Section 25 Assurance Statement
Full council, 12 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 77, Against 0, Abstained 0.
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.
Only one side of this vote could be read from the minutes. The others may be recorded in a form that couldn't be read, or not at all.
For (77)
- Adrian Kibble (Reform UK)
- Alan Cecil (Reform UK)
- Albert Thorp (Reform UK)
- Ben Fryer (Reform UK)
- Beverley Fordham (Reform UK)
- Brian Collins (Reform UK)
- Bridget Porter (Reform UK)
- Chris Burwash (Reform UK)
- Chris Palmer (Reform UK)
- Christopher Hespe (Reform UK)
- David Wimble (Reform UK)
- Dean Truder (Reform UK)
- Diane Morton (Reform UK)
- Dodger Sian (Reform UK)
- Garry Sturley (Reform UK)
- Georgia Foster (Reform UK)
- James Defriend (Reform UK)
- Jamie Henderson (Reform UK)
- Jeremy Eustace (Reform UK)
- John Baker (Reform UK)
- John Finch (Reform UK)
- Linden Kemkaran (Reform UK)
- Luke Evans (Reform UK)
- Marc Logen (Reform UK)
- Martin Paul (Reform UK)
- Mary Lawes (Reform UK)
- Matthew Fraser Moat (Reform UK)
- Maxwell Harrison (Reform UK)
- Michael Brown (Reform UK)
- Nick Wibberley (Reform UK)
- Pamela Williams (Reform UK)
- Paul Chamberlain (Reform UK)
- Paul King (Reform UK)
- Paul Webb (Reform UK)
- Peter Evans (Reform UK)
- Peter Osborne (Reform UK)
- Robert Mayall (Reform UK)
- Ryan Waters (Reform UK)
- Sarah Emberson (Reform UK)
- Sharon Roots (Reform UK)
- Spencer Dixon (Reform UK)
- Terry Mole (Reform UK)
- Thomas Mallon (Reform UK)
- Trevor Shonk (Reform UK)
- Wayne Chapman (Reform UK)
- Alex Ricketts (Liberal Democrats)
- Antony Hook (Liberal Democrats)
- Colin Sefton (Liberal Democrats)
- Geoffrey Samme (Liberal Democrats)
- John Moreland (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Ellis (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Munday (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Brice (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Sole (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Streatfeild, MBE (Liberal Democrats)
- Tim Prater (Liberal Democrats)
- Bill Barrett (Independent)
- Brian Black (Independent)
- Daniel Taylor (Independent)
- Isabella Kemp (Independent)
- Maxine Fothergill (Independent)
- Oliver Bradshaw (Independent)
- Paul Thomas (Independent)
- Robert Ford (Independent)
- Andrew Kennedy (Conservative)
- Claudine Russell (Conservative)
- Harry Rayner (Conservative)
- Nigel Williams (Conservative)
- Sarah Hudson (Conservative)
- Mark Hood (Green)
- Paul Stepto (Green)
- Stuart Heaver (Green)
- Stuart Jeffery (Green)
- Alister Brady (Labour)
- Connie Nolan (Labour)
- Dean Burns (Restore Britain)
- Richard Palmer (UKIP)
From the minutes
report and AGREE to have due regard to the contents when making decisions about the proposed budget.” (3) The Chairman put the motion set out in Paragraph 2 to the vote and the voting was as follows: For (77) Mr J Baker, Mr B Barrett, Mr B Black, Mr A Brady, Mr O Bradshaw, Mr M Brice, Mr M Brown, Mr D Burns, Mr C Burwash, Mr A Cecil, Mr P Chamberlain, Mr W Chapman, Mr B Collins, Mr J Defriend, Mr S Dixon, Mr M Ellis, Ms S Emberson, Mr J Eustace, Mr L Evans, Mr P Evans, Mr J Finch, Mr R Ford, Ms B Fordham, Mrs G Foster, Mrs M Fothergill, Mr M Fraser Moat, Mr B Fryer, Mr M Harrison, Mr S Heaver, Mr J Henderson, Mr C Hespe, Mr M A J Hood, Mr A J Hook, Mrs S Hudson, Mr S Jeffery, Ms I Kemp, Ms L Kemkaran, Mr A Kennedy, Mr A Kibble, Mr P King, Mrs M Lawes, Mr M Logen, Mr T Mallon, Mr R Mayall, Mr T Mole, Mr J Moreland, Miss D Morton, Mr M Munday, Ms C Nolan, Mr P Osborne, Mr R Palmer, Mrs C Palmer, Mr M Paul, Mrs B Porter, Mr T Prater, Mr H Rayner, Mr A Ricketts, Mrs S Roots, Ms C Russell, Mr G R Samme, Mr C Sefton, Mr D Sian, Mr T L Shonk, Mr M Sole, Mr P Stepto, Mr R G Streatfeild, Dr G Sturley, Mr D Taylor, Mr P Thomas, Mr A Thorp, Mr D Truder, Mr R Waters, Mr P Webb, Mr N Wibberley, Mr N Williams, Mrs P Williams and Mr D Wimble. Against (0) Abstain (0) Motion carried. (4) RESOLVED that pursuant to section 25 of the Local Government Act, County Council noted the report and agreed to have due regard to
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