Motions
Full council, 23 July 2026: a named vote on the amendment, lost.
For 12, Against 43, 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 (12)
- Claire McGinty (Conservative)
- David Lilly (Conservative)
- Dr Olly Scargill (Conservative)
- Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
- Jay Bartoli (Conservative)
- John Johnsson (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
- Liam Bones (Conservative)
- Michael Harrigan (Reform UK)
- Mick Stobbart (Reform UK)
- Richard Ross (Reform UK)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
Against (43)
- Adam Thompson (Labour)
- Andy Holdsworth (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)
- Jim Montague (Labour)
- Joe Kirwin (Labour)
- John O'Shea (Labour)
- Julie Cruddas (Labour)
- Karen Clark (Labour)
- Linda Bell (Labour)
- Linda Darke (Labour)
- Louise Bell (Labour)
- Louise Marshall (Labour)
- Nigel Huscroft (Labour)
- Paula Clough (Labour)
- Peter Earley (Labour)
- Rebecca O'Keefe (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)
- Brian Smith (Reform UK)
- Dan Robson (Reform UK)
- Iain Graham (Reform UK)
- Keith McAllister (Reform UK)
- Martin Uren (Reform UK)
- Richard Oliver (Reform UK)
- Steven Robinson (Reform UK)
- Helen MacKenzie Bell (Green)
- J Mudzwinga (not matched to a member)
- J Sharpe (not matched to a member)
- M Osbourne (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
mentation of a non-immediate Article 4 Direction at the appropriate time. •Council asks the Mayor to follow the lead of South Tyneside Council and issue an immediate Borough-wide Article 4 Directive. Votes for the Amendment: Councillors J Bartoli, L Bartoli, L Bones, M Harrigan, J Johnsson, D Lilly, I McAlpine, C McGinty, R Ross, Dr O Scargill, M Stobbart and J Wallace. Votes against the amendment: Elected Mayor Karen Clark, Councillors T Bailey, H Bell, Linda Bell, Louise Bell, B Burdis, S Burtenshaw, P Clough, S Cox, J Cruddas, E Darke, L Darke, S Day, D Drummond, P Earley, I Graham, C Gray, T Hallway, A Holdsworth, N Huscroft, C Johnson, H Johnson, J Kirwin, W Lott, B MacDonald, L Marshall, K McAllister, A McMullen, J Montague, J Mudzwinga, T Mulvenna, R O'Keefe, R Oliver, M Osbourne, S Robinson, D Robson, J Sharpe, J O'Shea, W Samuel, J Shaw, B Smith, A Thompson and M Uren. The amendment was rejected by 12 votes to 43.
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.