Motions on Notice
Full council, 16 July 2026: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 21, Against 32, Abstained 4.
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 (21)
- David Brackenbury (Conservative)
- David Howes (Conservative)
- Helen Harrison (Conservative)
- Helen Howell (Conservative)
- Tom Partridge-Underwood (Conservative)
- Vicki Jessop (Conservative)
- Wendy Brackenbury (Conservative)
- Ben Jameson (Green)
- Ben Williams (Green)
- Dez Dell (Green)
- Emily Fedorowycz (Green)
- James Towns (Green)
- Polly Shackleton (Green)
- Steve Geary (Green)
- David Baker (Labour)
- Mark Pengelly (Labour)
- William Colquhoun (Labour)
- Jim Hakewill (Independent)
- Scott Brown (Independent)
- J Paul-Carr (not matched to a member)
- K Dudderidge (not matched to a member)
Against (32)
- Ash Hall (Reform UK)
- Barry O'Brien (Reform UK)
- Brendon Lovell-Moore (Reform UK)
- Brian Benneyworth (Reform UK)
- Chris McGiffen (Reform UK)
- Chris Munday (Reform UK)
- Darren Rance (Reform UK)
- David Donnelly (Reform UK)
- Denis McLean (Reform UK)
- Elizabeth Wright (Reform UK)
- Gavin Beales (Reform UK)
- Graham Cheatley (Reform UK)
- Gregory Wilcox (Reform UK)
- Jennie Bone (Reform UK)
- Jonathan Carvetta (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)
- Paul Brooke (Reform UK)
- Trevor Conway (Reform UK)
- Vinnie Whitrow (Reform UK)
- Vlaho Radin (Reform UK)
- Joseph Garner (Independent)
- C Kellet (not matched to a member)
- E MacDonald (not matched to a member)
- Jack Goncalvez (not matched to a member)
- M Davie (not matched to a member)
Abstained (4)
- Simon Fairhall (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Clark (Reform UK)
- J Lumsden (not matched to a member)
- J Lumsden (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
pendence Day.” Council debated the motion. Prior 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. FOR THE MOTION (21) Councillors D Baker, D Brackenbury, W Brackenbury, S Brown, W Colquhoun, D Dell, K Dudderidge, E Fedorowycz, S Geary, H Harrison, D Howes, H Howell, J Hakewill, B Jameson, V Jessop, M Pengelly, P Shackleton, B Williams, T Partridge-Underwood, J Paul-Carr, J Towns AGAINST THE MOTION (32) Councillors J Bone, G Beales, B Benneyworth, P Brooke, J Carvetta, G Cheatley, K Clarke, T Conway, M Davie, D Donnelly, L Duffy, J Garner, L Gibbs, J Goncalvez, M Griffiths, M Haddon, A Hall, K Harrington, K Harrison, J Howe, C Kellet, B Lovell-Moore, E MacDonald, C McGiffen, D Mclean, C Munday, B O'Brien, V Radin, D Rance, G Wilcox, V Whitrow, E Wright ABSTAINING (4) Councillors S Clark, S Fairhall, J Lumsden, J Lumsden RESOLVED:- That the motion be rejected. Note: At 8:30 pm, and after the motion had been rejected, Councillor Helen Harrison raised a Point of Order i
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.