Democratic Local Elections - May 2026
Full council, 4 December 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 40, Against 0, Abstained 2.
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 (40)
- Carl Powling (Conservative)
- Darius Laws (Conservative)
- Dennis Willetts (Conservative)
- Jackie Maclean (Conservative)
- Jeremy Hagon (Conservative)
- Leigh Tate (Conservative)
- Lewis Barber (Conservative)
- Martin Parsons (Conservative)
- Paul Dundas (Conservative)
- Rhys Smithson (Conservative)
- Robert Davidson (Conservative)
- Sara Naylor (Conservative)
- Sue Lissimore (Conservative)
- Will Calverley (Conservative)
- William Sunnucks (Conservative)
- Andrea Luxford Vaughan (Liberal Democrats)
- Catherine Spindler (Liberal Democrats)
- David King (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Cory (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Goss (Liberal Democrats)
- Michael Spindler (Liberal Democrats)
- Natalie Sommers (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Smith (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam McCarthy (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Appleton (Liberal Democrats)
- Venessa Moffat (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Pearson (Labour)
- Claire Osborne (Labour)
- Dave Harris (Labour)
- Elizabeth Alake-Akinyemi (Labour)
- Julie Young (Labour)
- Kayleigh Rippingale (Labour)
- Lee Scordis (Labour)
- Martyn Warnes (Labour)
- Richard Bourne (Labour)
- Tim Young (Labour)
- Amy Kirkby-Taylor (Green)
- Mark Goacher (Green)
- Lesley Scott-Boutell (Independent)
- Çufoglu (not matched to a member)
Abstained (2)
- Andrew Ellis (Conservative)
- Michael Lilley (Labour)
From the minutes
ED from voting). A named vote was requested pursuant to the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 15(2) by Councillor Laws, supported by Councillors Lissimore and Willetts. The voting was as follows:- FOR: Councillors Alake-Akinyemi, Appleton, Barber, Bourne, Calverley, Cory, Çufoglu, Davidson, Dundas, Goacher, Goss, Hagon, Harris, King, Kirkby-Taylor, Laws, Lissimore, Luxford Vaughan, Maclean, McCarthy, Moffat, Naylor, Osborne, Parsons, Pearson, Powling, Rippingale, Scordis, Scott-Boutell, Smith, Smithson, Sommers, C. Spindler, M. Spindler, Sunnucks, Tate, Warnes, Willetts, J. Young and T. Young. AGAINST: None ABSTAINED FROM VOTING: The Deputy Mayor (Ellis), the Mayor (Lilley).
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.