Budget Report 2025-26, Medium Term Financial Strategy 2026-29 and Council Tax Setting 2025-26
Full council, 20 February 2025: a named vote on the proposal, carried.
For 41, Against 21, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (41)
- Adam Langan (Labour)
- Alan Smith (Labour)
- Alex Tate (Labour)
- Arthur Neil (Labour)
- Ben Walker (Labour)
- Carol Gahan (Labour)
- Caroline Ellis (Labour)
- Christine Warner (Labour)
- Elizabeth MacGlashan (Labour)
- Felicity Davies (Labour)
- Gareth Gould (Labour)
- Gina Lewis (Labour)
- Jimmy Shannon (Labour)
- John Stockton (Labour)
- Karen Shore (Labour)
- Katie Kendrick OBE (Labour)
- Katrina Kerr (Labour)
- Lisa Denson (Labour)
- Louise Gittins (Labour)
- Lucy Sumner (Labour)
- Matt Carter (Labour)
- Michael Garvey (Labour)
- Nathan Pardoe (Labour)
- Olwyn Dean (Labour)
- Paul Chamberlain (Labour)
- Paul Donovan (Labour)
- Peter Wheeler OBE (Labour)
- Rachel Waterman (Labour)
- Richard Beacham (Labour)
- Robert Bisset (Labour)
- Sam Naylor (Labour)
- Sheila Little (Labour)
- Sherin Akhtar (Labour)
- Steve Collings (Labour)
- Stuart Bingham (Labour)
- Tommy Blackmore (Labour)
- Gillian Edwards (Independent)
- Martin Barker (Independent)
- Simon Boone (Non-aligned Independent)
- John Roach (not matched to a member)
- Keith Miller (not matched to a member)
Against (21)
- Adrian Waddelove (Conservative)
- Charles Hardy (Conservative)
- Dan Marr (Conservative)
- Gaynor Sinar (Conservative)
- Hugo Deynem (Conservative)
- Lynn Gibbon (Conservative)
- Lynn Stocks (Conservative)
- Margaret Parker (Conservative)
- Mark Stocks (Conservative)
- Martin Loftus (Conservative)
- Mike Jones (Conservative)
- Patricia Parkes (Conservative)
- Phil Marshall (Conservative)
- Phil Rimmer (Conservative)
- Razia Daniels (Conservative)
- Simon Eardley (Conservative)
- Tom Cooper (Conservative)
- Gill Watson (Non-aligned Independent)
- Mandy Clare (Non-aligned Independent)
- Ted Lush (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Williams DECIDED: That (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
vote took place on the substantive budget, including the three amendments agreed, under The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014. Voting was recorded as follows: For the Proposal (41) Councillor Robert Bisset, Sherin Akhtar, Martin Barker, Richard Beacham, Stuart Bingham, Tommy Blackmore, Simon Boone, Matt Carter, Paul Chamberlain, Steve Collings, Felicity Davies, Olwyn Dean, Lisa Denson, Paul Donovan, Gillian Edwards, Caroline Ellis, Carol Gahan, Mike Garvey, Louise Gittins, Gareth Gould, Katie Kendrick, Katrina Kerr, Adam Langan, Gina Lewis, Sheila Little, Elizabeth MacGlashan, Keith Miller, Sam Naylor, Arthur Neil, Nathan Pardoe, John Roach, Jimmy Shannon, Karen Shore, Alan Smith, John Stockton, Lucy Sumner, Alex Tate, Ben Walker, Christine Warner, Rachel Waterman, Peter Wheeler Against the Proposal (21) Councillor Mandy Clare, Tom Cooper, Razia Daniels, Hugo Deynem, Simon Eardley, Lynn Gibbon, Charles Hardy, Mike Jones, Martin Loftus, Ted Lush, Dan Marr, Phil Marshall, Margaret Parker, Patricia Parkes, Phil Rimmer, Gaynor Sinar, Lynn Stocks, Mark Stocks, Adrian Waddelove, Gill Watson, Mark Williams DECIDED: That; i. The key changes to the level of funding available and the cost pressures faced by the Council, and the resulting financial gap for 2025-29 (paragraph 3.36-3.48) be noted. ii. The calculations made in accordance with the Local Gover
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