Motion of No Confidence
Full council, 16 October 2025: a named vote.
For 24, Against 15, 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 (24)
- Alan Leaman (Liberal Democrats)
- Chloe Gustard (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Shea (Liberal Democrats)
- David Skinner (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Purves (Liberal Democrats)
- James Morgan (Liberal Democrats)
- Michelle Alger (Liberal Democrats)
- Nicholas Varley (Liberal Democrats)
- Sandra Robinson (Liberal Democrats)
- Susan Camp (Liberal Democrats)
- Victoria Granville (Liberal Democrats)
- Alan Layland (WKI)
- Angela Baker (WKI)
- Chris Haslam (WKI)
- John Grint (WKI)
- Julia Thornton (WKI)
- Kim Bayley (WKI)
- Margot McArthur (WKI)
- Simon Reay (WKI)
- Laura Manston (Green)
- Mark Lindop (Green)
- Shani Manamperi (Green)
- Rachel Waterton (NDIs)
- Steatfeild (not matched to a member)
Against (15)
- Alan White (Conservative)
- Cathy Morgan (Conservative)
- Clare Barnes (Conservative)
- Graham Clack (Conservative)
- James Barnett (Conservative)
- Jasmine Ferrari (Conservative)
- Laurence Ball (Conservative)
- Lawrence Abraham (Conservative)
- Michael Horwood (Conservative)
- Nigel Williams (Conservative)
- Nina Scott (Conservative)
- Penny Cole (Conservative)
- Perry Cole (Conservative)
- Roderick Hogarth (Conservative)
- Christine Hudson (Independent)
Abstained (2)
- Irene Roy (Conservative)
- Michael Barker (Green)
From the minutes
n gave her right of reply. In accordance with Rule 31, Part II of the Council's Constitution, a recorded vote was taken of all Councillors who had been present throughout the full debate of the item. For 24: Alger, Baker, Bayley, Camp, Granville, Grint, Gustard, Haslam, Layland, Leaman, Lindop, Manamperi, Manston, McArthur, Jim Morgan, Purves, Reay, Robinson, Shea, Skinner, Steatfeild, Thornton, Varley, Waterton Against 15: Abraham, Ball, Barnes, Barnett, Clack, Penny Cole, Perry Cole, Ferrari, Hogarth, Horwood, Hudson, Cathy Morgan, Scott, White, and Williams Abstention 2: Barker and Roy It was therefore, Resolved: That this Council has no confidence in the Leader.
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.