Motion 6 - Supporting our local businesses
Full council, 24 July 2025: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 8, Against 45, 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 (8)
- Dr Olly Scargill (Conservative)
- Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
- Jay Bartoli (Conservative)
- John Johnsson (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
- Liam Bones (Conservative)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
- Brian Smith (Reform UK)
Against (45)
- 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)
From the minutes
estaurant Week to make it easier and more affordable for people to enjoy what our local restaurants have to offer, similar to reductions that apply for large scale events in Newcastle and Sunderland. Votes for the Substantive Motion: Councillors J Bartoli, L Bartoli, L Bones, J Johnsson, I McAlpine, Dr O Scargill, B Smith, 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, A Spowart, M Thirlaway, J Walker, J Webster. The Substantive Motion was rejected by 45 votes to 8 votes so the motion failed.
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