Policy & Resources Committee - 11 December 2025
Full council, 7 January 2026: a named vote on the recommendations, lost.
For 25, Against 19, 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 (25)
- Billy Blanchard-Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Marie Needs (Liberal Democrats)
- Francis Oppler (Liberal Democrats)
- Gill Yeates (Liberal Democrats)
- Henry Jones (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)
- Mike Northeast (Labour)
- Roger Nash (Labour)
- Simon McDougall (Labour)
- Anita Lawrence (Green)
- Carol Birch (Green)
- Paul Ayling (Green)
- Sue Wallsgrove (Green)
- June Hamilton (Independent)
- Shirley Haywood (Independent)
- Steve Goodheart (AIG)
- Miss Worne (not matched to a member)
- Mrs Worne (not matched to a member)
- Walsh (not matched to a member)
Against (19)
- Ash Patel (Conservative)
- Gill Madeley (Conservative)
- Guy Purser (Conservative)
- Joan English (Conservative)
- Keir Greenway (Conservative)
- Lynne Edwards (Conservative)
- Mark Turner MBE. (Conservative)
- Paul Bicknell (Conservative)
- Paul Kelly (Conservative)
- Roger Elkins (Conservative)
- Shaun Gunner (Conservative)
- Giuliano Pinnelli (Reform UK)
- Trevor Bence (Reform UK)
- Thomas Harty (AIG)
- Bower (not matched to a member)
- Cooper (not matched to a member)
- Mrs Bower (not matched to a member)
- Mrs Cooper (not matched to a member)
- Stephen McAuliffe (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Freddie Tandy (Labour)
From the minutes
bstantive recommendations as amended. Having heard from the proposer and seconder to the recommendations, the chair confirmed that as a recorded vote had been requested, this would be undertaken now. Those voting for the recommendations were Councillors Ayling, Batley, Birch, Blanchard-Cooper, Butcher, Goodheart, Hamilton, Haywood, Jones, Lawrence, Long, Lury, McDougall, Nash, Needs, Northeast, O'Neill, Oppler, Stanley, Wallsgrove, Walsh, Wiltshire, Mrs Worne, Miss Worne and Yeates. (25). Those voting against were Councillors Bence, Bicknell, Mrs Bower, Bower, Cooper, Mrs Cooper, Edwards, Elkins, English, Greenway, Gunner, Harty, Kelly, Madeley, McAuliffe, Patel, Pinnelli, Purser, and Turner (19). Councillor Tandy abstained from voting, The council RESOLVED – That (1) Up to £50k in 25/26 to facilitate technical support during the construction phase. (2). To provide financial support
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.