Motion to Council - Grooming Gangs
Full council, 22 January 2025: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 29, Against 21, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (29)
- Alan Watson (Conservative)
- Andrew Sherris (Conservative)
- David Reynard (Conservative)
- Diane Clarke OBE (Conservative)
- Elsi Hampton (Conservative)
- Emily Tate (Conservative)
- Hilary Vickers (Conservative)
- Hugo Stratton (Conservative)
- Jack Miller (Conservative)
- Jason French (Conservative)
- John Coulson (Conservative)
- John Gardner (Conservative)
- Laura Tunney (Conservative)
- Lynn Hall (Conservative)
- Marcus Vickers (Conservative)
- Mohammed Mazi (Conservative)
- Niall Innes (Conservative)
- Sally Ann Watson (Conservative)
- Stefan Houghton (Conservative)
- Stephen Richardson (Conservative)
- Sufi Mubeen (Conservative)
- Tony Riordan (Conservative)
- Ian Dalgarno (Thornaby Independent Association)
- Mick Moore (Thornaby Independent Association)
- Ray Godwin (Thornaby Independent Association)
- Sylvia Walmsley (Thornaby Independent Association)
- Kevin Faulks (Ingleby Barwick Independent Society)
- Stefan Barnes (Ingleby Barwick Independent Society)
- Ted Strike (Independent)
Against (21)
- Barbara Inman (Labour)
- Barry Woodhouse (Labour)
- Carol Clark (Labour)
- Clare Besford (Labour)
- Eileen Johnson (Labour)
- Jim Beall (Labour)
- Katie Zagoria (Labour)
- Lisa Evans (Labour)
- Marc Besford (Labour)
- Marilyn Surtees (Labour)
- Michelle Bendelow (Labour)
- Mick Stoker (Labour)
- Mrs Ann McCoy (Labour)
- Nathan Gale (Labour)
- Nigel Cooke (Labour)
- Norma Stephenson OBE (Labour)
- Paul Rowling (Labour)
- Paul Weston (Labour)
- Pauline Beall (Labour)
- Richard Eglington (Labour)
- Robert Cook (Labour)
From the minutes
debate and in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 3.65, it was requested that a recorded vote be taken on the substantive motion, which was supported by at least a quarter of the Members present. Members in favour of the substantive motion:- Cllr Stefan Barnes, Cllr Diane Clarke OBE, Cllr John Coulson, Cllr Ian Dalgarno, Cllr Kevin Faulks, Cllr Jason French, Cllr John Gardner, Cllr Ray Godwin, Cllr Lynn Hall, Cllr Elsi Hampton, Cllr Stefan Houghton, Cllr Niall Innes, Cllr Mohammed Mazi, Cllr Jack Miller, Cllr Mick Moore, Cllr Sufi Mubeen, Cllr David Reynard, Cllr Stephen Richardson, Cllr Tony Riordan, Cllr Andrew Sherris, Cllr Hugo Stratton, Cllr Ted Strike, Cllr Emily Tate, Cllr Laura Tunney, Cllr Hilary Vickers, Cllr Marcus Vickers, Cllr Sylvia Walmsley, Cllr Alan Watson and Cllr Sally Ann Watson. Members against the substantive motion:- Cllr Jim Beall, Cllr Pauline Beall, Cllr Michelle Bendelow, Cllr Clare Besford, Cllr Marc Besford, Cllr Carol Clark, Cllr Nigel Cooke, Cllr Robert Cook, Cllr Richard Eglington, Cllr Lisa Evans, Cllr Nathan Gale, Cllr Barbara Inman, Cllr Eileen Johnson, Cllr Mrs Ann McCoy, Cllr Paul Rowling, Cllr Norma Stephenson OBE, Cllr Mick Stoker, Cllr Marilyn Surtees, Cllr Katie Weston, Cllr Paul Weston and Cllr Barry Woodhouse. 29 for the motion 21 against the motion The substantive motion was carried and it was:- RESOLVED Council notes that: Recent reports into the groomin
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