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Report of the Independent Remuneration Panel on Members Allowances

Full council, 4 March 2025: a named vote, carried.

For 26, Against 10, Abstained 6.

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 (26)

• Adam Duce (Liberal Democrats)
• Alan Morrison (Liberal Democrats)
• Dave Busby (Liberal Democrats)
• Gemma Long (Liberal Democrats)
• Jacquie Keen (Liberal Democrats)
• John Robini (Liberal Democrats)
• Julian Spence (Liberal Democrats)
• Ken Reed (Liberal Democrats)
• Laura Cavaliere (Liberal Democrats)
• Liz Townsend BEM (Liberal Democrats)
• Mark Merryweather (Liberal Democrats)
• Paul Follows (Liberal Democrats)
• Paul Rivers (Liberal Democrats)
• Penny Rivers (Liberal Democrats)
• Peter Nicholson (Liberal Democrats)
• Philip Townsend (Liberal Democrats)
• Richard Steijger (Liberal Democrats)
• Ruth Reed (Liberal Democrats)
• Steve Williams (Green)
• Janet Crowe (Labour)
• Andy MacLeod (not matched to a member)
• Graham White (not matched to a member)
• John Ward (not matched to a member)
• Kika Mirylees (not matched to a member)
• Peter Clark (not matched to a member)
• Tony Fairclough (not matched to a member)

Against (10)

• Carole Cockburn BEM (Conservative)
• Daniel Husseini (Conservative)
• Kevin Deanus (Conservative)
• Michael Goodridge MBE (Conservative)
• Peter Martin (Conservative)
• Phoebe Sullivan (Conservative)
• Andrew Laughton (not matched to a member)
• David Beaman (not matched to a member)
• George Murray (not matched to a member)
• Jerry Hyman (not matched to a member)

Abstained (6)

• Jerome Davidson (Liberal Democrats)
• Michael Higgins (Liberal Democrats)
• Terry Weldon (Liberal Democrats)
• David Munro (Independent)
• Maxine Gale (Independent)
• Alan Earwaker (not matched to a member)

From the minutes

vote on the proposed amendment, duly supported by more than four Members, the Mayor called upon Members to vote and the recorded vote was as follows: 26 votes in favour, 10 against and 6 abstentions. For: (26) Councillors Busby, Cavaliere, Clark, Crowe, Duce, Fairclough, Follows, Keen, Long, MacLeod, Merryweather, Mirylees, Morrison, Nicholson, Ken Reed, Ruth Reed, Paul Rivers, Penny Rivers, Robini, Spence, Steijger, Liz Townsend, Philip Townsend, Ward, White and Williams. Against: (10) Councillors Beaman, Cockburn, Deanus, Goodridge, Husseini, Hyman, Laughton, Martin, Murray and Sullivan. Abstentions: (6) Councillors Davidson, Earwaker, Gale, Higgins, Munro and Weldon. The substantive motion was CARRIED and RESOLVED accordingly: RESOLVED that Council APPROVE: i. An increase in Basic Allowance to all 50 Councillors

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