Arun District Council Budget - 2025/2026
Full council, 26 February 2025: a named vote on the recommendations.
For 29, Against 17, 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 (29)
- Billy Blanchard-Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
- Bob Woodman (Liberal Democrats)
- Francis Oppler (Liberal Democrats)
- Gill Yeates (Liberal Democrats)
- Henry Jones (Liberal Democrats)
- Jeanette Warr (Liberal Democrats)
- Jill Long (Liberal Democrats)
- Kenton Batley (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Lury (Liberal Democrats)
- Matt Stanley (Liberal Democrats)
- Alan Butcher (Labour)
- Christine Wiltshire (Labour)
- George O'Neill (Labour)
- Maralyn May (Labour)
- Mike Northeast (Labour)
- Roger Nash (Labour)
- Simon McDougall (Labour)
- Anita Lawrence (Green)
- Carol Birch (Green)
- Mel Penycate (Green)
- Paul Ayling (Green)
- Stephen McAuliffe (Green)
- Sue Wallsgrove (Green)
- David Huntley (Independent)
- Shirley Haywood (Independent)
- Thomas Harty (AIG)
- Miss Worne (not matched to a member)
- Mrs Worne (not matched to a member)
- Walsh (not matched to a member)
Against (17)
- Ash Patel (Conservative)
- Elaine Stainton (Conservative)
- Gill Madeley (Conservative)
- Guy Purser (Conservative)
- Jacky Pendleton (Conservative)
- Keir Greenway (Conservative)
- Lesley-Anne Lloyd (Conservative)
- Lynne Edwards (Conservative)
- Mark Turner MBE. (Conservative)
- Paul Bicknell (Conservative)
- Paul Kelly (Conservative)
- Peggy Partridge (Conservative)
- Philippa Bower (Conservative)
- Roger Elkins (Conservative)
- Shaun Gunner (Conservative)
- Cooper (not matched to a member)
- Mrs Cooper (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Freddie Tandy (Labour)
From the minutes
when setting the budget. Councillor Lury urged members to support what was a responsible and prudent budget. In line with Council Procedure Rule 20.6 – the voting on the recommendations was recorded. Those voting for the recommendations were Councillors Ayling, Batley, Birch, Blanchard-Cooper, Butcher, Harty, Haywood, Huntley, Jones, Lawrence, Long, Lury, May, McAuliffe, McDougall, Nash, Northeast, O'Neill, Oppler, Penycate, Stanley, Wallsgrove, Walsh, Warr, Wiltshire, Woodman, Miss Worne, Mrs Worne and Yeates (29). Those voting against were Councillors Bicknell, Mrs Bower, Mrs Cooper, Cooper, Edwards, Elkins, Greenway, Gunner, Kelly, Lloyd, Madeley, Partridge, Patel, Pendleton, Purser, Stainton, and Turner (17). Councillor Tandy abstained from voting. The council RESOLVED – that it (1) Approves the General Fund budget as set out in Appendix 1; (2) Approves that Arun's Band D Council Tax for 2025/26
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.