Response to the Secretary of State's letter regarding Local Elections in 2026
Full council, 13 January 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 21, Against 9, Abstained 7.
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 (21)
- Deborah Darling (Labour)
- Duncan Wood (Labour)
- Jakir Hussain (Labour)
- James Cookson (Labour)
- Jane Begley (Labour)
- Josie Parkhouse (Labour)
- Laura Wright (Labour)
- Liz Pole (Labour)
- Marina Asvachin (Labour)
- Martyn Snow (Labour)
- Matthew Vizard (Labour)
- Matthew Williams (Labour)
- Mollie Miller-Boam (Labour)
- Paul Knott (Labour)
- Philip Bialyk (Labour)
- Rob Harding (Labour)
- Ruth Williams (Labour)
- Susannah Patrick (Labour)
- The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor Councillor Gemma Rolstone (Labour)
- Tony Wardle (Labour)
- Yvonne Atkinson (Labour)
Against (9)
- Adrian Fullam (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin Mitchell (Liberal Democrats)
- Michael Mitchell (Liberal Democrats)
- Tammy Palmer (Liberal Democrats)
- Diana Moore (Green)
- Lynn Wetenhall (Green)
- Tess Read (Green)
- Alison Sheridan (Reform UK)
- Tony Payne (Reform UK)
Abstained (7)
- Andy Ketchin (Green)
- Carol Bennett (Green)
- Catherine Rees (Green)
- James Banyard (Green)
- Lucy Haigh (Independent)
- Zoë Hughes (Independent)
- Peter Holland (Conservative)
From the minutes
arks were made clear in the letter to the minister; and there would be a governance review within this period. Councillor Hughes called for a roll call vote, and a named vote was recorded as follows: Voting For: Councillors Asvachin, Atkinson, Begley, Bialyk, Cookson, Darling, Harding, Hussain, Knott, Miller-Boam, Parkhouse, Patrick, Pole, Rolstone, Snow, Vizard, Wardle, Williams M, Williams R, Wood, and Wright. (21 Members). Voting Against: Councillors Fullam, Mitchell K, Mitchell M, Moore, Palmer, Payne, Read, Sheridan, and Wetenhall. (9 Members). Abstentions: Councillors Banyard, Bennett, Haigh, Holland, Hughes, Ketchin, Rees, and the Lord Mayor. (8 Members). Absent: Councillor Foale. (1 Member). Following a vote the recommendations were CARRIED.
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.