Report of the Cabinet held on 11 February 2026 - Medium-Term Financial Strategy and Budget Proposals 2026/27
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 12, Against 29, 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 (12)
- Claudine Russell (Conservative)
- Denis Spooner (Conservative)
- Gary Cooke (Conservative)
- Gill Fort (Conservative)
- John Perry (Conservative)
- Lottie Parfitt (Conservative)
- Martin Round (Conservative)
- Paddy Riordan (Conservative)
- Ronald Burke (Conservative)
- Stanley Forecast (Conservative)
- Tom Cannon (Conservative)
- Steve Povey (Reform UK)
Against (29)
- Brian Clark (Liberal Democrats)
- Clive English (Liberal Democrats)
- David Naghi (Liberal Democrats)
- Dinesh Khadka (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Naghi (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Thompson (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Wilby (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Conyard (Liberal Democrats)
- Rob Field (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Wales (Liberal Democrats)
- Tony Harwood (Liberal Democrats)
- Allison Sweetman (Green)
- Donna Greenan (Green)
- Grace Couch (Green)
- Kimberley Milham (Green)
- Michael Summersgill (Green)
- Rachel Rodwell (Green)
- Stephen Thompson (Green)
- Stuart Jeffery (Green)
- Dan Wilkinson (Labour)
- Hilary Jenkins-Baldock (Labour)
- Joanna Wilkinson (Labour)
- Malcolm McKay (Labour)
- Maureen Cleator (Labour)
- Sarah Barwick (Labour)
- Patrick Coates (IFOGF)
- Paul Harper (IFOGF)
- Fay Gooch (IFOGI)
- Vanessa Jones (IGAIA)
Abstained (1)
- Anne Dawes (IFOGI)
From the minutes
rking charges, delivering a saving of £150,000. As a consequence of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, a named vote was taken on the amendment as follows: FOR (12) Councillors Burke, Cannon, Cooke, Forecast, Fort, Parfitt, Perry, Povey, Riordan, Round, Russell and Spooner AGAINST (29) Councillors Barwick, Clark, Cleator, Coates, Conyard, Couch, English, Field, Mrs Gooch, Greenan, Harper, Harwood, Jeffery, Jenkins-Baldock, Jones, Khadka, McKay, Milham, D Naghi, M Naghi, Rodwell, Summersgill, Sweetman, M Thompson, S Thompson, Wales, Wilby, D Wilkinson and J Wilkinson ABSTENTIONS (1) Councillor Dawes AMENDMENT LOST Amendment moved by Councillor Russell, seconded by Councillor Parfitt, that the recommendations relating to the Medium-Term Financial
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