Torbay Council’s proposal for Local Government Reorganisation
Full council, 20 November 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 18, Against 17, Abstained 0.
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 (18)
- 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)
- Jason Hutchings (Independent)
Against (17)
- Cat Johns (Liberal Democrats)
- 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)
- Mike Fox (Liberal Democrats)
- Nick Pentney (Liberal Democrats)
- Nigel Penny (Liberal Democrats)
- Ras Virdee (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Darling (Liberal Democrats)
- Swithin Long (Liberal Democrats)
- Yannis Nicolaou (Liberal Democrats)
- Katya Maddison (Inds)
- Nicole Amil (Inds)
From the minutes
authorised to make any further amendments deemed necessary to the proposal and submit the proposal to the Government by the deadline of 28 November 2025. The voting was taken by roll call as follows: For: Councillors Billings, Brook, Bryant, Bye, Fellows, Foster, Hutchings, Barbara Lewis, Chris Lewis, Spacagna, Stevens, Strang, David Thomas, Jacqueline Thomas, Tolchard, Tranter, Twelves and Tyerman (18); Against: Councillors Amil, Atiya-Alla, Carter, George Darling, Mandy Darling, Steve Darling, Douglas-Dunbar, Fox, Harvey, Johns, Law, Long, Maddison, Nicolaou, Penny, Pentney and Virdee (17). Absent: Councillor Cowell (1). Therefore the motion was declared carried.
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.