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, carried.
For 30, Against 21, Abstained 2.
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 (30)
- 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)
- Chris McSweeny (Liberal Democrats)
- Mel Allcott (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Bennett (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam Ammar (Liberal Democrats)
- Tom Wells (Independent)
Against (21)
- 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)
- Hannah Robson (Green)
- Malcolm Victory (Green)
- Martin Allen (Green)
- Matt Jenkins (Green)
- Natalie McVey (Green)
- Alan Bailes (Independent)
- David Taylor (Independent)
- Jabba Riaz (Labour)
- Richard Udall (Labour)
Abstained (2)
- Louis Stephen (Green)
- Tor Pingree (Green)
From the minutes
ditch · The Council should be saving money not spending additional resources. At the conclusion of the debate and on a named vote this amendment was carried and formed part of the substantive motion. Those in favour of the amendment were: Cllr Mel Allcott, Cllr Sam Ammar, Cllr Alan Amos, Cllr Dave Aubrey, Cllr Sam Bastow, Cllr Satinder Bell, Cllr Paul Bennett, Cllr Roger Bennett, Cllr Justin Bowen, Cllr Owen Cleary, Cllr Ian Cresswell, Cllr Mark Crosby, Cllr Mark Dunkley, Cllr Sue Eacock, Cllr Dave Edmonds, Cllr Stephen Foster, Cllr Bill Hopkins, Cllr Michele Hulme, Cllr Matt Jones, Cllr Chris McSweeny, Cllr Ashley Monk, Cllr Jo Monk, Cllr Karl Perks, Cllr Nik Price, Cllr Jenny Shaw, Cllr Richard Tudge, Cllr Peter Turner, Cllr Anthony Upton, Cllr Tom Wells and Cllr Rob Wharton. (30) Those against the amendment were: Cllr Martin Allen, Cllr Alan Bailes, Cllr Dan Birch, Cllr Mel Fordington, Cllr Adrian Hardman, Cllr Marcus Hart, Cllr Seb James, Cllr Matt Jenkins, Cllr Emma Kearsey, Cllr Adam Kent, Cllr Karen May, Cllr Natalie McVey, Cllr Tony Miller, Cllr Dan Morehead, Cllr Richard Morris, Cllr Jabba Riaz, Cllr Linda Robinson, Cllr Hannah Robson, Cllr David Taylor, Cllr Richard Udall, and Cllr Malcom Victory (21). Those abstaining were: Cllr Tor Pingree, and Cllr Louis Stephen (2). A budget amendment was moved by Cllr Dan Boatright-Greene and seconded by Cllr Mel Allcott proposing: Capital Investment using the DfT Highways Maintenance Block for Bridges It was proposed that £5m
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