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.
For 55, Against 22, Abstained 3.
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 (55)
- 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)
- 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)
- Mark Rowney (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)
- Billy McAloon (Independent)
- Pete Molloy (Independent)
- Paul Bean (not matched to a member)
Against (22)
- 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)
- Alison Gray (Labour)
- Chris Foote-Wood (Labour)
- Rob Crute (Labour)
- Tracie Smith (Labour)
- Chris Lines (Independent)
- Gary Hutchinson (Independent)
- Phil Heaviside (Independent)
- Jonathan Elmer (Green)
- Priscilla Elmer (Green)
- Richard Bell (Conservative)
Abstained (3)
- Jack McGlenen (Independent)
- Liz Maddison (Independent)
- Michael Ramage (Independent)
From the minutes
Resolved: That the report and its recommendations be adopted in full. Council Tax Setting in Order to Meet the County Council's Council Tax Requirement for 2026/27 For Councillors K Allison, G Anderson, P Bean, D Bellingham, S Biggs, 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, B McAloon, T McGuinness, B Moist, P Molloy, L Penders, J Pickard, R Potts, J Quinn, B Quirey, T Redmond, 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 R Bell, 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, A Neil, E Pears, K Rooney, E Scott, T Smith, M Stead and M Wilkes. Abstentions Councillors L Maddison, J McGlenen and M Ramage. Resolved that the Council: (a) note that the council tax base 2026/27 for: (i) the whole council area is 151,633.6 Band D equivalent properties [Ite
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