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Full council, 23 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 48, 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 (48)
- 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)
- Mark Lowry (Labour)
- Mary Aspinall (Labour)
- Matt Smith (Labour)
- Neil Hendy (Labour)
- Paul McNamara (Labour)
- Pauline Murphy (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)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andy Lugger (Conservative)
- Chip Tofan (Conservative)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Lee Finn (Conservative)
- Carol Ney (TIND)
- Patrick Nicholson (TIND)
- Steve Ricketts (TIND)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Zoe Reilly (Independent)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Absent/ (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
speech for the Leader, as well as for opposition group leaders, due to there being no largest opposition group on this one occasion. This was seconded by Councillor Raynsford. The motion was agreed. For: (48) Councillors Allen, Allison, Aspinall, Bannerman, Mrs Beer, Briars-Delve, Blight, Coker, Cresswell, Dann, Dingle, Evans OBE, Finn, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, Krizanac, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, Lugger, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Murphy, Ney, P. Nicholson, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Raynsford, Reilly, Ricketts, Simpson, M. Smith, Sproston, Steel, Stephens, Stevens, Taylor, Tippetts, Tofan, Tuohy and Wood. Against: (0) Abstain: (0) Absent/did not vote: (2) Cuddihee 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.