2026/27 Proposed Budget and Medium-Term Financial Plan 2027-29 (Agenda item 6)
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the motion.
For 24, Against 19, Abstained 4.
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 (24)
- Alan Amos (Reform UK)
- Anthony Upton (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)
Against (19)
- 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)
- Louis Stephen (Green)
- Martin Allen (Green)
- Matt Jenkins (Green)
- Natalie McVey (Green)
- Tor Pingree (Green)
- David Taylor (Independent)
Abstained (4)
- Alan Bailes (Independent)
- Tom Wells (Independent)
- Malcolm Victory (Green)
- Ashley Monk (Reform UK)
From the minutes
ce Block for Roads in Bromsgrove · Capital Investment using the DfT Highways Maintenance Block for Drainage Improvements · Capital Investment using the DfT Highways Maintenance Block for Rural Roads. Those in favour of the motion were: Cllr Alan Amos, Cllr Dave Aubrey, Cllr Sam Bastow, Cllr Satinder Bell, 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 Jo Monk, Cllr Karl Perks, Cllr Nik Price, Cllr Jenny Shaw, Cllr Richard Tudge, Cllr Peter Turner, Cllr Anthony Upton, and Cllr Rob Wharton. (24) Those against the motion were: Cllr Martin Allen, 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 Tor Pingree, Cllr Linda Robinson, Cllr Hannah Robson, Cllr Louis Stephen, and Cllr David Taylor (19). Those abstaining were: Cllr Alan Bailes, Cllr Ashley Monk, Cllr Malcom Victory, and Cllr Tom Wells, (4)
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