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Full council, 22 July 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 8, Against 13, Abstained 11.
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 (8)
- Mark Cory (Liberal Democrats)
- Natalie Sommers (Liberal Democrats)
- Venessa Moffat (Liberal Democrats)
- Lesley Scott-Boutell (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Martyn Warnes (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Sam McLean (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Amy Kirkby-Taylor (Green)
- Mark Goacher (Green)
Against (13)
- Carl Powling (Conservative)
- Kevin Bentley (Conservative)
- Martin Parsons (Conservative)
- Paul Dundas (Conservative)
- Rhys Smithson (Conservative)
- Sara Naylor (Conservative)
- Sue Lissimore (Conservative)
- Thomas Rowe (Conservative)
- Andrew Harding (Reform UK)
- Daryl Swain (Reform UK)
- James Child (Reform UK)
- Mike Saunders (Reform UK)
- Sue Ettritch (Reform UK)
Abstained (11)
- Dave Harris (Labour)
- Fay Smalls (Labour)
- Julie Young (Labour)
- Lee Scordis (Labour)
- Tim Young (Labour)
- Alison Jay (Liberal Democrats)
- David King (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Smith (Liberal Democrats)
- Sean Kelly (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Ellis (Conservative)
- Robert Davidson (Conservative)
From the minutes
). A named vote pursuant to the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 15(2) having been requested by Councillor Goacher, supported by Councillor Cory and Councillor McLean, the voting was as follows:- FOR: Councillors Cory, Goacher, Kirkby-Taylor, McLean, Moffat, Scott-Boutell, Sommers and Warnes. AGAINST: Councillors Bentley, Child, Dundas, Ettritch, Harding, Lissimore, Naylor, Parsons, Powling, Rowe, Saunders, Smithson and Swain. ABSTAINED: Councillors Davidson, Harris, Jay, Kelly, King, Scordis, Smalls, J. Young, T. Young, the Deputy Mayor (Smith) and the Mayor (Ellis).
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.