Recommendations from the Independent Remuneration Panel
Full council, 21 November 2023: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 31, Against 0, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
Only one side of this vote could be read from the minutes. The others may be recorded in a form that couldn't be read, or not at all.
For (31)
- Abdul Harid (Labour)
- Andrew Semple (Labour)
- Anne Glendinning (Labour)
- Anne Quilter (Labour)
- Barbara Cannon (Labour)
- Bill Pegram (Labour)
- Bob Kelly (Labour)
- Carni McCarron-Holmes (Labour)
- Christopher Southward (Labour)
- Cyril Weber (Labour)
- Denise Rollo (Labour)
- Emma Williamson (Labour)
- Gillian Troughton (Labour)
- Graham Minshaw (Labour)
- Helen Tucker (Labour)
- Jeanette Forster (Labour)
- Jimmy Grisdale (Labour)
- Joseph Ghayouba (Labour)
- Lisa Hinton (Labour)
- Lucy Patrick (Labour)
- Mark Fryer (Labour)
- Markus Dale Campbell-Savours (Labour)
- Martin Harris (Labour)
- Michael Eldon (Labour)
- Mike Hawkins (Labour)
- Miss Jeanette Whalen (Labour)
- Sam Pollen (Labour)
- Brian Wernham (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Wills (Liberal Democrats)
- Roger Dobson (Liberal Democrats)
- Tim Pickstone (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
y Leader (Statutory) thanked the Chair and the IRP for their piece of work and moved recommendations a - c from the report. Councillor Pickstone seconded the motion. A number of members spoke for and against the motion. Councillor Betton tabled an amendment to the Members Allowance Scheme, recommending that the Basic Allowance and the Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA) for the Leader, Deputy Leaders and Executive remained at the current level and the SRA's for Committee Chairs and Groups be reduced by 50%. Councillor Stoddart seconded the motion. The Chair adjourned the meeting at 1.22pm to afford members time to consider the amendment. The meeting reconvened at 1:27pm. A vote was held on the amendment becoming the substantive motion, the motion Fell. Debate resumed on the original motion with members speaking for and against the recommendations. The Leader requested a recorded vote on the motion, this was seconded by Councillor Southward, and supported by more than one quarter of those present at the meeting. A recorded vote was taken, 31 votes in favour, 10 votes against and 2 abstentions; Councillors who voted in Favour – Brown, Campbell-Savours, Cannon, Dobson, Eldon, Forster, Fryer, Ghayouba, Glendinning, Grisdale, Harid, Harris, Hawkins, Kelly, McCarron-Holmes, Minshaw, Patrick, Pegram, Pickstone, Pollen, Quilter, Rollo, Semple, Southward, Troughton, Tucker, Weber, Wernham, Whalen, Williamson and Wills Councillors who voted Against – Allison, Betton, Johnson, Mallin
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