Council Tax 2026/27
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote.
For 49, Against 1, Abstained 0.
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 (49)
- Catherine Armistead (Labour)
- Catherine Potter (Labour)
- Chris Hanna (Labour)
- Claire Cozler (Labour)
- Colin Hartley JP (Labour)
- David Whitaker (Labour)
- Jackson Stubbs (Labour)
- Jason Wood (Labour)
- John Hanson (Labour)
- Louise Belcher (Labour)
- Margaret Pattison (Labour)
- Martin Gawith (Labour)
- Ruth Colbridge (Labour)
- Susan Penney (Labour)
- Alan Greenwell (Liberal Democrats)
- Gerry Blaikie (Liberal Democrats)
- John Livermore (Liberal Democrats)
- Joyce Pritchard (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Hart (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Gardiner (Conservative)
- John Wild (Conservative)
- Keith Budden (Conservative)
- Paul Newton (Conservative)
- Roger Cleet (Independent)
- Martin Bottoms (Morecambe Bay Independents)
- Andrew Otway (not matched to a member)
- Black (Matthew) (not matched to a member)
- Black (Phillip) (not matched to a member)
- Dave Brookes (not matched to a member)
- Gina Dowding (not matched to a member)
- Jack Lenox (not matched to a member)
- Jackson (Caroline) (not matched to a member)
- Jackson (Peter) (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)
- Paul Tynan (not matched to a member)
- Prof Chris Harris (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)
- 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 (1)
- Philip Bradley (Independent)
From the minutes
strict for the year 2026/27. There were no questions. Councillor Hamilton-Cox proposed the recommendations as set out in the report, seconded by Councillor Bottoms. The item required a recorded vote: For the proposition: Armistead, Bannon, Belcher, Black (Matthew), Black (Phillip), Blaikie, Bottoms, Brookes, Budden, Cleet, Colbridge, Colley, Cozler, Deery, Dowding, Fish, Gardiner, Gawith, Greenwell, Hamilton-Cox, Hanna, Hanson, Harris, Hart, Hartley, Jackson (Caroline), Jackson (Peter), Lenox, Livermore, Maddocks, McGowan, Mills (Abi), Mills (Hamish), Newton, Otway, Pattison, Penney, Potter, Pritchard, Riches, Sommerville, Stubbins, Stubbs, Tyldesley, Tynan, Whitaker, Wild, Wilkinson and Wood.(49). Against the proposition: Bradley (1) Abstentions: None. Resolved: (1) That it be noted that, under delegated powers in accordance with section 84 of the Local Government Act 2003, the following amounts ha
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