Motions
Full council, 26 November 2025: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 7, Against 29, 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 (7)
- Jakob Williamson (Independent)
- Michael Graham (Independent)
- Pete Girt (Independent)
- Stan Bates (Independent)
- Nadeem Ahmed (Conservative)
- Samantha Harvey (Conservative)
- Nick Farmer (Reform UK)
Against (29)
- Brendan Fraser (Labour)
- Brian Mayhew (Labour)
- Daniel Wilton (Labour)
- Darren Byford (Labour)
- David Pickersgill (Labour)
- Duncan Smith (Labour)
- Gwen Page (Labour)
- Hannah Appleyard (Labour)
- Helen Antcliff (Labour)
- Jack Hemingway (Labour)
- Jackie Ferguson (Labour)
- Jacquie Speight (Labour)
- Jo Hepworth (Labour)
- Julie Craig (Labour)
- Julie Medford (Labour)
- Lynn Masterman (Labour)
- Margaret Isherwood (Labour)
- Matthew Morley JP (Labour)
- Maureen Cummings (Labour)
- Maureen Tennant-King (Labour)
- Michelle Collins (Labour)
- Mohammed Ayub (Labour)
- Natalie Walton (Labour)
- Scott Haslam (Labour)
- Shabaan Ali Saleem (Labour)
- Steve Vickers (Labour)
- Stuart Heptinstall (Labour)
- Usman Ali (Labour)
- Kevin Swift (Independent)
From the minutes
ION were received from Councillors Collins, Isherwood, Girt and Ahmed. Under Council Procedure Rule 12.4 a Recorded Vote, supported by five other Members of Council, was requested by Councillor Girt. Members voting in favour of the Motion Councillors Ahmed, Bates, Farmer, Girt, Graham, Harvey and Williamson. Members voting against the Motion Councillors Ali, Antcliff, Appleyard, Ayub, Byford, Collins, Craig, Cummings, Ferguson, Fraser, Haslam, Hemingway, S Heptinstall, Hepworth, Isherwood, Mayhew, Medford, Morley, Page, Pickersgill, Saleem, Smith, Speight, Swift, Vickers, Walton, Wilton, Tennant-King and Masterman. The MOTION on being put was DEFEATED. 9. Motion proposed by Councillor Williamson In accordance with Council Procedure Rules, Councillor Williamson
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