Urgent Motion - Letter to MP
Full council, 4 December 2024: a named vote.
For 17, Against 17, Abstained 4.
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 (17)
- Carrie Pollard (Swale Independents)
- Chris Palmer (Swale Independents)
- Derek Carnell (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)
- Sarah Stephen (Swale Independents)
- Tom Nundy (Swale Independents)
- Julien Speed (Conservative)
- Lloyd Bowen (Conservative)
- Mark Tucker (Conservative)
- Peter Marchington (Conservative)
- Rich Lehmann (Green)
- Terry Thompson (Green)
Against (17)
- Angela Harrison (Labour)
- Ann Cavanagh (Labour)
- Ashley Wise (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)
- Alex Eyre (Liberal Democrats)
- Ben J Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Charles Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Claire Martin (Liberal Democrats)
- Hannah Perkin (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (4)
- Lee-Anne Moore (Conservative)
- Pete Neal (Conservative)
- Tara Noe (Conservative)
- Alastair Gould (Green)
From the minutes
ing why democracy was not being returned to local people and local Councillors to make good choices. In accordance with Procedure Rule 3.1.19(2), a recorded vote was taken, and voting was as follows: For: Baldock, Bonney, Bowen, Carnell, Chapman, Lehmann, MacDonald, Marchington, Nundy, C Palmer, R Palmer, Pollard, Speed, P Stephen, S Stephen Thompson and Tucker. Total equals 17. Against: Brawn, Cavanagh, Cheesman, S Clark, Eyre, C Gibson, T Gibson, Harrison, Last, B Martin, C Martin, Miller, Perkin, Watson, Wooster, Winckless and Wise. Total equals 17. Abstain: Gould, Moore, Neal and Noe. Total equals 4. As the vote was tied, the Mayor used his casting vote and voted against the motion. The mayor announced the motion had fallen.
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.