Motion on Notice from Councillor Hayward
Full council, 24 February 2021: a named vote on the amendment.
For 19, Against 20, Abstained 5.
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 (19)
- Alan McDermott (Conservative)
- Andy Fairweather (Conservative)
- Barry Noakes (Conservative)
- Bob Backhouse (Conservative)
- Carol Mackonochie (Conservative)
- Chris Woodward (Conservative)
- David Scott (Conservative)
- Godfrey Bland (Conservative)
- James Scholes (Conservative)
- Jane March (Conservative)
- Joy Podbury (Conservative)
- Mrs Barbara Cobbold (Conservative)
- Mrs Julia Soyke (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 (20)
- Ben Chapelard (Liberal Democrats)
- Dave Funnell (Liberal Democrats)
- Justine Rutland (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)
- Andrew Hickey (Independent)
- James Rands (Independent)
- Rodney Atkins (Independent)
- Lucy Willis (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Nancy Warne (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Nicholas Pope (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- David Reilly (Conservative)
- Frank Williams (Conservative)
- David Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
Abstained (5)
- Becki Bruneau (Conservative)
- Christian Atwood (Conservative)
- Dr Linda Hall (Conservative)
- Joe Simmons (Conservative)
- Paul Barrington-King (Conservative)
From the minutes
he budget consultation had highlighted public desire to reduce spending on committee therefore the existing Overview and Scrutiny Committee should be used. Councillor Pound requested a recorded vote. Members who voted for the amendment: Councillors Bailey, Backhouse, Bland, Mrs Cobbold, Dawlings, Fairweather, Hamilton, Holden, Mackonochie, March, McDermott, Noakes, Ms Palmer, Podbury, Scholes, Scott, Mrs Soyke, Thomson and Woodward. (19) Members who voted against the amendment: Councillors Atkins, Chapelard, Ellis, Everitt, Funnell, Hayward, Hickey, Hill, Lewis, Lidstone, Morton, Poile, Pope, Pound, Rands, Reilly, Rutland, Warne, Williams and Willis. (20) Members who abstained from voting: Councillors Atwood, Barrington-King, Bruneau, Dr Hall and Simmons. (5) AMENDMENT NOT CARRIED Debate returned to the original motion. Debate included consideration of the following additional points: · A readily avai
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