How each Melton Borough Councillor voted on the Core Strategy

At Wednesday's Extraordinary Meeting of Melton Borough Council, Councillors voted 16 to 8 in favour of adopting the Core Strategy - including proposals to build a Sustainable Urban Extension (SUE) of around 1,000 new homes and supporting facilities to the North of Melton Mowbray. You can read the full report of the lively meeting here, and listed below are details of how all 28 councillors voted.

Each Councillor is listed along with their Ward and Political Party:

16 voted in favour

• Pam Baguley - Long Clawson and Stathern Ward - Conservative
• Mark Barnes - Somerby Ward - Conservative
• Gerald Botterill - Croxton Kerrial Ward - Conservative
• Pru Chandler - Bottesford Ward - Conservative
• Pat Cumbers - Dorian Ward - Conservative
• Jeanne Douglas - Craven Ward - Conservative
• Alison Freer - Warwick Ward - Conservative
• Marilyn Gordon - Dorian Ward - Labour
• Edward Hutchinson - Frisby-on-the-Wreake - Independent
• Valerie Manderson - Sysonby Ward - Conservative
• Trevor Moncrieff - Asfordby Ward - Labour
• Mal Sheldon - Asfordby Ward - Conservative
• Janet Simpson - Gaddesby Ward - Conservative
• Norman Slater - Warwick Ward - Conservative
• David Wright - Bottesford Ward - Conservative
• John Wyatt - Sysonby Ward - Conservative

8 voted against

• Gary Bush - Craven Ward - Labour
• Steve Dungworth - Egerton Ward - Labour
• Laura Horton - Egerton Ward - Labour
• John Illingworth - Sysonby Ward - Conservative
• Simon Lumley - Newport Ward - Conservative
• John Moulding - Dorian Ward - Labour
• Matthew O'Callaghan - Newport Ward - Labour
• Pam Posnett - Newport Ward - Conservative

4 left the meeting at the beginning, having declared an interest

• Malise Graham MBE - Wymondham Ward - Conservative
• Elaine Holmes - Waltham on the Wolds Ward - Independent
• Joe Orson - Old Dalby Ward - Conservative
• Byron Rhodes - Long Clawson and Stathern Ward - Conservative

Contact details for all Councillors are listed on the Melton Borough Council website.