Local Government Reorganisation
Full council, 20 November 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 36, Against 3, Abstained 1.
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 (36)
- Gareth Knight (Conservative)
- Gloria Johnson (Conservative)
- Helen Crawford (Conservative)
- Matthew Bailey (Conservative)
- Pam Bosworth (Conservative)
- Robert Leadenham (Conservative)
- Sarah Trotter (Conservative)
- Susan Sandall (Conservative)
- Zoe Lane (Conservative)
- 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)
- Richard Cleaver (D IND)
- Chris Noon (GIND)
- Elvis Stooke (GIND)
- Ian Selby (GIND)
- Paul Stokes (GIND)
- Tim Harrison (GIND)
- Ashley Baxter (Independent)
- Bridget Ley (Independent)
- James Denniston (Independent)
- Phil Dilks (Independent)
- Virginia Moran (Independent)
- Emma Baker (Green)
- Vanessa Smith (Green)
- Rhys Baker (Ind-unaligned)
- Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Ind-unaligned)
- Habib Rahman (Liberal Democrats)
- Murray Turner (Liberal Democrats)
- Jane Wood (SK IND)
- Paul Wood (SK IND)
- Lee Steptoe (Labour)
Against (3)
- Ben Green (Reform UK)
- Graham Jeal (Reform UK)
- Peter Stephens (Conservative)
Abstained (1)
- Paul Martin (Conservative)
From the minutes
cal groups on the council had come together to back the LGR recommendation to Cabinet. A recorded vote was requested – the results of the recorded vote on the printed recommendations were as follows: For: Councillors Matt Bailey, Emma Baker, Rhys Baker, Ashley Baxter, Pam Bosworth, Pam Byrd, Richard Cleaver, Helen Crawford, James Denniston, Phil Dilks, Barry Dobson, Paul Fellows, Tim Harrison, Gloria Johnson, Anna Kelly, Gareth Knight, Philip Knowles, Zoe Lane, Robert Leadenham, Bridget Ley, Virginia Moran, Charmaine Morgan, Chris Noon, Habib Rahman, Susan Sandall, Max Sawyer, Ian Selby, Vanessa Smith, Lee Steptoe, Paul Stokes, Elvis Stooke, Rosemary Trollope-Bellew, Sarah Trotter, Murray Turner, Jane Wood, Paul Wood (36) Against: Councillors Ben Green, Graham Jeal, Peter Stephens (3) Abstention: Councillor Paul Martin (1) Having been proposed and seconded, and following the recorded vote it was AGREED: DECISION: That Full Council recommend to Cabinet the proposal t
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