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 27, Against 36, Abstained 0.
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 (27)
- 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)
- Martin Barker (Independent)
- Martin Beveridge (Independent)
- Simon Boone (Independent)
- Graham Heatley (Reform UK)
- Mandy Clare (Reform UK)
- Mark Williams (Reform UK)
- John Roach (not matched to a member)
Against (36)
- 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)
- Jimmy Shannon (Independent)
- Ted Lush (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Copeman (not matched to a member)
- Keith Miller (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
and not for day to day maintenance. 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 (27) Councillors Martin Barker, Martin Beveridge, Simon Boone, Mandy Clare, Tom Cooper, Razia Daniels, Simon Eardley, Gillian Edwards, Lynn Gibbon, Charles Hardy, Graham Heatley, Mike Jones, Martin Loftus, Elizabeth MacGlashan, Dan Marr, Phil Marshall, Margaret Parker, Patricia Parkes, John Roach, Sion Roberts, Gaynor Sinar, Mark Stocks, Adrian Waddelove, Gill Watson, Mark Williams, Rachel Williams, Norman Wright Against the Proposal (36) Councillors Robert Bisset, Sherin Akhtar, Richard Beacham, Stuart Bingham, Tommy Blackmore, Matt Carter, Paul Chamberlain, Steve Collings, Chris Copeman, Felicity Davies, Lisa Denson, Paul Donovan, Caroline Ellis, Kris Fisher, Carol Gahan, Mike Garvey, Louise Gittins, Katie Kendrick OBE, Katrina Kerr, Adam Langan, Gina Lewis, Sheila Little, Ted Lush, Keith Miller, Sam Naylor, Arthur Neil, Nathan Pardoe, Jimmy Shannon, Karen Shore, Alan Smith, Lucy Sumner, Alex Tate, Ben Walker, Christine Warner, Rachel Waterman, Peter Wheeler The amendment was therefore lost. Councillor Martin Barker then proposed an amendment which recommended that Spacehive funding be increased. This was
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.