Council Budget and Setting of the Council Tax for 2026/27
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 16, Against 7, 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 (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)
Against (7)
- Colin Belsey (Conservative)
- David Small (Conservative)
- Jane Lamb (Conservative)
- Nick Ansell (Conservative)
- Nigel Goodyear (Conservative)
- Penny di Cara (Conservative)
- Robert Smart (Conservative)
From the minutes
a recorded vote as follows and carried: For (16): Councillors Ballard, Bannister, Bishop, Butcher, Collins, Dehdashty, Diplock, Ewbank, Holt, Nevil, Murray, Parker, Rodohan, Sayers-Cooper, Shuttleworth and Swansborough. Against (7):Councillors Ansell, Belsey, di Cara, Goodyear, Lamb, Small and Smart. Abstentions: none The proposal in relation to Licensing Fees was put to a recorded vote as follows and carried: For (19): Councillors Ballard, Bannister, Belsey, Bishop, Butcher, Collins, Dehdashty, Diplock, Ewbank, Holt,
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.