Nottinghamshire County Council

Heritage · drafted 2026-07-02 · accepted · 2 finding(s)

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At Nottinghamshire County Council's 22 May 2025 Full Council meeting (the first after Reform took control), Councillor Mike Adams asked the Leader of the Council, Councillor Mick Barton (Reform), how the Council's flag-flying protocol on or in its buildings would change compared with the previous Conservative administration's approach; Barton's reply did not announce any change or decision — he said the administration would take time to determine its priorities and would consider the relevant Council Policies "at the appropriate point in time". No motion, vote, or protocol change was recorded, and no mention of the Pride flag specifically; the item is a question raised and deferred, not an adopted or proposed restriction. No later Full Council minutes present in the corpus (10 July 2025, 18 September 2025, 20 November 2025, 19 March 2026) return to the subject. [1][2][3]

Nottinghamshire County Council's 22 May 2025 minutes log the exchange in the meeting's own index of questions as a question-and-reply only (no motion or vote): 'from Councillor Mike Adams regarding flag flying protocol (Councillor Mick Barton replied)' — confirming the topic was raised as a question to the new Reform Leader, not brought as a motion to adopt or change a flag policy. [4]

References (4)
  1. Document “Can the Leader of the Reform administration explain how the Count y Council’s flag flying protocol, on or in its buildings, will change in comparison with the previous Conservative administration’s approach?”
  2. Document “Improving services for local people and communitie s are important to me and the administration.”
  3. Document “We can consider the relevant Council Policies alongside this at the appropriate point in time.”
  4. Document “4) from Councillor Mike Adams regarding flag flying protocol (Councillor Mick Barton replied)”