Notice of Motion - To hold local elections in 2026
Full council, 9 July 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 41, Against 5, 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 (41)
- Anne Jones (Labour)
- Cheryl Nevin (Labour)
- Chris Webster (Labour)
- Daniel Cowan (Labour)
- Ian Gilbert (Labour)
- Irene Ferguson (Labour)
- Jane Norman (Labour)
- Kevin Robinson (Labour)
- Laurie Burton (Labour)
- Lydia Hyde (Labour)
- Madison Faulkner-Hatt (Labour)
- Mandy O'Connor (Labour)
- Margaret Borton (Labour)
- Matt Dent (Labour)
- Maxine Sadza (Labour)
- Pamela Kinsella (Labour)
- Sam Allen (Labour)
- Shahid Nadeem (Labour)
- Alan Dear (Conservative)
- Colin Campbell (Conservative)
- Daniel Nelson (Conservative)
- David Garston (Conservative)
- Fay Evans (Conservative)
- Jack Warren (Conservative)
- James Courtenay (Conservative)
- James Moyies (Conservative)
- John Harland (Conservative)
- Judith McMahon (Conservative)
- Kevin Buck (Conservative)
- Lesley Salter (Conservative)
- Meg Davidson (Conservative)
- Owen Cartey (Conservative)
- Stephen Habermel (Conservative)
- Carole Mulroney (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Collins (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert McMullan (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Longstaff (Green)
- Stuart Allen (Green)
- Martin Terry (Independent)
- Steven Wakefield (Independent)
- Stephen Aylen (NON)
Against (5)
- Ron Woodley (Independent)
- Susan Badger (Independent)
- Darryl Jones (Reform UK)
- Tony Cox (Reform UK)
- Kathy Murphy (NON)
Abstained (1)
- Nigel Folkard (Conservative)
From the minutes
ent. The amendment was carried. In accordance with Standing Order 3.44, a named vote having been proposed and supported by six other Councillors, the voting on the motion (as amended) was as follows: For: Cllrs Sam Allen, Stuart Allen, Aylen, Borton, Buck, Burton, Campbell, Cartey, Collins, Courtenay, Cowan, Davidson, Dear, Dent, Evans, Faulkner-Hatt, Ferguson, Garston, Gilbert, Habermel, Harland, Hyde, Anne Jones, Kinsella, Webster, Longstaff, McMahon, McMullan, Moyies, Mulroney, Nadeem, Nelson, Nevin, Norman, O'Connor, Robinson, Sadza, Salter, Terry, Wakefield and Warren (41) Against: Cllrs Badger, Cox, Darryl Jones, Murphy and Woodley (5) Abstentions: Cllr Folkard (Mayor) (1) Absent for the vote: Cllrs Berry, Poulton (apologies for the meeting received), Richardson and Ward (4) The motion (as amended) was carried. Reso
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