Motion on Notice - Local Government Reorganisation Decision
Full council, 17 August 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 29, Against 16, 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 (29)
- Andy Dent (Conservative)
- Brenda Seaton (Conservative)
- David Northage (Conservative)
- David Snartt (Conservative)
- Deborah Taylor (Conservative)
- Gina Jackson (Conservative)
- Hilary Fryer (Conservative)
- Jenny Bokor (Conservative)
- John Knight (Conservative)
- Lee Westley (Conservative)
- Leigh Harper-Davies (Conservative)
- Leon Hadji-Nikolaou (Conservative)
- Margaret Smidowicz (Conservative)
- Mark Charles (Conservative)
- Mark Lowe (Conservative)
- Paul Baines (Conservative)
- Robin Popley (Conservative)
- Sarah Braker (Conservative)
- Sarah Fox (Conservative)
- Sarah Monk (Conservative)
- Shona Rattray (Conservative)
- Chris O'Neill (Green)
- David Infield (Green)
- Geoff Lawrence (Green)
- Naomi Bottomley (Green)
- Sandra Woodward (Green)
- Steve Bellamy (Green)
- Matthew Brookes (Independent)
- Roy Campsall (Independent)
Against (16)
- Anne Gray (Labour)
- Beverley Gray (Labour)
- Birgitta Worrall (Labour)
- Claire Forrest (Labour)
- Colin Hamilton (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)
- Rhys Cory-Lowsley (Labour)
- Sandie Forrest (Labour)
- Sarah Goode (Labour)
From the minutes
be considered as the substantive Motion on Notice. Following discussion on the amended substantive motion, a named vote was requested by two councillors in accordance with Council Procedure 9.15(d). For the substantive Motion: Councillors Baines, Bellamy, Bokor, Bottomley, Braker, Brookes, Campsall, Charles, Dent, Fox, Fryer, Hadji-Nikolaou, Harper-Davies, Infield, Jackson, Knight, Lawrence, Lowe, Monk, Northage, O'Neill, Popley, Rattray, Seaton, Smidowicz, Snartt, D Taylor, Westley, Woodward Against the substantive Motion: Councillors Blackshaw, Cory-Lowsley, C Forrest, S Forrest, Goode, Granger, A Gray, B Gray, Hamilton, Jadeja, Lennie, Miah, Palmer, Roberts, Tillotson, Worrall Abstentions: none The motion was carried. Post meeting note: Cllr Roberts was unable to vote using her console and did so verbally at the meeting. The record above ref
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