Appointment of Leader of the Council
Full council, 22 May 2023: a named vote on the motion.
For 28, Against 22, Abstained 2.
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 (28)
- Anne Gray (Labour)
- Beverley Gray (Labour)
- Birgitta Worrall (Labour)
- Claire Forrest (Labour)
- Colin Hamilton (Labour)
- Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE (Labour)
- Ian Ashcroft (Labour)
- Jane Lennie (Labour)
- Jenni Tillotson (Labour)
- Jewel Miah (Labour)
- Julie Palmer (Labour)
- Kanchan Jadeja (Labour)
- Liz Blackshaw (Labour)
- Louise Jones (Labour)
- Myriam Roberts (Labour)
- Nathaniel Taylor (Labour)
- Rhys Cory-Lowsley (Labour)
- Sandie Forrest (Labour)
- Sarah Goode (Labour)
- Sarah Maynard (Labour)
- Andy Haynes (Green)
- Chris O'Neill (Green)
- David Infield (Green)
- Faye Forde (Green)
- Geoff Lawrence (Green)
- Laurie Needham (Green)
- Naomi Bottomley (Green)
- Sandra Woodward (Green)
Against (22)
- Andy Dent (Conservative)
- Brenda Seaton (Conservative)
- David Northage (Conservative)
- David Snartt (Conservative)
- Deborah Taylor (Conservative)
- Gina Jackson (Conservative)
- Glenn Matthews (Conservative)
- Hilary Fryer (Conservative)
- Jenny Bokor (Conservative)
- John Knight (Conservative)
- Lee Westley (Conservative)
- Leigh Harper-Davies (Conservative)
- Leon Hadji-Nikolaou (Conservative)
- Mark Charles (Conservative)
- Mark Lowe (Conservative)
- Matthew Brookes (Conservative)
- Paul Baines (Conservative)
- Robin Popley (Conservative)
- Sarah Braker (Conservative)
- Sarah Fox (Conservative)
- Sarah Monk (Conservative)
- Shona Rattray (Conservative)
Abstained (2)
- Margaret Smidowicz (Conservative)
- Roy Campsall (Independent)
From the minutes
and ideas of all members of the Council. It was requested by Councillors Bokor and Baines, and supported by Councillors Snartt, Brookes and D Taylor that a named vote record be taken on this motion. For the motion – Councillors Ashcroft, Blackshaw, Bottomley, Bradshaw, Cory-Lowsley, Forde, C Forrest, S Forrest, Goode, A Gray, B Gray, Hamilton, Haynes, Infield, Jadeja, Jones, Lawrence, Lennie, Maynard, Miah, Needham, O'Neill, Palmer, Roberts, N Taylor, Tillotson, Woodward and Worrall. Against the motion – Councillors Baines, Bokor, Braker, Brookes, Charles, Dent, Fox, Fryer, Hadji-Nikolaou, Harper-Davies, Jackson, Knight, Lowe, Matthews, Monk, Northage, Popley, Rattray, Seaton, Snartt, D Taylor and Westley. Abstentions – Councillors Campsall and Smidowicz. RESOLVED that Councillor Jewel Miah be appointed as Leader of the Council for the Council term 2023/24 to 2026/27. To make an appointment to the pos
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