2026-2030 Financial Planning and Budget Process: Elected Mayor and Cabinet Budget and Council Tax Requirement Resolution for 2026/27
Full council, 12 February 2026: a named vote on the proposals.
For 40, Against 5, 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 (40)
- Andy Holdsworth (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)
- Ian Grayson (Labour)
- James Webster (Labour)
- Jane Shaw (Labour)
- Janet Hunter (Labour)
- Jim Montague (Labour)
- Joan Walker (Labour)
- Joanne Sharp (Labour)
- Joe Kirwin (Labour)
- John Harrison (Labour)
- John O'Shea (Labour)
- Kristin Nott (Labour)
- Linda Bell (Labour)
- Linda Darke (Labour)
- Louise Marshall (Labour)
- Nigel Huscroft (Labour)
- Paul Bunyan (Labour)
- Peter Earley (Labour)
- Rebecca O'Keefe (Labour)
- Sandra Graham (Labour)
- Steve Cox (Labour)
- Tom Bailey (Labour)
- Tracy Hallway (Labour)
- Wendy Lott (Labour)
- Willie Samuel (Labour)
- Brian Smith (Reform UK)
- Elected Mayor K. Clark (not matched to a member)
- S. Philips (not matched to a member)
Against (5)
- David Lilly (Conservative)
- Jay Bartoli (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
- Liam Bones (Conservative)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
From the minutes
neral Fund in 12 equal instalments on the last working day of each month. No objections to the motion and proposals set out above were received. A recorded vote was taken on the motion and proposals. Votes for the Elected Mayor and Cabinet's Proposals: Elected Mayor K. Clark, Councillors N. Huscroft, T. Hallway, P. Earley, J. Hunter, J. Harrison, J. Walker, W. Samuel, A. McMullen, S. Graham, C. Johnson, H. Johnson, S. Philips, E. Darke, S. Cox, D. Drummond, T. Bailey, A. Newman, J. Webster, L. Marshall, I. Grayson, A. Holdsworth, J. Kirwin, J. O'Shea, J. Shaw, J. Montague, B. MacDonald, L. Darke, Linda Bell, K. Nott, B. Burdis, R. O'Keefe, B. Pickard, J. Sharp, P. Bunyan, B. Clark, C. Gray, W. Lott, F. Lott, B. Smith. Votes against the Elected Mayor and Cabinet's Proposals: Councillors L. Bartoli, L. Bones, D. Lilly, J. Bartoli, J. Wallace. The substantive motion on being put to the meeting, was approved by 40 votes to 5 votes with no abstentions. The Chair announced that the Elected Ma
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