Draft Budget 2026/27 and Medium-Term Financial Strategy
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 19, Against 3, Abstained 3.
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 (19)
- Alan Oliver (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Chris Axam (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Gill Butler (Community Campaign (Hart))
- James Radley (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Katie Davies (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Richard Jones (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Tina Collins (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Tony Clarke (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Wendy Makepeace-Browne (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Alex Drage (Liberal Democrats)
- Andy Brown (Liberal Democrats)
- Dan Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- David Neighbour (Liberal Democrats)
- Graham Cockarill (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Quarterman (Liberal Democrats)
- Stuart Bailey (Liberal Democrats)
- Dr Jane Worlock (Conservative)
- Jon Hale (Conservative)
- Dermot Smith (Independent)
Against (3)
- Dr Anne Crampton (Conservative)
- Spencer Farmer (Conservative)
- Steve Forster (Conservative)
Abstained (3)
- Chris Dorn (Conservative)
- Stephen Highley (Conservative)
- Tim Southern (Conservative)
From the minutes
ral fund balance. · In recent years approximately £1M per year in underspend has been reserved to enable budget smoothing and avoid having to make service cuts imprudently. A recorded vote was taken: For: Axam, Bailey, Brown, Butler, Clarke, Cockarill, Collins, Davies, Drage, Hale, Jones, Makepeace-Browne, Neighbour, Oliver, Quarterman, Radley, Smith, Taylor, Worlock (19) Against: Crampton, Farmer, Forster (3) Abstain: Dorn, Highley, Southern, (3) Decision Council approved: i. a 2.99% increase in Hart District Council's Band D Council Tax Charge for 2026/27, ii. changes to fees and charges
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