2026/27 Proposed Budget and Medium-Term Financial Plan 2027-29 (Agenda item 6)
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the amendment, lost.
For 2, Against 53, 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 (2)
- Jabba Riaz (Labour)
- Richard Udall (Labour)
Against (53)
- Alan Amos (Reform UK)
- Anthony Upton (Reform UK)
- Ashley Monk (Reform UK)
- Bill Hopkins (Reform UK)
- Dave Aubrey (Reform UK)
- Dave Edmonds (Reform UK)
- Ian Cresswell (Reform UK)
- Jenny Shaw (Reform UK)
- Jo Monk (Reform UK)
- Justin Bowen (Reform UK)
- Karl Perks (Reform UK)
- Mark Crosby (Reform UK)
- Mark Dunkley (Reform UK)
- Matthew Jones (Reform UK)
- Michele Hulme (Reform UK)
- Nik Price (Reform UK)
- Owen Cleary (Reform UK)
- Peter Turner (Reform UK)
- Richard Tudge (Reform UK)
- Rob Wharton (Reform UK)
- Roger Bennett (Reform UK)
- Sam Bastow (Reform UK)
- Satinder Bell (Reform UK)
- Stephen Foster (Reform UK)
- Sue Eacock (Reform UK)
- Adam Kent (Conservative)
- Adrian Hardman (Conservative)
- Dan Birch (Conservative)
- Dan Morehead (Conservative)
- Emma Kearsey (Conservative)
- Karen May (Conservative)
- Linda Robinson (Conservative)
- Marcus Hart (Conservative)
- Mel Fordington (Conservative)
- Richard Morris (Conservative)
- Seb James (Conservative)
- Tony Miller (Conservative)
- Chris McSweeny (Liberal Democrats)
- Dan Boatright-Greene (Liberal Democrats)
- Josh Robinson (Liberal Democrats)
- Mel Allcott (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Bennett (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam Ammar (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam Evans (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Robson (Green)
- Louis Stephen (Green)
- Malcolm Victory (Green)
- Martin Allen (Green)
- Natalie McVey (Green)
- Tor Pingree (Green)
- Alan Bailes (Independent)
- David Taylor (Independent)
- Tom Wells (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Matt Jenkins (Green)
From the minutes
ing the balance sheet or simply selling to spend. A motion that the question be now put was moved and seconded and agreed. At the conclusion of the debate and on a named vote this amendment was lost. Those in favour of the amendment were: Cllr Jabba Riaz and Cllr Richard Udall (2) Those against the amendment were: Mel Allcott, Cllr Martin Allen, Cllr Sam Ammar, Cllr Alan Amos, Cllr Dave Aubrey, Cllr Alan Bailes, Cllr Sam Bastow, Cllr Satinder Bell, Cllr Paul Bennett, Cllr Roger Bennett, Cllr Dan Birch, Cllr Dan Boatright-Greene, Cllr Justin Bowen, Cllr Owen Cleary, Cllr Ian Cresswell, Cllr Mark Crosby, Cllr Mark Dunkley, Cllr Sue Eacock, Cllr Dave Edmonds, Cllr Sam Evans, Cllr Mel Fordington, Cllr Stephen Foster, Cllr Adrian Hardman, Cllr Marcus Hart, Cllr Bill Hopkins, Cllr Michele Hulme, Cllr Seb James, Cllr Matt Jones, Cllr Emma Kearsey, Cllr Adam Kent, Cllr Karen May, Cllr Chris McSweeny, Cllr Natalie McVey, Cllr Tony Miller, Cllr Ashley Monk, Cllr Jo Monk, Cllr Dan Morehead, Cllr Richard Morris, Cllr Karl Perks, Cllr Tor Pingree, Cllr Nik Price, Cllr Josh Robinson, Cllr Linda Robinson, Cllr Hannah Robson, Cllr Jenny Shaw, Cllr Louis Stephen, Cllr David Taylor, Cllr Richard Tudge, Cllr Peter Turner, Cllr Anthony Upton, Cllr Malcom Victory, Cllr Tom Wells and Cllr Rob Wharton. (53). Those abstaining were: Cllr Matt Jenkins (1) A budget amendment was moved by Cllr Josh Robinson and seconded by Cllr Chris McSweeny proposing: Capital Footpath Investment Rather than using £
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