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.
For 16, Against 24, Abstained 2.
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 (16)
- 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)
- Patrick Coates (IFOGF)
- Paul Harper (IFOGF)
- Anne Dawes (IFOGI)
- Fay Gooch (IFOGI)
- Steve Povey (Reform UK)
Against (24)
- Brian Clark (Liberal Democrats)
- Clive English (Liberal Democrats)
- David Naghi (Liberal Democrats)
- Dinesh Khadka (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Naghi (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Thompson (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)
- 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)
- Vanessa Jones (IGAIA)
Abstained (2)
- Michael Summersgill (Green)
- Paul Wilby (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
uding evidence gathering and technical studies. As a consequence of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, a named vote was taken on the amendment as follows: FOR (16) Councillors Burke, Cannon, Coates, Cooke, Dawes, Forecast, Fort, Mrs Gooch, Harper, Parfitt, Perry, Povey, Riordan, Round, Russell and Spooner AGAINST (24) Councillors Barwick, Clark, Cleator, Conyard, Couch, English, Field, Greenan, Harwood, Jeffery, Jenkins-Baldock, Jones, Khadka, McKay, Milham, D Naghi, M Naghi, Rodwell, Sweetman, M Thompson, S Thompson, Wales, D Wilkinson and J Wilkinson ABSTENTIONS (2) Councillors Summersgill and Wilby AMENDMENT LOST The original motion was then put to the vote. As a consequence of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regula
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