Budget proposals for 2025/26 and indicative budgets for 2026/27 and 2027/28
Full council, 27 February 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 32, Against 0, Abstained 14.
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 (32)
- Chris Noon (GIND)
- Elvis Stooke (GIND)
- Ian Selby (GIND)
- Patsy Ellis (GIND)
- Paul Stokes (GIND)
- Phil Gadd (GIND)
- Steven Cunnington (GIND)
- Tim Harrison (GIND)
- Anna Kelly (D IND)
- Barry Dobson (D IND)
- Charmaine Morgan (D IND)
- Max Sawyer (D IND)
- Pam Byrd (D IND)
- Paul Fellows (D IND)
- Philip Knowles (D IND)
- Ashley Baxter (Independent)
- Bridget Ley (Independent)
- Phil Dilks (Independent)
- Virginia Moran (Independent)
- Habib Rahman (Liberal Democrats)
- Harrish Bisnauthsing (Liberal Democrats)
- Murray Turner (Liberal Democrats)
- Rhea Rayside (Liberal Democrats)
- Jane Wood (SK Ind)
- Paul Wood (SK Ind)
- Penny Milnes (SK Ind)
- Emma Baker (Green)
- Vanessa Smith (Green)
- Rhys Baker (Ind-unaligned)
- Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Ind-unaligned)
- Lee Steptoe (Labour)
- Rob Shorrock (Labour)
Abstained (14)
- David Bellamy (not matched to a member)
- Gareth Knight (not matched to a member)
- Gloria Johnson (not matched to a member)
- Graham Jeal (not matched to a member)
- Helen Crawford (not matched to a member)
- Ian Stokes (not matched to a member)
- Jane Kingman (not matched to a member)
- Matthew Bailey (not matched to a member)
- Nikki Manterfield (not matched to a member)
- Pam Bosworth (not matched to a member)
- Richard Dixon-Warren (not matched to a member)
- Robert Leadenham (not matched to a member)
- Sarah Trotter (not matched to a member)
- Zoe Lane (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
was required as it related to the Council's Budget; recommendations 12-18 did not require a recorded vote as they did not directly impact the Budget, The results of the recorded vote were as follows: For: Councillors Emma Baker, Rhys Baker, Ashley Baxter, Harrish Bisnauthsing, Pam Byrd, Steven Cunnington, Phil Dilks, Barry Dobson, Patsy Ellis, Paul Fellows, Phil Gadd, Tim Harrison, Anna Kelly, Philip Knowles, Bridget Ley, Penny Milnes, Virginia Moran, Charmaine Morgan, Chris Noon, Habib Rahman, Rhea Rayside, Max Sawyer, Ian Selby, Rob Shorrock, Vanessa Smith, Lee Steptoe, Paul Stokes, Elvis Stooke, Rosemary Trollope-Bellew, Murray Turner, Jane Wood and Paul Wood (32) Against: None Abstentions: Councillors Matt Bailey, David Bellamy, Pam Bosworth, Helen Crawford, Richard Dixon-Warren, Graham Jeal, Gloria Johnson, Jane Kingman, Gareth Knight, Zoe Lane, Robert Leadenham, Nikki Manterfield, Ian Stokes, Sarah Trotter and Mark Whittington (15) The remaining recommendations had been moved, seconded, and following the vote they were AGREED: DECISION: That Full Council: 1. Set a General Fund budget requirement of £20.603m for 2025/26 inclusive of speci
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