The Future of Water Services in the South West
Full council, 7 September 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 17, Against 29, 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 (17)
- 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)
- Dr John Mahony (Labour)
Against (29)
- Alison Simpson (Labour)
- Angela Penrose (Labour)
- Chris Penberthy (Labour)
- Daniel Steel (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)
- Andrea Loveridge (Independent)
- Grace Stickland (Independent)
- Lindsay Gilmour (Independent)
- Terri Beer (Independent)
- Andrew Crumplin (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
From the minutes
nerman, Hadfield, Ney, P. Nicholson, and Sproston. Councillor Ricketts moved a procedural motion to extend the time for Motions on Notice to hear the remaining items of business. The motion was lost. For: (17) Councillors Aroori, Cooke, Dr Mahony, Driver, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, McLay, Ricketts, Rielly, Rose, Rowe, Sansom, A. Smith, Sharpe, Tyler and Wood. Against: (29) Councillors Allen, Allison, Mrs Beer, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Crumplin, Cresswell, Dann, Dingle, Evans OBE, Gilmour, Goslin, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, McCarty, McNamara, Moore, Mrs Loveridge, Noble, Penberthy, Penrose, Simpson, M. Smith, Steel, Stephens, Stickland and Taylor. Abstain: (1) Councillor Ms Watkin. Absent/Did not vote: (5) Councillors Bannerman, Hadfield, Ney, P. Nicholson, 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.