Election of Leader of the Council
Full council, 22 May 2019: a named vote on the motion.
For 25, Against 16, Abstained 4.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Conservative. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (25)
- Alan McDermott (Conservative)
- Andy Fairweather (Conservative)
- Barry Noakes (Conservative)
- Bob Backhouse (Conservative)
- Carol Mackonochie (Conservative)
- Chris Woodward (Conservative)
- David Scott (Conservative)
- Dr Linda Hall (Conservative)
- Dr Ronen Basu (Conservative)
- Frank Williams (Conservative)
- Godfrey Bland (Conservative)
- James Scholes (Conservative)
- Jane March (Conservative)
- Joe Simmons (Conservative)
- Joy Podbury (Conservative)
- Julian Stanyer (Conservative)
- Len Horwood (Conservative)
- Mrs Barbara Cobbold (Conservative)
- Mrs Elizabeth Thomas (Conservative)
- Ms Beverley Palmer (Conservative)
- Patrick Thomson (Conservative)
- Sarah Hamilton (Conservative)
- Seán Holden (Conservative)
- Tom Dawlings (Conservative)
- Matthew Bailey (not matched to a member)
Against (16)
- Dave Funnell (Liberal Democrats)
- Marguerita Morton (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Ellis (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Lidstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Trevor Poile (Liberal Democrats)
- Alain Lewis (Labour)
- Dianne Hill (Labour)
- Hugo Pound (Labour)
- Luke Everitt (Labour)
- Becki Bruneau (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Lucy Willis (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Nancy Warne (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Nicholas Pope (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Christian Atwood (Conservative)
- Andrew Hickey (Independent)
- David Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
Abstained (4)
- David Reilly (Conservative)
- Paul Barrington-King (Conservative)
- James Rands (Independent)
- David Neve (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
Councillor Scott moved, and Councillor Stanyer seconded, that Councillor McDermott be elected Leader of the Council. Councillor March requested a recorded vote. Members who voted in favour of the motion: The Mayor Councillor Scholes, The Deputy Mayor Councillor Podbury, Councillors Backhouse, Bailey, Dr Basu, Bland, Mrs Cobbold, Dawlings, Fairweather, Dr Hall, Hamilton, Holden, Horwood, Mackonochie, March, McDermott, Noakes, Ms Palmer, Scott, Simmons, Stanyer, Mrs Thomas, Thomson, Williams and Woodward. (25) Members who voted against the motion: Councillors Atwood, Bruneau, Ellis, Everitt, Funnell, Hayward, Hickey, Hill, Lewis, Lidstone, Morton, Poile, Pope, Pound, Warne and Willis. (16) Members who abstained from voting: Councillors Barrington-King, Neve, Rands and Reilly. (4) RESOLVED – That Councillor McDermott be elected as Leader of the Council from 22 May 2019 to the date of the Annual Meeting 2023.
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.