Councils · Waverley Borough Council

Local Government Reorganisation

Full council, 18 March 2025: a named vote, lost.

For 11, Against 34, Abstained 1.

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 (11)

• Carole Cockburn BEM (Conservative)
• Daniel Husseini (Conservative)
• Jane Austin (Conservative)
• Kevin Deanus (Conservative)
• Lauren Atkins (Conservative)
• Michael Goodridge MBE (Conservative)
• Peter Martin (Conservative)
• Phoebe Sullivan (Conservative)
• Zoe Barker-Lomax (Conservative)
• David Munro (Independent)
• George Murray (not matched to a member)

Against (34)

• Adam Duce (Liberal Democrats)
• Dave Busby (Liberal Democrats)
• Gemma Long (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)
• Michael Higgins (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)
• Terry Weldon (Liberal Democrats)
• Victoria Kiehl (Liberal Democrats)
• Steve Williams (Green)
• Janet Crowe (Labour)
• Alan Earwaker (not matched to a member)
• Andrew Laughton (not matched to a member)
• David Beaman (not matched to a member)
• George Hesse (not matched to a member)
• Graham White (not matched to a member)
• Jerry Hyman (not matched to a member)
• John Ward (not matched to a member)
• Kika Mirylees (not matched to a member)
• McLeod (not matched to a member)
• Michaela Wicks (not matched to a member)
• Morison (not matched to a member)
• Peter Clark (not matched to a member)
• Tony Fairclough (not matched to a member)

Abstained (1)

• Gale NOTE (not matched to a member)

From the minutes

ed upon Members to vote. The amendment to the motion was LOST. The amendment was put to a vote, and there were 11 votes in favour, 34 votes against and 1 abstention. The recorded vote was as follows: For (11) Councillors Atkins, Austin, Barker-Lomax, Cockburn, Deanus, Goodridge, Husseini, Martin, Munro, Murray, Sullivan, Against (34) Councillors Beaman, Busby, Cavaliere, Clark, Crowe, Duce, Earwaker, Fairclough, Follows, Hesse, Higgins, Hyman, Kiehl, Laughton, Long, McLeod, Merryweather, Mirylees, Morison, Nicholson, Ken Reed, Ruth Reed, Paul Rivers, Penny Rivers, Robini, Spence, Steijger, Liz Townsend, Philip Townsend, Ward, Weldon, White, Wicks and Williams Abstentions: (1) Councillor Gale NOTE: Councillor Atkins left the meeting at 20.45pm following this vote. Council returned to the substantive motion. Debate continued with support expressed for the three Unitary

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