Budget Setting 2026/27 & the Medium Term Financial Plan 2026/27 - 2028/29
Full council, 19 February 2026: a named vote on the amendment, carried.
For 11, Against 31, Abstained 5.
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 (11)
- Clive Amos (Liberal Democrats)
- Edward Barnard (Liberal Democrats)
- Mandy George (Liberal Democrats)
- Razia Sharif (Liberal Democrats)
- Tippy Cornish (Liberal Democrats)
- Maria Markham (Independent)
- Stephen Murray (Independent)
- Tom Bromwich (EFIG)
- Jaymey McIvor (Reform UK)
- J H Whitehouse (not matched to a member)
- J M Whitehouse (not matched to a member)
Against (31)
- Alan Lion (Conservative)
- Bob Church (Conservative)
- Chris Whitbread (Conservative)
- Craig McCann (Conservative)
- Darshan Sunger (Conservative)
- David Stocker (Conservative)
- Holly Whitbread (Conservative)
- Ian Hadley (Conservative)
- Jeane Lea (Conservative)
- Jodie Lucas (Conservative)
- Joseph Parsons (Conservative)
- Kaz Rizvi (Conservative)
- Ken Williamson (Conservative)
- Les Burrows (Conservative)
- Mary Dadd (Conservative)
- Paul Keska (Conservative)
- Raymond Balcombe (Conservative)
- Richard Bassett (Conservative)
- Richard Morgan (Conservative)
- Ronda Pugsley (Conservative)
- Smruti Patel (Conservative)
- Steven Heather (Conservative)
- Sue Jones (Conservative)
- Tim Matthews (Conservative)
- Arash Ardakani (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Graham Wiskin (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Howard Kauffman (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Louise Mead (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Michael Owen (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Sheree Rackham (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Lisa Morgan (EFIG)
Abstained (5)
- Chidi Nweke (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Chris Pond (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Will Kauffman (Independent Loughton Residents Association)
- Shane Yerrell (Independent)
- Martin Morris (Labour)
From the minutes
nd at any of the preceding Overview & Scrutiny and Cabinet meetings when the draft Budget was being discussed, and Officers had not had a chance to assess the proposal. Amendment Lost. Recorded Vote: For the Amendment (11): Cllrs C Amos, E Barnard, T Bromwich, T Cornish, M George, M Markham, J McIvor, S Murray, R Sharif, J H Whitehouse and J M Whitehouse. Against the Amendment (31): Cllrs A Ardakani, R Balcombe, R Bassett, L Burrows, B Church, M Dadd, I Hadley, S Heather, S Jones, H Kauffman, P Keska, J Lea, A Lion, J Lucas, T Matthews, C McCann, L Mead, L Morgan, R Morgan, M Owen, J Parsons, S Patel, R Pugsley, S Rackham, K Rizvi, D Stocker, D Sunger, C Whitbread, H Whitbread, K Williamson and G Wiskin. Abstentions (5): Cllrs W Kauffman, M Morris, C Nweke, C C Pond and S Yerrell. Second Amendment Cllr C Whitbread, seconded by Cllr T Matthews: To add a new recommendation (7): “(7) That the Green Waste Collection Service be referred to the Overview & Scrutiny Committee to examine the potential for the implementation of a Concessionary Scheme for the subscription and to review the implementation of the new service.” Amendment Carried. Recorded Vote:
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