Minutes
Full council, 13 July 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 27, Against 26, Abstained 13.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (27)
- Andrew Barnfield (Reform UK)
- Andrew Southall (Reform UK)
- Angela Blythe (Reform UK)
- Caley Ashman (Reform UK)
- Chris Whitehouse (Reform UK)
- Dr Rob Clinton (Reform UK)
- Graham Howes (Reform UK)
- Ivor Robinson (Reform UK)
- Jack Thompson (Reform UK)
- James Clinton (Reform UK)
- Jan McGeough (Reform UK)
- Jason Thorne (Reform UK)
- Joel Hyde (Reform UK)
- Jon Mucklow (Reform UK)
- Kam Macleod (Reform UK)
- Lisa Clinton (Reform UK)
- Marco Longhi (Reform UK)
- Phil Boaler (Reform UK)
- Samuel Hussey (Reform UK)
- Sat Sherwani (Reform UK)
- Shaun Keasey (Reform UK)
- Tony Dickenson (Reform UK)
- Wayne Lewis (Reform UK)
- Andrew Tromans (Liberal Democrats)
- Kash Khan (Liberal Democrats)
- Luke Hamblett (Liberal Democrats)
- Ryan Priest (Liberal Democrats)
Against (26)
- Adam Davies (Conservative)
- Alan Taylor (Conservative)
- Alex Dale (Conservative)
- Andrea Goddard (Conservative)
- Bryn Challenor (Conservative)
- Daniel Bevan (Conservative)
- David Stanley (Conservative)
- Donna Harley (Conservative)
- Ed Lawrence (Conservative)
- Faye Barras (Conservative)
- Ian Bevan (Conservative)
- Ian Kettle (Conservative)
- Jeff Hill (Conservative)
- Kerry Lewis (Conservative)
- Mark Webb (Conservative)
- Patrick Harley (Conservative)
- Paul Bradley (Conservative)
- Phil Atkins (Conservative)
- Simon Phipps (Conservative)
- Steve Clark (Conservative)
- Stuart Henley (Conservative)
- Sue Greenaway (Conservative)
- Tony Creed (Conservative)
- Wayne Little (Conservative)
- Peter Lowe (not matched to a member)
- Steve Edwards (not matched to a member)
Abstained (13)
- Adam Aston (Labour)
- Adeela Qayyum (Labour)
- Asif Ahmed (Labour)
- Carol Littler (Labour)
- Cathryn Bayton (Labour)
- Elaine Taylor (Labour)
- Hilary Bills (Labour)
- Jackie Cowell (Labour)
- Mohammed Hanif (Labour)
- Parmjit Sahota (Labour)
- Qasim Mughal (Labour)
- Shaukat Ali (Labour)
- Susan Ridney (Labour)
From the minutes
lor M Longhi was put to the vote and carried. CL/34 Pursuant to a request in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16.4, voting on the amendment moved by Councillor M Longhi was recorded as follows: For (27) Councillors C Ashman, A Barnfield, A Blythe, P Boaler, J Clinton, L Clinton, Dr R Clinton, T Dickenson, L Hamblett, G Howes, S Hussey, J Hyde, S Keasey, K Khan, W Lewis, M Longhi, K MacLeod, J McGeough, J Mucklow, R Priest, I Robinson, S Sherwani, A Southall, J Thompson, J Thorne, A Tromans and C Whitehouse Against (26) Councillors P Atkins, F Barras, D Bevan, I Bevan, P Bradley, B Challenor, S Clark, T Creed, A Dale, A Davies, S Edwards, A Goddard, S Greenaway, D Harley, P Harley, S Henley, J Hill, I Kettle, E Lawrence, K Lewis, W Little, P Lowe, S Phipps, D Stanley, A Taylor and M Webb Abstain (13) Councillors A Ahmed, S Ali, A Aston, C Bayton, H Bills, J Cowell, M Hanif, C Littler, Q Mughal, A Qayyum, S Ridney, P Sahota and E Taylor The amendment was incorporated into the substantive motion. There were no further speakers on the substantive motion. Councillor L Hamblett exercised
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.