Appointment of the Leader of the Council
Full council, 3 June 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 26, Against 15, Abstained 6.
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 (26)
- Carl Powling (Conservative)
- Darius Laws (Conservative)
- David Linghorn-Baker (Conservative)
- Dennis Willetts (Conservative)
- Jeremy Hagon (Conservative)
- Kevin Bentley (Conservative)
- Lewis Barber (Conservative)
- Martin Parsons (Conservative)
- Paul Dundas (Conservative)
- Rhys Smithson (Conservative)
- Robert Davidson (Conservative)
- Sara Naylor (Conservative)
- Sue Lissimore (Conservative)
- Thomas Rowe (Conservative)
- Will Calverley (Conservative)
- William Sunnucks (Conservative)
- Alison Jay (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrea Luxford Vaughan (Liberal Democrats)
- Catherine Spindler (Liberal Democrats)
- David King (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Goss (Liberal Democrats)
- Natalie Sommers (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam McCarthy (Liberal Democrats)
- Sean Kelly (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Appleton (Liberal Democrats)
- Lesley Scott-Boutell (Progressive Independents Alliance)
Against (15)
- Claire Osborne (Labour)
- Dave Harris (Labour)
- Fay Smalls (Labour)
- Kayleigh Rippingale (Labour)
- Michael Lilley (Labour)
- Richard Bourne (Labour)
- Tim Young (Labour)
- Andrew Harding (Reform UK)
- Daryl Swain (Reform UK)
- James Child (Reform UK)
- Mike Saunders (Reform UK)
- Sue Ettritch (Reform UK)
- Martyn Warnes (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Sam McLean (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Mark Cory (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (6)
- Amy Kirkby-Taylor (Green)
- Mark Goacher (Green)
- Andrew Ellis (Conservative)
- Paul Smith (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Pearson (Progressive Independents Alliance)
- Çufoglu (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
ng). A named vote was requested by Councillor McLean, supported by Councillor Pearson and Councillor Warnes, pursuant to the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 15(2), and the voting was as follows: FOR: Councillors Appleton, Barber, Bentley, Calverley, Davidson, Dundas, Goss, Hagon, Jay, Kelly, King, Laws, Linghorn-Baker, Lissimore, Luxford Vaughan, McCarthy Naylor, Parsons, Powling, Rowe, Scott-Boutell, Smithson, Sommers, Spindler, Sunnucks and Willetts. AGAINST: Councillors Bourne, Child, Cory, Ettritch, Harding, Harris, Lilley, McLean, Osborne, Rippingale, Saunders, Smalls, Swain, Warnes and T. Young ABSTAINED: Councillors Çufoglu, Goacher, Kirkby-Taylor, Pearson, the Deputy Mayor (Smith) and the Mayor (Ellis).
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.