Lancashire County Council

Heritage · drafted 2026-07-02 · accepted · 3 finding(s)

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17 Jul 2025At Full Council on 17 July 2025, Lancashire County Council carried a motion (Notice of Motion 2, moved by County Councillor Joshua Roberts, seconded by County Councillor David Dwyer) resolving to ask Cabinet to review the council's flag-flying policy so that only the Union Flag, the Flag of England, the Lancashire Flag, royal flags, and military flags/ensigns take priority; a rival amendment (proposed by County Councillor Azhar Ali, seconded by County Councillor Hamish Mills) that would have sent the matter to the Community, Cultural, and Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee instead was defeated 27-52, after which the substantive motion was carried. [1][2][3]

17 Jul 2025The amendment to route the flag-policy review via scrutiny (rather than direct to Cabinet with the restrictive priority list) was defeated by a recorded vote of 27 for to 52 against. [4][5]

4 Sep 2025Following the Full Council instruction, Cabinet on 4 September 2025 considered and approved an updated Lancashire County Council Flag Policy setting out which flags could be flown on county council buildings and the process for agreeing future changes, formally adopting the restricted flag-flying arrangement. [6]

References (6)
  1. Minutes, 17 July 2025 “Notice of Motion 2 It was moved by County Councillor Joshua Roberts and seconded by County Councillor David Dwyer that: This council believes we should be proud to fly the flags of our nation and of Lancashire and individual political causes should not take precedence over our shared identity.”
  2. Minutes, 17 July 2025 “This council therefore resolves to ask Cabinet to review the council's approach and policy to flying flags over council property in line with this principle and to ensure the priority of that only the Union Flag, the Flag of England, the Lancashire Flag, royal flags, and military flags and ensigns.”
  3. Minutes, 17 July 2025 “The Amendment was therefore LOST. The substantive Motion was then put to the vote and was CARRIED.”
  4. Minutes, 17 July 2025 “The following Amendment was proposed by County Councillor Azhar Ali and seconded by County Councillor Hamish Mills: "This council believes we should be proud to fly the flags of our nation and the flag of our beautiful County of Lancashire. This council therefore resolves to ask the Community, Cultural, and Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee to review the Council's policy and make recommendations to Cabinet."”
  5. Minutes, 17 July 2025 “For (27) Ali Buckley Hartley Mills Snow Arif Clempson Howarth Potter Stubbins Asghar Clifford Jewell Razakazi Whipp Ashton de Freitas Johnson Rigby Barnes Dowding Kamran Riggott Brown Duke Lavalette Snape Against (52)”
  6. Minutes, 4 September 2025 “Lancashire County Council Flag Policy Cabinet considered a report on an updated Lancashire County Council Flag Policy which outlined which flags could be flown on county council buildings, and set out the process for agreeing any future changes. Resolved: That the updated Lancashire County Council Flag Policy as set out at Appendix 'A' of the report, be approved.”