minutes
that under the Local Authorities (Standing Order) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, there was a requirement for a recorded vote on setting the Council tax and budget. The voting was as follows: For the motion: Councillors Bamborough, Benson, Boughton, N Brookes, P Brookes, S Brookes, Burdess, Campbell, Cartmell, Critchley, Ellison, Fenlon, Flanagan, Hobson, Hoyle, Hugo, Humphreys, Hunter, Jackson, Marshall, McKevitt, Morgan, O'Neill, Roe, Smith, Thomas, Williams MBE – Total 27 Against the motion: Councillors Galley, B Mitchell, C Mitchell, D Mitchell, Roberts, D Scott, M Scott, Sloman, Walsh, Wilshaw – Total 10 Abstentions: Councillor Baker – Total 1 Motion 1 carried: The motion was therefore carried. [Note: having declared prejudicial interests, Councillors Cooper and Farrell left the meeting during consideration
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