Appointment of Political Assistants
Full council, 20 May 2026: a named vote.
For 43, Against 30, 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.
For (43)
- Adrian Schulman (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)
- 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)
- Kyle Genner (Reform UK)
- Louise Penders (Reform UK)
- Louise Taylor (Reform UK)
- Matt Burnard (Reform UK)
- Neil Craggs (Reform UK)
- Paul Mountford (Reform UK)
- Robbie Rodiss (Reform UK)
- Robert Potts (Reform UK)
- Sandra Grindle (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)
- Jack McGlenen (Independent)
Against (30)
- Alex Neil (Liberal Democrats)
- Amanda Hopgood (Liberal Democrats)
- Craig Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Dominic Haney (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)
- Anita Savory (Independent)
- Billy McAloon (Independent)
- Chris Lines (Independent)
- Gary Hutchinson (Independent)
- John Shuttleworth (Independent)
- Liz Maddison (Independent)
- Michael Ramage (Independent)
- Nick Brown (Independent)
- Pete Molloy (Independent)
- Phil Heaviside (Independent)
- Alison Gray (Labour)
- Julie Griffiths (Labour)
- Rob Crute (Labour)
- Tracie Smith (Labour)
- Richard Bell (Conservative)
- Paul Bean (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
a named vote that was supported. Upon taking a vote on the Amendment: For Councillors K Allison, G Anderson, D Bellingham, S Biggs, C Blatchford, S Bowron, H Brown, M Burnard, J Campbell, J Cook, J Cottier, N Craggs, C Fairs, S Franklin, K Genner, J Grant, S Gray, D Grimes, S Grindle, S Healy, C Hunt, E Hunt, S Husband, A Husband, J Kinvig, C Marshall, J McGlenen, T McGuinness, P Mountford, L Penders, J Pickard, R Potts, J Quinn, B Quirey, T Redmond, T Robson, R Rodiss, D Saunders, A Schulman, J Stephenson, L Taylor, J Teasdale and D Walton. Against Councillors P Bean, A Bell, R Bell, N Brown, R Crute, A Gray, J Griffiths, D Haney, P Heaviside, E Hopgood, A Hopgood, G Hutchinson, C Lines, L Maddison, C Martin, E Mavin, L Mavin, B McAloon, P Molloy, A Neil, E Pears, M Ramage, K Rooney, T Rooney, A Savory, E Scott, J Shuttleworth, T Smith, M Stead and M Wilkes. Abstain Councillor R Burriss. The Amendment became the Substantive Motion. Councillors C Lines, L Maddison and M Wilkes spoke
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.