Councils · Eastbourne Borough Council

Council Budget and Setting of the Council Tax for 2026/27

Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, carried.

For 7, Against 16, 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 (7)

• Colin Belsey (Conservative)
• David Small (Conservative)
• Jane Lamb (Conservative)
• Nick Ansell (Conservative)
• Nigel Goodyear (Conservative)
• Penny di Cara (Conservative)
• Robert Smart (Conservative)

Against (16)

• Alan Shuttleworth (Liberal Democrats)
• Ali Dehdashty (Liberal Democrats)
• Andy Collins (Liberal Democrats)
• Christina Ewbank (Liberal Democrats)
• Colin Swansborough (Liberal Democrats)
• Daniel Butcher (Liberal Democrats)
• Hugh Parker (Liberal Democrats)
• Jim Murray (Liberal Democrats)
• Kara Bishop (Liberal Democrats)
• Kathy Ballard (Liberal Democrats)
• Margaret Bannister (Liberal Democrats)
• Pat Rodohan (Liberal Democrats)
• Peter Diplock (Liberal Democrats)
• Stephen Holt (Liberal Democrats)
• Teri Sayers-Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
• Nevil (not matched to a member)

From the minutes

debated the proposals and the amendment together. In accordance with legislation, the amendment proposed by Councillor Small (excluding Licensing Fees) was put to a recorded vote and lost as follows: For (7):Councillors Ansell, Belsey, di Cara, Goodyear, Lamb, Small and Smart. Against (16):Councillors Ballard, Bannister, Bishop, Butcher, Collins, Dehdashty, Diplock, Ewbank, Holt, Nevil, Murray, Parker, Rodohan, Sayers-Cooper, Shuttleworth and Swansborough. Abstentions: none The budget as proposed by Councillor Butcher and set out in the agenda papers (excluding Licensing Fees) was put to a recorded vote as follows and 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.