Motion to Refer a Matter to an Appropriate Body
Full council, 8 October 2019: a named vote on the motion.
For 28, Against 7, Abstained 9.
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 (28)
- Alan McDermott (Conservative)
- Barry Noakes (Conservative)
- Carol Mackonochie (Conservative)
- Christian Atwood (Conservative)
- David Scott (Conservative)
- Godfrey Bland (Conservative)
- Jane March (Conservative)
- Joy Podbury (Conservative)
- Mrs Elizabeth Thomas (Conservative)
- Mrs Julia Soyke (Conservative)
- Ms Beverley Palmer (Conservative)
- Paul Barrington-King (Conservative)
- Sarah Hamilton (Conservative)
- Tom Dawlings (Conservative)
- 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)
- David Neve (Independent)
- Rodney Atkins (Independent)
- Marguerita Morton (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Ellis (Liberal Democrats)
- David Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- Matthew Bailey (not matched to a member)
Against (7)
- Bob Backhouse (Conservative)
- Frank Williams (Conservative)
- James Scholes (Conservative)
- Seán Holden (Conservative)
- Ben Chapelard (Liberal Democrats)
- Dave Funnell (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Hickey (Independent)
Abstained (9)
- Andy Fairweather (Conservative)
- Chris Woodward (Conservative)
- Dr Linda Hall (Conservative)
- Joe Simmons (Conservative)
- Julian Stanyer (Conservative)
- Mrs Barbara Cobbold (Conservative)
- Peter Lidstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Trevor Poile (Liberal Democrats)
- James Rands (Independent)
From the minutes
as confirmed that the working group was not a decision making group. It would seek to review and then submit to the relevant decision making committees. Councillor Hamilton requested a recorded vote. Members who voted in favour of the motion: Councillors Atkins, Atwood, Bailey, Barrington-King, Bland, Bruneau, Dawlings, Ellis, Everitt, Hamilton, Hayward, Hill, Lewis, Mackonochie, March, McDermott, Morton, Neve, Noakes, Ms Palmer, Podbury, Pope, Pound, Scott, Mrs Soyke, Mrs Thomas, Warne and Willis. (28) Members who voted against the motion: Councillors Backhouse, Chapelard, Funnell, Hickey, Holden, Scholes and Williams. (7) Members who abstained from voting: Councillors Mrs Cobbold, Fairweather, Dr Hall, Lidstone, Poile, Rands, Simmons, Stanyer and Woodward. (9) RESOLVED – That the Full Council recognises and supports the workings of the Cross-Party Group to date and asks that it continue its work, speci
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.