Minutes
Full council, 22 September 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 15, Against 17, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Conservative. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (15)
- Edward Nash (Independent)
- Elizabeth Bickerstaffe (Independent)
- Gail Goodman JP (Independent)
- Mark Elliott Bamforth (Independent)
- Matthew Lee (Independent)
- Noreen Griffiths (Independent)
- Paul Hayhurst (Independent)
- Paul Hodgson (Independent)
- Peter Collins (Independent)
- Adam Brierley (Conservative)
- Andrew Redfearn (Conservative)
- Bill Taylor (Labour)
- Jordan Ledger (Labour)
- Joanne Gardner (Liberal Democrats)
- Karen Henshaw JP (Liberal Democrats)
Against (17)
- Cheryl Little (Conservative)
- Christopher Dixon (Conservative)
- Eleanor Gaunt (Conservative)
- Frank Andrews (Conservative)
- Gavin Harrison (Conservative)
- Jayne Nixon (Conservative)
- John Kirkham (Conservative)
- Karen Harrison (Conservative)
- Michael Withers (Conservative)
- Michelle Morris (Conservative)
- Robert Rigby (Conservative)
- Sandra Pitman (Conservative)
- Sue Fazackerley (Conservative)
- Tommy Threlfall (Conservative)
- Karen Buckley (No party recorded)
- Richard Redcliffe (No party recorded)
- Viv Willder (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
re that a proposal for change be brought to a future meeting of the Council. With no further debate, and following a request from five members of the council, a recorded vote was taken on the motion. For (15): Mark Bamforth, Liz Bickerstaffe, Adam Brierley, Peter Collins, Joanne Gardner, Gail Goodman JP, Noreen Griffiths, Paul Hayhurst, Karen Henshaw JP, Paul Hodgson, Jordan Ledger, Matthew Lee, Ed Nash, Andrew Redfearn, and William Taylor. Against (17): Frank Andrews, Karen Buckley, Chris Dixon, Susan Fazackerley MBE, Ellie Gaunt, Gavin Harrison, Karen Harrison, John Kirkham, Cheryl Little, Michelle Morris, Jayne Nixon, Sandra Pitman, Bobby Rigby, Tommy Threlfall, Michael Withers, Viv Willder and Richard Redcliffe. The amendment was lost. In speaking to the substantive motion, Councillor Ledger expressed regret that Council had not accepted his amendment. Counc
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.