Motion on Notice - Non - Attendance of Councillor Rebecca Smith MP
Full council, 24 November 2025: a named vote, lost.
For 3, Against 47, 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 (3)
- Maddi Bridgeman (TIND)
- Sally Nicholson (TIND)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
Against (47)
- Alison Raynsford (Labour)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Bill Stevens (Labour)
- Charlotte Holloway (Labour)
- Chris Cuddihee (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)
- Mark Lowry (Labour)
- Mary Aspinall (Labour)
- Matt Smith (Labour)
- Neil Hendy (Labour)
- Paul McNamara (Labour)
- Ray Morton (Labour)
- Sally Cresswell (Labour)
- Sally Haydon (Labour)
- Sarah Allen (Labour)
- Stefan Krizanac (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tess Blight (Labour)
- Tina Tuohy (Labour)
- Tom Briars-Delve (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andy Lugger (Conservative)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ian Darcy (Conservative)
- Lee Finn (Conservative)
- Rebecca Smith (Conservative)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Zoe Reilly (Independent)
- Steve Ricketts (TIND)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
Abstained (2)
- Andrea Loveridge (TIND)
- Carol Ney (TIND)
From the minutes
Councillor Mrs Beer introduced the motion, which was seconded by Councillor Mrs Bridgeman. Following contributions from Councillors Lugger, Darcy, Dann, R. Smith, Wood, the motion was not carried. For (3) Councillors Mrs Beer, Mrs Bridgeman and S Nicholson. Against (47) Councillors Allen, Allison, Aspinall, Bannerman, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cresswell, Cuddihee, Darcy, Dann, Dingle, Finn, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, Krizanac, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, Lugger, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Morton, M Smith, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Poyser, Raynsford, Reilly, R Smith, Ricketts, Simpson, Sproston, Stephens, Steel, Stevens, Taylor, Tippetts, Tuohy and Wood. Abstain (2) Councillors Loveridge and Ney. 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.