Review of Political Proportionality following Change in Composition
Full council, 7 September 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 51, Against 0, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (51)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (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)
- Paul McNamara (Labour)
- Sally Cresswell (Labour)
- Sarah Allen (Labour)
- Sue Dann (Labour)
- Tess Blight (Labour)
- Tom Briars-Delve (Labour)
- Tudor Evans OBE (Labour)
- Will Noble (Labour)
- Andy Rose (Reform UK)
- Angie Smith (Reform UK)
- Ben Rowe (Reform UK)
- Chris Sharpe (Reform UK)
- Helen Kelly (Reform UK)
- Jackie Sansom (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)
- Carol Ney (Independent)
- Grace Stickland (Independent)
- Lindsay Gilmour (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Byran Driver (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Saahi Aroori (Green)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
- Andrew Crumplin (not matched to a member)
- Mark Hadfield (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Absent/ (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
place Councillor Gilmour on the Dartmoor National Park outside body. Council agreed to: 1. The appointment of Councillor Sally Cresswell as Chair of the Housing and Community Services Scrutiny Panel. For: (51) Councillors Allen, Allison, Aroori, Mrs Beer, Bannerman, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cooke, Cresswell, Crumplin, Dann, Dingle, Driver, Evans OBE, Gilmour, Goslin, Hadfield, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, Mrs Loveridge, Dr Mahony, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Ney, P. 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: (0) Absent/Did not vote: (1) Councillor 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.