Medium Term Financial Strategy and Council Tax Setting 2025/26
Full council, 4 March 2025: a named vote on the motion.
For 29, Against 11, 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 (29)
- Adrian Knapper (Labour)
- Alastair Watson (Labour)
- Amjid Wazir OBE (Labour)
- Andy Platt (Labour)
- Chris Robinson (Labour)
- Daniela Santoro (Labour)
- David Mountford (Labour)
- Diane Williams (Labour)
- Duncan Walker (Labour)
- Finlay Gordon-McCusker (Labour)
- Glen Watson (Labour)
- Jane Ashworth OBE (Labour)
- Javid Najmi (Labour)
- Joan Bell (Labour)
- Laura Carter (Labour)
- Lauren Davison (Labour)
- Lynn Watkins (Labour)
- Majid Khan (Labour)
- Mubsira Aumir (Labour)
- Sarah Hill (Labour)
- Sarah Jane Colclough (Labour)
- Shaun Pender (Labour)
- Steve Blakemore (Labour)
- Steve Watkins (Labour)
- Sue Akkurt (Labour)
- Waseem Akbar (Labour)
- Lilian Dodd (CI)
- Lord Mayor (not matched to a member)
- Singh-Kallar (not matched to a member)
Against (11)
- Abi Brown OBE (Conservative)
- Chandra Kanneganti CBE (Conservative)
- Craig Beardmore (Conservative)
- Daniel Jellyman (Conservative)
- Dave Evans (Conservative)
- Faisal Hussain (Conservative)
- Heather Blurton (Conservative)
- Lorraine Beardmore (Conservative)
- Maxine Clark (Conservative)
- Ross Irving (Conservative)
- Sadaqat Maqsoom (Conservative)
From the minutes
speakers as part of the general debate. Councillor Kelsall left the meeting prior to the recorded vote being taken. The outcome of the vote on the motion for those present and voting was as follows: Votes for the Motion (29):- Lord Mayor, Councillors Akbar, Akkurt, Ashworth, Aumir, Bell, Blakemore, Carter, Colclough, Davison, Dodd, Gordon-McCusker, Hill, Khan, Knapper, Mountford, Najmi, Pender, Platt, Robinson, Santoro, Singh-Kallar, Walker, L. Watkins, S. Watkins, A. Watson, G. Watson, Wazir and Diane Williams. Votes against the Motion (11):- Councillors C. Beardmore, L. Beardmore, Blurton, Brown, Clark, Evans, Hussain, Irving, Jellyman, Kanneganti and Maqsoom. It was therefore:
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.