Urgent Motion - Use of Ocean Heights, Minster to house unaccompanied asylum seeker children
Full council, 3 April 2024: a named vote.
For 11, Against 17, Abstained 13.
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 (11)
- Chris Palmer (Swale Independents)
- Lloyd Chapman (Swale Independents)
- Mike Baldock (Swale Independents)
- Monique Bonney (Swale Independents)
- Paul Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Peter MacDonald (Swale Independents)
- Richard Palmer (Swale Independents)
- Tom Nundy (Swale Independents)
- Ashley Shiel (Labour)
- Ashley Wise (Labour)
- Dolley Wooster (Labour)
Against (17)
- Angela Harrison (Labour)
- Angie Valls (Labour)
- Charlie Miller (Labour)
- Kieran Golding (Labour)
- Mark Last (Labour)
- Tim Gibson (Labour)
- Tony Winckless (Labour)
- Andy Booth (Conservative)
- Mark Tucker (Conservative)
- Peter Marchington (Conservative)
- Roger Clark (Conservative)
- Tara Noe (Conservative)
- Alastair Gould (Green)
- Terry Thompson (Green)
- Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Cheeseman (not matched to a member)
Abstained (13)
- Ann Cavanagh (Labour)
- Carole Jackson (Labour)
- Hayden Brawn (Labour)
- Karen Watson (Labour)
- James Hunt (Conservative)
- Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- James Hall (Swale Independents)
- Sarah Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Rich Lehmann (Green)
- Mike Whiting (Independent)
From the minutes
ers continued to discuss a way forward and several suggestions were considered. In accordance with procedure rule 3.1.19(2), a recorded vote was taken on the amended motion and voting was as follows: For: Baldock, Bonney, Chapman, MacDonald, Nundy, C Palmer, R Palmer, Shiel, P Stephen, Wooster and Wise. Total equals 11. Against: Booth, Cheeseman, R Clark, C Gibson, T Gibson, Golding, Gould, Harrison, Last, Marchington, Miller, Noe, Perkin, Thompson, Tucker, Valls and Winckless. Total equals 17. Abstain: Bowen, Brawn, Cavanagh, Hall, Hunt, Jackson, Lehmann, B J Martin, C Martin, Moore, S Stephen, Watson and Whiting. Total equals 13. The Mayor announced that the amendment had fallen. Members then voted on the substantive motion. In accordance with procedure rule
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