Election of Leader of the Council
Full council, 26 May 2021: a named vote on the motion, lost.
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
set him in good stead as Leader. · An alternative proposal for Councillor Chapelard for Leader would be made if the motion was not carried. Councillors Chapelard and March 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 – That Councillor Dawlings be elected Leader of the Council for the period ending on the date of the Annual Meeting 2025.
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.