THE BUDGET, FINANCIAL STRATEGY AND COUNCIL TAX RESOLUTION
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote.
For 37, Against 3, Abstained 9.
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 (37)
- Alexandra Ware (Independent)
- Alistair Beales (Independent)
- Alun Ryves (Independent)
- Andy Bullen (Independent)
- Chris Morley (Independent)
- Jim Bhondi (Independent)
- Jim Moriarty (Independent)
- Pallavi Devulapalli (Independent)
- Paul Bland (Independent)
- Sandra Squire (Independent)
- Simon Ring (Independent)
- Steven Bearshaw (Independent)
- Susanne Lintern (Independent)
- Terry Parish (Independent)
- Adrian Lawrence (Conservative)
- Angie Dickinson (Conservative)
- Anthony Bubb (Conservative)
- Chris Crofts (Conservative)
- Harry Humphrey (Conservative)
- Martin Storey (Conservative)
- Mrs Judith Collingham (Conservative)
- Mrs Vivienne Spikings (Conservative)
- Paul Kunes (Conservative)
- Richard Blunt (Conservative)
- Richard Coates (Conservative)
- Samantha Sandell (Conservative)
- Thomas Barclay (Conservative)
- Ben Jones (Labour)
- Deborah Heneghan (Labour)
- Joshua Lowe (Labour)
- Joshua Osborne (Labour)
- Sandra Collop (Labour)
- David Sayers (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Colwell (Liberal Democrats)
- Michael de Whalley (Green)
- Colin Rose (PG)
- Jo Rust (Your Party)
Against (3)
- Barry Ayres (Conservative)
- Brian Long (Conservative)
- Charles Joyce (Ind No Gp)
Abstained (9)
- Austen Moore (Reform UK)
- Fred Pidcock (Reform UK)
- Jacqueline Fry (Reform UK)
- Julian Kirk (Reform UK)
- Peter Hodson (Reform UK)
- Stuart Dark (Conservative)
- Simon Nash (Ind No Gp)
- Steve Everett (Labour)
- Alexandra Kemp (PG)
From the minutes
The minutes set this vote out as a table, with a row or column for each councillor.
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.