Motions
Full council, 27 November 2025: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 44, Against 8, 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 (44)
- Andy Holdsworth (Labour)
- Andy Newman (Labour)
- Anthony McMullen (Labour)
- Brian Burdis (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)
- Joan Walker (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)
- Tommy Mulvenna (Labour)
- Tracy Hallway (Labour)
- Wendy Lott (Labour)
- Willie Samuel (Labour)
- J Mudzwinga (not matched to a member)
Against (8)
- David Lilly (Conservative)
- Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
- Jay Bartoli (Conservative)
- John Johnsson (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
- Liam Bones (Conservative)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
- Brian Smith (Reform UK)
From the minutes
ndependent Renumeration Panel and not by councillors. Ask the Elected Mayor to write to the Secretary of State, calling on the Government to establish a national remuneration panel to set allowances. Votes for the amended Motion: Elected Mayor, Karen Clark. Councillors B MacDonald, L Darke, Linda Bell, T Mulvenna, K Nott, B Burdis, R O'Keefe, 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 Newman, J Webster, J Mudzwinga, L Marshall, I Grayson, A Holdsworth, J O'Shea, J Shaw, J Montague, P Earley, J Hunter, J Harrison, J Walker, W Samuel, A McMullen, M Thirlaway, S Graham, C Johnson, H Johnson, S Phillips, E Darke, N Huscroft and T Hallway. Votes against the amended Motion: Councillors J Wallace, B Smith, J Johnsson, L Bartoli, D Lilly, J Bartoli, I McAlpine and L Bones. The amended motion was therefore approved by 43 votes to 8 votes and became the substantive motion.
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.