English Devolution White Paper
Full council, 9 January 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 32, Against 12, Abstained 1.
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 (32)
- Bethany Collins (Independent)
- Charlotte Fitzgerald (Independent)
- Christopher Burhop (Independent)
- Daniel Wilson (Independent)
- Del Haggerty (Independent)
- Joe Whibley (Independent)
- John Heath (Independent)
- John Loudoun (Independent)
- Kevin Blakey (Independent)
- Kim Bloxham (Independent)
- Paul Hayward (Independent)
- Sam Hawkins (Independent)
- Sarah Jackson (Independent)
- Tony McCollum (Independent)
- Vicky Johns (Independent)
- Andrew Toye (Liberal Democrats)
- Anne Hall (Liberal Democrats)
- Duncan Mackinder (Liberal Democrats)
- Eileen Wragg (Liberal Democrats)
- Eleanor Rylance (Liberal Democrats)
- Geoff Jung (Liberal Democrats)
- Marianne Rixson (Liberal Democrats)
- Matt Hall (Liberal Democrats)
- Nick Hookway (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Arnott (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Jefferies (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Gazzard (Liberal Democrats)
- Tim Dumper (Liberal Democrats)
- Todd Olive (Liberal Democrats)
- Olly Davey (Green)
- Paula Fernley (Green)
- Roy Collins (not matched to a member)
Against (12)
- Aurora Bailey (Conservative)
- Ben Ingham (Conservative)
- Brian Bailey (Conservative)
- Cherry Nicholas (Conservative)
- Colin Brown (Conservative)
- Helen Parr (Conservative)
- Henry Riddell (Conservative)
- Jenny Brown (Conservative)
- Maddy Chapman (Conservative)
- Mike Goodman (Conservative)
- Stuart Hughes (Conservative)
- Peter Faithfull (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Marcus Hartnell (Conservative)
From the minutes
elop considered and coherent proposals around changes to the current model of 10 councils in Devon to a smaller number of suitably sized unitaries rather than defaulting to a single unitary approach. For: Councillors Paul Arnott, Kevin Blakey, Kim Bloxham, Chris Burhop, Bethany Collins, Roy Collins, Olly Davey, Tim Dumper, Paula Fernley, Charlotte Fitzgerald, Steve Gazzard, Del Haggerty, Anne Hall, Matt Hall, Sam Hawkins, Paul Hayward, John Heath, Nick Hookway, Sarah Jackson, Richard Jefferies, Vicky Johns, Geoff Jung, John Loudoun, Duncan Mackinder, Tony McCollum, Todd Olive, Marianne Rixson, Eleanor Rylance, Andrew Toye, Joe Whibley, Daniel Wilson and Eileen Wragg. Against: Councillors Aurora Bailey, Brian Bailey, Colin Brown, Jenny Brown, Maddy Chapman, Peter Faithfull, Mike Goodman, Stuart Hughes, Ben Ingham, Cherry Nicholas, Helen Parr and Henry Riddell. Abstained: Councillor Marcus Hartnell. For: 32, against 12 and 1 abstention. A vote by way of a show of hands was taken on recommendations 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and these were carried by a major
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.