Members' Motion: Declaring a Biodiversity Crisis
Full council, 14 May 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 27, Against 4, Abstained 10.
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 (27)
- 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)
- Geoffrey Draper (Conservative)
- Richard Grocock (Conservative)
- Daniel Brookbank MBE (Independent)
- Mike Gadd (Independent)
- Ben Cox (Labour)
- Daniel Manvell (Labour)
- Paterson-Vanegas (not matched to a member)
Against (4)
- Kevin Benton (Independent)
- Oi Lin Shing (Independent)
- Stephen Shing (Independent)
- Neil Cleaver (Conservative)
Abstained (10)
- Ann Newton (Conservative)
- Chris Primett (Conservative)
- Daniel Upton (Conservative)
- Dr Brian Redman (Conservative)
- Johanna Howell (Conservative)
- Michael Lunn (Conservative)
- Andrew Wilson (Independent)
- Daniel Shing (Independent)
- David White (Independent)
- Donna French (Independent)
From the minutes
oved and Councillor Tysh seconded a procedural motion for a recorded vote on the substantive motion which was carried. The Chair took a recorded vote on the motion which was carried. Recorded vote: · For: Councillors Arthur, Anne Blake-Coggins, Gavin Blake-Coggins, Brookbank, Clark, Coleman, Collins, Cox, Draper, Everitt, Fairweather, Gadd, Glynn-Ives, Grocock, Holbrook, Hulbert, Manvell, Millward, Owen-Williams, Partridge, Paterson-Vanegas, Shaw, Tysh, Usborne, Glynn White, Williams and Alison Wilson. (27) · Against: Councillors Benton, Cleaver, Oi Lin Shing and Stephen Shing. (4) · Abstain: Councillors French, Howell, Lunn, Newton, Primett, Redman, Daniel Shing, Upton, David White and Andrew Wilson. (10) RESOLVED – 1. This Council declares a Biodiversity Crisis; 2. The Council will: a. Support Nature-First Policies: Continue to ensure the polici
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