Council Tax 2025/26
Full council, 4 March 2026: a named vote.
For 18, Against 6, Abstained 7.
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 (18)
- Andy Whight (Labour)
- Caroline Baxter (Labour)
- Cathy Glynn-Davies (Labour)
- Dale Overton (Labour)
- Dawn Smith (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)
- Hermitage (not matched to a member)
Against (6)
- Carl Walker (WCI)
- Hilary Schan (WCI)
- Margaret Howard (WCI)
- Claire Hunt (Green)
- Ian Davey (Green)
- Charles James (Reform UK)
Abstained (7)
- Daniel Humphreys (Conservative)
- Elizabeth Sparkes (Conservative)
- Kevin Jenkins (Conservative)
- Nigel Morgan (Conservative)
- Noel Atkins (Conservative)
- Richard Nowak (Conservative)
- Thomas Taylor (Conservative)
From the minutes
. The Mayor announced that the amendment was not supported. The Mayor put the substantive motion to the Council for a vote. A recorded vote was taken, the results of which, are set out below:- For (18): Councillors Barrett, Baxter, Bozkurt, Choudhury, Cox, Ellum, Garner, Glynn-Davies, Hermitage, Overton, Roser, Skinner, Smith, Theodoridi, Turley, Wells, Whight & Whorlow Against (6): Councillors Davey, Howard, Hunt, James, Schan and Walker Abstentions (7): Councillors Atkins, Humphreys, Jenkins, Morgan, Nowak, Sparkes and Taylor Resolved 1. It be noted that on 3rd February 2026, the Executive calculated the Council Tax Base 2026/27 as 40,065.96 [Item T in the formula in Secti
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.