Motion - Support for a More Democratic Process for Kent
Full council, 29 January 2025: a named vote.
For 18, Against 22, Abstained 1.
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 (18)
- Chris Palmer (Swale Independents)
- Derek Carnell (Swale Independents)
- Elliott Jayes (Swale Independents)
- Lloyd Chapman (Swale Independents)
- Mike Baldock (Swale Independents)
- Monique Bonney (Swale Independents)
- Paul Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Richard Palmer (Swale Independents)
- Sarah Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Tom Nundy (Swale Independents)
- Alex Eyre (Liberal Democrats)
- Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
- Alastair Gould (Green)
- Rich Lehmann (Green)
- Terry Thompson (Green)
- Kieran Mishchuk (Reform UK)
Against (22)
- Angela Harrison (Labour)
- Ann Cavanagh (Labour)
- Ashley Wise (Labour)
- Carole Jackson (Labour)
- Charlie Miller (Labour)
- Dolley Wooster (Labour)
- Hayden Brawn (Labour)
- Karen Watson (Labour)
- Mark Last (Labour)
- Shelley Cheesman (Labour)
- Simon Clark (Labour)
- Tim Gibson (Labour)
- Tony Winckless (Labour)
- James Hunt (Conservative)
- Julien Speed (Conservative)
- Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Mark Tucker (Conservative)
- Pete Neal (Conservative)
- Peter Marchington (Conservative)
- Tara Noe (Conservative)
- Mike Whiting (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
nsidered the motion would increase the democratic process and that scrutiny was much needed. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 3.1.19(2), a recorded vote was taken, and voting was as follows: For: Councillors Baldock, Bonney, Carnell, Chapman, Eyre, Gould, Jayes, Lehmann, B Martin, C Martin, Mishchuk, Nundy, C Palmer, R Palmer, Perkin, P Stephen, S Stephen and Thompson. Total equals 18. Against: Councillors Bowen, Brawn, Cavanagh, Cheesman, Clark, T Gibson, Harrison, Hunt, Jackson, Last, Marchington, Miller, Moore, Neal, Noe, Speed, Tucker, Watson, Wooster, Whiting, Winckless and Wise. Total equals 22. Abstain: Councillor C Gibson. Total equals 1. The Mayor announced the Motion had fallen.
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