Councils · Durham County Council

Motions on Notice

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

For 52, 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 (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)
• 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)
• Billy McAloon (Independent)
• Jack McGlenen (Independent)
• Pete Molloy (Independent)
• Richard Bell (Conservative)

From the minutes

agreed. Councillors J Kinvig, J Cook, R Bell, J Stephenson, S Bowron, P Molloy, K Hope, D Grimes spoke in favour of the original Motion from Councillor Genner. Councillors C Martin and M Wilkes spoke against the original Motion. Councillor C Hunt asked for a named vote which was supported. Upon taking a vote on the original Motion: For: Councillors K Allison, G Anderson, R Bell, D Bellingham, S Biggs, C Blatchford, S Bowron, H 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, B McAloon, J McGlenen, T McGuinness, 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. Against: Councillors J Elmer, D Freeman, E Hopgood, A Hopgood, C Lines, C Martin, E Mavin, L Mavin, A Neil, E Pears, K Rooney, T Rooney, E Scott, M St

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