Council Tax Setting in Order to meet the County Council's Council Tax Requirement for 2026/27
Full council, 18 February 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 28, Against 53, 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 (28)
- Alex Neil (Liberal Democrats)
- Amanda Hopgood (Liberal Democrats)
- Craig Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- David Freeman (Liberal Democrats)
- Dominic Haney (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Pears (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Scott (Liberal Democrats)
- Ellie Hopgood (Liberal Democrats)
- Kathryn Rooney (Liberal Democrats)
- Liz Brown (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Wilkes (Liberal Democrats)
- Michael Stead (Liberal Democrats)
- Alan Bell (Independent)
- Billy McAloon (Independent)
- Chris Lines (Independent)
- Gary Hutchinson (Independent)
- Jan Blakey (Independent)
- Liz Maddison (Independent)
- Michael Ramage (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)
- Paul Bean (not matched to a member)
Against (53)
- 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)
- 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 Grant (Reform UK)
- John Kinvig (Reform UK)
- Karen Allison (Reform UK)
- Kyle Genner (Reform UK)
- Louise Penders (Reform UK)
- Louise Taylor (Reform UK)
- Mary-Lynn Franklin (Reform UK)
- Matt Burnard (Reform UK)
- Neil Craggs (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)
- 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)
Abstained (1)
- Jack McGlenen (Independent)
From the minutes
This budget proposal is subject to the production of an updated business case by officers – to reflect updated prices and the outcome of the procurement exercise. Upon taking a vote on the Amendment: For Councillors P Bean, A Bell, R Bell, J Blakey, 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, L Maddison, C Martin, B McAloon, A Neil, E Pears, M Ramage, K 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, I Catchpole, J Cook, N Craggs, A Eales, C Fairs, M L Franklin, S Franklin, K Genner, J Grant, S Gray, D Grimes, S Grindle, A Harrison, S Healy, A Hillam, C Hunt, E Hunt, S Husband, A Husband, J Kinvig, N Lyons, C Marshall, T McGuinness, B Moist, P Molloy, L Penders, J Pickard, R Potts, J Quinn, B Quirey, T Redmond, T Robson, R Rodiss, 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 R Crute, Leader of the Labour Group said that at recent COMSB meetings he had raised concerns at the tone and down
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.