Specialist Violence Against Women and Girls Services and Standing in Solidarity Against the Weaponisation of Male Violence Against Women and Girls
Full council, 14 October 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 12, Against 13, Abstained 18.
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 (12)
- Julie Young (Labour)
- Lee Scordis (Labour)
- Michael Lilley (Labour)
- Tim Young (Labour)
- Amy Kirkby-Taylor (Green)
- Kemal Cufoglu (Green)
- Mark Goacher (Green)
- Chris Pearson (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Lesley Scott-Boutell (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Sam McLean (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Mark Cory (Liberal Democrats)
- Natalie Sommers (Liberal Democrats)
Against (13)
- Carl Powling (Conservative)
- Darius Laws (Conservative)
- Dennis Willetts (Conservative)
- Kevin Bentley (Conservative)
- Martin Parsons (Conservative)
- Paul Dundas (Conservative)
- Robert Davidson (Conservative)
- Thomas Rowe (Conservative)
- Will Calverley (Conservative)
- William Sunnucks (Conservative)
- Daryl Swain (Reform UK)
- Mike Saunders (Reform UK)
- Sue Ettritch (Reform UK)
Abstained (18)
- Alison Jay (Liberal Democrats)
- Catherine Spindler (Liberal Democrats)
- David King (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Goss (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam McCarthy (Liberal Democrats)
- Sean Kelly (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Appleton (Liberal Democrats)
- Venessa Moffat (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Osborne (Labour)
- Dave Harris (Labour)
- Fay Smalls (Labour)
- Kayleigh Rippingale (Labour)
- Richard Bourne (Labour)
- Andrew Ellis (Conservative)
- David Linghorn-Baker (Conservative)
- Lewis Barber (Conservative)
- Sue Lissimore (Conservative)
- Martyn Warnes (Progressive Independents Alliance)
From the minutes
vote pursuant to the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 15(2) having been requested by Councillor Goacher, supported by Councillor Pearson and Councillor Kirkby-Taylor, the voting was as follows:- FOR: Councillors Cory, Cufoglu, Goacher, Kirkby-Taylor, Lilley, Mclean, Pearson, Scordis, Scott-Boutell, Sommers, J. Young and T. Young. AGAINST: Councillors Bentley, Calverley, Davidson, Dundas, Ettritch, Laws, Parsons, Powling, Rowe, Saunders, Sunnucks, Swain and Willetts. ABSTAINED: Councillors Appleton, Barber, Bourne, Goss, Harris, Jay, Kelly, King, Linghorn-Baker, Lissimore, McCarthy, Moffat, Osborne, Rippingale, Smalls, Spindler, Warnes 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.