Council Tax Setting 2026/27
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the motion.
For 13, Against 0, Abstained 11.
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 (13)
- Leigh Higgins (Independent)
- Margaret Glancy (Independent)
- Pat Cumbers (Independent)
- Simon Lumley (Independent)
- Steven Carter (Independent)
- Helen Cliff (Labour)
- Margaret Clay (Labour)
- Pip Allnatt (Labour)
- Sarah Cox (Labour)
- Jim Adcock (Liberal Democrats)
- Marilyn Gordon (No party recorded)
- Brown (not matched to a member)
- Butcher (not matched to a member)
Abstained (11)
- Elaine Holmes (Conservative)
- Ian Atherton (Conservative)
- Joe Orson (Conservative)
- Robert Child (Conservative)
- Ronan Browne (Conservative)
- Siggy Atherton (Conservative)
- Simon Orson (Conservative)
- Tim Webster (Conservative)
- Allen Thwaites (Independent)
- James Mason (Labour)
- Christopher Evans (No party recorded)
From the minutes
the Council Tax for the year 2026/27, made in accordance with the requirement set out in the Local Government Finance Act 1992. The above resolution was considered through a recorded vote as follows: FOR THE MOTION (13) Adcock, Allnatt, Brown, Butcher, Carter, Clay, Cliff, Cox, Cumbers, Glancy, Gordon, Higgins, Lumley AGAINST THE MOTION (0) ABSTAINING FROM THE MOTION (11) I. Atherton, S. Atherton, Browne, Child, Evans, Holmes, Mason, J. Orson, S. Orson, Thwaites, Webster
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.