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Budget and Policy Framework Update 2026/27 to 2030/31

Full council, 28 January 2026: a named vote.

For 46, Against 3, Abstained 3.

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 (46)

• Catherine Armistead (Labour)
• Catherine Potter (Labour)
• Claire Cozler (Labour)
• Colin Hartley JP (Labour)
• David Whitaker (Labour)
• Jackson Stubbs (Labour)
• Jason Wood (Labour)
• Joanne Ainscough (Labour)
• John Hanson (Labour)
• Louise Belcher (Labour)
• Margaret Pattison (Labour)
• Martin Gawith (Labour)
• Robert Redfern (Labour)
• Ruth Colbridge (Labour)
• Sandra Thornberry (Labour)
• Susan Penney (Labour)
• Alan Greenwell (Liberal Democrats)
• Gerry Blaikie (Liberal Democrats)
• John Livermore (Liberal Democrats)
• Joyce Pritchard (Liberal Democrats)
• Paul Hart (Liberal Democrats)
• Ross Hunter (Liberal Democrats)
• Martin Bottoms (Morecambe Bay Independents)
• Roger Dennison (Morecambe Bay Independents)
• Roger Cleet (Independent)
• Andrew Otway (not matched to a member)
• Black (Matthew) (not matched to a member)
• Black (Phil) (not matched to a member)
• Dave Brookes (not matched to a member)
• Gina Dowding (not matched to a member)
• Jackson (Caroline) (not matched to a member)
• James Sommerville (not matched to a member)
• Mandy Bannon (not matched to a member)
• Maria Deery (not matched to a member)
• Mills (Abi) (not matched to a member)
• Mills (Hamish) (not matched to a member)
• Nick Wilkinson (not matched to a member)
• Paul Stubbins (not matched to a member)
• Sally Maddocks (not matched to a member)
• Sam Riches (not matched to a member)
• Sarah McGowan (not matched to a member)
• Sarah Punshon (not matched to a member)
• Sue Tyldesley (not matched to a member)
• Tim Hamilton-Cox (not matched to a member)
• Tom Fish (not matched to a member)
• Wilson Colley (not matched to a member)

Against (3)

• Philip Bradley (Independent)
• Prof Chris Harris (not matched to a member)
• Suhir Abuhajar (not matched to a member)

Abstained (3)

• John Wild (Conservative)
• Keith Budden (Conservative)
• Paul Newton (Conservative)

From the minutes

lusion of the debate, a recorded vote was taken on the proposition as required by legislation and Procedure Rule 19.7 in the Council's Constitution. The results of that vote were recorded as follows: For: Councillors, Ainscough, Armistead, Bannon, Belcher, Black (Matthew), Black (Phil), Blaikie, Bottoms, Brookes, Cleet, Colbridge, Colley, Cozler, Deery, Dennison, Dowding, Fish, Gawith, Greenwell, Hamilton-Cox, Hanson, Hart, Hartley, Hunter, Jackson (Caroline), Livermore, Maddocks, McGowan, Mills (Abi), Mills (Hamish), Otway, Pattison, Penney, Potter, Pritchard, Punshon, Redfern, Riches, Sommerville, Stubbins, Stubbs, Thornberry, Tyldesley, Whitaker, Wilkinson and Wood (46) Against: Councillors Abuhajar, Bradley and Harris (3) Abstentions: Councillors Budden, Newton and Wild (3) Resolved: (1) That Council approves a City Council Tax increase of 2.99% to the Band D Council Tax (from £264.30 to £272.20), together with a yea

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