Pay Policy Statement 2026/2027
Full council, 26 March 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 55, Against 0, Abstained 8.
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 (55)
- Ali Ahmed (Labour)
- Anny Anderson (Labour)
- Ash Lister (Labour)
- Bethan Proctor (Labour)
- Bob Derbyshire (Labour)
- Caro Wild (Labour)
- Chris Weaver (Labour)
- Ed Stubbs (Labour)
- Elaine Simmons (Labour)
- Garry Hunt (Labour)
- Grace Ferguson-Thorne (Labour)
- Helen Gunter (Labour)
- Huw Thomas (Labour)
- Irene Humphreys (Labour)
- Jackie Jones (Labour)
- Jacqueline Parry (Labour)
- Jennifer Burke (Labour)
- Julie Sangani (Labour)
- Kate Carr (Labour)
- Lee Bridgeman (Labour)
- Leonora Thomson (Labour)
- Lexi Gauci (Labour)
- Lynda Thorne (Labour)
- Maliika Kaaba (Labour)
- Margaret Lewis (Labour)
- Mary McGarry (Labour)
- Michael Michael (Labour)
- Mike Ash-Edwards (Labour)
- Norma Mackie (Labour)
- Owen Jones (Labour)
- Peter Bradbury (Labour)
- Peter Huw Jenkins (Labour)
- Saeed Ebrahim (Labour)
- Sarah Merry (Labour)
- Stephen Cunnah (Labour)
- Sue Lent (Labour)
- Waheeda Abdul-Sattar (Labour)
- Ashley Wood (Liberal Democrats)
- Bablin Molik (Liberal Democrats)
- Dan Naughton (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Waldron (Liberal Democrats)
- Imran Latif (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 (Independent)
- Peter Littlechild (Independent)
- Susan Elsmore (Independent)
- Andrea Gibson (Plaid Cymru)
- Rhys Owain Livesy (Plaid Cymru)
- Edward Topham (Reform UK)
- Dilwar Ali (not matched to a member)
- Matt Youde (not matched to a member)
Abstained (8)
- Calum Davies (Conservative)
- Jayne Cowan (Conservative)
- Joel Williams (Conservative)
- John Lancaster (Conservative)
- Oliver Owen (Conservative)
- Sean Driscoll (Conservative)
- Siân-Elin Melbourne (Conservative)
- Jasmin Chowdhury (Independent)
From the minutes
accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011. The report was proposed by Cllr Weaver and seconded by Cllr Thomas. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the report, before moving to the vote. FOR (55) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Burke, Carr, Carter, Cunnah, Derbyshire, Ebrahim, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Gunter, Hopkins, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Jackie Jones, Owen Jones, Kaaba, Latif, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Molik, Naughton, Parry, Pocknell, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Sangani, Shimmin, Simmons, Stubbs, Taylor, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Topham, Waldron, Weaver, Wild, Wood and Youde. AGAINST (0) ABSTAIN (8) Cllrs Chowdhury, Cowan, Davies, Driscoll, Lancaster, Melbourne, Owen 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 pa
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