English Devolution White Paper - Local Government Reorganisation
Full council, 17 July 2025: a named vote, lost.
For 13, Against 42, Abstained 4.
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 (13)
- Alan Dowden (Liberal Democrats)
- David Harrison (Liberal Democrats)
- Jackie Porter (Liberal Democrats)
- Keith House (Liberal Democrats)
- Malcolm Wade (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Tod (Liberal Democrats)
- Paula Ferguson (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Chegwyn (Liberal Democrats)
- Prad Bains (Liberal Democrats)
- Stuart Bailey (Liberal Democrats)
- Tim Groves (Liberal Democrats)
- Tonia Craig (Liberal Democrats)
- Wayne Irish (Liberal Democrats)
Against (42)
- Andrew Joy (Conservative)
- Ann Briggs (Conservative)
- Debbie Curnow-Ford (Conservative)
- Derek Mellor (Conservative)
- Elaine Still (Conservative)
- Fran Carpenter (Conservative)
- Graham Burgess (Conservative)
- Jackie Branson (Conservative)
- Jan Warwick (Conservative)
- Jonathan Glen (Conservative)
- Juliet Henderson (Conservative)
- Keith Mans (Conservative)
- Kirsty North (Conservative)
- Lance Quantrill (Conservative)
- Liz Fairhurst (Conservative)
- Lulu Bowerman (Conservative)
- Mark Kemp-Gee (Conservative)
- Michael Ford (Conservative)
- Michael Thierry (Conservative)
- Nick Adams-King (Conservative)
- Pal Hayre (Conservative)
- Patricia Stallard (Conservative)
- Peter Latham (Conservative)
- Rhydian Vaughan MBE (Conservative)
- Rob Mocatta (Conservative)
- Rod Cooper (Conservative)
- Roz Chadd (Conservative)
- Russell Oppenheimer (Conservative)
- Stephen Parker (Conservative)
- Stephen Philpott (Conservative)
- Stephen Reid (Conservative)
- Steven Broomfield (Conservative)
- Tom Thacker (Conservative)
- Zoe Huggins BEM (Conservative)
- Alex Crawford (Labour)
- Jacky Tustain (Labour)
- Kim Taylor (Labour)
- Barry Dunning (Reform UK)
- Alexis McEvoy (not matched to a member)
- Andy Tree (not matched to a member)
- Bill Withers (not matched to a member)
- Neville Penman (not matched to a member)
Abstained (4)
- Chris Donnelly (Conservative)
- Malcolm Wallace (Green)
- Louise Parker-Jones (Independent)
- Mark Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
. The Amendment was lost. Amended recommendation B The outcome of the recorded vote was as follows: FOR (13): Councillors Stuart Bailey, Prad Bains, Peter Chegwyn, Tonia Craig, Alan Dowden, Paula Ferguson, Tim Groves, David Harrison, Keith House, Wayne Irish, Jackie Porter, Martin Tod and Malcolm Wade AGAINST (42): Councillors Nick Adams-King, Lulu Bowerman, Jackie Branson, Ann Briggs, Steven Broomfield, Graham Burgess, Fran Carpenter, Roz Chadd, Rod Cooper, Alex Crawford, Debbie Curnow-Ford, Barry Dunning, Liz Fairhurst, Michael Ford, Jonathan Glen, Pal Hayre, Juliet Henderson, Zoe Huggins, Andrew Joy, Mark Kemp-Gee, Peter Latham, Keith Mans, Alexis McEvoy, Derek Mellor, Rob Mocatta, Kirsty North, Russell Oppenheimer, Stephen Parker, Neville Penman, Stephen Philpott, Lance Quantrill, Stephen Reid, Patricia Stallard, Elaine Still, Kim Taylor, Tom Thacker, Michael Thierry, Andy Tree, Jacky Tustain, Rhydian Vaughan, Jan Warwick and Bill Withers. ABSTAIN (4): Councillors Mark Cooper, Christopher Donnelly, Louise Parker-Jones and Malcolm Wallace. The Amendment was lost. Substantive recommendation A The outcome of the recorded vote was as follows:
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.