Councillor Andrew McDermid
Full council, 28 January 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 27, Against 3, Abstained 0.
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 (27)
- 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)
- Clive Elsmore (Independent)
- Ian Whitburn (Independent)
- John Francis (Independent)
- Simon Phelps (Independent)
- Bernie O'Neill (Prog Ind)
- Jamie Elsmore (Prog Ind)
- Julia Gooch (Prog Ind)
- Di Martin (Labour)
- Patrick Kyne (Labour)
- Harry Ives (Conservative)
- Gill Moseley (Liberal Democrats)
- Stuart Graham (Reform UK)
Against (3)
- Clayton Williams (Conservative)
- James Bevan (Conservative)
- Jonathan Beeston (Conservative)
From the minutes
and seeing the decline. Councillor Chris McFarling was very supportive of this motion stating it was a promise to stand up for the living waters that define the Forest of Dean. Voting was as follows: For (27) 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, John Francis, Clive Elsmore, Ian Whitburn, Harry Ives, Jamie Elsmore, Julia Gooch, Bernie O'Neill, Gill Moseley, Patrick Kyne, Stuart Graham, Chris McFarling, Sid Phelps, Adrian Birch, Andy Moore, and Simon Phelps. Abstain (0) Against (3) Councillors Clayton Williams, Jonathan Beeston and James Bevan. Total (30) The motion was carried.
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.