Election of Leader 2021 - 2023
Full council, 27 April 2021: a named vote, carried.
For 35, Against 0, Abstained 18.
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 (35)
- Anne-Marie Rosoman (Liberal Democrats)
- Christine Baker (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Hunt (Liberal Democrats)
- Jacquie Keen (Liberal Democrats)
- Jerome Davidson (Liberal Democrats)
- Joan Heagin (Liberal Democrats)
- John Robini (Liberal Democrats)
- Liz Townsend BEM (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Merryweather (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Follows (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Rivers (Liberal Democrats)
- Penny Rivers (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Nicholson (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Cole (Liberal Democrats)
- Ruth Reed (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin D'Arcy (Green)
- Steve Williams (Green)
- Maxine Gale (Independent)
- George Wilson (Labour)
- Andy MacLeod (not matched to a member)
- Brian Edmonds (not matched to a member)
- David Beaman (not matched to a member)
- George Hesse (not matched to a member)
- Jerry Hyman (not matched to a member)
- John Neale (not matched to a member)
- John Ward (not matched to a member)
- Kika Mirylees (not matched to a member)
- Michaela Martin (not matched to a member)
- Michaela Wicks (not matched to a member)
- Nick Palmer (not matched to a member)
- Penny Marriott (not matched to a member)
- Peter Clark (not matched to a member)
- Peter Marriott (not matched to a member)
- Roger Blishen (not matched to a member)
- Sally Dickson (not matched to a member)
Abstained (18)
- Anna James (Conservative)
- Carole Cockburn BEM (Conservative)
- Chris Howard (Conservative)
- Jan Floyd-Douglass (Conservative)
- John Gray (Conservative)
- Julia Potts (Conservative)
- Kevin Deanus (Conservative)
- Mary Foryszewski (Conservative)
- Michael Goodridge MBE (Conservative)
- Patricia Ellis (Conservative)
- Peter Martin (Conservative)
- Richard Seaborne (Conservative)
- Simon Dear (Conservative)
- Stephen Mulliner (Conservative)
- Steve Cosser (Conservative)
- Trevor Sadler (Conservative)
- Val Henry BEM (Conservative)
- Brian Adams (Independent)
From the minutes
me Davidson. 8.4 The vote was carried, with 35 votes in favour, no votes against, and 18 abstentions; therefore it was RESOLVED that Cllr Paul Follows be elected as Leader of the Council, 2021- 2023. For: 35 Cllrs Christine Baker, David Beaman, Roger Blishen, Peter Clark, Richard Cole, Martin D'Arcy, Jerome Davidson, Sally Dickson, Brian Edmonds, Paul Follows, Maxine Gale, Joan Heagin, George Hesse, Daniel Hunt, Jerry Hyman, Jacquie Keen, Andy MacLeod, Penny Marriott, Peter Marriott, Michaela Martin, Mark Merryweather, Kika Mirylees, John Neale, Peter Nicholson, Nick Palmer, Ruth Reed, Paul Rivers, Penny Rivers, John Robini, Anne-Marie Rosoman, Liz Townsend, John Ward, Michaela Wicks, Steve Williams, George Wilson Against: 0 Abstentions: 18 Cllrs Brian Adams, Carole Cockburn, Steve Cosser, Kevin Deanus, Simon Dear, Patricia Ellis, Jan Floyd-Douglass, Mary Foryszewski, Michael Goodridge, John Gray, Val Henry, Chris Howard, Anna James, Peter Martin, Stephen Mulliner, Julia Potts, Trevor Sadler, Richard Seaborne
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