Motions on Notice
Full council, 28 January 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 25, Against 52, Abstained 2.
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)
- Elizabeth Pears (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Scott (Liberal Democrats)
- Ellie Hopgood (Liberal Democrats)
- Eric Mavin (Liberal Democrats)
- Kathryn Rooney (Liberal Democrats)
- Lesley Mavin (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Wilkes (Liberal Democrats)
- Michael Stead (Liberal Democrats)
- Terry Rooney (Liberal Democrats)
- Alan Bell (Independent)
- Billy McAloon (Independent)
- Chris Lines (Independent)
- Gary Hutchinson (Independent)
- Jan Blakey (Independent)
- Liz Maddison (Independent)
- Phil Heaviside (Independent)
- Alison Gray (Labour)
- Chris Foote-Wood (Labour)
- Rob Crute (Labour)
- Tracie Smith (Labour)
- Jonathan Elmer (Green)
Against (52)
- 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)
- George Anderson (Reform UK)
- Howard Brown (Reform UK)
- Jackie Teasdale (Reform UK)
- James Pickard (Reform UK)
- James Stephenson (Reform UK)
- Jillian Campbell (Reform UK)
- Joe Quinn (Reform UK)
- John Cook (Reform UK)
- John Cottier (Reform UK)
- John Grant (Reform UK)
- John Kinvig (Reform UK)
- Karen Allison (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)
- Nicola Lyons (Reform UK)
- Nicole Brown (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)
- Steve Biggs (Reform UK)
- Susan Husband (Reform UK)
- Tim McGuinness (Reform UK)
- Tim Robson (Reform UK)
- Bill Moist (Independent)
- Jack McGlenen (Independent)
- Pete Molloy (Independent)
Abstained (2)
- Richard Bell (Conservative)
- Paul Bean (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
a named vote which was supported. Upon taking a vote on the Amendment: For: Councillors A Bell, J Blakey, R Crute, J Elmer, C Foote-Wood, D Freeman, A Gray, P Heaviside, E Hopgood, A Hopgood, G Hutchinson, C Lines, L Maddison, C Martin, E Mavin, L Mavin, B McAloon, A Neil, E Pears, K Rooney, T Rooney, E Scott, T Smith, M Stead and M Wilkes. Against: Councillors K Allison, G Anderson, D Bellingham, S Biggs, C Blatchford, S Bowron, H Brown, N Brown, M Burnard, R Burriss, J Campbell, J Cook, J Cottier, A Eales, C Fairs, M L Franklin, K Genner, J Grant, S Gray, D Grimes, S Grindle, A Harrison, S Healy, A Hillam, K Hope, C Hunt, S Husband, A Husband, J Kinvig, N Lyons, C Marshall, J McGlenen, T McGuinness, B Moist, P Molloy, L Penders, J Pickard, R Potts, J Quinn, B Quirey, T Robson, R Rodiss, M Rowney, D Saunders, A Schulman, P Sexton, S Sims-Brydon, J Stephenson, L Taylor, J Teasdale, D Walton and S Woodhouse. Abstention: Councillors P Bean and R Bell. The Amendment was lost. Councillor J Quinn Moved a Motion without notice to extend the time allowed for the meeting to 1.00 pm. The was Seconded by
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.