2026/27 COUNCIL TAX SETTING REPORT
Full council, 6 March 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 46, Against 0, 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 (46)
- Allan Williams (Conservative)
- Barry Durkin (Conservative)
- Bruce Baker (Conservative)
- Carole Gandy (Conservative)
- Dan Hurcomb (Conservative)
- Dave Davies (Conservative)
- Elissa Swinglehurst (Conservative)
- Frank Cornthwaite (Conservative)
- Graham Biggs (Conservative)
- Harry Bramer (Conservative)
- John Stone (Conservative)
- Jonathan Lester (Conservative)
- Peter Hamblin (Conservative)
- Philip Price (Conservative)
- Richard Thomas (Conservative)
- Rob Williams (Conservative)
- Robert Highfield (Conservative)
- Roger Phillips (Conservative)
- Simeon Cole (Conservative)
- Ben Proctor (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Bartrum (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Powell (Liberal Democrats)
- Ed O'Driscoll (Liberal Democrats)
- Jacqui Carwardine (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin Tillett (Liberal Democrats)
- Louis Stark (Liberal Democrats)
- Polly Andrews (Liberal Democrats)
- Rob Owens (Liberal Democrats)
- Terry James (Liberal Democrats)
- Helen Heathfield (Green)
- Jenny Bartlett (Green)
- Justine Peberdy (Green)
- Mark Woodall (Green)
- Rebecca Tully (Green)
- Stef Simmons (Green)
- Toni Fagan (Green)
- Charlotte Taylor (IFH)
- Dave Boulter (IFH)
- David Hitchiner (IFH)
- Diana Toynbee (IFH)
- Liz Harvey (IFH)
- Matthew Engel (IFH)
- Pauline Crockett (IFH)
- Jim Kenyon (Independent)
- Nick Mason (No party recorded)
- Clare Davies (True Ind)
Abstained (2)
- Catherine Gennard (Green)
- Aubrey Oliver (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
e recommendations and introduced the report. Councillor Swinglehurst seconded the recommendations. The council tax precepts for 2026/27 were put to the recorded vote and carried by a simple majority. FOR (46): Councillors Andrews, Baker, Bartlett, Bartrum, Biggs, Boulter, Bramer, Carwardine, Cole, Cornthwaite, Crockett, Clare Davies, Dave Davies, Durkin, Engel, Fagan, Gandy, Hamblin, Harvey, Heathfield, Highfield, Hitchiner, Hurcomb, James, Kenyon, Lester, Mason, O'Driscoll, Owens, Peberdy, Phillips, Dan Powell, Price, Proctor, Simmons, Stark, Stone, Swinglehurst, Taylor, Thomas, Tillett, Toynbee, Tully, Allan Williams, Robert Williams and Woodall. Against (0) Abstentions (2): Councillors Gennard and Oliver RESOLVED: That: a) The precepting authority details included at appendices 1 to 5, relating to town and parishes, West Mercia Police and Hereford and
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