Reinstatement of Audit Chair and Vice-Chair Allowances
Full council, 16 July 2026: a named vote.
For 17, Against 5, Abstained 4.
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 (17)
- Chris Bateson (Liberal Democrats)
- Greg Neall (Liberal Democrats)
- Harry Boparai (Liberal Democrats)
- John Turner (Liberal Democrats)
- Jolyon Caplin (Liberal Democrats)
- Kathy Grant (Liberal Democrats)
- Lawrence Nichols (Liberal Democrats)
- Sandra Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
- Suraj Gyawali (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Button (Labour)
- Rebecca Geach (Labour)
- Sean Beatty (Labour)
- Tony Burrell (Labour)
- Daniel Geraci (ISG)
- Joanne Sexton (ISG)
- Katherine Rutherford (ISG)
- Malcolm Beecher (not matched to a member)
Against (5)
- Denise Saliagopoulos (Conservative)
- John Boughtflower (Conservative)
- Med Buck (Conservative)
- Simon Bhadye (Conservative)
- Mary Bing Dong (UnInd)
Abstained (4)
- Darren Clarke (Conservative)
- Karen Howkins (Conservative)
- Matthew Lee (Conservative)
- Maureen Attewell (Conservative)
From the minutes
Following a debate a named vote was requested. For Councillors Dunn, Bateson, Beatty, Beecher, Boparai, Burrell, Button, Caplin, Geach, Geraci, Grant, Gyawali, Neall, Nichols, Rutherford, Sexton, Turner, Williams – 18 votes Against Councillors Bhadye, Bing Dong, Boughtflower, Buck, Saliagopoulos, Weerasinghe – 6 votes Abstain Councillors Attewell, Clarke, Howkins, Lee, Woodward – 5 votes Council resolved to: 1. Approve the continuation of Special Responsibility Allowances for the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee at 40% and 20% resp
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.