Report of Cabinet - 18 February 2026
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 43, Against 0, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Conservative. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
Only one side of this vote could be read from the minutes. The others may be recorded in a form that couldn't be read, or not at all.
For (43)
- Alan Alvey (Conservative)
- Alan O'Sullivan (Conservative)
- Allan Glass (Conservative)
- Alvin Reid (Conservative)
- Barry Rickman (Conservative)
- Christine Ward (Conservative)
- Dan Poole (Conservative)
- Dave Penny (Conservative)
- David Hawkins (Conservative)
- Derek Tipp (Conservative)
- Geoffrey Blunden (Conservative)
- Ian Murray (Conservative)
- Jeremy Heron (Conservative)
- Jill Cleary (Conservative)
- John Adams (Conservative)
- John Sleep (Conservative)
- Kate Crisell (Conservative)
- Matthew Hartmann (Conservative)
- Neil Tungate (Conservative)
- Neville Penman (Conservative)
- Richard Frampton (Conservative)
- Steve Davies (Conservative)
- Steve Rippon-Swaine (Conservative)
- Alex Wade (Liberal Democrats)
- Caroline Rackham (Liberal Democrats)
- Colm McCarthy (Liberal Democrats)
- David Harrison (Liberal Democrats)
- David Millar (Liberal Democrats)
- Jack Davies (Liberal Democrats)
- Malcolm Wade (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Clark (Liberal Democrats)
- Patrick Mballa (Liberal Democrats)
- Phil Woods (Liberal Democrats)
- Philip Dowd (Liberal Democrats)
- Sean Cullen (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephanie Osborne (Liberal Democrats)
- Jacqui England (Independent)
- Joe Reilly (Independent)
- Nigel Linford (Independent)
- Peter Armstrong (Independent)
- Adam Parker (Green)
- Janet Richards (Green)
- Michael Thierry (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
ousing and Homelessness introduced the item and moved the adoption of the recommendations. Cllr Cleary seconded the motion. The motion was put to a recorded vote, the outcome of which was as follows: Voting for: Cllrs Adams, Alvey, Armstrong, Blunden, M Clark, Cleary, Crisell, Cullen, J Davies, S Davies, Dowd, England, Frampton, Glass, Harrison, Hartmann, Hawkins, Heron, Linford, Mballa, McCarthy, Millar, Murray, Osborne, O'Sullivan, Parker, Penman, Penny, Poole, Rackham, Reid, Reilly, Richards, Rickman, Rippon-Swaine, Sleep, Thierry, Tipp, Tungate, A Wade, M Wade, Ward and Woods Voting against: None Abstaining: None The recommendations were carried, 43 in favour, 0 against, 0 abstaining. RESOLVED: 1. that from 06 April 2026, an increase in dwelling rents of 4.8%
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.