Appointment of the Deputy Mayor
Full council, 26 May 2021: a named vote on the motion.
For 44, Against 2, Abstained 2.
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 (44)
- Alan McDermott (Conservative)
- Andy Fairweather (Conservative)
- Bob Backhouse (Conservative)
- Chris Woodward (Conservative)
- Christian Atwood (Conservative)
- David Knight (Conservative)
- David Scott (Conservative)
- Godfrey Bland (Conservative)
- Harry Allen (Conservative)
- James Scholes (Conservative)
- Jane March (Conservative)
- Joe Simmons (Conservative)
- Julian Stanyer (Conservative)
- Lance Goodship (Conservative)
- Ms Beverley Palmer (Conservative)
- Patrick Thomson (Conservative)
- Paul Barrington-King (Conservative)
- Paul Roberts (Conservative)
- Sarah Hamilton (Conservative)
- Seán Holden (Conservative)
- Tom Dawlings (Conservative)
- Victoria White (Conservative)
- Ben Chapelard (Liberal Democrats)
- Dave Funnell (Liberal Democrats)
- Hugh Patterson (Liberal Democrats)
- Justine Rutland (Liberal Democrats)
- Marguerita Morton (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Ellis (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Lidstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Rob Wormington (Liberal Democrats)
- Trevor Poile (Liberal Democrats)
- Wendy Fitzsimmons (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Hickey (Independent)
- James Rands (Independent)
- Rodney Atkins (Independent)
- Alex Britcher-Allan (Labour)
- Hugo Pound (Labour)
- Nancy Warne (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Nicholas Pope (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- David Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- Dr Hall (Linda) (not matched to a member)
- Hall (Christopher) (not matched to a member)
- Hills (Bill) (not matched to a member)
- Matthew Bailey (not matched to a member)
Against (2)
- Luke Everitt (Labour)
- Lucy Willis (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
Abstained (2)
- Alain Lewis (Labour)
- Hill (Dianne) (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
Councillor Woodward moved, and Councillor Holden seconded, that Councillor Bland be appointed Deputy Mayor. Councillors Chapelard and March requested a recorded vote. Members who voted for the motion: Councillors Allen, Atkins, Atwood, Backhouse, Bailey, Barrington-King, Bland, Britcher-Allan, Chapelard, Dawlings, Ellis, Fairweather, Fitzsimmons, Funnell, Goodship, Hall (Christopher), Dr Hall (Linda), Hamilton, Hayward, Hickey, Hills (Bill), Holden, Knight, Lidstone, March, McDermott, Morton, Ms Palmer, Patterson, Poile, Pope, Pound, Rands, Roberts, Rutland, Scholes, Scott, Simmons, Stanyer, Thomson, Warne, White, Woodward and Wormington. (44) Members who voted against the motion: Councillors Everitt and Willis. (2) Members who abstained from voting: Councillors Hill (Dianne) and Lewis. (2) RESOLVED – That Councillor Bland be appointed Deputy Mayor of the Borough for the ensuing municipal year ending on the date of the Annual Meetin
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