Election of Leader of the Council
Full council, 25 May 2022: a named vote on the motion.
For 31, Against 0, Abstained 13.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (31)
- Ben Chapelard (Liberal Democrats)
- Brendon Le Page (Liberal Democrats)
- Christopher Hall (Liberal Democrats)
- Dave Funnell (Liberal Democrats)
- Gavin Barrass (Liberal Democrats)
- Hugh Patterson (Liberal Democrats)
- Jamie Johnson (Liberal Democrats)
- Justine Rutland (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Ellis (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Brice (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Lidstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Trevor Poile (Liberal Democrats)
- Wendy Fitzsimmons (Liberal Democrats)
- Alain Lewis (Labour)
- Alex Britcher-Allan (Labour)
- Dianne Hill (Labour)
- Hugo Pound (Labour)
- Luke Everitt (Labour)
- Shadi Rogers (Labour)
- Ellen Neville (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Matthew Sankey (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Nancy Warne (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Nicholas Pope (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Steve McMillan (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Andrew Hickey (Independent)
- Matthew Bailey (Independent)
- Raymond Moon (Independent)
- Rodney Atkins (Independent)
- David Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- Suzanne Wakeman (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- David Knight (Conservative)
Abstained (13)
- Andy Fairweather (Conservative)
- Christian Atwood (Conservative)
- Dr Linda Hall (Conservative)
- Godfrey Bland (Conservative)
- Harry Allen (Conservative)
- Jane March (Conservative)
- Ms Beverley Palmer (Conservative)
- Paul Barrington-King (Conservative)
- Paul Roberts (Conservative)
- Seán Holden (Conservative)
- Tom Dawlings (Conservative)
- Victoria White (Conservative)
- James Rands (Independent)
From the minutes
Councillor Hickey moved, and Councillor Warne seconded, that Councillor Chapelard be elected Leader. The Mayor took a recorded vote on the motion Members who voted for the motion: Councillors Atkins, Bailey, Barrass, Brice, Britcher-Allan, Chapelard, Ellis, Everitt, Fitzsimmons, Funnell, C. Hall, Hayward, Hickey, Hill, Johnson, Knight, Le Page, Lewis, Lidstone, McMillan, Moon, Neville, Patterson, Poile, Pope, Pound, Rogers, Rutland, Sankey, Wakeman and Warne. (31) Members who voted against the motion: None. Members who abstained from voting: Councillors Allen, Atwood, Barrington-King, Bland, Dawlings, Fairweather, Dr L. Hall, Holden, March, Ms Palmer, Rands, Roberts and White. (13) RESOLVED – That Councillor Chapelard be elected Leader of the Council for the period ending on the date of the Annual Meeting 2026 in accordanc
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