Arun District Council Budget - 2026/27
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote on the amendment, lost.
For 21, Against 25, Abstained 2.
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 (21)
- Gill Madeley (Conservative)
- Guy Purser (Conservative)
- Jacky Pendleton (Conservative)
- Joan English (Conservative)
- Keir Greenway (Conservative)
- Lesley-Anne Lloyd (Conservative)
- Mark Turner MBE. (Conservative)
- Paul Bicknell (Conservative)
- Paul Kelly (Conservative)
- Peggy Partridge (Conservative)
- Roger Elkins (Conservative)
- Shaun Gunner (Conservative)
- Steve Goodheart (AIG)
- Thomas Harty (AIG)
- Paul Ayling (Green)
- Trevor Bence (Reform UK)
- Bower (not matched to a member)
- Cooper (not matched to a member)
- Mrs Cooper (not matched to a member)
- Pinelli (not matched to a member)
- Stephen McAuliffe (not matched to a member)
Against (25)
- 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)
- Anita Lawrence (Green)
- Carol Birch (Green)
- Mel Penycate (Green)
- Sue Wallsgrove (Green)
- David Huntley (Independent)
- June Hamilton (Independent)
- Shirley Haywood (Independent)
- Mrs Worne (not matched to a member)
- Walsh (not matched to a member)
Abstained (2)
- Freddie Tandy (Labour)
- Mrs Bower (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
ent flooding would expect contingency funds to be used now and that the council must fulfil its legal obligations. In line with Council Procedure Rule 20.6 – the voting on the amendment was recorded. Those voting for the amendment were Councillors Ayling, Bence, Bicknell, Bower, Mrs Cooper, Cooper, Elkins, English, Goodheart, Greenway, Gunner, Harty, Kelly, Lloyd, Madeley, McAuliffe, Partridge, Pendleton, Pinelli, Purser and Turner (21). Those voting against were Councillors Batley, Birch, Blanchard-Cooper, Butcher, Hamilton, Haywood, Huntley, Jones, Lawrence, Long, Lury, May, Nash, Northeast, O'Neill, Oppler, Penycate, Stanley, Wallsgrove, Walsh, Warr, Wiltshire, Woodman, Mrs Worne and Yeates (25). Councillors Mrs Bower and Tandy abstained from voting. The amendment was therefore declared LOST. The Chair then returned to the substantive recommendations. Following further debate, Councillor Nash, as s
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.