Financial Settlement 2026/27
Full council, 12 February 2026: a named vote between a motion and an amendment, carried.
For the motion 13, For the amendment 8, 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 the motion (13)
- Bryan Deakin (Scottish National Party)
- Cecil Meiklejohn (Scottish National Party)
- David Balfour (Scottish National Party)
- Fiona Collie (Scottish National Party)
- Gary Bouse (Scottish National Party)
- Gordon Forrest (Scottish National Party)
- Iain Sinclair (Scottish National Party)
- Lorna Binnie (Scottish National Party)
- Paul Garner (Scottish National Party)
- James Bundy (Conservative)
- James Kerr (Conservative)
- Jim Flynn (Conservative)
- Sarah Patrick (Conservative)
For the amendment (8)
- Alf Kelly (Labour)
- Anne Hannah (Labour)
- Claire Aitken (Labour)
- David Aitchison (Labour)
- Jack Redmond (Labour)
- Siobhan Paterson (Labour)
- Brian McCabe (Independent)
- Robert J Spears (Independent)
Abstained (2)
- Ann Ritchie (Independent)
- Alan Nimmo (No party recorded)
From the minutes
e urgent financial support required for social care and social work.” In accordance with Standing Order 22, the vote was taken by roll call, there being 23 members present with voting as undernoted:- For the motion (13) – Depute Provost Balfour, Baillie Kerr and Councillors Binnie, Bouse, Bundy, Collie, Deakin, Flynn, Forrest, Garner, Meiklejohn, Patrick and Sinclair. For the amendment (8) – Councillors Aitchison, Aitken, Hannah, Kelly, McCabe, Paterson, Redmond and Spears. Abstentions (2) – Councillors Nimmo and Ritchie. Decision The motion was agreed. FC60.
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