Torbay Local Plan Regulation 19 Publication
Full council, 23 July 2026: a named vote.
For 19, Against 11, Abstained 3.
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 (19)
- 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)
- Yvonne Twelves (Conservative)
- Darren Cowell (Inds)
- Nicole Amil (Inds)
Against (11)
- Christine Carter (Liberal Democrats)
- Cordelia Law (Liberal Democrats)
- George Darling (Liberal Democrats)
- Jermaine Atiya-Alla (Liberal Democrats)
- Kelly Harvey (Liberal Democrats)
- Mandy Darling (Liberal Democrats)
- Margaret Douglas-Dunbar (Liberal Democrats)
- Nick Pentney (Liberal Democrats)
- Nigel Penny (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Darling (Liberal Democrats)
- Swithin Long (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (3)
- Cat Johns (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Fox (Liberal Democrats)
- Ras Virdee (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
rities, the council's position is that Torbay's unmet housing need should be addressed at a sub-regional level, through the Spatial Development Strategy. The voting was taken by roll call as follows: For: Councillors Amil, Billings, Brook, Bryant, Bye, Cowell, Fellows, Foster, Barbara Lewis, Chris Lewis, Spacagna, Stevens, Strang, David Thomas, Jackie Thomas, Tolchard, Tranter, Twelves and Tyerman (19); Against: Councillors Atiya-Alla, Carter, George Darling, Mandy Darling, Steve Darling, Douglas-Dunbar, Harvey, Law, Long, Penny and Pentney (11); Abstain: Councillors Fox, Johns and Virdee (3); and Absent: Councillors Hutchings, Maddison and Nicolaou (3). (Note: prior to consideration of the item in Minute 33, Councillor Billings declared a non-p
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.