Budget Proposals for 2026/27 and Indicative Budgets for 2027/28 and 2028/29 – General Fund
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
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)
- Anna Kelly (D IND)
- Barry Dobson (D IND)
- Charmaine Morgan (D IND)
- Max Sawyer (D IND)
- Pam Byrd (D IND)
- Philip Knowles (D IND)
- Rhea Rayside (D IND)
- Richard Cleaver (D IND)
- Chris Noon (GIND)
- Elvis Stooke (GIND)
- Ian Selby (GIND)
- Paul Stokes (GIND)
- Steven Cunnington (GIND)
- Tim Harrison (GIND)
- Ashley Baxter (Independent)
- Bridget Ley (Independent)
- Phil Dilks (Independent)
- Virginia Moran (Independent)
- Habib Rahman (Liberal Democrats)
- Harrish Bisnauthsing (Liberal Democrats)
- Murray Turner (Liberal Democrats)
- Jane Wood (SK IND)
- Paul Wood (SK IND)
- Penny Milnes (SK IND)
- Emma Baker (Green)
- Vanessa Smith (Green)
- Rhys Baker (Ind-unaligned)
- Lee Steptoe (Labour)
Against (19)
- Gareth Knight (Conservative)
- Gloria Johnson (Conservative)
- Helen Crawford (Conservative)
- Ian Stokes (Conservative)
- Jane Kingman (Conservative)
- Nikki Manterfield (Conservative)
- Pam Bosworth (Conservative)
- Paul Martin (Conservative)
- Peter Stephens (Conservative)
- Robert Leadenham (Conservative)
- Sarah Trotter (Conservative)
- Sue Woolley (Conservative)
- Susan Sandall (Conservative)
- Zoe Lane (Conservative)
- Ben Green (Reform UK)
- David Bellamy (Reform UK)
- Graham Jeal (Reform UK)
- Kyle Abel (Reform UK)
- Richard Litchfield (Reform UK)
From the minutes
all discretionary funding, residents would notice and it would not be received positively. A recorded vote was required on the General Fund Budget – the results of the recorded vote were as follows: For: Councillors Emma Baker, Rhys Baker, Ashley Baxter, Harrish Bisnauthsing, Pam Byrd, Richard Cleaver, Steven Cunnington, Phil Dilks, Barry Dobson, Tim Harrison, Anna Kelly, Philip Knowles, Bridget Ley, Penny Milnes, Virginia Moran, Charmaine Morgan, Chris Noon, Habib Rahman, Rhea Rayside, Max Sawyer, Ian Selby, Vanessa Smith, Lee Steptoe, Paul Stokes, Elvis Stooke, Murray Turner, Jane Wood, Paul Wood (28) Against: Councillors Kyle Abel, David Bellamy, Pam Bosworth, Helen Crawford, Ben Green, Graham Jeal, Gloria Johnson, Jane Kingman, Gareth Knight, Zoe Lane, Robert Leadenham, Richard Litchfield, Nikki Manterfield, Paul Martin, Susan Sandall, Peter Stephens, Ian Stokes, Sarah Trotter, Sue Woolley (19) Abstentions: None. Therefore, as the recommendations had been proposed and seconded, following the vote it was AGREED: DECISION: That Full Council: 1. Set a General Fu
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