To appoint the Leader of the Council for a Four Year Term of Office.
Full council, 25 May 2023: a named vote on the motion.
For 27, Against 23, 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 (27)
- Andrew Anderson (Labour)
- Chris McEwan (Labour)
- David Beckett (Labour)
- David Ray (Labour)
- Dawn Storr (Labour)
- Dr Amanda Riley (Labour)
- Helen Crumbie (Labour)
- Ian Haszeldine (Labour)
- James McGill (Labour)
- Jim Garner (Labour)
- Joe Dillon (Labour)
- Libby McCollom (Labour)
- Mandy Porter (Labour)
- Mary Layton (Labour)
- Matthew Roche (Labour)
- Michael Nicholson (Labour)
- Mohammad Mahmud (Labour)
- Neil Johnson (Labour)
- Nick Wallis (Labour)
- Rebecca Baker (Labour)
- Sajna Ali (Labour)
- Sonia Kane (Labour)
- Stephen Harker (Labour)
- Anne-Marie Curry BSc (Liberal Democrats)
- Hilary Allen (Liberal Democrats)
- James Coe (Liberal Democrats)
- The Mayor (not matched to a member)
Against (23)
- Alan Marshall (Conservative)
- Andy Keir (Conservative)
- Bob Donoghue (Conservative)
- Colin Pease (Conservative)
- Deborah Laing (Conservative)
- Gerald Lee (Conservative)
- Jamie Bartch BA, MA (Conservative)
- Jonathan Dulston (Conservative)
- Lorraine Tostevin (Conservative)
- Mrs Pauline Culley MBE (Conservative)
- Paul Crudass (Conservative)
- Paul Walters (Conservative)
- Scott Durham (Conservative)
- Yvonne Renton (Conservative)
- Anna-Maria Toms (Green)
- Bryony Holroyd PhD (Green)
- Kate Mammolotti (Green)
- Matthew Snedker (Green)
- Richard Lawley (Green)
- Roz Henderson (Green)
- Thomas Robinson (Green)
- Kevin Nicholson (Independent)
- Andrew Scott (Labour)
From the minutes
ointed as the Leader of the Council for a Four Year Term of Office, which was duly seconded. At the request of five Members, a Named Vote was taken of those present at the meeting and there appeared: For the Motion: The Mayor; Councillors Ali, Allen, Anderson, Baker, Beckett, Coe, Crumbie, Curry, Dillon, Garner, Harker, Haszeldine, Johnson, Kane, Layton, Mahmud, McCollom, McEwan, McGill, M. Nicholson, Porter, Ray, Dr. Riley, Roche, Storr and Wallis (27) Against the Motion: Councillors Bartch, Crudass, Mrs. Culley, Donoghue, Dulston, Durham, Henderson, Holroyd, Keir, Laing, Lawley, Lee, Mammolotti, Marshall, K. Nicholson, Pease, Renton, Robinson, Mrs. Scott, Snedker, Toms, Tostevin and Walters (23) RESOLVED – That Councillor Harker be appointed as the Leader of the Council for a Four Year Term of Office
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