2025/26 Final Budget and Mid Term Financial Plan including Council Tax Resolutions
Full council, 19 February 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 34, Against 4, 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 (34)
- Angela Harrison (Labour)
- Ann Cavanagh (Labour)
- Ashley Shiel (Labour)
- Ashley Wise (Labour)
- Carole Jackson (Labour)
- Charlie Miller (Labour)
- Dolley Wooster (Labour)
- Hayden Brawn (Labour)
- Karen Watson (Labour)
- Mark Last (Labour)
- Shelley Cheesman (Labour)
- Simon Clark (Labour)
- Tim Gibson (Labour)
- Tony Winckless (Labour)
- Andy Booth (Conservative)
- James Hunt (Conservative)
- Julien Speed (Conservative)
- Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Pete Neal (Conservative)
- Tara Noe (Conservative)
- Chris Palmer (Reform UK)
- Kieran Mishchuk (Reform UK)
- Peter MacDonald (Reform UK)
- Richard Palmer (Reform UK)
- Carrie Pollard (Swale Independents)
- Derek Carnell (Swale Independents)
- Mike Baldock (Swale Independents)
- Tom Nundy (Swale Independents)
- Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Terry Thompson (Green)
- Mike Whiting (Independent)
Against (4)
- Elliott Jayes (Swale Independents)
- Monique Bonney (Swale Independents)
- Paul Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Sarah Stephen (Swale Independents)
Abstained (1)
- Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
g the amendment Councillor Wise said it was an unavoidable situation that had to be addressed. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 3.1.19(5) a recorded vote was taken and voting was as follows: For: Councillors Baldock, Booth, Bowen, Brawn, Carnell, Cavanagh, Cheesman, S Clark, C Gibson, T Gibson, Harrison, Hunt, Jackson, Last, MacDonald, C Martin, Miller, Mishchuk, Moore, Neal, Noe, Nundy, C Palmer, R Palmer, Perkin, Pollard, Shiel, Speed, Thompson, Watson, Wooster, Whiting, Winckless and Wise. Total equals 34. Against: Councillors Bonney, Jayes, P Stephen and S Stephen. Total equals 4. Abstain: Councillor B J Martin. Total equals 1. The Mayor announced the amendment had been agreed. Amendment 2 – Using Funds from reserves Councillor Charles Gibson proposed that:
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.