NOTICE OF MOTION
Full council, 1 September 2026: a named vote.
For 18, Against 24, Abstained 8.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (18)
- Charlotte Ann Lowe (Conservative)
- David Norman Keane (Conservative)
- Douglas McIlwain (Conservative)
- Ian Derek Gardener (Conservative)
- Jon Neish (Conservative)
- Jonathan Alexander Gray (Conservative)
- Marge Lawrie Beuttell (Conservative)
- Paul James Hodgson-Jones (Conservative)
- Paul Simpson (Conservative)
- Richard Tomlinson (Conservative)
- Ross Martin (Conservative)
- Sarah Hodgson-Jones (Conservative)
- Simon Bywater (Conservative)
- Stephen Cawley (Conservative)
- Tim Alban (Conservative)
- Lara Davenport-Ray (Green)
- Stephen William Ferguson (Green)
- Alex Bulat (not matched to a member)
Against (24)
- Alan Hunt (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Wood (Liberal Democrats)
- Ann Blackwell (Liberal Democrats)
- Brett Alistair Mickelburgh (Liberal Democrats)
- Carole Innes (Liberal Democrats)
- Debbie Lydia Mickelburgh (Liberal Democrats)
- Geoff Seeff (Liberal Democrats)
- Jacqueline Hunt (Liberal Democrats)
- Joanna Elizabeth Harvey (Liberal Democrats)
- Liam Dewey-Beckett (Liberal Democrats)
- Louise Ascroft (Liberal Democrats)
- Michael John Burke (Liberal Democrats)
- Nathan James Hunt (Liberal Democrats)
- Nic Wells (Liberal Democrats)
- Nick Sarkies (Liberal Democrats)
- Sarah Joanne Conboy (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen Claffey (Liberal Democrats)
- Tom Sanderson (Liberal Democrats)
- Warren Smith (Liberal Democrats)
- Ian Pele Taylor (not matched to a member)
- Julie Elizabeth Kerr (not matched to a member)
- Martin Andrew Hassall (not matched to a member)
- Sam Smith (not matched to a member)
- Shariqa Mokbul (not matched to a member)
Abstained (8)
- David Henly (Reform UK)
- Howard Tobias (Reform UK)
- James Francis (Reform UK)
- Karan Maheshwari (Reform UK)
- Michael Simpson (Reform UK)
- Peter Gammons (Reform UK)
- Ricky Ioannides (Reform UK)
- Steve Lancaster (Reform UK)
From the minutes
He therefore urged members to support the motion. A Motion for a recorded vote having succeeded, following this debate the following Members voted for, against or abstained from a vote on the Motion. For (18) Councillors T Alban, M Beuttell, A Bulat, S Bywater, S Cawley, L Davenport-Ray, S Ferguson, I Gardener, J Gray, P Hodgson-Jones, S Hodgson-Jones, D Keane, C Lowe, R Martin, D McIlwain, J Neish, P Simpson and R Tomlinson. Against (24) Councillors L Ascroft, A Blackwell, M Burke, S Claffey, S Conboy, L Dewey-Beckett, J Harvey, M Hassall, A Hunt, J Hunt, N Hunt, C Innes, J Kerr, B Mickelburgh, D Mickelburgh, S Mokbul, T Sanderson, N Sarkies, G Seeff, S Smith, W Smith, I Taylor, N Wells and A Wood. Abstain (8) Councillors J Francis, P Gammons, D Henly, R Ioannides, S Lancaster, K Maheshwari, M Simpson and H Tobias. Having been put to the vote, the Motion was declared to be DEFEATED. The meeting ended at 8.57pm.
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.