Local Government Reorganisation in West Sussex: Submission of the preferred proposal of West Sussex County Council to Government
Full council, 23 September 2025: a named vote on the recommendation.
For 38, Against 17, 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 (38)
- Alison Cooper (Conservative)
- Amanda Jupp (Conservative)
- Andy McGregor (Conservative)
- Ashvin Patel (Conservative)
- Bob Lanzer (Conservative)
- Bruce Forbes (Conservative)
- Charlotte Kenyon (Conservative)
- Christian Mitchell (Conservative)
- Dawn Hall (Conservative)
- Deborah Urquhart (Conservative)
- Duncan Crow (Conservative)
- Elizabeth Sparkes (Conservative)
- Garry Wall (Conservative)
- Jacky Pendleton (Conservative)
- Jacquie Russell (Conservative)
- Janet Duncton (Conservative)
- Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)
- John Dabell (Conservative)
- Joy Dennis (Conservative)
- Kevin Boram (Conservative)
- Nigel Jupp (Conservative)
- Noel Atkins (Conservative)
- Paul Marshall (Conservative)
- Pete Bradbury (Conservative)
- Pieter Montyn (Conservative)
- Richard Burrett (Conservative)
- Roger Elkins (Conservative)
- Sarah Payne (Conservative)
- Sean McDonald (Conservative)
- Simon Oakley (Conservative)
- Steve Waight (Conservative)
- Sujan Wickremaratchi (Conservative)
- Zack Ali (Conservative)
- Andrew Baldwin (Reform UK)
- Gary Markwell (Reform UK)
- Trevor Bence (Reform UK)
- Carson Albury (Independent)
- Julian Joy (Independent)
Against (17)
- Erika Woodhurst-Trueman - Highways and Transport (Liberal Democrats)
- James Walsh (Liberal Democrats)
- Jane Davey - Finance and Property (Liberal Democrats)
- Jay Mercer - Leader (Liberal Democrats)
- Nigel Dennis (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Cherry (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam Raby - Children, Young People and Learning (Lead Member for Children) (and Deputy Leader) (Liberal Democrats)
- Alison Cornell (Labour)
- Brian Quinn (Labour)
- Caroline Baxter (Labour)
- Henna Chowdhury (Labour)
- John Turley (Labour)
- Graham McKnight (Independent)
- Andrew Kerry-Bedell (not matched to a member)
- Donna Johnson (not matched to a member)
- Ian Gibson (not matched to a member)
- Sarah Sharp (not matched to a member)
Abstained (4)
- Chris Oxlade (Labour)
- Natalie Pudaloff (Labour)
- Keir Greenway (Conservative)
- Jaine Wild (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
he Leader. (pages 23 to 44 and Appendix A, the Shaping West Sussex Business Case, which had been printed separately). 44.2 The recommendation was put to a recorded vote under Standing Order 3.35. (a) For the recommendation – 38 Cllr Albury, Cllr Ali, Cllr Atkins, Cllr Baldwin, Cllr Bence, Cllr Boram, Cllr Bradbury, Cllr Burrett, Cllr Cooper, Cllr Crow, Cllr Dabell, Cllr J Dennis, Cllr Duncton, Cllr Elkins, Cllr Forbes, Cllr Hall, Cllr Hunt, Cllr Joy, Cllr A Jupp, Cllr N Jupp, Cllr Kenyon, Cllr Lanzer, Cllr Markwell, Cllr Marshall, Cllr McDonald, Cllr McGregor, Cllr Mitchell, Cllr Montyn, Cllr Oakley, Cllr Patel, Cllr Payne, Cllr Pendleton, Cllr Russell, Cllr Sparkes, Cllr Urquhart, Cllr Waight, Cllr Wall and Cllr Wickremaratchi. (b) Against the recommendation – 17 Cllr Baxter, Cllr Cherry, Cllr Chowdhury, Cllr Cornell, Cllr Davey, Cllr N Dennis, Cllr Gibson, Cllr Johnson, Cllr Kerry-Bedell, Cllr McKnight, Cllr Mercer, Cllr Quinn, Cllr Raby, Cllr Sharp, Cllr Turley, Cllr Walsh and Cllr Woodhurst-Trueman. (c) Abstentions – 4 Cllr Greenway, Cllr Oxlade, Cllr Pudaloff and Cllr Wild. 44.3 Resolved – That option A – the single county unitary – be endorsed as the preferred option for local government reorganisation in West Sussex.
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.