2026/27 Council Tax Calculations and Council Tax
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the recommendations, carried.
For 42, Against 5, Abstained 0.
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 (42)
- Adrian Cartwright (Reform UK)
- Adrian Little (Reform UK)
- Alexander McMurtry (Reform UK)
- Andrew Last (Reform UK)
- Anthony Lock (Reform UK)
- Cameron Emery (Reform UK)
- Caroline Phillips (Reform UK)
- Charlie Hastie (Reform UK)
- Craig Morris (Reform UK)
- David Gaskell (Reform UK)
- Glenn Butcher (Reform UK)
- Hayley Adkins (Reform UK)
- James Petter (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)
- Richard Butler (Reform UK)
- Richard Pipes (Reform UK)
- Ronald Firman (Reform UK)
- Scott Packer (Reform UK)
- Silas Hays (Reform UK)
- Susan Gaskell (Reform UK)
- Thomas Manning (Reform UK)
- Trefor Hughes (Reform UK)
- Vincent Clive (Reform UK)
- Bob Purser (Labour)
- Muna Cali (Labour)
- Sally Keeble (Labour)
- Zoe Smith (Labour)
- Andrew Kilbride (Conservative)
- Rupert Frost (Conservative)
- Stephen Hibbert (Conservative)
- Julie Davenport (Independent)
- Rainbird (not matched to a member)
- York There (not matched to a member)
Against (5)
- Peter Matten (Conservative)
- Phil Bignell (Conservative)
- Andrew Simpson (Liberal Democrats)
- David Tarbun (Liberal Democrats)
- Farzana Aldridge (Labour)
From the minutes
pe presented the report which detailed the calculations for the amounts of Council Tax for West Northamptonshire Council for the financial year 2026-2027. Councillor McCord seconded the report. There voted for the recommendations: Councillors Adkins, Arnull, Berrill, Butcher, Butler, Cali, Cartwright, Clive, Couse, Davenport, Deakes, East, Emery, Firman, Frost, D Gaskell, S Gaskell, Guliyeva, Hastie, Hays, Hibbert, Hughes, Humphries, Keeble, Kilbride, Last, Little, Lock, Manning, McMurtry, Morris, Packer, Petter, Phillips, Pipes, Purser, Rainbird, Slope, Z Smith, Stansfield, Stratton, York There voted against: Councillors Aldridge, Bignell, Matten, Simpson, Tarbun. RESOLVED: Council: a) Noted that the Cabinet agreed the Council Tax Base for 2026-2027 on 16 February 2026: i. For the whole Council area as 147,712
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.