To set the Council Tax - to move formally the resolution for making the necessary statutory calculations required under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and for setting the amounts of the Council Tax.
Full council, 23 February 2026: a named vote on the recommendation.
For 24, Against 5, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Reform UK. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (24)
- Adam Wilkinson (Labour)
- Ann Kingstone (Labour)
- Colin Hutchinson (Labour)
- David Veitch (Labour)
- Diana Tremayne (Labour)
- Dot Foster (Labour)
- Helen Brundell (Labour)
- Helen Rivron (Labour)
- Jonathan Timbers (Labour)
- Joseph Thompson (Labour)
- Katie Kimber (Labour)
- Kelly Thornham (Labour)
- Leah Webster (Labour)
- Mohammed Shazad Fazal (Labour)
- Peter Judge (Labour)
- Scott Patient (Labour)
- Simon Ashton (Labour)
- Stuart Cairney (Labour)
- Tim Swift (Labour)
- Felicity Thea Issott (Conservative)
- George Robinson (Conservative)
- Howard Blagbrough (Conservative)
- Regan Dickenson (Conservative)
- D Durrans (not matched to a member)
Against (5)
- Abigail White (Liberal Democrats)
- Amanda Parsons-Hulse (Liberal Democrats)
- Christine June Prashad (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Bellenger (Liberal Democrats)
- Sue Holdsworth (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (1)
- Paul Hawkaluk (Reform UK)
From the minutes
sic amounts of Council Tax for 2026/27 are excessive and the billing authority is not required to hold a referendum in accordance with Section 52ZK Local Government Finance Act 1992. The following 24 Members voted for the RECOMMENDATION: S Ashton A Kingstone H Blagbrough S Patient H Brundell H Rivron S Cairney G Robinson R Dickenson T Swift MBE D Durrans J Timbers M Fazal J Thompson D Foster K Thornham C Hutchinson D Tremayne F Issott D Veitch P Judge L Webster K Kimber A Wilkinson The following 5 Members voted against the RECOMMENDATION: P Bellenger C Prashad S Holdsworth A White A Parsons-Hulse The following 4 Members abstained from voting: P Hawkaluk The Deputy Mayor, B Monteith P Hunt D Sutherland
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.