Senior Leadership Team Restructure
Full council, 21 August 2025: a named vote on the recommendations, carried.
For 24, Against 13, 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 (24)
- Amanda Worne (Liberal Democrats)
- Billy Blanchard-Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
- Francis Oppler (Liberal Democrats)
- Gill Yeates (Liberal Democrats)
- Jeanette Warr (Liberal Democrats)
- Jill Long (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Lury (Liberal Democrats)
- Anita Lawrence (Green)
- Carol Birch (Green)
- Mel Penycate (Green)
- Paul Ayling (Green)
- Sue Wallsgrove (Green)
- Alan Butcher (Labour)
- Christine Wiltshire (Labour)
- George O'Neill (Labour)
- Mike Northeast (Labour)
- Roger Nash (Labour)
- Steve Goodheart (AIG)
- Thomas Harty (AIG)
- David Huntley (Independent)
- Shirley Haywood (Independent)
- Giuliano Pinnelli (Reform UK)
- Trevor Bence (Reform UK)
- Stephen McAuliffe (Ungrouped IND)
Against (13)
- Ash Patel (Conservative)
- Gill Madeley (Conservative)
- Jacky Pendleton (Conservative)
- Lesley-Anne Lloyd (Conservative)
- Lynne Edwards (Conservative)
- Paul Bicknell (Conservative)
- Paul Kelly (Conservative)
- Peggy Partridge (Conservative)
- Shaun Gunner (Conservative)
- 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)
Abstained (1)
- Freddie Tandy (Labour)
From the minutes
riod of significant organisational change. The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Lury and seconded by Councillor Nash. Members engaged in extensive debate and a recorded vote was requested. Those voting for the recommendations were Councillors Ayling, Bence, Birch, Blanchard-Cooper, Butcher, Goodheart, Harty, Haywood, Huntley, Lawrence, Long, Lury, McAuliffe, Nash, Northeast, O'Neill, Oppler, Penycate, Pinnelli, Wallsgrove, Warr, Wiltshire, Mrs Worne and Yeates (24). Those voting against were Councillors Bicknell, Mrs Bower, Bower, Mrs Cooper, Cooper, Edwards, Gunner, Kelly, Lloyd, Madeley, Partridge, Patel, Pendleton (13). Councillor Tandy abstained from voting (1). The Council RESOLVED That the recommendations set out within paragraphs 2.1 to 2.6 of the report be approved.
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.