2025/26 Final Budget and Mid Term Financial Plan including Council Tax Resolutions
Full council, 19 February 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 27, Against 8, Abstained 4.
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 (27)
- 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)
- Carrie Pollard (Swale Independents)
- Derek Carnell (Swale Independents)
- Elliott Jayes (Swale Independents)
- Mike Baldock (Swale Independents)
- Monique Bonney (Swale Independents)
- Paul Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Sarah Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Tom Nundy (Swale Independents)
- Chris Palmer (Reform UK)
- Kieran Mishchuk (Reform UK)
- Peter MacDonald (Reform UK)
- Richard Palmer (Reform UK)
- Terry Thompson (Green)
Against (8)
- Andy Booth (Conservative)
- James Hunt (Conservative)
- Julien Speed (Conservative)
- Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Pete Neal (Conservative)
- Tara Noe (Conservative)
- Mike Whiting (Independent)
Abstained (4)
- Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
could work together. The Leader, Councillor Tim Gibson, gave thanks to all the group leaders. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 3.1.19(5) a recorded vote was taken and voting was as follows: For: Councillors Baldock, Bonney, Brawn, Carnell, Cavanagh, Cheesman, S Clark, T Gibson, Harrison, Jackson, Jayes, Last, MacDonald, Miller, Mishchuk, Nundy, C Palmer, R Palmer, Pollard, Shiel, P Stephen, S Stephen, Thompson, Watson, Wooster, Winckless and Wise. Total equals 27. Against: Councillors Booth, Bowen, Hunt, Moore, Neal, Noe, Speed and Whiting. Total equals 8. Abstain: Councillors C Gibson, B J Martin, C Martin and Perkin. Total equals 4. The Mayor announced the motion had been agreed. Resolved: (1) That Members note the Director of Resources opinion on the robustness
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