Budget Report and Medium Term Financial Strategy 2026/27 to 2028/29
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 50, Against 1, Abstained 2.
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 (50)
- Aasim Rashid (Labour)
- Aisling-Blaise Gallagher (Labour)
- Aiza Rashid (Labour)
- Amber Nisa (Labour)
- Angela Brown (Labour)
- Billy Sheerin (Labour)
- Carol Wardle (Labour)
- Daalat Ali (Labour)
- Daniel Meredith (Labour)
- Dylan James Williams (Labour)
- Elizabeth Atewologun (Labour)
- Iftikhar Ahmed (Labour)
- Iram Faisal (Labour)
- Janet Emsley (Labour)
- John Blundell (Labour)
- June West (Labour)
- Kathryn Bromfield (Labour)
- Liam O'Rourke (Labour)
- Mohammad Arshad (Labour)
- Neil Emmott (Labour)
- Patricia Mary Dale (Labour)
- Paul O'Neill (Labour)
- Peter Hodgkinson (Labour)
- Peter Joinson (Labour)
- Peter Williams (Labour)
- Phil Burke (Labour)
- Philip Massey (Labour)
- Rachel Massey (Labour)
- Richard Jackson (Labour)
- Sameena Zaheer (Labour)
- Shah Wazir (Labour)
- Shakil Ahmed (Labour)
- Shaun O'Neill (Labour)
- Susan Emmott (Labour)
- Susan Smith (Labour)
- Tom Besford (Labour)
- Tricia Ayrton (Labour)
- Adam Branton (Conservative)
- Angela Smith (Conservative)
- Ashley Dearnley (Conservative)
- James Gartside (Conservative)
- Michael Holly (Conservative)
- Peter Winkler (Conservative)
- Philip Beal (Conservative)
- Stephen Anstee (Conservative)
- Andy Kelly (Liberal Democrats)
- David Bamford (Liberal Democrats)
- Irene Davidson (Liberal Democrats)
- Keeley O'Mara (Middleton Independents Party)
- Paul Beswick (Middleton Independents Party)
Against (1)
- Minaam Ellahi (Workers Party)
Abstained (2)
- Jordan Tarrant-Short (Reform UK)
- Farooq Ahmed (Workers Party)
From the minutes
te and it was resolved to reject the amendment. The original motion to approve the recommendations as set out in the report and amended by resolution were then voted upon by means of a recorded vote. Voting for the motion: Councilors I. Ahmed, S. Ahmed, D. Ali, S. Anstee, M. Arshad, E. Atewologun, T. Ayrton, D. Bamford, P. Beal, T. Besford, P. Beswick, J. Blundell, A. Branton, K. Bromfield, A. Brown, P. Burke, P. Dale, I. Davidson, A. Dearnley, N. Emmott, S. Emmott, I. Faisal, A. Gallagher, J. Gartside, P. Hodgkinson, M. Holly, R. Jackson, P. Joinson, A. Kelly, P. Massey, R. Massey, D. Meredith, A. Nisa, K. O'Mara, P. O'Neill, S. O'Neill, L. O'Rourke, Aasim Rashid, Aiza Rashid, B. Sheerin, A. Smith, S. Smith, C. Wardle, S. Wazir, J. West, D. Williams, P. Williams, P. Winkler, S. Zaheer, J. Emsley. Voting against the motion: Councillor M. Ellahi. Abstaining on the motion: Councillors F. Ahmed, J. Tarrant-Short. Accordingly the motion was declared to be carried and it was Resolved that, 1. The proposed revenue budget position as included within the submitted
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