Appointment of the Deputy Mayor
Full council, 5 April 2023: a named vote on the motion.
For 34, Against 2, Abstained 3.
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 (34)
- Ben Chapelard (Liberal Democrats)
- Brendon Le Page (Liberal Democrats)
- Hugh Patterson (Liberal Democrats)
- Jamie Johnson (Liberal Democrats)
- Justine Rutland (Liberal Democrats)
- Marguerita Morton (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Ellis (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Brice (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Lidstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Trevor Poile (Liberal Democrats)
- Wendy Fitzsimmons (Liberal Democrats)
- Andy Fairweather (Conservative)
- Christian Atwood (Conservative)
- David Knight (Conservative)
- Harry Allen (Conservative)
- Victoria White (Conservative)
- Alain Lewis (Labour)
- Dianne Hill (Labour)
- Hugo Pound (Labour)
- Luke Everitt (Labour)
- Shadi Rogers (Labour)
- Andrew Hickey (Independent)
- James Rands (Independent)
- Raymond Moon (Independent)
- Rodney Atkins (Independent)
- Ellen Neville (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Lucy Willis (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Matthew Sankey (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- Nancy Warne (Tunbridge Wells Alliance)
- David Hayward (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- Suzanne Wakeman (Independents for Tunbridge Wells)
- (Christopher) Hall (not matched to a member)
- Britcher-Allen (not matched to a member)
- Funnel (not matched to a member)
Against (2)
- Lance Goodship (Conservative)
- Seán Holden (Conservative)
Abstained (3)
- Ms Beverley Palmer (Conservative)
- Paul Barrington-King (Conservative)
- Tom Dawlings (Conservative)
From the minutes
seconded, the recommendation set out in the report. Members recorded their agreement and appreciation of Councillor Pope Councillor Holden requested a recorded vote The Deputy Mayor took a recorded . Members who voted for the Motion: Councillors Allen, Atwood, Atkins, Britcher-Allen, Brice, Chapelard, Ellis, Everitt, Fairweather, Fitzsimmons, Funnel, Hayward, (Christopher) Hall, Hickey, Hill, Johnson, Knight, Le Page, Lewis, Lidstone, Moon, Morton, Neville, Patterson, Poile, Pound, Rands, Rogers, Rutland, Sankey, Wakeman, Warne, Willis, White .(34) Members who voted against the Motion: Councillors: Goodship, Holden. (2) Members who abstained from voting: Councillor Barrington-King, Dawlings, Ms Beverley Palmer (3) RESOLVED – That Councillor Nicholas Pope be appointed as Deputy Mayor for the municipal year 2023/24.
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.