Urgent Business
Full council, 24 September 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 32, Against 12, Abstained 1.
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 (32)
- Ali Ahmed (Labour)
- Anny Anderson (Labour)
- Bernie Bowen-Thomson (Labour)
- Bethan Proctor (Labour)
- Chris Weaver (Labour)
- Daniel De'Ath (Labour)
- Ed Stubbs (Labour)
- Elaine Simmons (Labour)
- Garry Hunt (Labour)
- Grace Ferguson-Thorne (Labour)
- Irene Humphreys (Labour)
- Jackie Jones (Labour)
- James Caruana (Labour)
- Jennifer Burke (Labour)
- Jess Moultrie (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)
- Norma Mackie (Labour)
- Owen Jones (Labour)
- Peter Bradbury (Labour)
- Peter Huw Jenkins (Labour)
- Peter Wong (Labour)
- Sarah Merry (Labour)
- Waheeda Abdul-Sattar (Labour)
- Dilwar Ali (not matched to a member)
Against (12)
- Ashley Wood (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)
- Calum Davies (Conservative)
- Catriona Brown-Reckless (Conservative)
- Joel Williams (Conservative)
- John Lancaster (Conservative)
Abstained (1)
- Matt Youde (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
update in relation to the Council's financial resilience. The report was proposed by Cllr Thomson and seconded by Cllr Weaver. The Lord Mayor invited debate on the report, before moving to the vote. FOR (32) Cllrs Abdul-Sattar, Ali Ahmed, Ali, Anderson, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Burke, Carr, Caruana, De'Ath, Ferguson-Thorne, Gauci, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Jackie Jones, Owen Jones, Kaaba, Lewis, Mackie, McGarry, Merry, Moultrie, Proctor, Sangani, Simmons, Stubbs, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver and Wong. AGAINST (12) Cllrs Berman, Brown-Reckless, Carter, Davies, Hopkins, Lancaster, Naughton, Shimmin, Taylor, Waldron, Williams and Wood. ABSTAIN (1) Cllr Youde. RESOLVED: Council AGREED: 1. that the budget principles as set out in the report, on which the Budget Strategy will be based and the approach to mee
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.