MOTION 1 - ASYLUM-SEEKER ACCOMMODATION
Full council, 13 October 2025: a named vote, lost.
For 26, Against 35, Abstained 2.
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 (26)
- Angela Davies (Labour)
- Ann Ainsworth (Labour)
- Brenda Hall (Labour)
- Elizabeth Grey (Labour)
- George Davies (Labour)
- Gillian Wood (Labour)
- Graeme Cooper (Labour)
- Grahame McManus (Labour)
- James Stewart Laing (Labour)
- Jerry Williams (Labour)
- Julie McManus (Labour)
- Kaitlin Stuart (Labour)
- Louise Luxon-Kewley (Labour)
- Mark Skillicorn (Labour)
- Mike Sullivan (Labour)
- Paul Jobson (Labour)
- Paul Martin (Labour)
- Paul Stuart (Labour)
- Paula Basnett (Labour)
- Stephen Bennett (Labour)
- Steve Foulkes (Labour)
- Sue Powell-Wilde (Labour)
- Tom Laing (Labour)
- Tony Jones MBE (Labour)
- Tony Murphy (Labour)
- Richie Pitt (Independent)
Against (35)
- Andrew Gardner (Conservative)
- Cherry Povall MBE JP (Conservative)
- Colin Baldwin (Conservative)
- Gary Bennett (Conservative)
- Helen Cameron (Conservative)
- Ian Lewis (Conservative)
- Jeff Green (Conservative)
- Jennifer Johnson (Conservative)
- Mary Jordan (Conservative)
- Max Booth (Conservative)
- Tony Cox (Conservative)
- Vida Wilson (Conservative)
- Amanda Onwuemene (Green)
- Christopher Cooke (Green)
- Ed Lamb (Green)
- Ewan Tomeny (Green)
- Gail Jenkinson (Green)
- Harry Gorman (Green)
- Jo Bird (Green)
- Judith Grier (Green)
- Kieran Murphy (Green)
- Naomi Graham (Green)
- Pat Cleary (Green)
- Ruth Molyneux (Green)
- Allan Brame (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Carubia (Liberal Democrats)
- Helen Raymond (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Redfern (Liberal Democrats)
- Phil Gilchrist (Liberal Democrats)
- Stuart Kelly (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Hodson (Independent Conservative)
- Graham Davies (Independent Conservative)
- Kathy Hodson (Independent Conservative)
- C Walsh-McDonald (not matched to a member)
- J Walsh-McDonald (not matched to a member)
Abstained (2)
- Jean Robinson (Independent)
- Brian Kenny (Labour)
From the minutes
e, the joint amendment was put to the vote and it was lost (21:40) 2 abstentions A named vote was requested for the Labour amendment; wish was then put to the vote and was lost (26:35) 2 abstentions. For: Cllrs Ainsworth, Basnett, S Bennett, Cooper, A Davies, George Davies, Foulkes, Grey, Hall, Jobson, T Jones, T Laing, Luxon-Kewley, Martin, G McManus, J McManus, T Murphy, Pitt, Powell-Wilde, Skillicorn, Stewart Laing, K Stuart, P Stuart, Sullivan, J Williams, Wood. Against: Cllrs Baldwin, G Bennett, Bird, Booth, Brame, Cameron, Carubia, Cleary, Cooke, Cox, Graham Davies, Gardner, Gilchrist, Gorman, Graham, Green, Grier, A Hodson, K Hodson, Jenkinson, Johnson, Jordan, Kelly, Lamb, Lewis, Molyneux, K Murphy, Onwuemene, Povall, Raymond, Redfern, Tomeny, C Walsh-McDonald, J Walsh-McDonald, Wilson. Abstentions 2: Cllrs Kenny, Robinson. The original Motion was then put to the vote and was, Resolved (40:21) 2 abstentions that, Council notes: • The United Kingdom has a proud history o
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