Motions on Notice

Full council, 16 July 2025: a named vote, lost.

For 24, Against 61, Abstained 1.

Party in overall control of the council on the date: Reform UK. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.

For (24)

Alex Neil (Liberal Democrats)
Craig Martin (Liberal Democrats)
David Freeman (Liberal Democrats)
Elizabeth Pears (Liberal Democrats)
Ellie Hopgood (Liberal Democrats)
Kathryn Rooney (Liberal Democrats)
Liz Brown (Liberal Democrats)
Mark Wilkes (Liberal Democrats)
Michael Stead (Liberal Democrats)
Terry Rooney (Liberal Democrats)
Alan Bell (Independent)
Anita Savory (Independent)
Chris Lines (Independent)
Gary Hutchinson (Independent)
Jan Blakey (Independent)
John Shuttleworth (Independent)
Phil Heaviside (Independent)
Alison Gray (Labour)
Chris Foote-Wood (Labour)
Rob Crute (Labour)
Tracie Smith (Labour)
Jonathan Elmer (Green)
Priscilla Elmer (Green)
Richard Bell (Conservative)

Against (61)

Aaron Hillam (Reform UK)
Adrian Schulman (Reform UK)
Andrew Eales (Reform UK)
Andrew Harrison (Reform UK)
Andrew Husband (Reform UK)
Cathy Hunt (Reform UK)
Chris Fairs (Reform UK)
Christine Blatchford (Reform UK)
Craig Marshall (Reform UK)
Darren Grimes (Reform UK)
David Walton (Reform UK)
Dawn Bellingham (Reform UK)
Dawn Saunders (Reform UK)
Emma Hunt (Reform UK)
Gavin Brydon (Reform UK)
George Anderson (Reform UK)
Howard Brown (Reform UK)
Ian Catchpole (Reform UK)
Ian Cross (Reform UK)
Jack McGlenen (Reform UK)
Jackie Teasdale (Reform UK)
James Pickard (Reform UK)
James Stephenson (Reform UK)
Jasmine Fox (Reform UK)
Jillian Campbell (Reform UK)
Joe Quinn (Reform UK)
John Cook (Reform UK)
John Grant (Reform UK)
John Kinvig (Reform UK)
Karen Allison (Reform UK)
Kate Rowland (Reform UK)
Kenny Hope (Reform UK)
Kyle Genner (Reform UK)
Louise Taylor (Reform UK)
Lyndsey Fox (Reform UK)
Mark Rowney (Reform UK)
Mary-Lynn Franklin (Reform UK)
Matt Burnard (Reform UK)
Neil Craggs (Reform UK)
Nicola Lyons (Reform UK)
Paul Bean (Reform UK)
Paul Mountford (Reform UK)
Paul Sexton (Reform UK)
Rhys Burriss (Reform UK)
Robbie Rodiss (Reform UK)
Robert Potts (Reform UK)
Sandra Grindle (Reform UK)
Scott Woodhouse (Reform UK)
Sean Healy (Reform UK)
Stephen Bowron (Reform UK)
Stephen Gray (Reform UK)
Steve Biggs (Reform UK)
Steven Franklin (Reform UK)
Susan Husband (Reform UK)
Tim McGuinness (Reform UK)
Tim Robson (Reform UK)
Tom Redmond (Reform UK)
Bill Moist (Independent)
Pete Molloy (Independent)
N A Brown (not matched to a member)
N L Brown (not matched to a member)

Abstained (1)

Saffron Sims-Brydon (Reform UK)

From the minutes

Bowron spoke for the original Motion. Councillor Grimes requested a named vote that was supported. Upon taking a vote 24 were for the amendment, 61 were against and there was 1 abstention. Amendment For Councillors A Bell, R Bell, J Blakey, L Brown, R Crute, J Elmer, P Elmer, C Foote-Wood, D Freeman, A Gray, P Heaviside, E Hopgood, G Hutchinson, C Lines, C Martin, A Neil, E Pears, K Rooney, T Rooney, A Savory, J Shuttleworth, T Smith, M Stead and M Wilkes. Against Councillors K Allison, G Anderson, P Bean, D Bellingham, S Biggs, C Blatchford, S Bowron, H Brown, N A Brown, N L Brown, G Brydon, M Burnard, R Burriss, J Campbell, I Catchpole, J Cook, N Craggs, I Cross, A Eales, C Fairs, J Fox, L Fox, M L Franklin, S Franklin, K Genner, J Grant, S Gray, D Grimes, S Grindle, A Harrison, S Healy, A Hillam, K Hope, C Hunt, E Hunt, S Husband, A Husband, J Kinvig, N Lyons, C Marshall, J McGlenen, T McGuinness, B Moist, P Molloy, P Mountford, J Pickard, R Potts, J Quinn, T Redmond, T Robson, R Rodiss, K Rowland, M Rowney, D Saunders, A Schulman, P Sexton, J Stephenson, L Taylor, J Teasdale, D Walton and S Woodhouse. Abstention Councillor S Sims-Brydon. The amendment was lost. A named vote on the substantive Motion was requested and supported. Upon taking a vote on the substantive Motion there were

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