Notice of Motion: Protecting Disability Benefits and Defending the Rights of Disabled Residents
Full council, 15 May 2025: a named vote on the amendment, carried.
For 35, Against 28, 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 (35)
- 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)
- Gareth Gould (Labour)
- Gina Lewis (Labour)
- John Stockton (Labour)
- Karen Shore (Labour)
- Katie Kendrick OBE (Labour)
- Katrina Kerr (Labour)
- Keith Millar (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)
Against (28)
- 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)
- Mark Williams (Conservative)
- Martin Loftus (Conservative)
- Mike Jones (Conservative)
- Patricia Parkes (Conservative)
- Phil Marshall (Conservative)
- Rachel Williams (Conservative)
- Razia Daniels (Conservative)
- Simon Eardley (Conservative)
- Tom Cooper (Conservative)
- Gill Watson (Non-aligned Independent)
- Martin Beveridge (Non-aligned Independent)
- Simon Boone (Non-aligned Independent)
- Gillian Edwards (Independent)
- Martin Barker (Independent)
- Elizabeth MacGlashan (Labour)
- Jimmy Shannon (Labour)
- Graham Heatley (Reform UK)
- Mandy Clare (Reform UK)
- Chris Copeman (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
agraph 118, more than 8 Councillors rose to request a named, recorded vote in relation to whether to accept the Amendment. A recorded vote took place on the amendment, voting was recorded as follows: Against the Amendment (28) Councillors Martin Barker; Martin Beveridge; Simon Boone; Mandy Clare; Tom Cooper; Chris Copeman; Razia Daniels; Hugo Deynem; Simon Eardley; Gillian Edwards; Lynn Gibbon; Charles Hardy; Graham Heatley; Mike Jones; Martin Loftus; Elizabeth MacGlashan; Dan Marr; Phil Marshall; Margaret Parker; Patricia Parkes; Jimmy Shannon; Gaynor Sinar; Lynn Stocks; Mark Stocks; Adrian Waddelove; Gill Watson; Mark Williams and Rachel Williams For the Amendment (35) Councillors Robert Bisset; Sherin Akhtar; Richard Beacham; Stuart Bingham; Tommy Blackmore; Matt Carter; Paul Chamberlain; Steve Collings; Felicity Davies; Olwyn Dean: Lisa Denson; Paul Donovan; Caroline Ellis; Carol Gahan; Mike Garvey; Louise Gittins; Gareth Gould; Katie Kendrick; Katrina Kerr; Adam Langan; Gina Lewis; Sheila Little Keith Millar; Sam Naylor; Arthur Neil; Nathan Pardoe; Karen Shore; Alan Smith; John Stockton; Lucy Sumner; Alex Tate; Ben Walker; Christine Warner; Rachel Waterman and Peter Wheeler. Abstentions (0) The amendment was carried and this became the Substantive Motion. Debate then continued on the substantive motion and the following was noted: - Some Mem
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