Civic Mayor Elect 2026/2027
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 17, Against 12, Abstained 2.
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)
- Adam Billings (Conservative)
- Alan Tyerman (Conservative)
- Andrew Strang (Conservative)
- Anna Tolchard (Conservative)
- Barbara Lewis (Conservative)
- Chris Lewis (Conservative)
- David Thomas (Conservative)
- Hannah Stevens (Conservative)
- Hayley Tranter (Conservative)
- Hazel Foster (Conservative)
- Jacqueline Thomas (Conservative)
- John Fellows (Conservative)
- Mark Spacagna (Conservative)
- Martin Brook (Conservative)
- Nick Bye (Conservative)
- Steve Bryant (Conservative)
- Nicole Amil (Inds)
Against (12)
- Cat Johns (Liberal Democrats)
- Christine Carter (Liberal Democrats)
- Cordelia Law (Liberal Democrats)
- George Darling (Liberal Democrats)
- Jermaine Atiya-Alla (Liberal Democrats)
- Mandy Darling (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Fox (Liberal Democrats)
- Nick Pentney (Liberal Democrats)
- Nigel Penny (Liberal Democrats)
- Ras Virdee (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Darling (Liberal Democrats)
- Swithin Long (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (2)
- Darren Cowell (Inds)
- Katya Maddison (Inds)
From the minutes
vote) by the Council as set out below: that Councillor Foster be selected as The Worshipful The Mayor of Torbay (Elect) for the 2026/2027 Municipal Year. The voting was taken by roll call as follows: For: Councillors Amil, Billings, Brook, Bryant, Bye, Fellows, Foster, Barbara Lewis, Chris Lewis, Spacagna, Stevens, Strang, David Thomas, Jacqueline Thomas, Tolchard, Tranter and Tyerman (17); Against: Atiya-Alla, Carter, George Darling, Mandy Darling, Steve Darling, Fox, Johns, Law, Long, Penny, Pentney and Virdee (12); Abstain: Cowell and Maddison (2); and Absent: Councillors Douglas-Dunbar, Harvey, Hutchings, Nicolaou and Twelves (5).
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.