Budget Report 2026-27, Medium Term Financial Strategy 2027-2030 and Council Tax Setting 2026-27
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the proposal, lost.
For 2, Against 61, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (2)
- Ted Lush (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Copeman (not matched to a member)
Against (61)
- Adam Langan (Labour)
- Alan Smith (Labour)
- Alex Tate (Labour)
- Arthur Neil (Labour)
- Ben Walker (Labour)
- Carol Gahan (Labour)
- Caroline Ellis (Labour)
- Christine Warner (Labour)
- Felicity Davies (Labour)
- Gina Lewis (Labour)
- Karen Shore (Labour)
- Katie Kendrick OBE (Labour)
- Katrina Kerr (Labour)
- Kris Fisher (Labour)
- Lisa Denson (Labour)
- Louise Gittins (Labour)
- Lucy Sumner (Labour)
- Matt Carter (Labour)
- Michael Garvey (Labour)
- Nathan Pardoe (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)
- Adrian Waddelove (Conservative)
- Charles Hardy (Conservative)
- Dan Marr (Conservative)
- Gaynor Sinar (Conservative)
- Lynn Gibbon (Conservative)
- Margaret Parker (Conservative)
- Mark Stocks (Conservative)
- Martin Loftus (Conservative)
- Mike Jones (Conservative)
- Norman Wright (Conservative)
- Patricia Parkes (Conservative)
- Phil Marshall (Conservative)
- Rachel Williams (Conservative)
- Razia Daniels (Conservative)
- Simon Eardley (Conservative)
- Sion Roberts (Conservative)
- Tom Cooper (Conservative)
- Elizabeth MacGlashan (Independent)
- Gill Watson (Independent)
- Gillian Edwards (Independent)
- Jimmy Shannon (Independent)
- Martin Barker (Independent)
- Martin Beveridge (Independent)
- Matt Bryan (Independent)
- Simon Boone (Independent)
- Graham Heatley (Reform UK)
- Mandy Clare (Reform UK)
- Mark Williams (Reform UK)
- Keith Miller (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- John Roach (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
to amend the strategy at this stage. A recorded vote took place on the amendment, under The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014. Voting was recorded as follows: For the Proposal (2): Councillors Chris Copeman, Ted Lush, Against the Proposal (61): Councillors Robert Bisset, Sherin Akhtar, Martin Barker, Richard Beacham, Martin Beveridge, Stuart Bingham, Tommy Blackmore, Simon Boone, Matt Bryan, Matt Carter, Paul Chamberlain, Mandy Clare, Steve Collings, Tom Cooper, Razia Daniels, Felicity Davies, Lisa Denson, Paul Donovan, Simon Eardley, Gillian Edwards, Caroline Ellis, Kris Fisher, Carol Gahan, Mike Garvey, Lynn Gibbon, Louise Gittins, Charles Hardy, Graham Heatley, Mike Jones, Katie Kendrick OBE, Katrina Kerr, Adam Langan, Gina Lewis, Shelia Little, Martin Loftus, Elizabeth MacGlashan, Dan Marr, Phil Marshall, Keith Miller, Sam Naylor, Arthur Neil, Nathan Pardoe, Margaret Parker, Patricia Parkes, Sion Roberts, Jimmy Shannon, Karen Shore, Gaynor Sinar, Alan Smith, Mark Stocks, Lucy Sumner, Alex Tate, Adrian Waddelove, Ben Walker, Christine Warner, Rachel Waterman, Gill Watson, Peter Wheeler, Mark Williams, Rachel Williams, Norman Wright Abstention (1): Councillor John Roach The amendment was therefore lost. Debate then continued on the substantive budget report. Councillor Mandy Clare, Leader of the Reform UK group, resp
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