Council Tax Resolution 2026/27
Full council, 23 February 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 29, Against 1, Abstained 6.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Liberal Democrats. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (29)
- Alexander Jeffery (Liberal Democrats)
- Anthony Frankland (Liberal Democrats)
- Belinda Walters (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Franke (Liberal Democrats)
- Colette Blackburn (Liberal Democrats)
- Colin Minto (Liberal Democrats)
- David Skipp (Liberal Democrats)
- James Brookes (Liberal Democrats)
- Joanne Knowles (Liberal Democrats)
- John Trollope (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Olson (Liberal Democrats)
- Jonathan Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Baynham (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Boffey (Liberal Democrats)
- Nigel Emery (Liberal Democrats)
- Ruth Fletcher (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam Bateman (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam Raby (Liberal Democrats)
- Tony Bevis (Liberal Democrats)
- Warwick Hellawell (Liberal Democrats)
- Claudia Fisher (Green)
- Emma Beard (Green)
- Gill Perry (Green)
- Joan Grech (Green)
- Jon Campbell (Green)
- Len Ellis-Brown (Green)
- Mike Croker (Green)
- Nicholas Marks (Green)
- Victoria Finnegan (Green)
Against (1)
- Tony Hogben (Reform UK)
Abstained (6)
- Cheryl Sweeney (Conservative)
- Claire Vickers (Conservative)
- Lynn Lambert (Conservative)
- Paul Clarke (Conservative)
- Philip Circus (Conservative)
- Roger Noel (Conservative)
From the minutes
r 2026/27 be approved. In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the voting in respect of the recommendations was recorded and was as follows: FOR THE MOTION: Sam Bateman, Mark Baynham, Emma Beard, Anthony Bevis, Colette Blackburn, Martin Boffey, James Brookes, Jon Campbell, Mike Croker, Len Ellis-Brown, Nigel Emery, Victoria Finnegan, Claudia Fisher, Ruth Fletcher, Chris Franke, Anthony Frankland, Joan Grech, Warwick Hellawell, Alex Jeffery, Joanne Knowles, Nicholas Marks, Colin Minto, Jon Olson, Gill Perry, Sam Raby, David Skipp, Jonathan Taylor, John Trollope, Belinda Walters AGAINST THE MOTION: Tony Hogben ABSTAINED: Philip Circus, Paul Clarke, Lynn Lambert, Roger Noel, Cheryl Sweeney, Claire Vickers ABSENT: Peter van der Borgh, Hannah Butler, Joy Dennis, Nick Grant, Kasia Greenwood, Richard Landeryou, Dennis Livingstone, Alan Manton, Jay Mercer, J
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