Election of Leader
Full council, 21 May 2019: a named vote on the motion.
For 23, Against 17, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Conservative. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (23)
- Andrew Johnson (Conservative)
- Chris Targowski (Conservative)
- Christine Bateson (Conservative)
- David Cannon (Conservative)
- David Coppinger (Conservative)
- David Hilton (Conservative)
- Donna Stimson (Conservative)
- Gary Muir (Conservative)
- Gerry Clark (Conservative)
- Gurch Singh (Conservative)
- Gurpreet Bhangra (Conservative)
- John Bowden (Conservative)
- John Story (Conservative)
- Julian Sharpe (Conservative)
- Leo Walters (Conservative)
- Maureen Hunt (Conservative)
- Phil Haseler (Conservative)
- Ross McWilliams (Conservative)
- Samantha Rayner (Conservative)
- Sayonara Luxton (Conservative)
- Shamsul Shelim (Conservative)
- Simon Dudley (Conservative)
- Stuart Carroll (Conservative)
Against (17)
- Amy Tisi (Liberal Democrats)
- Catherine del Campo (Liberal Democrats)
- Clive Baskerville (Liberal Democrats)
- John Baldwin (Liberal Democrats)
- Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrats)
- Karen Davies (Liberal Democrats)
- Mandy Brar (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Bond (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Werner (Liberal Democrats)
- Carole Da Costa (Independent Alliance)
- Geoff Hill (Independent Alliance)
- Helen Price (Independent Alliance)
- Helen Taylor (Independent Alliance)
- Jon Davey (Independent Alliance)
- Wisdom Da Costa (Independent Alliance)
- Lynne Jones (Local Independents)
- Neil Knowles (Local Independents)
Abstained (1)
- Ewan Larcombe (Independent Alliance)
From the minutes
yner, and: RESOLVED: That Councillor Dudley be elected as Leader of the Council. A named vote was taken as at least five councillors made such a request, as per Part 2 C17.3.3 of the constitution: 23 councillors voted for the motion: Councillors Bateson, Bhangra, Bowden, Cannon, Carroll, Clark, Coppinger, Dudley, Haseler, Hilton, Hunt, Johnson, Luxton, McWilliams, Muir, Rayner, Singh, Sharpe, Shelim, Story, Stimson, Targowski, Walters. 17 councillors voted against the motion: Councillors Baldwin, Baskerville, Bond, Brar, C Da Costa, W Da Costa, Davey, Davies, Del Campo, Hill, Jones, Knowles, Price, Reynolds, Taylor, Tisi and Werner. Councillor Larcombe abstained. Councillor Dudley confirmed the Cabinet positions for 2019/20; details of which had been distributed to those present. He thanked all who had voted in
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