Budget Proposals – 2026/27 to 2030/31
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the budget, carried.
For 31, Against 14, 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 (31)
- Anne Jones (Labour)
- Cheryl Nevin (Labour)
- Chris Webster (Labour)
- Daniel Cowan (Labour)
- Donna Richardson (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)
- Martin Terry (Independent)
- Nick Ward (Independent)
- Ron Woodley (Independent)
- Steven Wakefield (Independent)
- Carole Mulroney (Liberal Democrats)
- Dave Poulton (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Collins (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert McMullan (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Longstaff (Green)
- Stuart Allen (Green)
- Stephen Aylen (NON)
- Kathy Murphy (No Political Party)
Against (14)
- Alan Dear (Conservative)
- Colin Campbell (Conservative)
- David Garston (Conservative)
- Jack Warren (Conservative)
- James Courtenay (Conservative)
- James Moyies (Conservative)
- Lesley Salter (Conservative)
- Meg Davidson (Conservative)
- Owen Cartey (Conservative)
- Stephen Habermel (Conservative)
- Daniel Nelson (Reform UK)
- Darryl Jones (Reform UK)
- Tony Cox (Reform UK)
- Harlan (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Nigel Folkard (Conservative)
From the minutes
e: Cllrs Berry, Badger, Buck, F Evans and McMahon (5) Budget amendment 3 was not carried. The budget proposals were then voted on by way of a named vote as required by law. The voting was as follows: For the Budget Proposals: Cllrs Sam Allen, Stuart Allen, Aylen, Borton, Burton, Collins, Cowan, Dent, Faulkner-Hatt, Ferguson, Gilbert, Hyde, Anne Jones, Kinsella, Webster, Longstaff, McMullan, Mulroney, Murphy, Nadeem, Nevin, Norman, O'Connor, Poulton, Richardson, Robinson, Sadza, Terry, Wakefield, Ward and Woodley (31) Against the budget proposals: Cllrs Campbell, Cartey, Courtenay, Cox, Davidson, Dear, Garston, Habermel, Harlan, Darryl Jones, Moyies, Nelson, Salter and Warren (14) Abstentions: Cllr Folkard (Mayor) (1) Absent for the vote: Cllrs Berry, Badger, Buck, F Evans and McMahon (5) The Council Budget 2026/27 proposals were carried, as set out as follows
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.