2025/26 Final Budget and Mid Term Financial Plan including Council Tax Resolutions
Full council, 19 February 2025: a named vote.
For 12, Against 26, 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 (12)
- Andy Booth (Conservative)
- James Hunt (Conservative)
- Julien Speed (Conservative)
- Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Pete Neal (Conservative)
- Tara Noe (Conservative)
- Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Terry Thompson (Green)
- Peter MacDonald (Reform UK)
Against (26)
- 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)
- Richard Palmer (Reform UK)
- Mike Whiting (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
should be considered at the relevant service committee and then maybe for next year's budget. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 3.1.19(5) a recorded vote was taken and voting was as follows: For: Councillors Booth, Bowen, C Gibson, Hunt, MacDonald, C Martin, Moore, Neal, Noe, Perkin, Speed and Thompson. Total equals 12. Against: Councillors Baldock, Bonney, Brawn, Carnell, Cavanagh, Cheesman, S Clark, T Gibson, Harrison, Jackson, Jayes, Last, Miller, Mishchuk, Nundy, C Palmer, R Palmer, Pollard, Shiel, P Stephen, S Stephen, Watson, Wooster, Whiting, Winckless and Wise. Total equals 26. Abstain: Councillor B J Martin. Total equals 1. The Mayor announced that the amendment had fallen. Amendment 5 – Raise funds from amending car parking charges Before proposing the
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