Urgent Item - Election of Leader
Full council, 3 September 2020: a named vote.
For 39, Against 0, Abstained 4.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Liberal Democrats. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (39)
- Alison Foden (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew MacGregor (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Swain (Liberal Democrats)
- Charles Nuttall (Liberal Democrats)
- Colin Parker (Liberal Democrats)
- Dave Rollason (Liberal Democrats)
- David Cox (Liberal Democrats)
- Gary Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- Huw Cox (Liberal Democrats)
- Jackie Hook (Liberal Democrats)
- John Nutley (Liberal Democrats)
- Linda Goodman-Bradbury (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrats)
- Nina Jeffries (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Keeling (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Hayes (Liberal Democrats)
- Sally Morgan (Liberal Democrats)
- Sheila Cook (Liberal Democrats)
- Bill Thorne (Conservative)
- Chris Clarance (Conservative)
- Phil Bullivant (Conservative)
- Ron Peart (Conservative)
- Stephen Purser (Conservative)
- Mary Colclough (Ind Group)
- Chris Jenks (No party recorded)
- Connett (not matched to a member)
- Dewhirst (not matched to a member)
- Eden (not matched to a member)
- Evans (not matched to a member)
- G Hook (not matched to a member)
- Gribble (not matched to a member)
- J Petherick ( ) (not matched to a member)
- Jeffrey (not matched to a member)
- Kerswell (not matched to a member)
- L Petherick (not matched to a member)
- Parker-Khan (not matched to a member)
- Phipps (not matched to a member)
- Russell (not matched to a member)
- Tume (not matched to a member)
Abstained (4)
- Hocking (not matched to a member)
- Liam Mullone (not matched to a member)
- Patch ( ) (not matched to a member)
- Richard Daws (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
by Councillor G Hook and seconded by Councillor Russell that Councillor Connett be elected Leader of the Council. RESOLVED that Councillor Connett be elected Leader of the Council. A Roll Call taken. Voting for Councillors Bullivant, Clarance, Colclough, Connett, Cook, H Cox, D Cox, Dewhirst, Eden, Evans, Foden, Goodman-Bradbury, Gribble, Hayes, G Hook, J Hook, Jeffrey, Jeffries, Jenks, Keeling, Kerswell, MacGregor, Morgan, Nutley, Nuttall, Parker-Khan, Peart, L Petherick, Phipps, Purser, Rollason, Russell, Swain, Taylor, Thorne, Tume, Wrigley, Parker and J Petherick (Total: 39) Abstain Councillors Daws, Hocking, Mullone and Patch (Total: 4) Absent Councillors Bradford and Haines (Total: 2) Apologies Councillors Austin and Orme (Total: 2) The Leader addressed the Council, he stated that hi
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