2026-27 General Fund and HRA Revenue Budgets and Council Tax
Full council, 23 February 2026: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 28, Against 19, 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 (28)
- Anne Gray (Labour)
- Beverley Gray (Labour)
- Birgitta Worrall (Labour)
- Claire Forrest (Labour)
- Colin Hamilton (Labour)
- Ian Ashcroft (Labour)
- Jane Lennie (Labour)
- Jenni Tillotson (Labour)
- Jewel Miah (Labour)
- Julie Palmer (Labour)
- Kanchan Jadeja (Labour)
- Liz Blackshaw (Labour)
- Louise Granger (Labour)
- Myriam Roberts (Labour)
- Nathaniel Taylor (Labour)
- Rhys Cory-Lowsley (Labour)
- Sandie Forrest (Labour)
- Sarah Goode (Labour)
- Sarah Maynard (Labour)
- Andy Haynes (Green)
- Chris O'Neill (Green)
- David Infield (Green)
- Geoff Lawrence (Green)
- Laurie Needham (Green)
- Naomi Bottomley (Green)
- Sandra Woodward (Green)
- Steve Bellamy (Green)
- Matthew Brookes (Independent)
Against (19)
- Andy Dent (Conservative)
- Brenda Seaton (Conservative)
- David Northage (Conservative)
- David Snartt (Conservative)
- Deborah Taylor (Conservative)
- Gina Jackson (Conservative)
- Glenn Matthews (Conservative)
- Hilary Fryer (Conservative)
- Jenny Bokor (Conservative)
- John Knight (Conservative)
- Leigh Harper-Davies (Conservative)
- Leon Hadji-Nikolaou (Conservative)
- Margaret Smidowicz (Conservative)
- Mark Charles (Conservative)
- Paul Baines (Conservative)
- Robin Popley (Conservative)
- Sarah Braker (Conservative)
- Sarah Fox (Conservative)
- Sarah Monk (Conservative)
From the minutes
. The amendment was defeated. For the substantive motion: Councillors Ashcroft, Bellamy, Blackshaw, Bottomley, Brookes, Cory-Lowsley, C. Forrest, S. Forrest, Goode, A. Gray, B. Gray, Hamilton, Haynes, Infield, Jadeja, Lawrence, Lennie, Maynard, Miah, Needham, O'Neill, Palmer, Roberts, N. Taylor, Taylor-Durant, Tillotson, Woodward, Worrall. Against the substantive motion: Councillors Baines, Bokor, Braker, Charles, Dent, Fox, Fryer, Hadji-Nikolaou, Harper-Davies, Knight, Jackson, Monk, Matthews, Northage, Popley, Seaton, Snartt, Smidowicz, D. Taylor. Abstentions: None. Post meeting note: Some Councillors pressed the wrong button during the vote on the amendment and the substantive motion. The record above reflects
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.