Protecting the Dartmoor Ponies
Full council, 29 June 2026: a named vote.
For 48, Against 0, Abstained 2.
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 (48)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (Labour)
- Dr John Mahony (Labour)
- Jemima Laing (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)
- Paul McNamara (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)
- 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)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Sally Nicholson (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
Abstained (2)
- Byran Driver (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
From the minutes
eview, and conveying Plymouth's strong support for this position; 2. Seek a clear public assurance from Government that Dartmoor ponies will be excluded from any cull this autumn and in future years. For (48) Councillors: Allen, Allison, Mrs Beer, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cooke, Cresswell, Crumplin, Dann, Dingle, Evans OBE, Freeman, Hadfield, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, Laing, Lawson, Loveridge, Lowry, Dr Mahony, McCarty, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, P. Nicholson, S. Nicholson, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Ricketts, Rielly, Rose, Rowe, Sansom, Sharpe, Simpson, A. Smith, M. Smith, Steel, Stephens, Stickland, Taylor, Tyler, Ms Watkin and Wood. Against (0) Abstain (2) Councillors: Driver and McLay. Absent/Did not vote (5) Councillors: Bannerman, Cuddihee, Gilmour, Goslin 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.