Changes to the Constitution
Full council, 15 January 2024: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 24, Against 26, Abstained 0.
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 (24)
- Andy Dent (Conservative)
- Brenda Seaton (Conservative)
- David Northage (Conservative)
- David Snartt (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)
- Margaret Smidowicz (Conservative)
- Mark Charles (Conservative)
- Mark Lowe (Conservative)
- Matthew Brookes (Conservative)
- Paul Baines (Conservative)
- Robin Popley (Conservative)
- Sarah Braker (Conservative)
- Sarah Monk (Conservative)
- Shona Rattray (Conservative)
- Roy Campsall (Independent)
- D (not matched to a member)
- Taylor (not matched to a member)
Against (26)
- Anne Gray (Labour)
- Beverley Gray (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)
- Chris O'Neill (Green)
- David Infield (Green)
- Faye Forde (Green)
- Geoff Lawrence (Green)
- Laurie Needham (Green)
- Naomi Bottomley (Green)
- Sandra Woodward (Green)
From the minutes
Snartt finished by stating that he felt the changes made to the Constitution were detrimental to good governance. A named vote was requested by Councillor Snartt and seconded by Councillor D. Taylor. Councillors for the Motion: Councillors Baines, Bokor, Braker, Brookes, Campsall, Charles, Dent, Fryer, Hadji-Nikolaou, Harper-Davies, Jackson, Knight, Lowe, Matthews, Monk, Northage, Popley, Rattray, Seaton, Smidowicz, Snartt, D, Taylor, Westley. Councillors against the Motion: Councillors Ashcroft, Blackshaw, Bottomley, Bradshaw, Cory-Lowsley, Forde, C. Forrest, S. Forrest, Goode, A. Gray, B. Gray, Hamilton, Infield, Jadeja, Jones, Lawrence, Lennie, Maynard, Miah, Needham, O'Neill, Palmer, Roberts, N. Taylor, Tillotson, Woodward. Abstentions: None. The motion was defeated.
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.