RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNCTIONS AND REVISIONS TO THE COUNCIL'S CONSTITUTION
Full council, 21 May 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 4, Against 22, Abstained 3.
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 (4)
- John Bointon (Conservative)
- Gareth Gee (DF)
- Steve Wain (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter O'Brien (not matched to a member)
Against (22)
- David Burton (Liberal Democrats)
- David Hughes (Liberal Democrats)
- Joanne Linthwaite (Liberal Democrats)
- Marilyn Franks (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Burfoot (Liberal Democrats)
- Nick Wilton (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Dobbs (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Archer (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Flitter (Liberal Democrats)
- Sue Burfoot (Liberal Democrats)
- Anthony Bates (Conservative)
- David Chapman (Conservative)
- Dermot Murphy (Conservative)
- Geoff Bond (Conservative)
- Helen Froggatt (Conservative)
- Stuart Lees (Conservative)
- Sue Bull (Conservative)
- Andy Nash (Labour)
- Bob Butcher (Labour)
- Lucy Peacock (Labour)
- Peter Slack (Labour)
- Nick Whitehead (Green)
Abstained (3)
- Neil Buttle (Green)
- Simon Ripton (Labour)
- Roger Shelley (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
uestions and before the reports, moving members' notices of motion from paragraph N to paragraph K. Councillor Flitter proposed a Recorded Vote, which Councillor Butcher seconded. Voting on amendment For: 4 Councillors: John Bointon, Gareth Gee, Peter O'Brien, Steve Wain. Against: 22 Councillors: Robert Archer, Anthony Bates, Geoff Bond, Sue Bull, Martin Burfoot, Sue Burfoot, David Burton, Bob Butcher, David Chapman, Peter Dobbs, Steve Flitter, Marilyn Franks, Helen Froggatt, David Hughes, Stuart Lees, Jo Linthwaite, Dermot Murphy, Andy Nash, Lucy Peacock, Peter Slack, Nick Whitehead, Nick Wilton. Abstained: 3 Councillors: Neil Buttle, Simon Ripton and Roger Shelley. The Chair declared the amendment LOST. The Council considered the report without the amendment. It was moved by Councillor Peter Dobbs, Seconded by
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.