Annual Report of the Independent Remuneration Panel
Full council, 25 March 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 31, Against 15, Abstained 10.
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 (31)
- Adrian Hunter (Reform UK)
- Alan Graves (Reform UK)
- Alex Millward (Reform UK)
- Carol Wood (Reform UK)
- Charlotte Hill (Reform UK)
- Dan Price (Reform UK)
- Darran Furness (Reform UK)
- Darren Muizelaar (Reform UK)
- David Elsdon (Reform UK)
- David Harvey (Reform UK)
- Jamie Hodgson (Reform UK)
- John Lawson (Reform UK)
- Joseph Turrell (Reform UK)
- Joss Barnes (Reform UK)
- Lewis Whitbread (Reform UK)
- Mark Cliff (Reform UK)
- Martin Bromley (Reform UK)
- Matthew Benfield (Reform UK)
- Nick Adams (Reform UK)
- Paul Maginnis (Reform UK)
- Paul Parkin (Reform UK)
- Peter Mathews (Reform UK)
- Richard Hatfield (Reform UK)
- Robert Reaney (Reform UK)
- Roy Hallett (Reform UK)
- Sam Redfern (Reform UK)
- Simon Mabbott (Reform UK)
- Stephen Reed (Reform UK)
- Stuart Bent (Reform UK)
- David Taylor (Conservative)
- R Smiith (not matched to a member)
Against (15)
- Alasdair Sutton (Conservative)
- Alex Dale (Conservative)
- Carol Hart (Conservative)
- Linda Grooby (Conservative)
- Martyn Ford (Conservative)
- Nigel Gourlay (Conservative)
- Steve Bull (Conservative)
- Susan Hobson (Conservative)
- Wayne Major (Conservative)
- Gez Kinsella (Green)
- Lian Pizzey (Green)
- Rachael Hatchett (Green)
- Ed Fordham (Liberal Democrats)
- Sue Burfoot (Liberal Democrats)
- Snowden (not matched to a member)
Abstained (10)
- Jason Isherwood (Reform UK)
- Jodie Brown (Reform UK)
- Kevin Harper (Reform UK)
- Melandra Smith (Reform UK)
- Sarah Reaney (Reform UK)
- Tony Wilson (Reform UK)
- Amy Wheelton (DIND)
- Ruth George (DIND)
- Anne Clarke (Labour)
- Emma Monkman (Labour)
From the minutes
h was LOST. Following further debate and on the motion of Councillor Millward, duly seconded and in accordance with Council procedure 18.1 a recorded vote was taken on the original motion as follows: For the motion: Councillors Adams, Barnes, Benfield, Bent, Bromley, Cliff, Elsdon, Furness, Graves, Hallett, Harvey, Hatfield, Hill, Hodgson, Hunter, Lawson, Mabbott, Maginnis, Mathews, Millward, Muizelaar, Parkin, Price, R. Reaney, Redfern, Reed, R Smiith, Taylor, Turrell, Whitbread and Wood. Against the motion: Councillors Bull, Burfoot, Dale, Ford, Fordham, Gourlay, Grooby, Hart, Hatchett, Hobson, Kinsella, Major, Pizzey, Snowden and Sutton. Abstentions: Councillors Brown, Clarke, George, Harper, Isherwood, Monkman, S. Reaney, M Smith, Wheelton and Wilson. The vote was WON and therefore the motion was CARRIED as follows: RESOLVED: That Council resolves to: 1) Thank the Independent Remuneration Panel fo
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