Council Tax Resolution 2026/27
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the motion.
For 34, Against 1, Abstained 15.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (34)
- Alan Currie (Labour)
- Anne-Marie Nixey (Labour)
- Corinna Huxley (Labour)
- David Donaldson (Labour)
- David Green (Labour)
- Debra Owen-Hughes (Labour)
- Heather Keen (Labour)
- Helen Crittenden (Labour)
- Helen Whitehead (Labour)
- Jennifer Matterface (Labour)
- Jim Driver (Labour)
- John Edwards (Labour)
- Katie Pope (Labour)
- Leo Britcher (Labour)
- Marlène Dasburg (Labour)
- Martin Boyd (Labour)
- Pat Makinson (Labour)
- Pat Moore (Labour)
- Raushan Ara (Labour)
- Rick Everitt (Labour)
- Roopa Farooki (Labour)
- Ruth Duckworth (Labour)
- Steve Albon (Labour)
- Tony Ovenden (Labour)
- Abi Smith (Green)
- Kevin Pressland (Green)
- Mike Garner (Green)
- Rebecca Wing (Green)
- Rob Yates (Green)
- Tricia Austin (Green)
- H.Scobie (not matched to a member)
- J.Bright (not matched to a member)
- K.Bright (not matched to a member)
- W.Scobie (not matched to a member)
Against (1)
- Reece Pugh (Conservative)
Abstained (15)
- Brenda Rogers (Conservative)
- Emma Dawson (Conservative)
- George Kup (Conservative)
- Jill Bayford (Conservative)
- John Davis (Conservative)
- John Nichols (Conservative)
- Linda Wright (Conservative)
- Marc Rattigan (Conservative)
- Matthew Scott (Conservative)
- Paul Moore (Conservative)
- Phil Fellows (Conservative)
- Barry Manners (Reform UK)
- Darren Oxborrow (Reform UK)
- Peter Evans (Reform UK)
- John Dennis (Independent)
From the minutes
eneration Act 2023. 6. That Council approves the statutory determinations in the Relevant Issues Section of this report.” The Monitoring Officer conducted a recorded vote on the motion as follows: 34 Councillors voted in favour of the motion: Councillors Albon, Ara, Austin, Barlow, Boyd, J.Bright, K.Bright, Britcher, Crittenden, Currie, Donaldson, Driver, Duckworth, Edwards, Everitt, Farooki, Garner, Green, Huxley, Keen, Makinson, Matterface, Pat Moore, Nixey, Ovenden, Owen-Hughes, Pope, Pressland, H.Scobie, W.Scobie, Smith, Whitehead, Wing and Yates. 15 Councillors abstained from the motion: Councillors Bayford, Davis, Dawson, Dennis, Evans, Fellows, Kup, Manners, Paul Moore, Nichols, Oxborrow, Rattigan, Rogers, Scott and Wright. 1 Councillor voted against the motion: Councillor Pugh.
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.