Minutes
Full council, 21 September 2026: a named vote on the amendment.
For 15, Against 28, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Conservative. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (15)
- Jonathan Ayten (Labour)
- Lynn Jefferis (Labour)
- Malcolm Fincken (Labour)
- Martin Green (Labour)
- Moia Thorogood (Labour)
- Paul Heath (Labour)
- Thomas Diamond (Labour)
- Bob Wright (Green)
- Camilla Finch (Green)
- James Abbott (Green)
- James Bond (Independent)
- Mark Ault (Independent)
- Michael Staines (Independent)
- Dennis Abram (Conservative)
- Nathan Robins (Reform UK)
Against (28)
- Ann Hooks (Conservative)
- Charley Dervish (Conservative)
- David Holland (Conservative)
- Diana Garrod (Conservative)
- Ethan Williams (Conservative)
- Frankie Ricci (Conservative)
- Gabrielle Spray (Conservative)
- George Prime (Conservative)
- Graham Butland (Conservative)
- Iona Parker (Conservative)
- Jack Edwards (Conservative)
- James Coleridge (Conservative)
- Joanne Beavis (Conservative)
- John Baugh (Conservative)
- Jon Hayes (Conservative)
- Justin Wrench (Conservative)
- Kevin Bowers (Conservative)
- Lyn Walters (Conservative)
- Lynette Bowers-Flint (Conservative)
- Mary Cunningham (Conservative)
- Peter Schwier (Conservative)
- Richard van Dulken (Conservative)
- Ron Ramage (Conservative)
- Toby Williams (Conservative)
- Tom Cunningham (Conservative)
- Wendy Taylor (Conservative)
- Jackie Pell (Halstead Residents' Association)
- Jackie Martin (Labour)
From the minutes
development commences.” Therein followed a general debate on the Amendment. Once the debate had concluded, a single recorded vote was taken on the Amendment. The results of the vote were as follows: For the Amendment: Councillors: Abbott, Abram, Ault, Ayten, Bond, Diamond, Finch, Fincken, Green, Heath, Jefferis, Robins, Staines, M Thorogood, Wright (15). Against the Amendment: Councillors: Baugh, Beavis, Bowers, Bowers-Flint, Butland, Coleridge, M Cunningham, T Cunningham, Dervish, Edwards, Garrod, Hayes, Holland, Hooks, Martin, Parker, Pell, Prime, Ramage, Ricci, Schwier, Spray, W Taylor, van Dulken, Walters, E Williams, T Williams, Wrench (28). Upon being put to the vote, the Amendment was declared LOST. A webcast of the full debate on the Amendment may be viewed here: https://www.youtube.c
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.