2026/27 Budget and 2026-31 Medium Term Financial Strategy
Full council, 17 February 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 16, Against 28, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (16)
- Anne-Marie Sonko (Reform UK)
- Dan Glover (Reform UK)
- Darren Cheshire (Reform UK)
- George Finch (Reform UK)
- James Crocker (Reform UK)
- John Waine (Reform UK)
- Luke Cooper (Reform UK)
- Michael Bannister (Reform UK)
- Neil Garland (Reform UK)
- Nigel Golby (Reform UK)
- Rob Howard (Reform UK)
- Robert Aitkenhead (Reform UK)
- Robert Gisbourne (Reform UK)
- Stephen Shaw (Reform UK)
- Stuart Green (Reform UK)
- Wayne Briggs (Reform UK)
Against (28)
- Ben Edwards (Liberal Democrats)
- Cliff Brown (Liberal Democrats)
- David Curtis (Liberal Democrats)
- George Cowcher (Liberal Democrats)
- James Norris (Liberal Democrats)
- Jennifer McAllister (Liberal Democrats)
- Jerry Roodhouse (Liberal Democrats)
- Kate Rolfe (Liberal Democrats)
- Lorraine Grocott (Liberal Democrats)
- Max Langer (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Dickson (Liberal Democrats)
- Sarah Boad (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen Pimm (Liberal Democrats)
- Adrian Warwick (Conservative)
- Andy Crump (Conservative)
- Chris Mills (Conservative)
- Christopher Kettle (Conservative)
- Jan Matecki (Conservative)
- Jo Barker (Conservative)
- Yousef Dahmash (Conservative)
- Jonathan Chilvers (Green)
- Keith Kondakor (Green)
- Mark Stevens (Green)
- Tracey Drew (Green)
- Will Roberts (Green)
- John Holland (Labour)
- Sarah Feeney (Labour)
- Judy Falp (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Dale Keeling (Conservative)
From the minutes
in favour, 24 votes against and 2 abstentions. The amendment was defeated. Vote on the Reform UK Budget The Reform UK budget became the substantive motion. A recorded vote was held. The results were: Votes for (16): Councillors Robert Aitkenhead, Michael Bannister, Wayne Briggs, Darren Cheshire, Luke Cooper, James Crocker, George Finch, Neil Garland, Robert Gisbourne, Dan Glover, Nigel Golby, Stuart Green, Rob Howard, Stephen Shaw, Anne-Marie Sonko, and John Waine Votes against (28): Councillors Jo Barker, Sarah Boad, Cliff Brown, Jonathan Chilvers, George Cowcher, Andy Crump, David Curtis, Yousef Dahmash, Richard Dickson, Tracey Drew, Ben Edwards, Judy Falp, Sarah Feeney, Lorraine Grocott, John Holland, Christopher Kettle, Keith Kondakor, Max Langer, Jan Matecki, Jennifer McAllister, Chris Mills, James Norris, Stephen Pimm, Will Roberts, Kate Rolfe, Jerry Roodhouse, Mark Stevens, and Adrian Warwick Abstentions (1) Councillor Dale Keeling The motion was defeated and the meeting adjourned at 11.25am to enable discussion of alternative proposals. The meeting reconvened at 1.17pm Councill
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