Election of Deputy Leader
Full council, 20 May 2026: a named vote.
For 18, Against 9, 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 (18)
- Chris Bateson (Liberal Democrats)
- Greg Neall (Liberal Democrats)
- Harry Boparai (Liberal Democrats)
- Jolyon Caplin (Liberal Democrats)
- Kathy Grant (Liberal Democrats)
- Laura Barker (Liberal Democrats)
- Lawrence Nichols (Liberal Democrats)
- Michele Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Sandra Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
- Suraj Gyawali (Liberal Democrats)
- Anant Mathur (Conservative)
- Darren Clarke (Conservative)
- John Boughtflower (Conservative)
- Karen Howkins (Conservative)
- Matthew Lee (Conservative)
- Maureen Attewell (Conservative)
- Simon Bhadye (Conservative)
- Sinead Mooney (Conservative)
Against (9)
- John Doran (Labour)
- Jon Button (Labour)
- Rebecca Geach (Labour)
- Sean Beatty (Labour)
- Sue Doran (Labour)
- Tony Burrell (Labour)
- Joanne Sexton (ISG)
- Lisa Brennan (UnInd)
- Malcolm Beecher (not matched to a member)
Abstained (3)
- Med Buck (Conservative)
- Naz Islam (Conservative)
- Mary Bing Dong (UnInd)
From the minutes
Councillor Neal proposed and Councillor Caplin seconded that Councillor Bateson be appointed the Deputy Leader of the Council for 2026/27. For Councillors Dunn, Gibson, Attewell, Barker, Bateson, Bhadye, Boparai, Boughtflower, Caplin, Clarke, Grant, Gyawali, Howkins, Lee, Mathur, Mooney, Neall, Nichols, Turner – 19 votes Against Councillors Beatty, Beecher, Brennan, Burrell, Button, J Doran, S Doran, Geach, Sexton, Williams – 10 votes Abstain Councillors Bing Dong, Buck, Islam, Rutherford – 4 votes Council resolved to appoint Councillor Bateson as Deputy Leader of Spelthorne Borough Council for 2026/27.
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.