Council Plan 2025-2029
Full council, 27 November 2025: a named vote on the recommendations, carried.
For 42, Against 7, Abstained 1.
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 (42)
- Andrew Spowart (Labour)
- Andy Holdsworth (Labour)
- Andy Newman (Labour)
- Anthony McMullen (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)
- Ian Grayson (Labour)
- James Webster (Labour)
- Jane Shaw (Labour)
- Janet Hunter (Labour)
- Jim Montague (Labour)
- Joanne Sharp (Labour)
- John Harrison (Labour)
- John O'Shea (Labour)
- Julie Day (Labour)
- Karen Clark (Labour)
- Karen Clark (Labour)
- Kristin Nott (Labour)
- Linda Bell (Labour)
- Linda Darke (Labour)
- Louise Marshall (Labour)
- Martin Murphy (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)
- Tom Bailey (Labour)
- Tracy Hallway (Labour)
- Wendy Lott (Labour)
- Willie Samuel (Labour)
Against (7)
- David Lilly (Conservative)
- Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
- Jay Bartoli (Conservative)
- John Johnsson (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
- Liam Bones (Conservative)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
Abstained (1)
- Brian Smith (Reform UK)
From the minutes
as moved by the Elected Mayor and seconded by Councillor C Johnson, who reserved the right to speak, that Council: 1. Consider and approve the proposals for the Final Draft Council Plan for 2025-2029 Votes for the recommendations: Elected Mayor, Karen Clark, Councillors B MacDonald, L Darke, Linda Bell, K Nott, R O'Keefe, B Pickard, J Sharp, P Bunyan, B Clark, S Burtenshaw, C Gray, W Lott, F Lott, S Cox, M Murphy, D Drummond, J Day, T Bailey, A Spowart, A Newman, J Webster, L Marshall, I Grayson, A Holdsworth, J O'Shea, J Shaw, J Montague, P Earley, J Hunter, J Harrison, W Samuel, A McMullen, M Thirlaway, S Graham, C Johnson, H Johnson, S Phillips, E Darke, N Huscroft, T Hallway, Votes against the recommendations: Councillors J Wallace, J Johnsson, L Bartoli, D Lilly, J Bartoli, I McAlpine and L Bones. Abstained from voting: Councillor B Smith. It was RESOLVED that the Council Plan 2025-29 be approved.
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.