Council Tax 2025/26
Full council, 25 February 2025: a named vote.
For 10, Against 21, Abstained 6.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (10)
- Charles James (Conservative)
- Daniel Humphreys (Conservative)
- Dr Heather Mercer (Conservative)
- Elizabeth Sparkes (Conservative)
- Josh Harris (Conservative)
- Kevin Jenkins (Conservative)
- Luke Houghton (Conservative)
- Nigel Morgan (Conservative)
- Richard Nowak (Conservative)
- Thomas Taylor (Conservative)
Against (21)
- Andy Whight (Labour)
- Caroline Baxter (Labour)
- Cathy Glynn-Davies (Labour)
- Dale Overton (Labour)
- Dawn Smith (Labour)
- Dom Ford (Labour)
- Ferdousi Henna Chowdhury (Labour)
- Ibsha Choudhury (Labour)
- John Turley (Labour)
- Jon Roser (Labour)
- Lysanne Skinner (Labour)
- Mike Barrett (Labour)
- Rita Garner (Labour)
- Rosey Whorlow (Labour)
- Samuel Theodoridi (Labour)
- Sophie Cox (Labour)
- Tom Ellum (Labour)
- Vicki Wells (Labour)
- Ödül Bozkurt (Labour)
- Abraham (not matched to a member)
- Hermitage (not matched to a member)
Abstained (6)
- Carl Walker (WCI)
- Hilary Schan (WCI)
- Margaret Howard (WCI)
- Claire Hunt (Green)
- Ian Davey (Green)
- Noel Atkins (Conservative)
From the minutes
the Leader of the Council was given the final right of reply. The Mayor put the Conservative amendment to the Council for a vote. A recorded vote was taken, the results of which, are set out below:- For (10): Councillors Harris, Houghton, Humphreys, James, Jenkins, Mercer, Morgan, Nowak, Sparkes & Taylor Against (21): Councillors Abraham, Barrett, Baxter, Bozkurt, Choudhury, Chowdhury, Cox, Ellum, Ford, Garner, Glynn-Davies, Hermitage, Overton, Roser, Skinner, Smith, Theodoridi, Turley, Wells, Whight & Whorlow Abstentions (6): Councillor Atkins, Davey, Howard, Hunt, Schan and Walker. The Mayor announced that the amendment was not supported. The Mayor put the Worthing Community Independents first amendment to the Council for a vot
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.