Motion - District of Sanctuary initiative

Full council, 10 December 2025: a named vote.

For 8, Against 23, 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 (8)

Alastair Gould (Green)
Terry Thompson (Green)
Ann Cavanagh (Labour)
Hayden Brawn (Labour)
Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
Sarah Stephen (Swale Independents)
Cheeseman (not matched to a member)

Against (23)

Andy Booth (Conservative)
James Hunt (Conservative)
Julien Speed (Conservative)
Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
Pete Neal (Conservative)
Peter Marchington (Conservative)
Tara Noe (Conservative)
Angela Harrison (Labour)
Ashley Wise (Labour)
Dolley Wooster (Labour)
Karen Watson (Labour)
Tim Gibson (Labour)
Tony Winckless (Labour)
Chris Palmer (Reform UK)
Kieran Mishchuk (Reform UK)
Lloyd Chapman (Reform UK)
Peter MacDonald (Reform UK)
Richard Palmer (Reform UK)
Carrie Pollard (Swale Independents)
Mike Baldock (Swale Independents)
Paul Stephen (Swale Independents)
Mike Whiting (Independent)

Abstained (2)

Charlie Miller (Labour)
Mark Last (Labour)

From the minutes

nd whilst she accepted that many did not support the motion, she was glad that she had submitted it. In accordance with Procedure Rule 3.1.19(2), a recorded vote was taken, and voting was as follows: For: Councillors Cavanagh, Cheeseman, Thompson, Ben J Martin, Perkin, Gould, S Stephen and Brawn. Total equals 8. Against: Councillors Harrison, C Palmer, T Gibson, Noe, Neal, Mishchuk, Chapman, Bowen, Pollard, Booth, Moore, Speed, MacDonald, Wooster, Wise, Watson, Marchington, P Stephen, Whiting, Baldock, R Palmer, Hunt and Winckless. Total equals 23. Abstain: Councillor Last and Miller. Total equals 2. The Mayor announced the motion had fallen.

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.