Councils · Rutland County Council

NOTICE OF MOTION

Full council, 5 August 2025: a named vote, lost.

For 8, Against 14, Abstained 2.

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 (8)

• Andrew Dinsmore (Conservative)
• David Wilby (Conservative)
• Giles Clifton (Conservative)
• Karen Payne (Conservative)
• Kiloran Heckels (Conservative)
• Lucy Stephenson (Conservative)
• Matthew Farina (Conservative)
• Tracy Carr (Independent)

Against (14)

• Abigail West (Liberal Democrats)
• Andrew Johnson (Liberal Democrats)
• Christine Wise (Liberal Democrats)
• Diane Ellison (Liberal Democrats)
• Gale Waller (Liberal Democrats)
• Linda Chatfield (Liberal Democrats)
• Mark Chatfield (Liberal Democrats)
• Paul Browne (Liberal Democrats)
• Raymond Payne (Liberal Democrats)
• Stephen Lambert (Liberal Democrats)
• Tim Smith (Liberal Democrats)
• Ramsay Ross (Labour)
• Steve McRobb (Labour)
• Andrew Brown (Independent)

Abstained (2)

• Kevin Corby (Independent)
• Oliver Hemsley (Independent)

From the minutes

ghlighted their successes in areas such as stabilising the Council's finances and Children's Services. A recorded vote was requested by more than five Members and voting on the motion was as follows: In favour: Councillors T Carr, G Clifton, A Dinsmore, M Farina, K Heckels, K Payne, L Stephenson, and D Wilby. Against: Councillors A Brown, P Browne, L Chatfield, M Chatfield, D Ellison, A Johnson, S Lambert, S McRobb, R Payne, R Ross, T Smith, G Waller, A West and C Wise. Abstentions: Councillors K Corby and O Hemsley. Therefore, with eight votes in favour, fourteen against, and two abstentions, the motion was not carried.

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.