Setting the Council Tax - 2026/27
Full council, 24 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 23, Against 10, 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 (23)
- Andrew Scarth (Liberal Democrats)
- Anne Winter (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Lloyd (Liberal Democrats)
- David Major (Liberal Democrats)
- Elinor Gazzard (Liberal Democrats)
- Harry Davies (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Tankard (Liberal Democrats)
- Keith Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin Raeburn (Liberal Democrats)
- Louise Price (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Rainbow (Liberal Democrats)
- Raj Khiroya (Liberal Democrats)
- Sarah Nelmes (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen Giles-Medhurst OBE (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Drury (Liberal Democrats)
- Tom Smith (Liberal Democrats)
- Tony Humphreys (Liberal Democrats)
- Cheryl Stungo (Green)
- Chris Mitchell (Green)
- Narinder Sian (Green)
- Joan King (Labour)
- Stephen King (Labour)
- Whatley-Smith (not matched to a member)
Against (10)
- Abbas Merali (Conservative)
- Andrea Fraser (Conservative)
- Christopher Alley (Conservative)
- Ciaran Reed (Conservative)
- Debbie Morris (Conservative)
- Ian Campbell (Conservative)
- Oliver Cooper (Conservative)
- Philip Hearn (Conservative)
- Reena Ranger OBE (Conservative)
- Vicky Edwards (Conservative)
From the minutes
nty Council and Police and Crime Commissioner precepts. Councillor Giles-Medhurst seconded the motion. On being to the vote, the substantive motion was declared CARRIED by the Chair, the voting being For Councillors, Davies, Drury, Gazzard, Giles-Medhurst, Humphreys, Khiroya, J King, S King, Lloyd, Major, Martin, Mitchell, Nelmes, Price, Raeburn, Rainbow, Scarth, Sian, Smith, Stungo, Tankard, Whatley-Smith and Winter. (23) Against Councillors, Alley, Campbell, Cooper, Edwards, Fraser, Hearn, Merali, D Morris, Ranger and Reed. (10)
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.