Minutes
Full council, 16 March 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 49, 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 (49)
- 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)
- Ray Morton (Labour)
- Sally Haydon (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)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Zoe Reilly (Independent)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Steve Ricketts (Reform UK)
- Carol Ney (not matched to a member)
- Creswell (not matched to a member)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Sally Nicholson (Independent)
From the minutes
The minutes of the meeting which took place on 23 February 2026 were agreed as a true and accurate record. For: (49) Councillors Allison, Aspinall, Bannerman, Mrs Beer, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Creswell, Dann, Dingle, Evans OBE, Finn, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, Laing, Lawson, Loveridge, Lowry, Lugger, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Ney, P. Nicholson, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Poyser, Raynsford, Reilly, Ricketts, Simpson, Smith, Sproston, Steel, Stephens, Stevens, Taylor, Tippetts, Tofan, Tuohy, Wood. Against: (0) Abstain: (1) Councillor S. Nicholson. Did not vote/absent: (2) Councillors 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.