Local Government Reorganisation
Full council, 6 May 2025: a named vote on the motion.
For 26, Against 5, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Liberal Democrats. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (26)
- Alan Ashbery (Liberal Democrats)
- Bob Raikes (Liberal Democrats)
- Cliff Betton (Liberal Democrats)
- Dave Hough (Liberal Democrats)
- David O'Mahoney (Liberal Democrats)
- David Whitcroft (Liberal Democrats)
- John Skipper (Liberal Democrats)
- Julie Hoad (Liberal Democrats)
- Kel Finan-Cooke (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin Thompson (Liberal Democrats)
- Leanne MacIntyre (Liberal Democrats)
- Lisa Finan-Cooke (Liberal Democrats)
- Liz Noble (Liberal Democrats)
- Louise Ashbery (Liberal Democrats)
- Morgan Rise (Liberal Democrats)
- Nirmal Kang (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Wilson (Liberal Democrats)
- Rob Lee (Liberal Democrats)
- Sarbie Kang (Liberal Democrats)
- Shaun Macdonald (Liberal Democrats)
- Ying Tong-Perrett (Liberal Democrats)
- Pat Tedder (Independent)
- Victoria Wheeler (Independent)
- Jonathan Quin (Labour)
- Murray Rowlands (Labour)
- Mark Gordon (Conservative)
Against (5)
- Jonny Cope (Conservative)
- Josh Thorne (Conservative)
- Sashi Mylvaganam (Conservative)
- Shaun Garrett (Conservative)
- Valerie White (Conservative)
From the minutes
bmitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), expressing a preference for a 3-unitary model. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16.4, a recorded vote was taken. Voting in favour of the motion: Councillors Alan Ashbery, Louise Ashbery, Cliff Betton, Kel Finan-Cooke, Lisa Finan-Cooke, Mark Gordon, Julie Hoad, Dave Hough, Nirmal Kang, Sarbie Kang, Rob Lee, Shaun Macdonald, Leanne MacIntyre, Liz Noble, David O'Mahoney, Jonathan Quin, Bob Raikes, Murray Rowlands, Morgan Rise, John Skipper, Pat Tedder, Kevin Thompson, Ying Tong-Perrett, Victoria Wheeler, David Whitcroft, Richard Wilson. Voting against the motion: Councillors Jonny Cope, Shaun Garrett, Sashi Mylvaganam, Josh Thorne, Valerie White.
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.