REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE
Full council, 4 February 2026: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 16, Against 18, Abstained 11.
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 (16)
- Andrea Spice (Conservative)
- Dylan Simmons (Conservative)
- Graeme Coombes (Conservative)
- James Weir (Conservative)
- Jane Walker (Conservative)
- John Wheeler (Conservative)
- Jon Gambold (Conservative)
- Marc Frost (Conservative)
- Martin Towler (Conservative)
- Phillippa Martin-Moran-Bryant (Conservative)
- Robert Rigby (Conservative)
- Sarah Gallagher (Conservative)
- Sharan Sira (Conservative)
- Mohammed Mahboob Din (Independent)
- Nicola Gribble (Independent)
- the Mayor (not matched to a member)
Against (18)
- Charles Royden (Liberal Democrats)
- Christine McHugh (Liberal Democrats)
- David Sawyer (Liberal Democrats)
- Dean Crofts (Liberal Democrats)
- Henry Vann (Liberal Democrats)
- Hilde Hendrickx (Liberal Democrats)
- Jonathan Abbott (Liberal Democrats)
- Leigh Coombs (Liberal Democrats)
- Max Royden (Liberal Democrats)
- Michael Headley (Liberal Democrats)
- Sue Abood (Liberal Democrats)
- Tim Caswell (Liberal Democrats)
- Wendy Rider MBE (Liberal Democrats)
- Ben Foley (Green)
- Caroline White (Green)
- Lucy Bywater (Green)
- Paul Edmonds (Green)
- Doug McMurdo (Independent)
Abstained (11)
- Abu Sultan (Labour)
- Carl Meader (Labour)
- Fouzia Zamir Atiq (Labour)
- Harish Thapar (Labour)
- James Valentine (Labour)
- Mohammed Masud (Labour)
- Mohammed Nawaz (Labour)
- Nesreen Akhtar (Labour)
- Ralley Rahman (Labour)
- Sue Oliver (Labour)
- Zara Layne (Labour)
From the minutes
avings, a prudent approach that ensured flexibility. He remained satisfied with the budget and committed to ensuring its delivery. On the motion being put to the vote, votes were recorded as follows: For the Motion (16) Councillors Coombes, Din, Frost, Gallagher, Gambold, Gribble, Martin-Moran-Bryant, Rigby, Simmons, Sira, Spice, Towler, Walker, Weir, Wheeler and the Mayor Against the Motion (18) Councillors Abbott, Abood, Bywater, Caswell, Coombs, Crofts, Edmonds, Foley, Headley, Hendrickx, McHugh, McMurdo, Rider, C Royden, M Royden, Sawyer, Vann and White Abstentions (11) Councillors Akhtar, Atiq, Layne, Masud, Meader, Nawaz, Oliver, Rahman, Sultan, Thapar and Valentine Accordingly, the Deputy Speaker declared the motion to be lost. (Note: the Deputy Speaker moved at the end of this item, and it was supported by a ma
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.