Minutes
Full council, 28 January 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 36, Against 17, 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 (36)
- Alison Smith (Labour)
- Allen Curtis (Labour)
- Allison Chisnall (Labour)
- Beth Jones (Labour)
- Brandon Feeley (Labour)
- Catherine Hunter (Labour)
- David Newey (Labour)
- Denny Wilson (Labour)
- Ehthesham Haque (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)
- Kelly Chequer (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)
Against (17)
- 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)
From the minutes
The Mayor then put the substantive motion to the vote, which was carried with 36 members voting in favour: - The Mayor (Councillor Haque) Councillors Blackburn, Burrell, Butler, Chapman, Chequer, 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, And 17 members voting against: - Edgeworth, Fagan, Gibson, Graham-King, Hartnack, McDonough, Mullen, O'Brien, Potts, Reed, Walton, Wood, Bond, Burnicle, Crosby, Dixon, Donkin, It was therefore: - 28. RESOLVED that: - Under Labour's leadership, Sunderland is delivering real progress - regenerating communities, creating good
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.