Motion

Full council, 22 October 2026: a named vote.

For 16, Against 11, Abstained 6.

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 (16)

John Doran (Labour)
Jon Button (Labour)
Rebecca Geach (Labour)
Sean Beatty (Labour)
Sue Doran (Labour)
Tony Burrell (Labour)
Chris Bateson (Liberal Democrats)
John Turner (Liberal Democrats)
Kathy Grant (Liberal Democrats)
Michele Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
Sandra Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
Daniel Geraci (ISG)
Howard Williams (ISG)
Katherine Rutherford (ISG)
Michelle Arnold (ISG)
Malcolm Beecher (not matched to a member)

Against (11)

Darren Clarke (Conservative)
John Boughtflower (Conservative)
Karen Howkins (Conservative)
Maureen Attewell (Conservative)
Med Buck (Conservative)
Naz Islam (Conservative)
Rose Chandler (Conservative)
Simon Bhadye (Conservative)
Sinead Mooney (Conservative)
Lisa Brennan (UnInd)
Mary Bing Dong (UnInd)

Abstained (6)

Greg Neall (Liberal Democrats)
Harry Boparai (Liberal Democrats)
Laura Barker (Liberal Democrats)
Lawrence Nichols (Liberal Democrats)
Suraj Gyawali (Liberal Democrats)
Joanne Sexton (ISG)

From the minutes

e elected as the new Leader and Councillor Bateson be Deputy Leader for the remaining five months of the Council.” A recorded vote was requested on the amended motion and the results were as follows: For (16): Dunn, Gibson, Arnold, Bateson, Beatty, Beecher, Burrell, Button, J Doran, S Doran, Geach, Geraci, Grant, Rutherford, Turner, Williams Against (11): Attewell, Bhadye, Bing Dong, Boughtflower, Brennan, Buck, Chandler, Clarke, Howkins, Islam, Mooney Abstain (6): Barker, Boparai, Gyawali, Neall, Nichols, Sexton The Council resolved the motion be amended to: “Propose Councillor Sexton be elected as the new Leader, and Councillor Bateson be Deputy Leader for t

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