REPORT OF THE MAYOR/EXECUTIVE MEMBERS (BUDGET PROPOSALS 2026-2027)
Full council, 18 February 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 27, Against 16, 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Mohammed Mahboob Din (Independent)
- Nicola Gribble (Independent)
- the Mayor (not matched to a member)
Against (16)
- Christine McHugh (Liberal Democrats)
- David Sawyer (Liberal Democrats)
- Dean Crofts (Liberal Democrats)
- Henry Vann (Liberal Democrats)
- Hilde Hendrickx (Liberal Democrats)
- Jonathan Abbott (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)
From the minutes
nequitable and unfair to residents living in other areas of the Borough, may also leave the Council vulnerable to legal challenge. On the motion being put to the vote, votes were recorded as follows: For the Motion (27) Councillors Akhtar, Atiq, Coombes, Din, Frost, Gallagher, Gambold, Gribble, Layne, Martin-Moran-Bryant, Masud, Meader, Nawaz, Oliver, Rahman, Rigby, Simmons, Sira, Spice, Sultan, Thapar, Towler, Valentine, Walker, Weir, Wheeler and the Mayor Against the Motion (16) Councillors Abbott, Abood, Bywater, Caswell, Crofts, Edmonds, Foley, Headley, Hendrickx, McHugh, McMurdo, Rider, M Royden, Sawyer, Vann and White Abstentions (0) Accordingly, the Deputy Speaker declared the motion to be carried. RESOLVED: (1) That the expenses of maintaining cemeteries should not be treated as a Special Expense (Special Area Charge)
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.