Financial Strategy 2025/26 - 2029/30
Full council, 27 February 2025: a named vote.
For 39, Against 17, Abstained 10.
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 (39)
- Brian Williams (Conservative)
- Cecilia Motley (Conservative)
- Chris Schofield (Conservative)
- Christian Lea (Conservative)
- Claire Wild (Conservative)
- Dan Morris (Conservative)
- Dan Thomas (Conservative)
- David Evans (Conservative)
- Dean Carroll (Conservative)
- Ed Bird (Conservative)
- Ed Potter (Conservative)
- Garry Burchett (Conservative)
- Geoff Elner (Conservative)
- Gwilym Butler (Conservative)
- Hilary Luff (Conservative)
- Ian Nellins (Conservative)
- Jeff Anderson (Conservative)
- Joyce Barrow (Conservative)
- Kirstie Hurst-Knight (Conservative)
- Lezley Picton (Conservative)
- Mark Jones (Conservative)
- Nicholas Bardsley (Conservative)
- Nick Hignett (Conservative)
- Nigel Lumby (Conservative)
- Paul Gill (Conservative)
- Paul Wynn (Conservative)
- Peggy Mullock (Conservative)
- Peter Broomhall (Conservative)
- Rob Gittins (Conservative)
- Robert Macey (Conservative)
- Roy Aldcroft (Conservative)
- Simon Harris (Conservative)
- Simon Jones (Conservative)
- Thomas Biggins (Conservative)
- Vince Hunt (Conservative)
- Edward Towers (Independent)
- John Price (Independent)
- Kevin Turley (Independent)
- Steve Davenport (Independent)
Against (17)
- Alex Wagner (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Sherrington (Liberal Democrats)
- Andy Boddington (Liberal Democrats)
- Bernie Bentick (Liberal Democrats)
- Colin Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- David Minnery (Liberal Democrats)
- David Vasmer (Liberal Democrats)
- Heather Kidd (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Williams (Liberal Democrats)
- Mary Davies (Liberal Democrats)
- Nat Green (Liberal Democrats)
- Nigel Hartin (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Huffer (Liberal Democrats)
- Rob Wilson (Liberal Democrats)
- Roger Evans (Liberal Democrats)
- Ruth Houghton (Liberal Democrats)
- Vivienne Parry (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (10)
- Alan Mosley (Labour)
- Caroline Bagnall (Labour)
- Kate Halliday (Labour)
- Pamela Moseley (Labour)
- Rosemary Dartnall (Labour)
- Ted Clarke (Labour)
- Tony Parsons (Labour)
- Duncan Kerr (Green)
- Julia Evans (Green)
- Julian Dean (Green)
From the minutes
This was seconded by Councillor Andy Boddington On taking a vote the amendment was not supported On being put to a recorded vote with 39 Members voting for, 17 against and 10 abstentions as follows: For Councillors Aldcroft, Anderson, Bardsley, Barrow, Biggins, Bird, Broomhall, Burchett, Butler, Carroll, Davenport, Elner, D Evans, Gill, Gittins, Harris, Hignett, Hunt, Hurst-Knight, M Jones, S Jones, Lea, Luff, Lumby, Macey, Morris, Motley, Mullock, Nellins, Picton, Potter, Price, Schofield, Thomas, Towers, Turley, Wild, B Williams and Wynn Against Councillors Bentick, Boddington, Davies, R Evans, Green, Hartin, Houghton, R Huffer, Kidd, Minnery, Parry, Sherrington, Taylor, Vasmer, Wagner, M Williams and Wilson Abstentions Councillors Bagnall, Clarke, Dartnall, Dean, J Evans, Halliday, Kerr, Moseley, Mosley and Parsons RESOLVED: In respect of council tax: 1) Approve a 4.99% Council tax rise (a 2.99% increase to Council tax and a 2% increase to Adult Social Care Prec
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