Drake Ward by-election
Full council, 16 March 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 35, Against 4, Abstained 8.
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 (35)
- Alison Raynsford (Labour)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Bill Stevens (Labour)
- Charlotte Holloway (Labour)
- Chris Cuddihee (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)
- 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)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Briars Delve (not matched to a member)
Against (4)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Steve Ricketts (Reform UK)
- Carol Ney (not matched to a member)
Abstained (8)
- Andy Lugger (Conservative)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Lee Finn (Conservative)
- Ian Poyser (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Zoe Reilly (Independent)
- Dylan Tippetts (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
erman, Dann, Ney, Stevens and McLay, Council agreed to: 1. Invite Councillor Ricketts to resign to enable residents to determine their representation in line with the Council elections on 7 May 2026. For: (35) Councillors Allison, Aspinall, Bannerman, Blight, Briars?Delve, Coker, Cresswell, Cuddihee, Dann, Dingle, Evans OBE, Gilmour, Goslin, Haydon, Hendy, Holloway, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, McCarty, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Raynsford, Simpson, M. Smith, Steel, Stephens, Stevens, Taylor, and Tuohy. Against (4) Councillor Mrs Beer, Loveridge, Ney and Ricketts. Abstain: (8) Councillors Finn, Lugger, McLay, P. Nicholson, Poyser, Reilly, Tippetts, and Wood. Absent/did not vote: (5) Councillors Freeman, S. Nicholson, Sproston, 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.