Local Government Reorganisation - Consideration of Unitary Council Proposals for West Sussex
Full council, 24 September 2025: a named vote on the recommendations.
For 35, Against 3, 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 (35)
- Alan Butcher (Labour)
- Christine Wiltshire (Labour)
- Freddie Tandy (Labour)
- George O'Neill (Labour)
- Maralyn May (Labour)
- Mike Northeast (Labour)
- Roger Nash (Labour)
- Simon McDougall (Labour)
- Billy Blanchard-Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Marie Needs (Liberal Democrats)
- Francis Oppler (Liberal Democrats)
- Gill Yeates (Liberal Democrats)
- Jill Long (Liberal Democrats)
- Kenton Batley (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Lury (Liberal Democrats)
- Matt Stanley (Liberal Democrats)
- Guy Purser (Conservative)
- Keir Greenway (Conservative)
- Lesley-Anne Lloyd (Conservative)
- Paul Kelly (Conservative)
- Peggy Partridge (Conservative)
- Shaun Gunner (Conservative)
- Anita Lawrence (Green)
- Carol Birch (Green)
- Paul Ayling (Green)
- Sue Wallsgrove (Green)
- David Huntley (Independent)
- June Hamilton (Independent)
- Shirley Haywood (Independent)
- Giuliano Pinnelli (Reform UK)
- Trevor Bence (Reform UK)
- Steve Goodheart (AIG)
- Cooper (not matched to a member)
- Stephen McAuliffe (not matched to a member)
- Walsh (not matched to a member)
Against (3)
- Paul Bicknell (Conservative)
- Bower (not matched to a member)
- Mrs Bower (not matched to a member)
Abstained (4)
- Ash Patel (Conservative)
- Jacky Pendleton (Conservative)
- Roger Elkins (Conservative)
- Mrs Cooper (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
n tackled in reacting to the government's timescale. He urged councillors to vote with the best interest of Arun residents in mind. A request for the voting on the recommendations had been requested. Those voting for these recommendations were Councillors Ayling, Batley, Bence, Birch, Blanchard-Cooper, Butcher, Cooper, Goodheart, Greenway, Gunner, Hamilton, Haywood, Huntley, Kelly, Lawrence, Lloyd, Long, Lury, May, McAuliffe, McDougall, Nash, Needs, Northeast, O'Neill, Oppler, Partridge, Pinnelli, Purser, Stanley, Tandy, Wallsgrove, Walsh, Wiltshire and Yeates (35). Those voting against were Councillors Bicknell, Mrs Bower and Bower (3). Councillors Mrs Cooper, Elkins Patel and Pendleton abstained from voting (4). The Council RESOLVED – That it (1) Considers this report and its appendices, noting the viable proposals for the creation of a unitary councils in Wes
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