Minutes
Full council, 13 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 48, Against 1, Abstained 1.
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 (48)
- Allan Williams (Conservative)
- Barry Durkin (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)
- Pete Stoddart (Conservative)
- Peter Hamblin (Conservative)
- Philip Price (Conservative)
- Richard Thomas (Conservative)
- Robert Highfield (Conservative)
- Roger Phillips (Conservative)
- Simeon Cole (Conservative)
- Aubrey Oliver (Liberal Democrats)
- Ben Proctor (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Bartrum (Liberal Democrats)
- Ed O'Driscoll (Liberal Democrats)
- Jacqui Carwardine (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin Tillett (Liberal Democrats)
- Louis Stark (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Dykes (Liberal Democrats)
- Polly Andrews (Liberal Democrats)
- Rob Owens (Liberal Democrats)
- Terry James (Liberal Democrats)
- Charlotte Taylor (IFH)
- Dave Boulter (IFH)
- David Hitchiner (IFH)
- Diana Toynbee (IFH)
- Elizabeth Foxton (IFH)
- Liz Harvey (IFH)
- Matthew Engel (IFH)
- Pauline Crockett (IFH)
- Helen Heathfield (Green)
- Jenny Bartlett (Green)
- Justine Peberdy (Green)
- Mark Woodall (Green)
- Rebecca Tully (Green)
- Stef Simmons (Green)
- Toni Fagan (Green)
- Clare Davies (True Ind)
- Ivan Powell (True Ind)
- Jim Kenyon (Independent)
- Adam Spencer (Labour)
Against (1)
- Catherine Gennard (Green)
Abstained (1)
- Nick Mason (No party recorded)
From the minutes
inance and Corporate Services closed the debate. The 2026/27 budget, medium term financial strategy and treasury management strategy was put to the recorded vote and was carried by a simple majority. FOR (48): Councillors Andrews, Bartlett, Bartrum, Biggs, Boulter, Bramer, Carwardine, Cole, Cornthwaite, Crockett, Clare Davies, Dave Davies, Durkin, Dykes, Engel, Fagan, Foxton, Gandy, Hamblin, Harvey, Heathfield, Highfield, Hitchiner, Hurcomb, James, Kenyon, Lester, O'Driscoll, Oliver, Owens, Peberdy, Phillips, Ivan Powell, Price, Proctor, Simmons, Spencer, Stark, Stoddart, Stone, Swinglehurst, Taylor, Thomas, Tillett, Toynbee, Tully, Allan Williams and Woodall. Against (1): Councillor Gennard Abstentions (1): Councillor Mason RESOLVED: That Council approves: a) the council tax base of 74,315.25 Band D equivalents in 2026/27; b) an increase in core council tax for 2026/27 o
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