Report of meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote on the amendment, lost.
For 6, Against 27, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Liberal Democrats. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (6)
- John Patrinos (Independent)
- Matthew Bushell (Independent)
- Peter Jones (Independent)
- Robin Milton (Independent)
- Simon Maddocks (Independent)
- Paul Crabb (Conservative)
Against (27)
- Becky Coombs (Liberal Democrats)
- Caroline Leaver (Liberal Democrats)
- Christopher Norman (Liberal Democrats)
- David Clayton (Liberal Democrats)
- David Worden (Liberal Democrats)
- Frank Biederman (Liberal Democrats)
- Helen Walker (Liberal Democrats)
- Jo Orange (Liberal Democrats)
- Josh Rutty (Liberal Democrats)
- Joy Cann (Liberal Democrats)
- Julie Hunt (Liberal Democrats)
- June Williams (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin Davies (Liberal Democrats)
- Liz Spear (Liberal Democrats)
- Loki Dawson (Liberal Democrats)
- Malcolm Wilkinson (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Bishop (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Leaver (Liberal Democrats)
- Syed Jusef (Liberal Democrats)
- Will Topps (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Turton (Conservative)
- Glyn Lane (Conservative)
- Jonathan Quinn (Conservative)
- Mark Haworth-Booth (Green)
- Ricky Knight (Green)
- Sara Wilson (Green)
- Graham Bell (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
al Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations (as amended) and the Constitution, Council was required to take a recorded vote when setting its budget and Council Tax. Voting on the amendment Voting for the amendment: Councillors Bushell, Crabb, Jones, Maddocks, Milton and Patrinos. Voting against the amendment: Councillors Bell, Biederman, Bishop, Cann, Clayton, Coombs, Dawson, Davies, Haworth-Booth, Hunt, Jusef, R. Knight, Lane, C. Leaver, P. Leaver, Norman, Orange, Quinn, Rutty, Spear, Topps, Turton, Walker, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson and Worden. Abstained from voting on the amendment: Totals: 6 For, 27 Against and 0 Abstained. The amendment was therefore lost. Voting on the motion
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.