Senior Management Arrangements
Full council, 25 September 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 54, Against 12, Abstained 0.
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 (54)
- 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)
- Jackie Jones (Labour)
- Jacqueline Parry (Labour)
- Jamie Green (Labour)
- Jasmin Chowdhury (Labour)
- Julie Sangani (Labour)
- Kate Carr (Labour)
- Lee Bridgeman (Labour)
- Leonora Thomson (Labour)
- Marc Palmer (Labour)
- Margaret Lewis (Labour)
- Mary McGarry (Labour)
- Michael Michael (Labour)
- Mike Ash-Edwards (Labour)
- Norma Mackie (Labour)
- Owen Jones (Labour)
- Peter Bradbury (Labour)
- Russell Goodway (Labour)
- Saeed Ebrahim (Labour)
- Saleh Ahmed (Labour)
- Sarah Merry (Labour)
- Stephen Cunnah (Labour)
- Sue Lent (Labour)
- Susan Elsmore (Labour)
- Waheeda Abdul-Sattar (Labour)
- Calum Davies (Conservative)
- Jayne Cowan (Conservative)
- John Lancaster (Conservative)
- Oliver Owen (Conservative)
- Sean Driscoll (Conservative)
- Siân-Elin Melbourne (Conservative)
- Andrea Gibson (Plaid Cymru)
- Rhys Owain Livesy (Plaid Cymru)
- Peter Littlechild (Independent)
- Dilwar Ali (not matched to a member)
- Matt Youde (not matched to a member)
Against (12)
- Ashley Wood (Liberal Democrats)
- Bablin Molik (Liberal Democrats)
- Dan Naughton (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Waldron (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Shimmin (Liberal Democrats)
- Joseph Carter (Liberal Democrats)
- Rhys Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Hopkins (Liberal Democrats)
- Rodney Berman (Liberal Democrats)
- Kanaya Singh (Labour)
- Neil McEvoy (Prop)
- Edward Topham (Reform UK)
From the minutes
ent Team structure, as agreed by Cabinet on 18th September. 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 (54) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Carr, Chowdhury, Cowan, Cunnah, Davies, De'Ath, Derbyshire, Driscoll, Ebrahim, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Humphreys, Hunt, Lloyd Jones, Jackie Jones, Owen Jones, Lancaster, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Melbourne, Merry, Michael, Owen, Palmer, Parry, Proctor, Sangani, Simmons, Stubbs, Thomas, Thomson, Weaver, Wild and Youde AGAINST (12) Cllrs Berman, Carter, Hopkins, McEvoy, Molik, Naughton, Shimmin, Singh, Taylor, Topham, Waldron and Wood ABSTAIN (0) RESOLVED: Council AGREED: 1. To approve the creation and public advertisement of the new post of Director, Frontline Services on the basis of the terms & conditions of a Direc
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