Visitor Levy Consultation
Full council, 27 November 2025: a named vote.
For 62, Against 10, 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 (62)
- 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)
- Jacqueline Parry (Labour)
- Jamie Green (Labour)
- Jasmin Chowdhury (Labour)
- Jennifer Burke (Labour)
- Julie Sangani (Labour)
- Kanaya Singh (Labour)
- Lee Bridgeman (Labour)
- Leonora Thomson (Labour)
- Lexi Gauci (Labour)
- Lynda Thorne (Labour)
- Maliika Kaaba (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)
- Peter Huw Jenkins (Labour)
- Peter Wong (Labour)
- Russell Goodway (Labour)
- Saeed Ebrahim (Labour)
- Saleh Ahmed (Labour)
- Sarah Merry (Labour)
- Stephen Cunnah (Labour)
- Sue Lent (Labour)
- Susan Elsmore (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)
- Rhys Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Hopkins (Liberal Democrats)
- Rodney Berman (Liberal Democrats)
- Keith Jones (Independent)
- Peter Littlechild (Independent)
- Andrea Gibson (Plaid Cymru)
- Rhys Owain Livesy (Plaid Cymru)
- Dilwar Ali (not matched to a member)
- Matt Youde (not matched to a member)
Against (10)
- 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)
- Waheeda Abdul-Sattar (Labour)
- Edward Topham (Reform UK)
From the minutes
troduction of a Visitor Levy to begin on 1st December 2025. 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 (62) Cllrs Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Boes, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Burke, Chowdhury, Cunnah, De'Ath, Derbyshire, Ebrahim, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Hinchey, Hopkins, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Lloyd Jones, Keith Jones, Owen Jones, Kaaba, Latif, Lent, Lewis, Lister, Littlechild, Livesy, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Michael, Molik, Naughton, Palmer, Parry, Pocknell, Proctor, Sangani, Shimmin, Simmons, Singh, Stubbs, Taylor, Thomas, Thomson, Thorne, Waldron, Weaver, Wild, Wong, Wood and Youde AGAINST (10) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Brown-Reckless, Cowan, Davies, Driscoll, Lancaster, Melbourne, Owen, Topham and Williams ABSTAIN (0) RESOLVED: Council AGREED: a) To approve the draft proposal for a visitor levy outlined in Appendix A and to proceed to consult on that proposal; b) To delegate authority to the Director of Economic Development to take all necessary steps required by legislation to be undertaken by the authority prior to adopting the levy, including finalising arrangements for the consultation exercise; c) To note that following the consultation exercise, a further report will return to Cabinet and Council in March for final decision as to whether to proceed to adop
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