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Council Meeting
16 July 2026

A meeting of the full council was held on 16 July 2026.

Contents

Councillors Present

Councillors Absent

Attendance

The following attendance was recorded for each councillor who was expected to attend the meeting:

Councillors Present 54

Councillors Absent 4

Councillors Present

The following councillors were present for the meeting on 16 July 2026:

Cllr Kwashie Anang

Conservative

Cllr Damola Animashaun

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Linda Bowen

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr David Brake

Conservative

Cllr Hazel Browne

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Smitha Campbell

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Esther Cook

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Tracy Coombs

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr George Crozer

Independent

Cllr Simon Curry

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Howard Doe

Conservative

Cllr Matt Fearn

Conservative

Cllr David Field

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr David Finch

Reform UK

Cllr Jim Gilbourne

Conservative

Cllr Adrian Gulvin

Conservative

Cllr Nina Gurung

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Gary Hackwell BEM

Conservative

Cllr Douglas Hamandishe

Labour and Co-operative (Mayor)

Cllr Paula Hamilton

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Jo Howcroft-Scott

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Stephen Hubbard

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Alex Hyne

Conservative

Cllr Sharon Jackson

Labour and Co-operative (Deputy Mayor)

Cllr Mark Jones

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Mark Joy

Conservative

Cllr Barry Kemp

Conservative

Cllr Robbie Lammas

Independent

Cllr Harinder Mahil

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Lia Mandaracas

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Vince Maple

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Dan McDonald

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Teresa Murray

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Gareth Myton

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Marian Nestorov

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Liubov Nestorova

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Alex Paterson

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Eddie Peake

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Michael Pearce

Independent

Cllr George Perfect

Conservative

Cllr Louwella Prenter

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Mark Prenter

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Adam Price

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Ron Sands

Independent

Cllr Satinder Shokar

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Chris Spalding

Independent

Cllr Wayne Spring

Conservative

Cllr Chrissy Stamp

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr Habib Tejan

Conservative

Cllr Elizabeth Turpin

Independent

Cllr Zoë Van Dyke

Labour and Co-operative

Cllr John Vye

Reform UK

Cllr David Wildey

Conservative

Cllr John Williams

Independent

Councillors Absent

The following councillors were absent from the meeting on 16 July 2026:

Cllr Roger Barrett

Conservative

Cllr Trevor Clarke

Conservative

Cllr Gary Etheridge

Conservative

Cllr Andrew Lawrence

Conservative

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