A decision timeline keeps those stages distinct. The first worked example uses a reviewed 2026 Dumfries and Galloway budget record.
Manifesto review in progress. Selected source extracts; campaign approval is still pending. This is not a complete policy audit or an assessment of delivery.
Worked example
Dumfries and Galloway · 2026 budget decisions
Separate proposals receive separate entries. A vote on an overall budget is not automatically described as a standalone vote on every measure contained within it.
Documented
Stage 1 of 4 / 2026
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Budget proposals published
The consultation record identifies separate education proposals, allowing each decision to be followed independently.
DGC-BUDGET-20262026
You Said, We Did / Did Not: 2026 budget consultation decisions
Dumfries and Galloway Council
PDF p. 7, proposals 4.01 and 4.02
What this source can and cannot establish
An agreed pool-removal proposal and a rejected absence-budget reduction are separate decisions. Implementation and effects were not established.
