Final Proposal for Local Government Reorganisation
Cabinet, 16 September 2025: a named vote.
For 4, Against 1, 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 (4)
- David Neighbour (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Wildsmith (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Quarterman (Liberal Democrats)
- James Radley (Community Campaign (Hart))
Against (1)
- Graham Cockarill (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
The importance of preparing a legacy of effective service delivery and infrastructure support for the new authority. · The preferred options of other affected authortities. A recorded vote was taken: For: Cllrs Neighbour, Quarterman, Radley, Wildsmith Against: Cllr Cockarill (1) Decision That Full Council be RECOMMENDED to endorse the following: Subject to the ‘Close Enough to be Local, Big Enough to Stay Strong' document
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