Committee Membership and Appointment of Chairs/Vice Chairs of Committees
Full council, 21 May 2026: a named vote.
For 53, Against 0, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Reform UK. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (53)
- Andy Sims (Reform UK)
- Barry O'Brien (Reform UK)
- Brendon Lovell-Moore (Reform UK)
- Brian Benneyworth (Reform UK)
- Chris Kellett (Reform UK)
- Chris McGiffen (Reform UK)
- Chris Munday (Reform UK)
- Darren Rance (Reform UK)
- David Donnelly (Reform UK)
- Denis McLean (Reform UK)
- Eddie McDonald (Reform UK)
- Elizabeth Wright (Reform UK)
- Frank Kilgallon (Reform UK)
- Gavin Beales (Reform UK)
- Gordon Dunsmuir (Reform UK)
- Graham Cheatley (Reform UK)
- Gregory Wilcox (Reform UK)
- Helen Campbell (Reform UK)
- Jan O'Hara (Reform UK)
- Jennie Bone (Reform UK)
- Julie Howe (Reform UK)
- Keith Clarke (Reform UK)
- Ken Harrington (Reform UK)
- Kirk Harrison (Reform UK)
- Lee Duffy (Reform UK)
- Leon Gibbs (Reform UK)
- Mark Haddon (Reform UK)
- Martin Griffiths (Reform UK)
- Matt Davies (Reform UK)
- Maurice Eglin (Reform UK)
- Paul Brooke (Reform UK)
- Steve Clark (Reform UK)
- Trevor Conway (Reform UK)
- Vinnie Whitrow (Reform UK)
- Vlaho Radin (Reform UK)
- Ben Jameson (Green)
- Ben Williams (Green)
- Dez Dell (Green)
- Emily Fedorowycz (Green)
- James Towns (Green)
- Liane Robinson (Green)
- Polly Shackleton (Green)
- Bill McElhinney (Independent)
- Jim Hakewill (Independent)
- Jim Hakewill (Independent)
- Joseph Garner (Independent)
- Scott Brown (Independent)
- David Baker (Labour)
- Kelly Duddridge (Labour)
- Simon Fairhall (Liberal Democrats)
- J Di Cosimo-Carvetta (not matched to a member)
- J Lumsden (not matched to a member)
- Jack Goncalvez (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Steve Geary (Green)
From the minutes
to the vote commencing, a sufficient number of councillors rose in accordance with meeting procedure rule 21.3 to require a recorded vote to be taken. The motion was voted on and recorded as follows: In favour of Cllr Hakewill (53 votes) Councillors M Davies, L Duffy, P Shackleton, P Brooke, M Eglin, C McGiffen, D Baker, D Rance, C Munday, B Lovell-Moore, B O'Brien, C Kellett, B Williams, B Jameson, B Benneyworth, D Mclean, E Fedorowycz, B McElhinney, J O'Hara, K Harrington, S Brown, V Radin, J Hakewill, K Harrison, D Dell, S Fairhall, L Robinson, L Gibbs, K Duddridge, J Garner, J Di Cosimo-Carvetta, V Whitrow, J Lumsden, J Towns, J Goncalvez, H Campbell, G Wilcox, F Kilgallon, E Wright, E McDonald, D Donnelly, G Beales, T Conway, S Clark, J Howe, K Clarke, A Sims, G Dunsmuir, M Haddon, J Bone, G Cheatley, M Griffiths. Abstentions (1 vote) Councillor S Geary. In favour of Cllr W Brackenbury (9 votes) Councillors W Brackenbury, D Brackenbury, H Harrison, H Howell, D Howes, T Partridge-Underwood, J Paul-Carr,
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.