Election of Leader
Full council, 27 April 2022: a named vote.
For 29, Against 9, Abstained 5.
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 (29)
- Angela Harrison (Labour)
- Ghlin Whelan (Labour)
- Julian Saunders (Labour)
- Ken Rowles (Labour)
- Roger Truelove (Labour)
- Simon Clark (Labour)
- Steve Davey (Labour)
- Tim Gibson (Labour)
- Tony Winckless (Labour)
- Corrie Woodford (Swale Independents)
- Derek Carnell (Swale Independents)
- Elliott Jayes (Swale Independents)
- James Hall (Swale Independents)
- Mike Baldock (Swale Independents)
- Paul Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Richard Palmer (Swale Independents)
- Sarah Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Bill Tatton (IF)
- Peter MacDonald (IF)
- Richard Darby (IF)
- Denise Knights (Independent)
- Lee McCall (Independent)
- Monique Bonney (Independent)
- Eddie Thomas (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Henderson (Liberal Democrats)
- Alastair Gould (Green)
- Tim Valentine (Green)
- Padmini Nissanga (Reform UK)
Against (9)
- Alan Horton (Conservative)
- Ann Hampshire (Conservative)
- Cameron Beart (Conservative)
- Ken Pugh (Conservative)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Mike Dendor (Conservative)
- Mike Whiting (Conservative)
- Oliver Eakin (Conservative)
- Simon Fowle (Conservative)
Abstained (5)
- James Hunt (Conservative)
- Ken Ingleton (Conservative)
- Nicholas Hampshire (Conservative)
- Pete Neal (Conservative)
- Peter Marchington (Conservative)
From the minutes
posed and seconded as Leader of the Council, and he advised that there were no other nominations. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 19(5), a recorded vote was taken and voting was as follows: For: Baldock, Bonney, Carnell, S Clark, Darby, Davey, Gibson, Gould, Hall, Harrison, Henderson, Jayes, Knights, MacDonald, McCall, Nissanga, Palmer, Perkin, Rowles, Saunders, P Stephen, S Stephen, Tatton, Thomas, Truelove, Valentine, Whelan, Winckless and Woodford. Total equals 29. Against: Beart, Bowen, Dendor, Eakin, Fowle, A Hampshire, Horton, Pugh and Whiting. Total equals 9. Abstain: N Hampshire, Hunt, Ingleton, Marchington and Neal. Total equals 5. Following his confirmation as Leader, Councillor Mike Baldock thanked Members and said that in moving to the Committee System, he lo
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