ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN
Full council, 18 May 2023: a named vote.
For 19, Against 7, Abstained 2.
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 (19)
- Alan Oliver (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Angela Delaney (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Ben Thomas (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Chris Axam (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Gill Butler (Community Campaign (Hart))
- James Radley (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Katie Davies (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Tina Collins (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Tony Clarke (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Wendy Makepeace-Browne (Community Campaign (Hart))
- Brian Blewett (Liberal Democrats)
- David Neighbour (Liberal Democrats)
- Graham Cockarill (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Vernon (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Quarterman (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Harward (Liberal Democrats)
- Stuart Bailey (Liberal Democrats)
- Dermot Smith (Independent)
- Engstrom (not matched to a member)
Against (7)
- Chris Dorn (Conservative)
- John Kennett (Conservative)
- Mark Butcher (Conservative)
- Selena Coburn (Conservative)
- Spencer Farmer (Conservative)
- Steve Forster (Conservative)
- Tim Southern (Conservative)
Abstained (2)
- Dr Jane Worlock (Conservative)
- Jon Hale (Conservative)
From the minutes
year. Councillor Wildsmith was proposed as Chairman for 2023/24 by Councillor Neighbour and seconded by Councillor Butler. Voting by a show of hands was not unanimous. A recorded vote was undertaken. For: Axam; Bailey; Blewett; Butler; Clarke; Cockarill; Collins; Davies; Delaney; Engstrom; Harward; Makepeace-Browne; Neighbour; Oliver; Quarterman; Radley; Smith, Thomas, Vernon (19) Against: Butcher, Coburn, Dorn, Farmer, Forster, Kennett, Southern (7) Abstain: Hale, Worlock (2) DECISION That Councillor Wildsmith be elected Chairman of the Council for the municipal year 2023/24. Cllr Wildsmith proposed a vote of thanks fo
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.