Budget 2023/24 and Medium Term Financial Strategy
Full council, 1 March 2023: a named vote on the motion.
For 32, Against 11, Abstained 1.
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 (32)
- Ben Chapelard (Liberal Democrats)
- Brendon Le Page (Liberal Democrats)
- Hugh Patterson (Liberal Democrats)
- Justine Rutland (Liberal Democrats)
- Marguerita Morton (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Ellis (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Brice (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Lidstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Rob Wormington (Liberal Democrats)
- Trevor Poile (Liberal Democrats)
- Wendy Fitzsimmons (Liberal Democrats)
- Lucy Willis (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)
- James Rands (Independent)
- Raymond Moon (Independent)
- Rodney Atkins (Independent)
- Dianne Hill (Labour)
- Hugo Pound (Labour)
- Luke Everitt (Labour)
- Shadi Rogers (Labour)
- David Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- Suzanne Wakeman (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- David Knight (Conservative)
- (Christopher) Hall (not matched to a member)
- (Linda) Hall (not matched to a member)
- Barras (not matched to a member)
- Britcher-Allen (not matched to a member)
- Funnel (not matched to a member)
Against (11)
- Andy Fairweather (Conservative)
- Godfrey Bland (Conservative)
- Harry Allen (Conservative)
- Jane March (Conservative)
- Lance Goodship (Conservative)
- Paul Barrington-King (Conservative)
- Paul Roberts (Conservative)
- Tom Dawlings (Conservative)
- Victoria White (Conservative)
- (Ms) Palmer (not matched to a member)
- Attwood (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Matthew Bailey (Independent)
From the minutes
inances are on track, but given the situation inherited it will take longer than a 1 year in budget cycle. The Mayor took a recorded vote on the motion in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 15.7. Members who voted for the Motion: Councillors Atkins, Britcher-Allen, Barras, Brice, Chapelard, Ellis, Everitt, Fitzsimmons, Funnel, Hayward, (Christopher) Hall, (Linda) Hall, Hickey Hill, Knight, Le Page, Lidstone, McMillan, Moon, Morton, Patterson, Pope, Poile, Pound, Rands, Rogers, Rutland, Sankey, Wakeman, Warne, Wormington, Willis.(32) Members who voted against the Motion: Councillors: Allen, Attwood, Barrington-King, Bland, Dawlings, Fairweather, Goodship, March, (Ms) Palmer, Roberts, White (11) Members who abstained from voting: Councillor Bailey (1) RESOLVED That Council considers the changes to the base budget along with the assumptions and approach detailed throughout the report. That Counc
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