Pay Policy Statement 2025/2026
Full council, 27 March 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 53, Against 1, Abstained 9.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (53)
- Anny Anderson (Labour)
- Ash Lister (Labour)
- Bethan Proctor (Labour)
- Bob Derbyshire (Labour)
- Caro Wild (Labour)
- Chris Weaver (Labour)
- Claudia Boes (Labour)
- Daniel De'Ath (Labour)
- Ed Stubbs (Labour)
- Elaine Simmons (Labour)
- Garry Hunt (Labour)
- Grace Ferguson-Thorne (Labour)
- Graham Hinchey (Labour)
- Helen Gunter (Labour)
- Huw Thomas (Labour)
- Irene Humphreys (Labour)
- Jacqueline Parry (Labour)
- Jasmin Chowdhury (Labour)
- Jess Moultrie (Labour)
- Julie Sangani (Labour)
- Kanaya Singh (Labour)
- Kate Carr (Labour)
- Keith Jones (Labour)
- Lee Bridgeman (Labour)
- Leonora Thomson (Labour)
- Lynda Thorne (Labour)
- Maliika Kaaba (Labour)
- Marc Palmer (Labour)
- Mary McGarry (Labour)
- Michael Michael (Labour)
- Mike Ash-Edwards (Labour)
- Norma Mackie (Labour)
- Peter Bradbury (Labour)
- Peter Huw Jenkins (Labour)
- Peter Wong (Labour)
- Saleh Ahmed (Labour)
- Sarah Merry (Labour)
- Sue Lent (Labour)
- Susan Elsmore (Labour)
- Waheeda Abdul-Sattar (Labour)
- Ashley Wood (Liberal Democrats)
- Bablin Molik (Liberal Democrats)
- Dan Naughton (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Shimmin (Liberal Democrats)
- Joseph Carter (Liberal Democrats)
- Rhys Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Hopkins (Liberal Democrats)
- Rodney Berman (Liberal Democrats)
- Emma Reid-Jones (Conservative)
- Peter Littlechild (Conservative)
- Andrea Gibson (Plaid Cymru)
- Rhys Owain Livesy (Plaid Cymru)
- Dilwar Ali (not matched to a member)
Against (1)
- Neil McEvoy (Prop)
Abstained (9)
- Adrian Robson (Conservative)
- Calum Davies (Conservative)
- Catriona Brown-Reckless (Conservative)
- Jayne Cowan (Conservative)
- Joel Williams (Conservative)
- John Lancaster (Conservative)
- Sean Driscoll (Conservative)
- Siân-Elin Melbourne (Conservative)
- Jackie Jones (Labour)
From the minutes
. The report was proposed by Cllr Weaver, Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation & Performance, and seconded by Cllr Thomas. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the report, before moving to the vote. FOR (53) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Saleh Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Boes, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Carr, Carter, Chowdhury, De'Ath, Derbyshire, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Gunter, Hinchey, Hopkins, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Keith Jones, Kaaba, Lent, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Molik, Moultrie, Naughton, Palmer, Parry, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Sangani, Shimmin, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Taylor, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver, Wild, Wong and Wood AGAINST (1) Cllr McEvoy ABSTAIN (9) Cllrs Brown-Reckless, Cowan, Davies, Driscoll, Jackie Jones, Lancaster, Melbourne, Robson and Williams RESOLVED: Council AGREED: 1. To confirm that the decision to agree the Pay Policy Statement constitutes agreement to implement the cost of living pay
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.