Review of Political Proportionality and Committee Appointments
Full council, 12 October 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)
- Anne Freeman (Labour)
- Chris Cuddihee (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Carol Ney (Independent)
- Grace Stickland (Independent)
- Patrick Nicholson (Independent)
- Sally Nicholson (Independent)
- Byran Driver (Green)
- Lauren McLay (Green)
- Saahi Aroori (Green)
- Chris Wood (Conservative)
- Ms Kathy Watkin (Conservative)
- Andrew Crumplin (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Absent/ (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
Councillor Sproston (Lord Mayor) proposed the motion, which Councillor Penrose seconded. Council agreed to approve the appointments to committees, including the Vice Chair as set out in the report. For (51) Councillors: Allen, Allison, Aroori, Blight, Briars-Delve, Coker, Cooke, Cresswell, Crumplin, Cuddihee, Dann, Dingle, Driver, Evans OBE, Freeman, Goslin, Hagan, Hooper, Kelly, Laing, Lawson, Lowry, Dr Mahony, McCarty, McLay, McNamara, Moore, Morton, Murphy, Ney, 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: (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.