Minutes
Full council, 17 September 2025: a named vote, lost.
For 15, Against 40, 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 (15)
- Andrew Wood (Liberal Democrats)
- Heather Fagan (Liberal Democrats)
- Malcolm Bond (Liberal Democrats)
- Margaret Crosby (Liberal Democrats)
- Niall Hodson (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Edgeworth (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Walton (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen O'Brien (Liberal Democrats)
- Steven Donkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Antony Mullen (Conservative)
- Dominic McDonough (Conservative)
- Lyall Reed (Conservative)
- Michael Hartnack (Conservative)
- James Warne (Independent)
Against (40)
- Alex Samuels (Labour)
- Alison Smith (Labour)
- Allen Curtis (Labour)
- Brandon Feeley (Labour)
- Catherine Hunter (Labour)
- David Newey (Labour)
- Fiona Miller (Labour)
- Fiona Tobin (Labour)
- George Smith (Labour)
- Graeme Miller (Labour)
- Helen Glancy (Labour)
- Henry Trueman (Labour)
- Iain Scott (Labour)
- James Blackburn (Labour)
- Jill Fletcher (Labour)
- Joanne Chapman (Labour)
- John Price (Labour)
- Juliana Heron (Labour)
- Katherine Mason-Gage (Labour)
- Kevin Johnston (Labour)
- Linda Williams (Labour)
- Lindsay Leonard (Labour)
- Lynda Scanlan (Labour)
- Lynne Dagg (Labour)
- Mark Burrell (Labour)
- Martyn Herron (Labour)
- Melanie Thornton (Labour)
- Melville Speding (Labour)
- Michael Butler (Labour)
- Michael Mordey (Labour)
- Paul Stewart (Labour)
- Peter Walker (Labour)
- Phil Tye (Labour)
- Sophie Clinton (Labour)
- Stephen Elms (Labour)
- Stephen Foster (Labour)
- Susan Watson (Labour)
- Tracy Dodds (Labour)
- D E Snowdon (not matched to a member)
- Guy (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Denny Wilson (Labour)
From the minutes
to allow debate on a matter referred to in the minutes of the meeting held on 25 June 2025. This was duly seconded by Councillor Edgeworth. Upon being put to the vote, the motion was defeated with 40 Members voting against: - The Deputy Mayor (Councillor Thornton) Councillors Blackburn, Burrell, Butler, Chapman, Clinton, Curtis, Dagg, Dodds, Elms, Feeley, Fletcher, Foster, Glancy, Guy, Heron, Herron, Hunter, Johnston, Leonard, Mason-Gage, F Miller, G Miller, Mordey, Newey, Price, Samuels, Scanlan, Scott, A Smith, G Smith, D E Snowdon, Speding, Stewart, Tobin, H Trueman, Tye, P Walker, Watson, Williams, 15 Members voting in favour: - Councillors Bond, Crosby, Donkin, Edgeworth, Fagan, Gibson, Hartnack, Hodson, McDonough, Mullen, O'Brien, Reed, Walton, Warne, Wood, And one Member abstaining: - Councillor Wilson (i) Notice of Motion – Cleaner streets for Sunderland Councillor Hodson, duly seconded by Councillor Crosby, moved the following motion: - “Council n
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