Reference from Democratic and General Purposes Committee held on 30 March 2026 - Community Governance Review
Full council, 29 April 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 28, Against 9, Abstained 5.
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 (28)
- Brian Clark (Liberal Democrats)
- Clive English (Liberal Democrats)
- David Naghi (Liberal Democrats)
- Dinesh Khadka (Liberal Democrats)
- Joe Higson (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)
- Claire Kehily (Green)
- Donna Greenan (Green)
- Kimberley Milham (Green)
- Stephen Thompson (Green)
- Stuart Jeffery (Green)
- Dan Wilkinson (Labour)
- Hilary Jenkins-Baldock (Labour)
- Joanna Wilkinson (Labour)
- Maureen Cleator (Labour)
- John Perry (Conservative)
- Martin Round (Conservative)
- Patrick Coates (IFOGF)
- Paul Harper (IFOGF)
- Anne Dawes (IFOGI)
- Fay Gooch (IFOGI)
- Cough (not matched to a member)
Against (9)
- Claudine Russell (Conservative)
- Denis Spooner (Conservative)
- Gary Cooke (Conservative)
- Ronald Burke (Conservative)
- Stanley Forecast (Conservative)
- Tom Cannon (Conservative)
- Ziggy Trzebinski (Conservative)
- Mariela Nedelcheva (Reform UK)
- Steve Povey (Reform UK)
Abstained (5)
- Gill Fort (Conservative)
- Lottie Parfitt (Conservative)
- Mrs Val Springett (Conservative)
- Paddy Riordan (Conservative)
- Michael Summersgill (Green)
From the minutes
areas to strengthen their position within the LGR process. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 18.3, five Members requested that a named vote be taken on the motion. The voting was as follows: FOR (28) Councillors Clark, Cleator, Coates, Conyard, Cough, Dawes, English, Field, Gooch, Greenan, Harper, Harwood, Higson, Jeffery, Jenkins-Baldock, Kehily, Khadka, Milham, D Naghi, Perry, Round, Sweetman, M Thompson, S Thompson, Wales, Wilby, D Wilkinson and J Wilkinson. AGAINST (9) Councillors Burke, Cannon, Cooke, Forecast, Nedelcheva, Povey, Russell, Spooner and Trzebinski. ABSTENTIONS (5) Councillors Fort, Parfitt, Riordan, Springett and Summersgill. MOTION CARRIED RESOLVED: That 1. The outcomes of the review be adopted. 2. Delegated Authority be given to the Director of Strategy Insight and Gove
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.