Lord Mayoralty 2026/27
Full council, 16 March 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 50, Against 0, Abstained 0.
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.
Only one side of this vote could be read from the minutes. The others may be recorded in a form that couldn't be read, or not at all.
For (50)
- 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 Cresswell (Labour)
- Sally Haydon (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tess Blight (Labour)
- Tina Tuohy (Labour)
- Tom Briars-Delve (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Sally Nicholson (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Zoe Reilly (Independent)
- Andy Lugger (Conservative)
- Chip Tofan (Conservative)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Lee Finn (Conservative)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Steve Ricketts (Reform UK)
- Carol Ney (not matched to a member)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
from Councillor Mrs Beer, Council agreed to: 1) Approve the recommendation of the Lord Mayor Selection and Advisory Committee and agree to appoint Councillor Kevin Sproston as Lord Mayor for 2026/27. For: (50) Councillors Allison, Aspinall, Bannerman, Mrs Beer, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cresswell, Dann, Dingle, Evans OBE, Finn, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, Laing, Lawson, Loveridge, Lowry, Lugger, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore Penrose, Morton, Murphy, Ney, P. Nicholson, S. Nicholson, Noble, Penberthy, Poyser, 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) 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.