Budget and Council Tax Level 2026/27
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the recommendation, carried.
For 38, Against 16, Abstained 3.
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 (38)
- Alex Geddes (Labour)
- Angela Douglas (Labour)
- Barry Turnbull (Labour)
- Bernadette Oliphant (Labour)
- Bill Dick (Labour)
- Brenda Clelland (Labour)
- Catherine Donovan (Labour)
- Chris Buckley (Labour)
- Denise Robson (Labour)
- Dot Burnett (Labour)
- Eileen McMaster (Labour)
- Gary Haley (Labour)
- George Kasfikis (Labour)
- Hugh Kelly (Labour)
- Jamie Park (Labour)
- Jill Green (Labour)
- John Adams (Labour)
- John McElroy (Labour)
- Judith Gibson (Labour)
- Judith Turner (Labour)
- Julie Simpson (Labour)
- Kathleen McCartney (Labour)
- Kathryn Henderson (Labour)
- Kathryn Walker (Labour)
- Keith Wood (Labour)
- Kevin Dodds (Labour)
- Lee-Ann Moir (Labour)
- Leigh Kirton (Labour)
- Lynne Caffrey (Labour)
- Malcolm Brain (Labour)
- Maria Hall (Labour)
- Martin Gannon (Labour)
- Michael McNestry (Labour)
- Pamela Burns (Labour)
- Steve Ronchetti (Labour)
- Stuart Green (Labour)
- D Weatherly (not matched to a member)
- S Gallager (not matched to a member)
Against (16)
- Amanda Wintcher (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Duggan (Liberal Democrats)
- Dawn Welsh (Liberal Democrats)
- Ian Patterson (Liberal Democrats)
- Jonathan Wallace (Liberal Democrats)
- Leanne Brand (Liberal Democrats)
- Marilynn Ord (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Diston (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Elliott (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Craig BEM (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Maughan (Liberal Democrats)
- Ron Beadle (Liberal Democrats)
- Susan Craig (Liberal Democrats)
- Vicky Anderson (Liberal Democrats)
- Jane McCoid (Independent)
- J Mohammad (not matched to a member)
Abstained (3)
- Freda Geddes (Labour)
- Sharron Potts (Labour)
- D (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
meeting was defeated. COUNCIL RESOLVED: i. To approve the recommendations as set out in section 20 of the report. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 20.4, a recorded vote was taken as follows: Councillors for the recommendation: - J Adams, M Brain, C Buckley, D Burnett, P Burns, L Caffrey, B Clelland, B Dick, K Dodds, C Donovan, A Douglas, S Gallager, M Gannon, A Geddes, J Gibson, J Green, S Green, G Haley, M Hall, K Henderson, G Kasfikis, H Kelly, L Kirton, K McCartney, J McElroy, E McMaster, M McNestry, L Moir, B Oliphant, J Park, D Robson, S Ronchetti, J Simpson, B Turnbull, J Turner, K Walker, D Weatherly and K Wood. Councillors against the recommendation: - V Anderson, R Beadle, L Brand, P Craig, S Craig, P Diston, D Duggan, P Elliott, P Maughan, J McCoid, J Mohammad, M Ord, I Patterson, J Wallace, D Welsh and A Wintcher. Councillors that abstained from the vote: - F Geddes S Potts, D The recommendation was duly carried and therefore the following recommendations from Cabinet were approved; i. That the increase Gateshead's Band D C
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