ELECTION OF LEADER OF THE COUNCIL
Full council, 24 May 2024: a named vote.
For 25, Against 1, Abstained 24.
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 (25)
- Allan Williams (Conservative)
- Barry Durkin (Conservative)
- Bruce Baker (Conservative)
- Carole Gandy (Conservative)
- Dan Hurcomb (Conservative)
- Dave Davies (Conservative)
- Elissa Swinglehurst (Conservative)
- Frank Cornthwaite (Conservative)
- Graham Biggs (Conservative)
- Harry Bramer (Conservative)
- John Stone (Conservative)
- Jonathan Lester (Conservative)
- Nick Mason (Conservative)
- Pete Stoddart (Conservative)
- Peter Hamblin (Conservative)
- Philip Price (Conservative)
- Richard Thomas (Conservative)
- Rob Williams (Conservative)
- Robert Highfield (Conservative)
- Roger Phillips (Conservative)
- Simeon Cole (Conservative)
- Bob Matthews (True Ind)
- Clare Davies (True Ind)
- Ivan Powell (True Ind)
- Jim Kenyon (Independent)
Against (1)
- Adam Spencer (Labour)
Abstained (24)
- Aubrey Oliver (Liberal Democrats)
- Ben Proctor (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Bartrum (Liberal Democrats)
- Ed O'Driscoll (Liberal Democrats)
- Jacqui Carwardine (Liberal Democrats)
- Kevin Tillett (Liberal Democrats)
- Louis Stark (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Dykes (Liberal Democrats)
- Polly Andrews (Liberal Democrats)
- Rob Owens (Liberal Democrats)
- Terry James (Liberal Democrats)
- Catherine Gennard (Green)
- Diana Toynbee (Green)
- Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Helen Heathfield (Green)
- Jenny Bartlett (Green)
- Justine Peberdy (Green)
- Mark Woodall (Green)
- Stef Simmons (Green)
- Toni Fagan (Green)
- Dave Boulter (IFH)
- Elizabeth Foxton (IFH)
- Liz Harvey (IFH)
- Matthew Engel (IFH)
From the minutes
posed and Councillor Barry Durkin seconded the nomination of Councillor Jonathan Lester as Leader of the Council. A recorded vote was taken and Councillor Lester was elected as Leader of the Council. FOR (25): Councillors Baker, Biggs, Bramer, Cole, Cornthwaite, Clare Davies, Dave Davies, Durkin, Gandy, Hamblin, Highfield, Hurcomb, Kenyon, Lester, Mason, Matthews, Phillips, Ivan Powell, Price, Stoddart, Stone, Swinglehurst, Thomas, Allan Williams and Robert Williams. Against (1): Councillor Spencer Abstentions (24): Andrews, Bartlett, Bartrum, Boulter, Carwardine, Chowns, Dykes Engel, Fagan, Foxton, Gennard, Harvey, Heathfield, James, O'Driscoll, Oliver, Owens, Peberdy, Proctor, Simmons, Stark, Tillett, Toynbee and Woodall. RESOLVED: That Councillor Jonathan Lester is elected Leader of the Council for the forthcoming municipal year.
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.