Questions by Councillors
Full council, 7 September 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 40, Against 2, 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 (40)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (Labour)
- Dr John Mahony (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)
- 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)
- Byran Driver (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Saahi Aroori (Green)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
- Grace Stickland (Independent)
Against (2)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Maria Lawson (Labour)
Abstained (1)
- Mark Coker (Labour)
From the minutes
mmencement of this item, Councillor Wood proposed to suspend standing orders in order to extend the time of the meeting past 7.30pm, which was seconded by Councillor Dr Mahony. The motion was agreed. For: (40) Councillors Allen, Allison, Aroori, Blight, Briars-Delve, Cooke, Cresswell, Dann, Dingle, Driver, Evans OBE, Goslin, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, Laing, Lowry, Dr Mahony, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Noble, Penberthy, Ricketts, Rielly, Rose, Rowe, Sansom, Sharpe, Simpson, A. Smith, M. Smith, Stephens, Steel, Stickland, Taylor, Tyler, Ms Watkin and Wood. Against: (2) Councillors Lawson and Penrose. Abstain: (1) Councillor Coker. Absent/Did not vote: (9) Councillors Mrs Beer, Bannerman, Crumplin, Gilmour, Hadfield, Mrs Loveridge, Ney, P. Nicholson and Sproston. From To Subject 1 Counc
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.