Motion 5 - Retaining the two child benefit cap
Full council, 24 July 2025: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 7, Against 46, Abstained 0.
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 (7)
- Dr Olly Scargill (Conservative)
- Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
- Jay Bartoli (Conservative)
- John Johnsson (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
- Liam Bones (Conservative)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
Against (46)
- Andrew Spowart (Labour)
- Andy Newman (Labour)
- Anthony McMullen (Labour)
- Brian Burdis (Labour)
- Bruce Pickard (Labour)
- Bryan Clark (Labour)
- Bryan MacDonald (Labour)
- Carl Johnson (Labour)
- Charlie Gray (Labour)
- Davey Drummond (Labour)
- Eddie Darke (Labour)
- Frank Lott (Labour)
- Hannah Johnson (Labour)
- James Webster (Labour)
- Janet Hunter (Labour)
- Jim Montague (Labour)
- Joan Walker (Labour)
- Joanne Sharp (Labour)
- Joe Kirwin (Labour)
- John Harrison (Labour)
- John O'Shea (Labour)
- Josephine Mudzingwa (Labour)
- Julie Cruddas (Labour)
- Julie Day (Labour)
- Karen Clark (Labour)
- Kristin Nott (Labour)
- Linda Bell (Labour)
- Linda Darke (Labour)
- Liz McMullen (Labour)
- Louise Bell (Labour)
- Louise Marshall (Labour)
- Matthew Thirlaway (Labour)
- Nigel Huscroft (Labour)
- Paul Bunyan (Labour)
- Peter Earley (Labour)
- Rebecca O'Keefe (Labour)
- Sandra Graham (Labour)
- Sarah Burtenshaw (Labour)
- Steve Cox (Labour)
- Steven Phillips (Labour)
- Tommy Mulvenna (Labour)
- Tracy Hallway (Labour)
- Tricia Neira (Labour)
- Wendy Lott (Labour)
- Willie Samuel (Labour)
- Brian Smith (Reform UK)
From the minutes
ped on benefits, because those who can work, should work • Work with Overview & Scrutiny, Co-ordination & Finance Committee to ensure Council is doing everything it can to help people back into work. Votes for the Substantive Motion: Councillors J Bartoli, L Bartoli, L Bones, J Johnsson, I McAlpine, Dr O Scargill, J Wallace. Votes against the Substantive Motion: Karen Clark, Elected Mayor, Councillors Linda Bell, Louise Bell, P Bunyan, B Burdis, S Burtenshaw, B Clark, S Cox, J Cruddas, E Darke, L Darke, J Day, D Drummond, P Earley, S Graham, C Gray, T Hallway, J Harrison, J Hunter, N Huscroft, C Johnson, H Johnson, J Kirwin, F Lott, W Lott, B MacDonald, L Marshall, A McMullen, L McMullen, J Montague, J Mudzingwa, T Mulvenna, T Neira, K Nott, A Newman, R O'Keefe, J O'Shea, S Phillips, B Pickard, W Samuel, J Sharp, B Smith, A Spowart, M Thirlaway, J Walker, J Webster. The Substantive Motion was rejected by 46 votes to 7 votes so the motion failed.
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