Leader of the Council and Executive Arrangements
Full council, 27 May 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 39, Against 12, Abstained 8.
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 (39)
- Barry Brotherton (Labour)
- Barry Winstanley (Labour)
- Ben Hartley (Labour)
- Clare Sheridan (Labour)
- David Acton (Labour)
- David Jarman (Labour)
- Dolores O'Sullivan (Labour)
- Frances Cosby (Labour)
- Ged Carter (Labour)
- George Devlin (Labour)
- James Wright (Labour)
- Jane Slater (Labour)
- Jill Axford (Labour)
- Joanne Harding (Labour)
- Keleigh Glenton (Labour)
- Kevin Procter (Labour)
- Liz Patel (Labour)
- Mark Tobin (Labour)
- Mrs. Joanne Bennett (Labour)
- Olly Baskerville (Labour)
- Rose Thompson (Labour)
- Sarah Haughey (Labour)
- Shirley Procter (Labour)
- Shona Gilbert (Labour)
- Sophie Taylor (Labour)
- Stephen Adshead (Labour)
- Sue Maitland (Labour)
- Tom Ross (Labour)
- Tony O'Brien (Labour)
- Waseem Hassan PhD (Labour)
- Will Jones (Labour)
- Zak Deakin (Labour)
- Aaron Fradley (Green)
- Daniel Jerrome (Green)
- Gareth Twose (Green)
- Geraldine Coggins (Green)
- Jane Leicester (Green)
- Jennie Wadsworth (Green)
- Michael Welton (Green)
Against (12)
- Dylan Butt (Conservative)
- Kaushik Chakraborty (Conservative)
- Lisa Hancock (Conservative)
- Michael Taylor (Conservative)
- Natalie Shalom (Conservative)
- Nathan Evans (Conservative)
- Phil Eckersley (Conservative)
- Prakash Nathani (Conservative)
- Rob Duncan (Conservative)
- Rupali Paul (Conservative)
- Rupert Kelly (Conservative)
- Shengke Zhi (Conservative)
Abstained (8)
- Jane Brophy (Liberal Democrats)
- Julian Newgrosh (Liberal Democrats)
- Shaun Ennis (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Lepori (Liberal Democrats)
- Ulrich Savary (Liberal Democrats)
- Will Frass (Liberal Democrats)
- Billy Burke (Reform UK)
- Charlotte Waterworth (Reform UK)
From the minutes
d environment board through the Executive. Councillor Evans spoke against the proposed Executive arrangements and in determining the matter, a recorded vote was called for. The result was as follows: Those in favour of the Executive Arrangements: Councillors Acton, Adshead, Axford, Baskerville, Bennett, Brotherton, Carter, Coggins, Cosby, Deakin, Devlin, Fradley, Gilbert, Glenton, Harding, Hartley, Hassan, Haughey, Jarman, Jerrome, Jones, Leicester, Maitland, O'Brien, O'Sullivan, Patel, K. Procter, S. Procter, Ross, Slater, Sheridan, S. Taylor, Thompson, Tobin, Twose, Wadsworth, Welton Winstanley and Wright. Those against the Executive Arrangements: Councillors Butt, Chakraborty, Duncan, Eckersley, Evans, Hancock, Kelly, Nathani, Paul, Shalom, M. Taylor and Zhi. Those choosing to abstain: Councillors Brophy, Burke, Ennis, Frass, Lepori, Newgrosh, Savary and Waterworth. With the result of the vote being 39 in favour and 12 against, with 8 abstentions and the Mayor choosing not to vote, Council's support for the Exec
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