Motion on Notice from Councillor Hayward
Full council, 24 February 2021: a named vote on the motion.
For 22, Against 16, Abstained 6.
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 (22)
- 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)
- Becki Bruneau (Conservative)
- David Reilly (Conservative)
- Frank Williams (Conservative)
- Patrick Thomson (Conservative)
- 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 Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
Against (16)
- Alan McDermott (Conservative)
- Andy Fairweather (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)
- Sarah Hamilton (Conservative)
- Seán Holden (Conservative)
- Tom Dawlings (Conservative)
- Matthew Bailey (not matched to a member)
Abstained (6)
- Barry Noakes (Conservative)
- Christian Atwood (Conservative)
- Dr Linda Hall (Conservative)
- Joe Simmons (Conservative)
- Ms Beverley Palmer (Conservative)
- Paul Barrington-King (Conservative)
From the minutes
Scrutiny committee was dominated by majority party members including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee, contrary to best practice guidance. Councillor Funnell requested a recorded vote. Members who voted for the motion: Councillors Atkins, Bruneau, Chapelard, Ellis, Everitt, Funnell, Hayward, Hickey, Hill, Lewis, Lidstone, Morton, Poile, Pope, Pound, Rands, Reilly, Rutland, Thomson, Warne, Williams and Willis. (22) Members who against the motion: Councillors Bailey, Backhouse, Bland, Mrs Cobbold, Dawlings, Fairweather, Hamilton, Holden, Mackonochie, March, McDermott, Podbury, Scholes, Scott, Mrs Soyke, and Woodward. (16) Members who abstained from voting: Councillors Atwood, Barrington-King, Dr Hall, Noakes, Ms Palmer and Simmons. (6) RESOLVED – There are growing concerns about the impact a decreasing level of transparency and scrutiny is having on our borough's democratic pro
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.