To Elect the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor for the Period up to the Next Annual Meeting
Full council, 22 May 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 53, 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 (53)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (Labour)
- Dr John Mahony (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)
- Matt Smith (Labour)
- Paul McNamara (Labour)
- Pauline Murphy (Labour)
- Ray Morton (Labour)
- Sally Cresswell (Labour)
- Sarah Allen (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tom Briars-Delve (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andrew Crumplin (Reform UK)
- Andy Rose (Reform UK)
- Angie Smith (Reform UK)
- Carol Ney (Reform UK)
- Chris Sharpe (Reform UK)
- Grace Stickland (Reform UK)
- Helen Kelly (Reform UK)
- Jackie Sansom (Reform UK)
- Mark Hadfield (Reform UK)
- Nicola Cooke (Reform UK)
- Paul Hagan (Reform UK)
- Paul Rielly (Reform UK)
- Shaun Hooper (Reform UK)
- Steve Ricketts (Reform UK)
- Vanessa Tyler (Reform UK)
- Byran Driver (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Saahi Aroori (Green)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
- S.Nicholson (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Absent/ (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
Council agreed to elect Councillor Sproston as Lord Mayor of the City for the 2026/27 municipal year. This was proposed by Councillor Coker and seconded by Councillor Mahony. For: (53) Councillors: Allen, Allison, Aroori, Bannerman, Beer, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cooke, Cresswell, Crumplin, Dann, Dingle, Driver, Evans OBE, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Hadfield, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, Laing, Lawson, Loveridge, Lowry, Mahony, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Ney, P. Nicholson, S.Nicholson, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Ricketts, Rielly, Rose, Sansom, Sharpe, Simpson, A. Smith, M. Smith, Steel, Stephens, Stickland, Taylor, Tyler, Ms Watkin, Wood. Against: (0) Abstentions: (0) Absent/Did Not Vote: (2) Councillors Rowe and Sproston. Council agreed to elect Councillor Angela Penrose as Deputy Lord Mayor for the City for the 2026/27 m
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.