Election of Leader
Full council, 8 September 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 24, Against 2, Abstained 2.
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)
- Adam Duguid (Conservative)
- Ian Fleetwood (Conservative)
- John Barrett (Conservative)
- Maureen Palmer (Conservative)
- Mrs Angela Lawrence (Conservative)
- Mrs Jackie Brockway (Conservative)
- Owen Bierley (Conservative)
- Paul Lee (Conservative)
- Peter Morris (Conservative)
- Roger Pilgrim (Conservative)
- Tom Smith (Conservative)
- Eve Bennett (Liberal Democrats)
- Jacob Flear (Liberal Democrats)
- Jim Snee (Liberal Democrats)
- Matthew Boles (Liberal Democrats)
- Moira Westley (Liberal Democrats)
- Mrs Mandy Snee (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Swift (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen Bunney (Liberal Democrats)
- Karen Carless (Independent)
- Mrs Diana Rodgers (Independent)
- Christopher Darcel (LIND)
- Paul Key (LIND)
- Trevor Bridgwood (Reform UK)
Against (2)
- David Dobbie (Liberal Democrats)
- Sabastian Hague (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (2)
- Paul Howitt-Cowan (Independent)
- Baptiste Velan (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
seconded by Councillor Stephen Bunney. A request for a recorded vote was made, with a second member supporting that request, the motion was put to a recorded vote, with votes being cast as follows: - For: Councillors Barrett, Bennett, Bierley, Boles, Bridgwood, Brockway, Bunney, Carless, Darcel, Duguid, Flear, Fleetwood, Key, Lawrence, Lee, Morris, Palmer, Pilgrim, Rodgers, Smith, Snee J, Snee M, Swift and Westley. (24) Against: Councillors Dobbie and Hague (2) Abstentions: Councillors Howitt-Cowan and Velan (2) With a total of 24 votes cast for, 2 votes against, and 2 abstentions the motion was declared CARRIED and as such it was: RESOLVED that Councillo
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