Lord Mayoralty 2025/2026
Full council, 17 March 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 41, Against 4, Abstained 1.
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 (41)
- Alison Raynsford (Labour)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Bill Stevens (Labour)
- Chris Cuddihee (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (Labour)
- Dylan Tippetts (Labour)
- Jaime Bannerman (Labour)
- Jeremy Goslin (Labour)
- John Stephens (Labour)
- Jon Dingle (Labour)
- Josh McCarty (Labour)
- Kate Taylor (Labour)
- Keith Moore (Labour)
- Kevin Sproston (Labour)
- Lewis Allison (Labour)
- Maria Lawson (Labour)
- Mark Coker (Labour)
- Mark Lowry (Labour)
- Mary Aspinall (Labour)
- Matt Smith (Labour)
- Neil Hendy (Labour)
- Paul McNamara (Labour)
- Pauline Murphy (Labour)
- Ray Morton (Labour)
- Sally Cresswell (Labour)
- Sally Haydon (Labour)
- Stefan Krizanac (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tess Blight (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andy Lugger (Conservative)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ian Darcy (Conservative)
- Lee Finn (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Steve Ricketts (TIND)
Against (4)
- Andrea Loveridge (TIND)
- Maddi Bridgeman (TIND)
- Patrick Nicholson (TIND)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Sally Nicholson (TIND)
From the minutes
Gilmour, Holloway and Tuohy. The Council agreed to: 1. Approve the recommendation from the Lord Mayor Selection and Advisory Committee to appoint Councillor Ms Kathy Watkin as Lord Mayor for 2025/26. For (41) Councillors Allison, Aspinall, Bannerman, Blight, Coker, Cresswell, Cuddihee, Dann, Darcy, Dingle, Evans OBE, Finn, Freeman, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Krizanac, Lawson, Lowry, Lugger, McCarty, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Poyser, Raynsford, Ricketts, Simpson, M. Smith, Sproston, Steel, Stephens, Stevens, Taylor, Tippetts, Ms Watkin and Wood. Against (4) Councillors Mrs Beer, Mrs Bridgeman, Loveridge, P. Nicholson, Abstain (1) S. Nicholson. Absent/Did not vote (4) Councillors Briars-Delve, Gilmour, Holloway and Tuohy.
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.