The 2026/27 Council Tax
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 41, Against 0, Abstained 2.
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.
For (41)
- 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 Millar (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)
Abstained (2)
- David Harrison (Liberal Democrats)
- Jack Davies (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
rtfolio Holder Finance and Corporate moved the recommendations in the report. Cllr S Davies seconded the motion. The recommendations were put to a recorded vote, the outcome of which was as follows:- Voting for: Cllrs Adams, Alvey, Armstrong, Blunden, M Clark, Cleary, Crisell, Cullen, S Davies, Dowd, England, Frampton, Glass, 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: Cllr J Davies and Harrison The recommendations were carried, 41 in favour, 0 against, 2 abstaining. RESOLVED: The Council resolved the following: 1. That it be noted that on 3
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.