English Devolution White Paper - Local Government Reorganisation
Full council, 17 July 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 42, Against 13, Abstained 5.
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 (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)
- 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 Reid (Conservative)
- Steven Broomfield (Conservative)
- Tom Thacker (Conservative)
- Zoe Huggins BEM (Conservative)
- Alex Crawford (Labour)
- Jacky Tustain (Labour)
- Kim Taylor (Labour)
- Louise Parker-Jones (Independent)
- Alan Dowden (Liberal Democrats)
- 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)
Against (13)
- 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)
- Chris Donnelly (Conservative)
Abstained (5)
- Pal Hayre (Conservative)
- Stephen Philpott (Conservative)
- Tim Davies (Conservative)
- Malcolm Wallace (Green)
- Mark Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
. The Amendment was lost. Substantive recommendation A The outcome of the recorded vote was as follows: FOR (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, Alan Dowden, Barry Dunning, Liz Fairhurst, Michael Ford, Jonathan Glen, 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, Louise Parker-Jones, Neville Penman, 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. AGAINST (13): Councillors Stuart Bailey, Prad Bains, Peter Chegwyn, Tonia Craig, Chris Donnelly, Paula Ferguson, Tim Groves, David Harrison, Keith House, Wayne Irish, Jackie Porter, Martin Tod and Malcolm Wade ABSTAIN (5): Councillors Mark Cooper, Tim Davies, Pal Hayre, Stephen Philpott and Malcolm Wallace. The recommendation was agreed. Substantive recommendation B 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.