Annual Appointments 2026/27
Full council, 21 May 2026: a named vote.
For 16, Against 37, 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 (16)
- Brian Smith (Reform UK)
- Christopher Croft (Reform UK)
- Dan Robson (Reform UK)
- Iain Graham (Reform UK)
- Keith McAllister (Reform UK)
- Martin Uren (Reform UK)
- Michael Harrigan (Reform UK)
- Mick Stobbart (Reform UK)
- Richard Oliver (Reform UK)
- Richard Ross (Reform UK)
- Steven Robinson (Reform UK)
- Claire McGinty (Conservative)
- David Lilly (Conservative)
- Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
- John Johnsson (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
Against (37)
- Adam Thompson (Labour)
- Andy Holdsworth (Labour)
- Andy Newman (Labour)
- Anthony McMullen (Labour)
- Brian Burdis (Labour)
- Bryan MacDonald (Labour)
- Carl Johnson (Labour)
- Charlie Gray (Labour)
- Davey Drummond (Labour)
- Eddie Darke (Labour)
- Hannah Johnson (Labour)
- Jane Shaw (Labour)
- Janet Hunter (Labour)
- Jim Montague (Labour)
- Joe Kirwin (Labour)
- John O'Shea (Labour)
- Julie Cruddas (Labour)
- Linda Bell (Labour)
- Linda Darke (Labour)
- Louise Bell (Labour)
- Louise Marshall (Labour)
- Martin Murphy (Labour)
- Nigel Huscroft (Labour)
- Paul Bunyan (Labour)
- Peter Earley (Labour)
- Sarah Burtenshaw (Labour)
- Sarah Day (Labour)
- Steve Cox (Labour)
- Tom Bailey (Labour)
- Tommy Mulvenna (Labour)
- Tracy Hallway (Labour)
- Wendy Lott (Labour)
- Willie Samuel (Labour)
- Helen MacKenzie Bell (Green)
- J Mudzwinga (not matched to a member)
- M Osbourne (not matched to a member)
- R O' Keefe (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
From the minutes
. The nomination for Councillor S Day as Chair of Family Friendly Sub-Committee received: 38 Votes For, 16 Votes Against and 2 Abstentions. Votes for Councillor D Lilly for Deputy Chair of Family Friendly Sub-Committee: Councillors J Bartoli, L Bartoli, C Croft, I Graham, M Harrigan, J Johnsson, D Lilly, K McAllister, I McAlpine, C McGinty, R Oliver, S Robinson, D Robson, R Ross, B Smith, M Stobbart and M Uren. Votes against Councillor D Lilly for Deputy Chair of Family Friendly Sub-Committee: Elected Mayor Karen Clark, Councillors T Bailey, H Bell, Linda Bell, Louise Bell, P Bunyan, B Burdis, S Burtenshaw, S Cox, J Cruddas, E Darke, L Darke, S Day, D Drummond, P Earley, C Gray, T Hallway, A Holdsworth, J Hunter, N Huscroft, C Johnson, H Johnson, J Kirwin, W Lott, B MacDonald, L Marshall, A McMullen, J Montague, J Mudzwinga, T Mulvenna, M Murphy, A Newman, R O' Keefe, M Osbourne, J O'Shea, W Samuel, J Shaw and A Thompson. The following Member abstained from voting: Councillor J Wallace. The nomination for Councillor D Lilly as Chair of Family Friendly Sub-Committee received: 17 Votes For, 38 Votes Against and 1 Abstention. Resolved
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.