Members' Motion: Declaring a Biodiversity Crisis
Full council, 14 May 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 22, Against 10, Abstained 9.
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 (22)
- Alison Wilson (Green)
- Christina Coleman (Green)
- Cornelie Usborne (Green)
- Graham Shaw (Green)
- Greg Collins (Green)
- Ian Tysh (Green)
- Jessika Hulbert (Green)
- Martyn Everitt (Green)
- Rachel Millward (Green)
- Sarah Glynn-Ives (Green)
- Alison Arthur (Liberal Democrats)
- Anne Blake-Coggins (Liberal Democrats)
- Gareth Owen-Williams (Liberal Democrats)
- Gavin Blake-Coggins (Liberal Democrats)
- Glynn White (Liberal Democrats)
- James Partridge (Liberal Democrats)
- Jane Clark (Liberal Democrats)
- Kelvin Williams (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Fairweather (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Holbrook (Liberal Democrats)
- Ben Cox (Labour)
- Daniel Manvell (Labour)
Against (10)
- Daniel Brookbank MBE (Independent)
- David White (Independent)
- Donna French (Independent)
- Kevin Benton (Independent)
- Oi Lin Shing (Independent)
- Stephen Shing (Independent)
- Ann Newton (Conservative)
- Geoffrey Draper (Conservative)
- Neil Cleaver (Conservative)
- Richard Grocock (Conservative)
Abstained (9)
- Chris Primett (Conservative)
- Daniel Upton (Conservative)
- Dr Brian Redman (Conservative)
- Johanna Howell (Conservative)
- Michael Lunn (Conservative)
- Andrew Wilson (Independent)
- Daniel Shing (Independent)
- Mike Gadd (Independent)
- Paterson-Vanegas (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
s moved and Councillor Everitt seconded a procedural motion for a recorded vote on the amendment which was carried. The Chair took a recorded vote on the amendment which was carried. Recorded vote: · For: Councillors Arthur, Anne Blake-Coggins, Gavin Blake-Coggins, Clark, Coleman, Collins, Cox, Everitt, Fairweather, Glynn-Ives, Holbrook, Hulbert, Manvell, Millward, Owen-Williams, Partridge, Shaw, Tysh, Usborne, Glynn White, Williams and Alison Wilson. (22) · Against: Councillors Benton, Brookbank, Cleaver, Draper, French, Grocock, Newton, Oi Lin Shing, Stephen Shing and David White. (10) · Abstain: Councillors Gadd, Howell, Lunn, Paterson-Vanegas, Primett, Redman, Daniel Shing, Upton and Andrew Wilson (9) The motion as amended became the substantive motion. Points raised in the debate included: · It was important to declare a biodiversity crisis bu
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