Councils · Durham County Council

Motions on Notice

Full council, 28 January 2026: a named vote on the amendment.

For 9, Against 0, Abstained 0.

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.

Only one side of this vote could be read from the minutes. The others may be recorded in a form that couldn't be read, or not at all.

For (9)

• Andrew Harrison (Reform UK)
• Andrew Husband (Reform UK)
• David Walton (Reform UK)
• John Cook (Reform UK)
• Kenny Hope (Reform UK)
• Scott Woodhouse (Reform UK)
• Sean Healy (Reform UK)
• Stephen Bowron (Reform UK)
• Stephen Gray (Reform UK)

From the minutes

employing 11,000+ people, the largest contributor to clean energy in the Region and set to grow as a local and national market leader. Councillor C Lines, E Pears, J Elmer, A Hopgood, M Wilkes spoke for the amendment. Councillor S Bowron, S Healy, J Cook, S Gray, K Hope, A Harrison, A Husband, S Woodhouse, D Walton, K Genner spoke against the amendment. Councillor E Scott requested a named vote which was supported. Upon taking a vote on the Amendment:

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