Motions
Full council, 13 January 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 10, Against 34, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (10)
- Andy Pratt (Conservative)
- David Moore (Conservative)
- Gareth Ellis (Conservative)
- John Mallinson (Conservative)
- Mike Johnson (Conservative)
- Mike Mitchelson (Conservative)
- Tony Markley (Conservative)
- Trevor Allison (Conservative)
- Kevin Thurlow (Independent)
- Stephen Stoddart (Independent)
Against (34)
- Abdul Harid (Labour)
- Andrew Semple (Labour)
- Anne Glendinning (Labour)
- Anne Quilter (Labour)
- Barbara Cannon (Labour)
- Bill Pegram (Labour)
- Bob Kelly (Labour)
- Carni McCarron-Holmes (Labour)
- Christopher Southward (Labour)
- Denise Rollo (Labour)
- Elaine Lynch (Labour)
- Emma Williamson (Labour)
- Gillian Troughton (Labour)
- Graham Minshaw (Labour)
- Jeanette Forster (Labour)
- Jimmy Grisdale (Labour)
- Joseph Ghayouba (Labour)
- Justin McDermott (Labour)
- Lisa Hinton (Labour)
- Lucy Patrick (Labour)
- Mark Fryer (Labour)
- Martin Harris (Labour)
- Michael Eldon (Labour)
- Miss Jeanette Whalen (Labour)
- Sally Lansbury (Labour)
- Sam Pollen (Labour)
- Brian Wernham (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Wills (Liberal Democrats)
- Roger Dobson (Liberal Democrats)
- Tim Pickstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Dr Helen Davison (Green)
- Helen Tucker (Green)
- Jill Perry (Green)
- Mike Hawkins (Independent)
From the minutes
those members who were in support of the request to vote by show of hand. The request for a recorded vote was agreed. A recorded vote was taken: Voting for the proposed motion from Councillor Ellis: For: Councillors Allison, Ellis, Johnson, Mallinson, Markley, Mitchelson, Moore, Pratt, Stoddart and Thurlow Against: Councillors Cannon, Davison, Dobson, Eldon, Forster, Fryer, Ghayouba, Glendinning, Grisdale, Harid, Harris, Hawkins, Hinton, Kelly, Lansbury, Lynch, McCarron-Holmes, McDermott, Minshaw, Patrick, Pegram, Perry, Pickstone, Pollen, Quilter, Rollo, Semple, Southward, Troughton, Tucker, Wernham, Whalen, Williamson and Wills Abstain: Nil The motion from Councillor Ellis FELL. The Chair adjourned the meeting at 3:02pm for a comfort break The Chair reconvened the meeting at 3:15pm 2. Co
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