Motions on Notice - Prioritising Plymouth Residents in Council Housing
Full council, 26 January 2026: a named vote.
For 4, Against 41, Abstained 4.
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 (4)
- Andrea Loveridge (TIND)
- Carol Ney (TIND)
- Patrick Nicholson (TIND)
- Steve Ricketts (TIND)
Against (41)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Bill Stevens (Labour)
- Charlotte Holloway (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (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)
- 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)
- Andy Lugger (Conservative)
- Ian Darcy (Conservative)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Zoe Reilly (Independent)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
- Raysnford (not matched to a member)
Abstained (4)
- Maddi Bridgeman (TIND)
- Sally Nicholson (TIND)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
From the minutes
by letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Office and for Housing, Communities and Local Government to confirm that Plymouth City Council will prioritise housing provision for local residents. For: (4) Councillors Loveridge, Ney, P. Nicholson and Ricketts. Against: (41) Councillors Allen, Allison, Aspinall, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cresswell, Dann, Darcy, Dingle, Evans OBE, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Hendy, Holloway, Krizanac, Laing, Lawson, Lugger, Lowry, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Poyser, Raysnford, Reilly, Simpson, M. Smith, Sproston, Stephens, Stevens, Taylor, Tippetts, Tuohy. Abstain: (4) Councillors Mrs Beer, Mrs Bridgeman, S. Nicholson and Wood. Absent/did not vote: (2) Councillors Tofan and 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.