Consultation on Plymouth joining the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
Full council, 7 September 2026: a named vote.
For 42, Against 3, Abstained 6.
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 (42)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (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)
- Byran Driver (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Saahi Aroori (Green)
- Lindsay Gilmour (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
Against (3)
- Carol Ney (Independent)
- Grace Stickland (Independent)
- Andrew Crumplin (not matched to a member)
Abstained (6)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Dr John Mahony (Labour)
- Mark Hadfield (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
he 2023 Act, based on the consultation outcome, and if consent is provided, approve the final proposal prior to submission. The Authority will take its own decision on consent under its constitution. For: (42) Councillors Allen, Allison, Aroori, Bannerman, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cooke, Cresswell, Dann, Dingle, Driver, Evans OBE, Gilmour, Goslin, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, P. Nicholson, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Ricketts, Rielly, Rose, Rowe, Sansom, Sharpe, Simpson, A. Smith, M. Smith, Steel, Stephens, Taylor and Tyler. Against: (3) Councillors Crumplin, Ney and Stickland. Abstain: (6) Councillors Hadfield, Mrs Beer, Mrs Loveridge, Dr Mahony, Ms Watkin and Wood. Absent/Did not vote: (1) Councillors 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.