Budget and Council Tax for 2026/27
Full council, 18 February 2026: a named vote.
For 23, Against 12, 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 (23)
- Angela Harrison (Labour)
- Ann Cavanagh (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)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Tara Noe (Conservative)
- Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Terry Thompson (Green)
- Goulding (not matched to a member)
Against (12)
- 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 (2)
- Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
- Peter Marchington (Conservative)
From the minutes
in Sheerness and £20 million earmarked to be spent at the eastern end of the Isle of Sheppey. In accordance with Council Procedure Rules 3.1.19(5) a recorded vote was taken and voting was as follows: For: Councillors Harrison, Tim Gibson, Noe, Cavanagh, Bowen, Goulding, Last, Booth, Speed, Wooster, Wise, Cheesman, Watson, Thompson, Jackson, Charles Gibson, Ben J Martin, Perkin, Simone Clark, Brawn, Hunt, Winckless and Miller. Total equals 23. Against: Councillors Chris Palmer, Mishchuk, Pollard, Jayes, Bonney, Paul Stephen, Nundy, Whiting, S Stephen, Carnell, Baldock, Richard Palmer. Total equals 12. Abstain: Councillors Moore and Marchington. Total equals 2. Resolved: (1) That Members note the Director of Resources opinion on the robustness of the budget estimates and the adequacy of rese
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.