Housing Revenue Account Budget Framework 2026 to 2031
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 35, Against 0, Abstained 20.
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 (35)
- Alan Greenwell (Liberal Democrats)
- Gerry Blaikie (Liberal Democrats)
- John Livermore (Liberal Democrats)
- Joyce Pritchard (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Hart (Liberal Democrats)
- Ross Hunter (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Gardiner (Conservative)
- John Wild (Conservative)
- Keith Budden (Conservative)
- Paul Newton (Conservative)
- Brett Cooper (Morecambe Bay Independents)
- Martin Bottoms (Morecambe Bay Independents)
- Roger Dennison (Morecambe Bay Independents)
- Andrew Otway (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)
- 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)
Abstained (20)
- 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)
- Joanne Ainscough (Labour)
- John Hanson (Labour)
- Louise Belcher (Labour)
- Margaret Pattison (Labour)
- Martin Gawith (Labour)
- Robert Redfern (Labour)
- Ruth Colbridge (Labour)
- Susan Penney (Labour)
- Philip Bradley (Independent)
- Roger Cleet (Independent)
- Black (Matthew) Black (Phillip) (not matched to a member)
- Prof Chris Harris (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
of the report were simply for noting. Following an animated debate a recorded vote was taken in relation to recommendations (2) to (4), in accordance with regulations and the Council's Constitution. For the proposition: Councillors Bannon, Blaikie, Bottoms, Brookes, Budden, Colley, Cooper, Deery, Dennison, Dowding, Fish, Gardiner, Greenwell, Hamilton-Cox, Hart, Hunter, Jackson (Caroline), Jackson (Peter), Lenox, Livermore, Maddocks, McGowan, Mills (Abi), Mills (Hamish), Newton, Otway, Pritchard, Punshon, Riches, Sommerville, Stubbins, Tyldesley, Tynan, Wild and Wilkinson.(35). Against the proposition: None. Abstentions: Councillors Ainscough, Armistead, Belcher, Black (Matthew) Black (Phillip), Bradley, Cleet, Colbridge, Cozler, Gawith, Hanna, Hanson, Harris, Hartley, Pattison, Penney, Potter, Redfern, Stubbs, Whitaker and Wood. (21). Resolved unanimously: (1) That Cabinet's recommendation to approve the council housing rent levels for 2026/27, as set out in accordance with
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.