Minutes
Full council, 28 January 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 18, Against 34, 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 (18)
- Andrew Wood (Liberal Democrats)
- Heather Fagan (Liberal Democrats)
- Julia Potts (Liberal Democrats)
- Malcolm Bond (Liberal Democrats)
- Margaret Crosby (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Edgeworth (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Walton (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen O'Brien (Liberal Democrats)
- Steven Donkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Adele Graham-King (Conservative)
- Antony Mullen (Conservative)
- Chris Burnicle (Conservative)
- Dominic McDonough (Conservative)
- Lyall Reed (Conservative)
- Michael Dixon (Conservative)
- Michael Hartnack (Conservative)
- Ian McKinley (Independent)
Against (34)
- Alison Smith (Labour)
- Allen Curtis (Labour)
- Allison Chisnall (Labour)
- Beth Jones (Labour)
- Brandon Feeley (Labour)
- Catherine Hunter (Labour)
- David Newey (Labour)
- Denny Wilson (Labour)
- George Smith (Labour)
- Henry Trueman (Labour)
- Iain Scott (Labour)
- James Blackburn (Labour)
- Jill Fletcher (Labour)
- Joanne Chapman (Labour)
- Joanne Laverick (Labour)
- John Price (Labour)
- John Usher (Labour)
- Kevin Johnston (Labour)
- Linda Williams (Labour)
- Lindsay Leonard (Labour)
- Lynne Dagg (Labour)
- Mark Burrell (Labour)
- Martyn Herron (Labour)
- Melville Speding (Labour)
- Michael Butler (Labour)
- Michael Mordey (Labour)
- Paul Stewart (Labour)
- Phil Tye (Labour)
- Sophie Clinton (Labour)
- Stephen Foster (Labour)
- Tracy Dodds (Labour)
- D E Snowdon (not matched to a member)
- D Snowdon (not matched to a member)
- Guy (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
d on reducing inequalities. • Affirm our dedication to cohesive communities, supporting all residents and rejecting division in any form. Upon being put to the vote the amendment was defeated with 18 members voting in favour: - Councillors Bond, Burnicle, Crosby, Dixon, Donkin, Edgeworth, Fagan, Gibson, Graham-King, Hartnack, McDonough, McKinley, Mullen, O'Brien, Potts, Reed, Walton, Wood, And 34 members voting against: - Councillors Blackburn, Burrell, Butler, Chapman, Chisnall, Clinton, Curtis, Dagg, Dodds, Feeley, Fletcher, Foster, Guy, Herron, Hunter, Johnston, Jones, Laverick, Leonard, Mordey, Newey, Price, Scott, A Smith, G Smith, D Snowdon, D E Snowdon, Speding, Stewart, H Trueman, Tye, Usher, Williams, Wilson, The Mayor then put the substantive motion to the vote, which was carried with 36
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