Budget Proposals 2026- 2027
Full council, 5 March 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 46, Against 13, Abstained 10.
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 (46)
- Ali Ahmed (Labour)
- Anny Anderson (Labour)
- Ash Lister (Labour)
- Bernie Bowen-Thomson (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)
- Helen Lloyd Jones (Labour)
- Huw Thomas (Labour)
- Irene Humphreys (Labour)
- Jamie Green (Labour)
- Jennifer Burke (Labour)
- Jess Moultrie (Labour)
- Julie Sangani (Labour)
- Kanaya Singh (Labour)
- Kate Carr (Labour)
- Lee Bridgeman (Labour)
- Leonora Thomson (Labour)
- Lexi Gauci (Labour)
- Lynda Thorne (Labour)
- Margaret Lewis (Labour)
- Mary McGarry (Labour)
- Mike Ash-Edwards (Labour)
- Norma Mackie (Labour)
- Owen Jones (Labour)
- Peter Bradbury (Labour)
- Peter Huw Jenkins (Labour)
- Peter Wong (Labour)
- Russell Goodway (Labour)
- Sarah Merry (Labour)
- Stephen Cunnah (Labour)
- Sue Lent (Labour)
- Waheeda Abdul-Sattar (Labour)
- Emma Reid-Jones (Independent)
- Peter Littlechild (Independent)
- Dilwar Ali (not matched to a member)
- Michaele (not matched to a member)
Against (13)
- Calum Davies (Conservative)
- Catriona Brown-Reckless (Conservative)
- Jayne Cowan (Conservative)
- Joel Williams (Conservative)
- John Lancaster (Conservative)
- Oliver Owen (Conservative)
- Sean Driscoll (Conservative)
- Siân-Elin Melbourne (Conservative)
- Andrea Gibson (Plaid Cymru)
- Rhys Owain Livesy (Plaid Cymru)
- Maliika Kaaba (Labour)
- Edward Topham (Reform UK)
- Matt Youde (not matched to a member)
Abstained (10)
- 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)
- Jasmin Chowdhury (Independent)
- Susan Elsmore (Independent)
From the minutes
Thorne, Topham, Weaver, Wild, Wood and Youde. ABSTAIN (1) Cllr Elsmore. The Lord Mayor called for a vote on the recommendations in the report, as proposed by Cllr Weaver and seconded by Cllr Thomas. FOR (46) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Burke, Carr, Cunnah, De'Ath, Derbyshire, Ferguson-Thorne, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Owen Jones, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Lloyd Jones, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Michaele, Moultrie, Pocknell, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Sangani, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver, Wild and Wong. AGAINST (13) Cllrs Brown-Reckless, Cowan, Davies, Driscoll, Gibson, Kaaba, Lancaster, Livesy, Melbourne, Owen, Topham, Williams and Youde. ABSTAIN (10) Cllrs Berman, Carter, Chowdhury, Elsmore, Hopkins, Molik, Naughton, Shimmin, Taylor and Wood. RESOLVED: Council AGREED to: 1. Approve the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account budgets including all proposals and increasing the Council
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.