Election of Chair of Council for the 2026/27 Municipal Year
Full council, 21 May 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 47, Against 0, Abstained 8.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (47)
- Adam Thompson (Labour)
- Andy Holdsworth (Labour)
- Andy Newman (Labour)
- Anthony McMullen (Labour)
- Brian Burdis (Labour)
- Bryan MacDonald (Labour)
- Carl Johnson (Labour)
- Charlie Gray (Labour)
- Davey Drummond (Labour)
- Eddie Darke (Labour)
- Hannah Johnson (Labour)
- Jane Shaw (Labour)
- Janet Hunter (Labour)
- Jim Montague (Labour)
- Joe Kirwin (Labour)
- John O'Shea (Labour)
- Julie Cruddas (Labour)
- Karen Clark (Labour)
- Linda Bell (Labour)
- Linda Darke (Labour)
- Louise Bell (Labour)
- Louise Marshall (Labour)
- Martin Murphy (Labour)
- Nigel Huscroft (Labour)
- Paul Bunyan (Labour)
- Peter Earley (Labour)
- Sarah Burtenshaw (Labour)
- Sarah Day (Labour)
- Steve Cox (Labour)
- Tom Bailey (Labour)
- Tommy Mulvenna (Labour)
- Tracy Hallway (Labour)
- Wendy Lott (Labour)
- Willie Samuel (Labour)
- Brian Smith (Reform UK)
- Christopher Croft (Reform UK)
- Dan Robson (Reform UK)
- Iain Graham (Reform UK)
- Keith McAllister (Reform UK)
- Martin Uren (Reform UK)
- Michael Harrigan (Reform UK)
- Mick Stobbart (Reform UK)
- Richard Oliver (Reform UK)
- Steven Robinson (Reform UK)
- Helen MacKenzie Bell (Green)
- J Mudzwinga (not matched to a member)
- M Osbourne (not matched to a member)
Abstained (8)
- Claire McGinty (Conservative)
- David Lilly (Conservative)
- Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
- Jay Bartoli (Conservative)
- John Johnsson (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
- Richard Ross (Reform UK)
From the minutes
following nomination was received for the Office of the Chair of the Council for the 2026/27 Municipal year. Nominee: Councillor W Lott Proposer: Councillor C Johnson Seconder: Councillor J Mudzingwa Votes for the nomination: Elected Mayor Karen Clark, Councillors T Bailey, H Bell, Linda Bell, Louise Bell, P Bunyan, B Burdis, S Burtenshaw, C Croft, S Cox, J Cruddas, E Darke, L Darke, S Day, D Drummond, P Earley, I Graham, C Gray, T Hallway, M Harrigan, A Holdsworth, J Hunter, N Huscroft, C Johnson, H Johnson, J Kirwin, W Lott, B MacDonald, L Marshall, K McAllister, A McMullen, J Montague, J Mudzwinga, T Mulvenna, M Murphy, A Newman, R Oliver, M Osbourne, J O'Shea, S Robinson, D Robson, W Samuel, J Shaw, B Smith, M Stobbart, A Thompson and M Uren. The following Members abstained from voting: Councillors J Bartoli, L Bartoli, J Johnsson, D Lilly, I McAlpine, C McGinty, R Ross and J Wallace. The nomination was approved: 47 Votes For, 8 Abstentions Resolved that Councillor W Lott be, and is hereby elected, Chair of the Council for the 202
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.