No to any Asylum Hotels in Plymouth
Full council, 15 September 2025: a named vote.
For 37, Against 6, Abstained 2.
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 (37)
- Alison Raynsford (Labour)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Bill Stevens (Labour)
- Charlotte Holloway (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (Labour)
- Jaime Bannerman (Labour)
- Jemima Laing (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)
- Lindsay Gilmour (Labour)
- Maria Lawson (Labour)
- Mark Coker (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)
- Sarah Allen (Labour)
- Stefan Krizanac (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tina Tuohy (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
Against (6)
- Carol Ney (TIND)
- Maddi Bridgeman (TIND)
- Patrick Nicholson (TIND)
- Sally Nicholson (TIND)
- Steve Ricketts (TIND)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
Abstained (2)
- Andy Lugger (Conservative)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
From the minutes
seekers to live, offering neither dignity nor proper support 4. Confirming that Plymouth stands ready to work with Government to ensure asylum seekers are supported into more suitable accommodation. For: (37) Allen, Allison, Aspinall, Bannerman, Coker, Cresswell, Dann, Dingle, Evans OBE, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, Krizanac, Laing, Lawson, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Penberthy, Penrose, Poyser, Raynsford, Simpson, M Smith, Sproston, Steel, Stephens, Stevens, Taylor, Tippetts, Tuohy. Against: (6) Mrs Beer, Mrs Bridgeman, Ney, P Nicholson, Ricketts, S Nicholson Abstain: (2) Lugger and Wood. Absent/did not vote: (2) Councillors Tofan and Ms Watkin.
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.