Level of Council Tax 2026/27
Full council, 2 March 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 27, Against 3, Abstained 11.
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 (27)
- Carol Lacey (Labour)
- Caroline Smith (Labour)
- Christine Gare (Labour)
- Christine Smith (Labour)
- Daniel Higgon (Labour)
- David Cheetham (Labour)
- Derrick Skinner (Labour)
- Fran Petersen (Labour)
- Graham Baxter MBE (Labour)
- Jayne Barry (Labour)
- Joseph Birkin (Labour)
- Kathy Clegg (Labour)
- Kathy Rouse (Labour)
- Kevin Gillott (Labour)
- Lee Hartshorne (Labour)
- Lee Stone (Labour)
- Michael Durrant (Labour)
- Mick Smith (Labour)
- Nigel Barker (Labour)
- Pat Kerry (Labour)
- Richard Beech (Labour)
- Stephen Pickering (Labour)
- Suzy Cornwell (Labour)
- Tony Lacey (Labour)
- David Hancock (NED IND)
- Pam Windley (NED IND)
- Andrew Cooper (Independent)
Against (3)
- Jessica Stokes (NED IND)
- Michael Roe (NED IND)
- Ross Shipman (NED IND)
Abstained (11)
- Alex Dale (Conservative)
- Carolyn Renwick (Conservative)
- Charlotte Cupit (Conservative)
- Neil Baker (Conservative)
- Pam Jones (Conservative)
- Richard Welton (Conservative)
- Stephen Clough (Conservative)
- William Jones (Conservative)
- Frank Adlington-Stringer (Green)
- Heather Liggett (NED IND)
- Stephen Reed (Reform UK)
From the minutes
and the relevant precept demands had all now been received. Councillor P Kerry and Councillor N Barker moved and seconded the recommendations in the report. The Motion was put to the vote and agreed. For: 27 Councillors N Barker, J Barry, G Baxter, R Beech, J Birkin, D Cheetham, K Clegg, A Cooper, S Cornwell, M Durrant, C Gare, K Gillott, D Hancock, L Hartshorne, D Higgon, P Kerry, C Lacey, T Lacey, F Petersen, S Pickering, K Rouse, D Skinner, Caroline Smith, Christine Smith, M Smith, L Stone, P Windley Against: 3 Councillors M Roe, R Shipman, J Stokes Abstain: 11 Councillors F Adlington-Stringer, N Baker, S Clough, C Cupit, A Dale, P Jones, W Jones, H Liggett, S Reed, C Renwick, R Welton RESOLVED – That Council:- (1) Formally approves the Council Tax for the Financial Year 2026/27 as set out in the report. (2) Delegates authority to t
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