Expression of Interest to the New Towns Taskforce
Full council, 23 July 2025: a named vote, lost.
For 18, Against 16, Abstained 0.
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 (18)
- Barry Aspinell (Liberal Democrats)
- Ben Rigby (Liberal Democrats)
- Darryl Sankey (Liberal Democrats)
- David Kendall (Liberal Democrats)
- David Worsfold (Liberal Democrats)
- Hugh Gorton (Liberal Democrats)
- Jay Laplain (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Haigh (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Lewis (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Cuthbert (Liberal Democrats)
- Mrs Alison Fulcher (Liberal Democrats)
- Mrs Vicky Davies (Liberal Democrats)
- Nicky Cuthbert (Liberal Democrats)
- Philip Mynott (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Mayo (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Jerrard (Labour)
- Gareth Barrett (Labour)
- Dr Barrett (not matched to a member)
Against (16)
- Adam Chinnery (Conservative)
- Adrian Baldock (Conservative)
- Chrissy Gelderbloem (Conservative)
- Cliff Poppy (Conservative)
- Jason Gibson (Conservative)
- Jay Patel (Conservative)
- Keith Barber (Conservative)
- Keith Parker (Conservative)
- Mrs Jan Pound (Conservative)
- Roger Hirst (Conservative)
- Roger McCheyne (Conservative)
- Soni Sunger (Conservative)
- Thomas Gordon (Conservative)
- Will Russell (Conservative)
- Fiona Marsh (Independent)
- Mrs Sheila Murphy (Independent)
From the minutes
The AMENDMENT was LOST. Following a debate on the substantive recommendations, a recorded vote was requested by Cllr Barber in agreements with Cllrs Hirst, Poppy, Chinnery, Gelderbloem and Sunger. FOR: Cllrs: Laplain, N Cuthbert, Aspinell, G Barrett, Dr Barrett, M Cuthbert, Davies, Fulcher, Gorton, Haigh, Jerrard, Kendall, Lewis, Mayo, Mynott, Rigby, Sankey and Worsfold (18) AGAINST: Cllrs: Baldock, Barber, Chinnery, Gelderbloem, Gibson, Gordon, Hirst, Marsh, McCheyne, Murphy, Parker, Patel, Poppy, Pound, Russell and Sunger (16) The recommendations were RESOLVED: R1. That the Council notes the joint Expression of Interest which was submitted as part of the new towns taskforce
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.