Minutes
Full council, 16 April 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 18, Against 19, Abstained 1.
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 (18)
- Clayton Williams (Conservative)
- Gillian Kilmurray (Conservative)
- Harry Ives (Conservative)
- James Bevan (Conservative)
- Jonathan Beeston (Conservative)
- Nick Evans (Conservative)
- Ian Whitburn (Independent)
- John Francis (Independent)
- Mark Turner (Independent)
- Philip Burford (Independent)
- Simon Phelps (Independent)
- Bernie O'Neill (Prog Ind)
- Jamie Elsmore (Prog Ind)
- Julia Gooch (Prog Ind)
- Tim Gwilliam MBE (Prog Ind)
- Stuart Graham (IND NG)
- Gill Moseley (Liberal Democrats)
- Alan Preest (Reform UK)
Against (19)
- Adrian Birch (Green)
- Alison Bruce (Green)
- Andrew McDermid (Green)
- Andy Moore (Green)
- Beth Llewellyn (Green)
- Chris McFarling (Green)
- Dave Tradgett (Green)
- David Wheeler (Green)
- Jackie Dale (Green)
- Jackie Fraser (Green)
- Johnathan Lane (Green)
- Mark Topping (Green)
- Richard Burton (Green)
- Sid Phelps (Green)
- Trevor Roach (Green)
- Di Martin (Labour)
- Jacob Sanders (Labour)
- Patrick Kyne (Labour)
- Shaun Stammers (Labour)
Abstained (1)
- Clive Elsmore (Independent)
From the minutes
approval at the next meeting and other consultations that members were invited to participate in and the Leader hoped that any future session would be well attended by members. Voting was as follows: For (18) Councillors Philip Burford, Mark Turner, John Francis, Ian Whitburn, Harry Ives, Nick Evans, Clayton Williams, James Bevan, Jonathan Beeston, Gillian Kilmurray, Alan Preest, Jamie Elsmore, Julia Gooch, Tim Gwilliam MBE, Bernie O'Neill, Gill Moseley, Stuart Graham, and Simon Phelps. Abstain (1) Councillor Clive Elsmore. Against (19) Councillors Di Martin, Richard Burton, Alison Bruce, Jackie Dale, Johnathan Lane, Jackie Fraser, Beth Llewellyn, Andrew McDermid, Dave Tradgett, Trevor Roach, Mark Topping, David Wheeler, Shaun Stammers, Patrick Kyne, Jacob Sanders, Sid Phelps, Chris McFarling, Adrian Birch, and Andy Moore. Total (38) The motion fell. Councillors Shaun Stammers and Philip Burford left the Chambers at 19.33pm. The meeting adjourned at 19.33pm. The meeting reconvened
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.