Councils · Brentwood Borough Council

Local Government Reorganisation - Proposals for Greater Essex

Full council, 15 September 2025: a named vote, carried.

For 25, Against 6, Abstained 4.

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 (25)

• Barry Aspinell (Liberal Democrats)
• Ben Rigby (Liberal Democrats)
• Darryl Sankey (Liberal Democrats)
• David Kendall (Liberal Democrats)
• David Worsfold (Liberal Democrats)
• Dominic Naylor (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)
• Sarah Cloke (Liberal Democrats)
• Steve Mayo (Liberal Democrats)
• Adam Chinnery (Conservative)
• Mellissa Slade (Conservative)
• Mrs Jan Pound (Conservative)
• Roger Hirst (Conservative)
• Fiona Marsh (Independent)
• Mrs Sheila Murphy (Independent)
• Elizabeth Jerrard (Labour)
• Gareth Barrett (Labour)
• Dr Barrett (not matched to a member)

Against (6)

• Chrissy Gelderbloem (Conservative)
• Keith Barber (Conservative)
• Keith Parker (Conservative)
• Soni Sunger (Conservative)
• Thomas Gordon (Conservative)
• Will Russell (Conservative)

Abstained (4)

• Cliff Poppy (Conservative)
• Jason Gibson (Conservative)
• Jay Patel (Conservative)
• Lesley Wagland (Conservative)

From the minutes

n which included loss of sovereignty, the will of residents and financial implications. Following further debate a recorded vote was requested by Cllrs Aspinell, Davies, G Barrett, Kendall and Rigby. FOR: Cllrs Laplain, N Cuthbert, Aspinell, G Barrett, Dr Barrett, Chinnery, Cloke, M Cuthbert, Davies, Fulcher, Haigh, Hirst, Jerrard, Kendall, Lewis, Marsh, Mayo, Murphy, Mynott, Naylor, Pound, Rigby, Sankey, Slade, Worsfold (25) AGAINST: Cllrs Barber, Gelderbloem, Gordon, Parker, Russell, Sunger (6) ABSTAIN: Cllrs Gibson, Patel, Poppy, Wagland (4) The Motion was APPROVED. The Mayor closed the meeting at 20.15.

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.