Minutes
Full council, 26 January 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 43, Against 0, 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 (43)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Bill Stevens (Labour)
- Charlotte Holloway (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Jemima Laing (Labour)
- John Stephens (Labour)
- Jon Dingle (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)
- Pauline Murphy (Labour)
- Ray Morton (Labour)
- Sally Cresswell (Labour)
- Sarah Allen (Labour)
- Stefan Krizanac (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tess Blight (Labour)
- Tina Tuohy (Labour)
- Tom Briars-Delve (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andrea Loveridge (TIND)
- Carol Ney (TIND)
- Maddi Bridgeman (TIND)
- Steve Ricketts (TIND)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ian Darcy (Conservative)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Zoe Reilly (Independent)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
- McCarthy (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- P. Nicholson Absent/ (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
The minutes of the meeting that took place on 24 November 2025 were agreed as a true and accurate record. For (43): Councillors Allen, Allison, Aspinall, Blight, Briars-Delve, Mrs Bridgeman, Coker, Cresswell, Dann, Darcy, Dingle, Evans OBE, Freeman, Gilmour, Hendy, Holloway, Krizanac, Laing, Lawson, Loveridge, Lowry, McCarthy, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Ney, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Poyser, Reilly, Ricketts, Simpson, M. Smith, Sproston, Stephens, Stevens, Taylor, Tippetts, Tuohy and Wood. Against: (0) Abstain: (1) Councillor P. Nicholson Absent/did not vote: (7) Councillors Mrs Beer, Goslin, Lugger, Raynsford, S. Nicholson, 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.