Recommendation from Governance and Audit Committee - Proposed Amendment to Council Procedure Rules - Recorded Vote Threshold
Full council, 26 January 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 5, 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 (5)
- David Dobbie (Liberal Democrats)
- Mrs Lesley Rollings (Liberal Democrats)
- Sabastian Hague (Liberal Democrats)
- Trevor Young (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Howitt-Cowan (Independent)
Against (19)
- Frazer Brown (Conservative)
- Ian Fleetwood (Conservative)
- John Barrett (Conservative)
- Maureen Palmer (Conservative)
- Mrs Angela Lawrence (Conservative)
- Mrs Jackie Brockway (Conservative)
- Owen Bierley (Conservative)
- Peter Morris (Conservative)
- Roger Patterson (Conservative)
- Tom Smith (Conservative)
- Emma Bailey (Liberal Democrats)
- Lynda Mullally (Liberal Democrats)
- Moira Westley (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Swift (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen Bunney (Liberal Democrats)
- Karen Carless (Independent)
- Mrs Diana Rodgers (Independent)
- Christopher Darcel (LIND)
- Paul Key (LIND)
From the minutes
nd every decision. A request for a recorded vote on the amendment was made, with a second Member supporting that request, the amendment was put to a recorded vote, with votes being cast as follows: - For: Councillors Dobbie, Hague, Howitt-Cowan, Rollings, Young (5) Against: Councillors Bailey, Barrett, Bierley, Brockway, Brown, Bunney, Carless, Darcel, Fleetwood, Key, Lawrence, Morris, Mullally, Palmer, Patterson, Rodgers, Smith, Swift, and Westley (19) Abstentions: (0) With a total of 5 votes cast for the amendment and 19 votes against, the amendment was declared LOST. Returning to the original recommendation, debate ensued and again there was poli
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