Housing Revenue Account Budget 2026-27 and Medium-Term Financial Plan
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the recommendations, carried.
For 48, Against 11, Abstained 9.
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 (48)
- Adrian Cartwright (Reform UK)
- Adrian Little (Reform UK)
- Alexander McMurtry (Reform UK)
- Andrew Last (Reform UK)
- Anthony Lock (Reform UK)
- Anthony Owens (Reform UK)
- Cameron Emery (Reform UK)
- Caroline Phillips (Reform UK)
- Charlie Hastie (Reform UK)
- Craig Morris (Reform UK)
- Daniel Rainbird (Reform UK)
- Debra King (Reform UK)
- Glenn Butcher (Reform UK)
- Hayley Adkins (Reform UK)
- Ivan Dabbs (Reform UK)
- James Petter (Reform UK)
- Jasmine Rainbird (Reform UK)
- John East (Reform UK)
- John Slope (Reform UK)
- Kamala Guliyeva (Reform UK)
- Laura Couse (Reform UK)
- Mark Arnull (Reform UK)
- Mark Deakes (Reform UK)
- Michael Stratton (Reform UK)
- Nicholas Humphries (Reform UK)
- Nigel Berrill (Reform UK)
- Nigel Stansfield (Reform UK)
- Peter York (Reform UK)
- Richard Butler (Reform UK)
- Richard Pipes (Reform UK)
- Ronald Firman (Reform UK)
- Scott Packer (Reform UK)
- Silas Hays (Reform UK)
- Thomas Manning (Reform UK)
- Trefor Hughes (Reform UK)
- Vincent Clive (Reform UK)
- Bob Purser (Labour)
- Enam Haque (Labour)
- Fartun Ismail (Labour)
- Keith Holland-Delamere (Labour)
- Muna Cali (Labour)
- Sally Keeble (Labour)
- Zoe Smith (Labour)
- Charles Morton (Conservative)
- Stephen Clarke (Conservative)
- Stephen Hibbert (Conservative)
- Gaskell (not matched to a member)
- Gaskell (not matched to a member)
Against (11)
- Andrew Kilbride (Conservative)
- Cecile Irving-Swift (Conservative)
- Charles Manners (Conservative)
- Daniel Lister (Conservative)
- David Smith (Conservative)
- Fiona Baker (Conservative)
- Fiona Cole (Conservative)
- Peter Matten (Conservative)
- Phil Bignell (Conservative)
- Rebecca Breese (Conservative)
- Rosie Herring (Conservative)
Abstained (9)
- Andrew Simpson (Liberal Democrats)
- Christine Ware (Liberal Democrats)
- David Tarbun (Liberal Democrats)
- Jonathan Harris (Liberal Democrats)
- Rosie Humphreys (Liberal Democrats)
- Stewart Tolley (Liberal Democrats)
- Ian McCord (Independent)
- Julie Davenport (Independent)
- Farzana Aldridge (Labour)
From the minutes
nd require careful management. • Some criticism was made regarding borrowing levels and past financial decisions, alongside concerns about service issues such as property maintenance standards. There voted for the recommendations: Councillors Adkins, Arnull, Berrill, Butcher, Butler, Cali, Cartwright, Clarke, Clive, Couse, Dabbs, Deakes, East, Emery, Firman, Gaskell, Gaskell, Guliyeva, Haque, Hastie, Hays, Hibbert, Holland-Delamere, Hughes, Humphries, Ismail, Keeble, King, Last, Little, Lock, Manning, McMurtry, Morris, Morton, Owens, Packer, Petter, Phillips, Pipes, Purser, D Rainbird, J Rainbird, Slope, Z Smith, Stansfield, Stratton, York. There voted against the recommendations: Councillors Baker, Bignell, Breese, Cole, Herring, Irving-Swift, Kilbride, Lister, Manners, Matten, D Smith. There abstained: Councillors Aldridge, Davenport, Harris, Humphreys, McCord, Simpson, Tarbun, Tolley, Ware. RESOLVED: Council approved: 1. The HRA revenue budget 2026-27 of £71.7m. 2. An average maximum rent increase of 4.8% (£5.51) in average rents from £
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