Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2026/27
Full council, 10 December 2025: a named vote, lost.
For 25, Against 58, 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 (25)
- Alex Neil (Liberal Democrats)
- Amanda Hopgood (Liberal Democrats)
- Craig Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- David Freeman (Liberal Democrats)
- Dominic Haney (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Pears (Liberal Democrats)
- Ellie Hopgood (Liberal Democrats)
- Eric Mavin (Liberal Democrats)
- Kathryn Rooney (Liberal Democrats)
- Lesley Mavin (Liberal Democrats)
- Liz Brown (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Wilkes (Liberal Democrats)
- Michael Stead (Liberal Democrats)
- Anita Savory (Independent)
- Billy McAloon (Independent)
- Chris Lines (Independent)
- Gary Hutchinson (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)
Against (58)
- Aaron Hillam (Reform UK)
- Adrian Schulman (Reform UK)
- Andrew Eales (Reform UK)
- Andrew Harrison (Reform UK)
- Andrew Husband (Reform UK)
- Brian Quirey (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)
- George Anderson (Reform UK)
- Howard Brown (Reform UK)
- Ian Catchpole (Reform UK)
- Ian Cross (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 Cottier (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 Penders (Reform UK)
- Louise Taylor (Reform UK)
- Mark Rowney (Reform UK)
- Mary-Lynn Franklin (Reform UK)
- Matt Burnard (Reform UK)
- Neil Craggs (Reform UK)
- Nick Brown (Reform UK)
- Nicola Lyons (Reform UK)
- Paul Mountford (Reform UK)
- Paul Sexton (Reform UK)
- Rhys Burriss (Reform UK)
- Robbie Rodiss (Reform UK)
- Robert Potts (Reform UK)
- Saffron Sims-Brydon (Reform UK)
- Sandra Grindle (Reform UK)
- Scott Woodhouse (Reform UK)
- Sean Healy (Reform UK)
- Stephen Bowron (Reform UK)
- Stephen Gray (Reform UK)
- Steven Franklin (Reform UK)
- Tim McGuinness (Reform UK)
- Tim Robson (Reform UK)
- Tom Redmond (Reform UK)
- Bill Moist (Independent)
- Pete Molloy (Independent)
- Paul Bean (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Jack McGlenen (Independent)
From the minutes
dment and in support of the original recommendation. The Chair invited members to vote on the amendment. Councillor E Hunt asked for a named vote, which was supported. Amendment by Councillor Wilkes: For Councillors L Brown, R Crute, J Elmer, P Elmer, C Foote-Wood, D Freeman, A Gray, D Haney, P Heaviside, E Hopgood, A Hopgood, G Hutchinson, C Lines, C Martin, E Mavin, L Mavin, B McAloon, A Neil, E Pears, K Rooney, A Savory, J Shuttleworth, T Smith, M Stead and M Wilkes. Against Councillors K Allison, G Anderson, P Bean, D Bellingham, C Blatchford, S Bowron, H Brown, N Brown, M Burnard, R Burriss, J Campbell, I Catchpole, J Cottier, N Craggs, I Cross, A Eales, C Fairs, J Fox, ML 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, A Husband, J Kinvig, N Lyons, C Marshall, T McGuinness, B Moist, P Molloy, P Mountford, L Penders, J Pickard, R Potts, J Quinn, B Quirey, T Redmond, T Robson, R Rodiss, K Rowland, M Rowney, D Saunders, A Schulman, P Sexton, S Sims-Brydon, J Stephenson, L Taylor, J Teasdale, D Walton and S Woodhouse. Abstention Councillor J McGlenen, The Amendment was lost. Councillor C Martin Moved a second Amendment: 27 Council is recommended to: (a) note the content of the report and the inform
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