Voting record
Council, Tuesday 25 February 2025 10.30 am
Item: Notice of Motion No.2025-01: Action against the removal of Labour's "Family Farm Tax"
Notice of Motion No.2025-01: Action against the removal of Labour's "Family Farm Tax":
Motion status:
Carried
1. That Richard Clewer, the Leader of Wiltshire Council, writes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and our Wiltshire MPs, in order to outline Wiltshire Council’s dismay at the decision in the Budget to restrict Agricultural Property Relief, and to request the Government puts an immediate stop to the Family Farm Tax.
2. That the council undertakes an analysis of how many of Wiltshire's farms would be affected by the changes in national policy announced in the recent budget and reports this back to members.
| Vote | Councillors | Count |
|---|---|---|
| For | Cllr Phil Alford, Cllr Liz Alstrom, Cllr Helen Belcher OBE, Cllr Chuck Berry, Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling, Cllr David Bowler, Cllr Richard Britton, Cllr Allison Bucknell, Cllr Steve Bucknell, Cllr Richard Budden, Cllr Clare Cape, Cllr Trevor Carbin, Cllr Daniel Cave, Cllr Sam Charleston, Cllr Pauline Church, Cllr Richard Clewer, Cllr Zoë Clewer, Cllr Mark Connolly, Cllr Jane Davies, Cllr Andrew Davis, Cllr Matthew Dean, Cllr Dr Monica Devendran, Cllr Gavin Grant, Cllr Ross Henning, Cllr Sven Hocking, Cllr Peter Hutton, Cllr Simon Jacobs, Cllr George Jeans, Cllr Carole King, Cllr Gordon King, Cllr Jerry Kunkler, Cllr Jacqui Lay, Cllr Robert MacNaughton, Cllr Dr Brian Mathew MP, Cllr Laura Mayes, Cllr Dr Mark McClelland, Cllr Charles McGrath, Cllr Dominic Muns, Cllr Nabil Najjar, Cllr Ashley O'Neill, Cllr Jack Oatley, Cllr Paul Oatway QPM, Cllr Stewart Palmén, Cllr Bill Parks, Cllr Sam Pearce-Kearney, Cllr Tony Pickernell, Cllr Horace Prickett, Cllr Nic Puntis, Cllr Tamara Reay, Cllr Rich Rogers, Cllr Paul Sample JP, Cllr Mike Sankey, Cllr James Sheppard, Cllr Caroline Thomas, Cllr Ian Thorn, Cllr Elizabeth Threlfall, Cllr Jo Trigg, Cllr Mark Verbinnen, Cllr David Vigar, Cllr Bridget Wayman, Cllr Stuart Wheeler, Cllr Philip Whitehead, Cllr Suzanne Wickham and Cllr Christopher Williams | 64 |
| Against | None | 0 |
| Abstain | Cllr Caroline Corbin, Cllr Adrian Foster, Cllr Ruth Hopkinson, Cllr Jon Hubbard, Cllr Ian McLennan, Cllr Ricky Rogers and Cllr Iain Wallis | 7 |
| Conflict Of Interests | None | 0 |
| Non-voting | Cllr Nick Botterill, Cllr Mary Champion, Cllr Ernie Clark, Cllr Kevin Daley, Cllr Brian Dalton, Cllr Nick Dye, Cllr Sarah Gibson MP, Cllr Nick Holder, Cllr Tony Jackson, Cllr Mel Jacob, Cllr Johnny Kidney, Cllr Edward Kirk, Cllr Dr Nick Murry, Cllr Andrew Oliver, Cllr Pip Ridout, Cllr Martin Smith, Cllr Derek Walters and Cllr Graham Wright | 18 |
| Not Present | None | 0 |