Minutes
Full council, 29 June 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 52, 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 (52)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Chris Cuddihee (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)
- Maria Lawson (Labour)
- Mark Coker (Labour)
- Mark Lowry (Labour)
- Matt Smith (Labour)
- Pauline Murphy (Labour)
- Ray Morton (Labour)
- Sally Cresswell (Labour)
- Sarah Allen (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tess Blight (Labour)
- Tom Briars-Delve (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andrew Crumplin (Reform UK)
- Andy Rose (Reform UK)
- Angie Smith (Reform UK)
- Ben Rowe (Reform UK)
- Chris Sharpe (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)
- Vanessa Tyler (Reform UK)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Lindsay Gilmour (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Sally Nicholson (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
- Byran Driver (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- McNarmara (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Grace Stickland (Reform UK)
From the minutes
greed as an accurate record. The minutes of the meeting held on 22 May 2026 were agreed as an accurate record subject to the following amendment: Councillor Ms Watkin to be listed as ‘in attendance'. For (52) Councillors: Allen, Allison, Bannerman, Mrs Beer, Blight, Briars-Delve, Cuddihee, Coker, Cooke, Cresswell, Crumplin, Dann, Dingle, Driver, Evans OBE, Freeman, Gilmour, Goslin, Hadfield, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, Loveridge, Dr Mahony, McCarty, McLay, McNarmara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, P. Nicholson, S. Nicholson, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Rielly, Rose, Rowe, Sansom, Sharpe, Simpson, A. Smith, M. Smith, Steel, Stephens, Taylor, Tyler, Ms Watkin, Wood. Against (0) Abstain (1) Councillor Stickland. Absent/Did not vote (2) Councillors: Ricketts and Sproston.
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.