Motion to undertake new Community Governance Reviews in Sawbridgeworth and Buntingford
Full council, 4 March 2026: a named vote.
For 16, Against 22, Abstained 4.
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 (16)
- Angus Parsad-Wyatt (Conservative)
- Aubrey Holt (Conservative)
- Eric Buckmaster (Conservative)
- Ian Devonshire (Conservative)
- Peter Boylan (Conservative)
- Ruth Buckmaster (Conservative)
- Tom Deffley (Conservative)
- Tony Stowe (Conservative)
- Carl Brittain (Green)
- Vicky Burt (Green)
- Calvin Horner (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Wilson (Liberal Democrats)
- Graham McAndrew (Reform UK)
- Terry Smith (Reform UK)
- David Woollcombe (Independent)
- Derring (not matched to a member)
Against (22)
- Alex Daar (Green)
- Ben Crystall (Green)
- George Williams (Green)
- John Dunlop (Green)
- Maura Connolly (Green)
- Rachel Carter (Green)
- Sarah Hopewell (Green)
- Steven Watson (Green)
- Sue Nicholls (Green)
- Tim Hoskin (Green)
- Vicky Glover-Ward (Green)
- Vicky Smith (Green)
- Joe Thomas (Liberal Democrats)
- Joseph Dumont (Liberal Democrats)
- Mione H Goldspink (Liberal Democrats)
- Miriam Swainston (Liberal Democrats)
- Sarah Copley (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Marlow (Liberal Democrats)
- David Jacobs (Labour)
- David Willcocks (Labour)
- Nahum Clements (Labour)
- Martin Butcher (Independent)
Abstained (4)
- Martin Adams (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Townsend (Liberal Democrats)
- Nick Cox (Green)
- Carolyn Redfern (Labour)
From the minutes
repeat the consultation at the earliest opportunity and did not seek to predetermine the outcome. The motion having been proposed and secondedwas put to a recorded vote and the result was as follows: For Councillors Boylan, Brittain, E Buckmaster, R Buckmaster, Burt, Derring, Deffley, Devonshire, Holt, Horner, McAndrew, Parsad-Wyatt, T Smith, Stowe, Wilson, Woollcombe. Against Councillors Butcher, Carter, Clements, Connolly, Copley, Crystall, Daar, Dumont, Dunlop, Glover-Ward, Goldspink, Hopewell, Hoskin, Jacobs, Marlow, Nicholls, V Smith, Swainston, Thomas, Watson, Willcocks, Williams. Abstain Councillors Adams, Cox, Redfern, Townsend. RESOLVED – After being put to the meeting and a recorded vote taken, this motion was declared LOST.
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