English Devolution White Paper - Local Government Reorganisation
Full council, 17 July 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 42, Against 14, 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 (42)
- Andrew Joy (Conservative)
- Ann Briggs (Conservative)
- Debbie Curnow-Ford (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)
- Malcolm Wallace (Green)
- 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 (14)
- 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)
- Tim Davies (Conservative)
Abstained (4)
- Arun Mummalaneni (Conservative)
- Pal Hayre (Conservative)
- Stephen Philpott (Conservative)
- Mark Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
. The recommendation was agreed. Substantive recommendation B 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, 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, Malcolm Wallace, Jan Warwick and Bill Withers. AGAINST (14): Councillors Stuart Bailey, Prad Bains, Peter Chegwyn, Tonia Craig, Tim Davies, Chris Donnelly, Paula Ferguson, Tim Groves, David Harrison, Keith House, Wayne Irish, Jackie Porter, Martin Tod and Malcolm Wade ABSTAIN (4): Councillors Mark Cooper, Pal Hayre, Arun Mummalaneni and Stephen Philpott. The recommendation was agreed. RESOLVED: That the County Council recommends that Cabinet: A) agrees, that based on the work completed to-date, the C
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.