Appointments to Committees
Full council, 26 May 2021: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 23, Against 24, Abstained 0.
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 (23)
- Alan McDermott (Conservative)
- Andy Fairweather (Conservative)
- Bob Backhouse (Conservative)
- Chris Woodward (Conservative)
- Christian Atwood (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)
- Tom Dawlings (Conservative)
- Victoria White (Conservative)
- Dr Hall (Linda) (not matched to a member)
- Hills (Bill) Holden (not matched to a member)
- Matthew Bailey (not matched to a member)
Against (24)
- 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)
- Alain Lewis (Labour)
- Alex Britcher-Allan (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 Knight (Conservative)
- David Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- Hall (Christopher) (not matched to a member)
- Hill (Dianne) (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
of a new Mayor and Leader. · All proposed appointees were men. · The Cabinet would work with all parties, in good faith in the interests of residents. Councillor Chapelard requested a recorded vote. Members who voted for the motion: Councillors Allen, Atwood, Backhouse, Bailey, Barrington-King, Bland, Dawlings, Fairweather, Goodship, Dr Hall (Linda), Hamilton, Hills (Bill) Holden, March, McDermott, Ms Palmer, Roberts, Scholes, Scott, Simmons, Stanyer, Thomson, White and Woodward. (24) Members who voted against the motion: Councillors Atkins, Britcher-Allan, Chapelard, Ellis, Everitt, Fitzsimmons, Funnell, Hall (Christopher), Hayward, Hickey, Hill (Dianne), Knight, Lewis, Lidstone, Morton, Patterson, Poile, Pope, Pound, Rands, Rutland, Warne, Willis and Wormington. (24) Members who abstained from voting: None. Mayor's casting vote for the motion. RESOLVED – 1. That the allocation of seats to Committee, as set out at paragraph 2.9 of the report, be approved; 2. That the appointments
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.