2026/27 Council Tax
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the amendment, lost.
For 11, Against 33, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Conservative. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (11)
- Chris Price (Labour)
- Jeremy Adams (Labour)
- Jessica Arnold (Labour)
- Josh King (Labour)
- Kathy Bance MBE (Labour)
- Kevin Kennedy-Brooks (Labour)
- Rebecca Wiffen (Labour)
- Ruth McGregor (Labour)
- Ryan Thomson (Labour)
- Simon Jeal (Labour)
- Tony McPartlan (Labour)
Against (33)
- Adam Jude Grant (Conservative)
- Alexa Michael (Conservative)
- Angela Page (Conservative)
- Charles Joel (Conservative)
- Christine Harris (Conservative)
- Colin Hitchins (Conservative)
- Colin Smith (Conservative)
- Diane Smith (Conservative)
- Felicity Bainbridge (Conservative)
- Hannah Gray (Conservative)
- Harry Stranger (Conservative)
- Josh Coldspring-White (Conservative)
- Kate Lymer (Conservative)
- Kim Botting FRSA (Conservative)
- Mark Brock (Conservative)
- Michael Tickner (Conservative)
- Mike Botting (Conservative)
- Nicholas Bennett J.P. (Conservative)
- Peter Dean (Conservative)
- Robert Evans (Conservative)
- Shaun Slator (Conservative)
- Simon Fawthrop (Conservative)
- Sophie Dunbar (Conservative)
- Thomas Turrell (Conservative)
- Tony Owen (Conservative)
- Will Rowlands (Conservative)
- Yvonne Bear (Conservative)
- Christopher Marlow (Reform UK)
- Kira Gabbert (Reform UK)
- Alison Stammers (not matched to a member)
- David Cartwright (not matched to a member)
- Mark Smith (not matched to a member)
- Melanie Stevens (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
mates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act. (ii) £614,968k being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates or the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act The following Members voted for the amendment – Councillors Jeremy Adams, Jessica Arnold, Kathy Bance, Simon Jeal, Kevin Kennedy-Brooks, Josh King, Ruth McGregor, Tony McPartlan, Chris Price, Ryan Thomson, and Rebecca Wiffen (11) The following Members voted against the amendment – Councillors Felicity Bainbridge, Yvonne Bear, Nicholas Bennett, Kim Botting, Mike Botting, Mark Brock, David Cartwright, Josh Coldspring-White, Peter Dean, Sophie Dunbar, Robert Evans, Simon Fawthrop, Kira Gabbert, Adam Grant, Hannah Gray, Christine Harris, Colin Hitchins, Charles Joel, Kate Lymer, Christopher Marlow, Alexa Michael, Tony Owen, Angela Page, Will Rowlands, Shaun Slator, Colin Smith, Diane Smith, Mark Smith, Alison Stammers, Melanie Stevens, Harry Stranger, Michael Tickner and Thomas Turrell (33) The following Members abstained or did not vote – Councillors Jonathan Andrews, Graeme Casey, Will Connolly, Alisa Igoe, Julie Ireland, Chloe-Jane Ro
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.