Petition - The citizens of Carlisle and Cumberland object the City and Council of Sanctuary status
Full council, 3 March 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 7, Against 30, 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 (7)
- Andy Pratt (Conservative)
- David Moore (Conservative)
- Gareth Ellis (Conservative)
- Mike Johnson (Conservative)
- Mike Mitchelson (Conservative)
- Tony Markley (Conservative)
- Trevor Allison (Conservative)
Against (30)
- 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)
- Joseph Ghayouba (Labour)
- Justin McDermott (Labour)
- Lisa Hinton (Labour)
- Lucy Patrick (Labour)
- Mark Fryer (Labour)
- Martin Harris (Labour)
- Michael Eldon (Labour)
- Sally Lansbury (Labour)
- Sam Pollen (Labour)
- Dr Helen Davison (Green)
- Helen Tucker (Green)
- Jill Perry (Green)
- Chris Wills (Liberal Democrats)
- Roger Dobson (Liberal Democrats)
- Tim Pickstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Linda Jones-Bulman (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, Markley, Mitchelson, Moore and Pratt Against: Councillors Cannon, Davison, Dobson, Eldon, Forster, Fryer, Ghayouba, Glendinning, Harris, Hinton, Jones-Bulman, Kelly, Lansbury, Lynch, McCarron-Holmes, McDermott, Minshaw, Patrick, Pegram, Perry, Pickstone, Pollen, Quilter, Rollo, Semple, Southward, Troughton, Tucker, Williamson and Wills Abstain: Nil Councillor Betton was out of the meeting at the time of the vote. The amended motion proposed by Councillor Ellis FELL. Debate returned to the substantive motion. The Deputy Lead
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.