Local Government Reorganisation Interim Warding Arrangements
Full council, 18 June 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 14, Against 20, Abstained 1.
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 (14)
- Gareth Lyon (Conservative)
- Jib Belbase (Conservative)
- Mara Makunura (Conservative)
- Martin Tennant (Conservative)
- Paul Taylor (Conservative)
- Stephen Masterson (Conservative)
- Steve Harden (Conservative)
- Sue Carter (Conservative)
- Dave Bell (Reform UK)
- Ian Simpson (Reform UK)
- Kevin Betsworth (Reform UK)
- Rob Matthews (Reform UK)
- Sally McGuinness (Reform UK)
- Sharon Harvey (Reform UK)
Against (20)
- Bill O'Donovan (Labour)
- Christine Guinness (Labour)
- Dhan Sarki (Labour)
- Gareth Williams (Labour)
- Gaynor Austin (Labour)
- Ivan Whitmee (Labour)
- Julie Hall (Labour)
- Lisa Greenway (Labour)
- Mike Roberts BSc, FRSA (Labour)
- Nicky Slater (Labour)
- Rhian Jones (Labour)
- Sarah Spall (Labour)
- Sophie Porter (Labour)
- Thomas Day (Labour)
- Uttar Gurung (Labour)
- Craig Card (Liberal Democrats)
- Leola Card (Liberal Democrats)
- Thomas Mitchell (Liberal Democrats)
- Calum Stewart (Independent)
- Halleh Koohestani (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Peter Cullum (Conservative)
From the minutes
were for the purpose of working together with the other councils including Hampshire, should the 108-councillor submission not be accepted by the Minister. In a recorded vote on the amendment, there voted FOR: Cllrs Dave Bell, Kevin Betsworth, Jib Belbase, Sue Carter, Steve Harden, Sharon Harvey, G.B. Lyon, Mara Makunura, Steve Masterson, Rob Matthews, Sally McGuinness, Ian Simpson, Paul Taylor and M.J. Tennant (14); AGAINST: Cllrs Gaynor Austin, Craig Card, Leola Card, Thomas Day, Lisa Greenway, Christine Guinness, Uttar Gurung, Julie Hall, Rhian Jones, Halleh Koohestani, Thomas Mitchell, Bill O'Donovan, Sophie Porter, Mike Roberts, Dhan Sarki, Nicky Slater, Sarah Spall, Calum Stewart, Ivan Whitmee and Gareth Williams (20); ABSTAIN: Cllr P.J. Cullum (1), and therefore the amendment was DECLARED LOST. With reference to Table 1 in the Report, it was acknowledged that the Rushmoor area would have less than a
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