Motion 4 Levelling Up
Full council, 14 March 2024: a named vote on the amendment, lost.
For 8, Against 41, Abstained 0.
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 (8)
- Chris Johnston (Conservative)
- Dr Olly Scargill (Conservative)
- Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
- John Johnsson (Conservative)
- Lewis Bartoli (Conservative)
- Liam Bones (Conservative)
- Judith Wallace (Ind GP)
- Pam McIntyre (Ind GP)
Against (41)
- Andrew Spowart (Labour)
- Andy Newman (Labour)
- Anthony McMullen (Labour)
- Brian Burdis (Labour)
- Bruce Pickard (Labour)
- Carl Johnson (Labour)
- Davey Drummond (Labour)
- Debbie Cox (Labour)
- Eddie Darke (Labour)
- Frank Lott (Labour)
- Hannah Johnson (Labour)
- Ian Grayson (Labour)
- Jane Shaw (Labour)
- Janet Hunter (Labour)
- Jim Montague (Labour)
- Joan Walker (Labour)
- John Harrison (Labour)
- John O'Shea (Labour)
- Josephine Mudzingwa (Labour)
- Julie Cruddas (Labour)
- Karen Clark (Labour)
- Louise Marshall (Labour)
- Margaret Hall (Labour)
- Martin Murphy (Labour)
- Matt Wilson (Labour)
- Matthew Thirlaway (Labour)
- Naomi Craven (Labour)
- Pat Oliver (Labour)
- Peter Earley (Labour)
- Rebecca O'Keefe (Labour)
- Sandra Graham (Labour)
- Sarah Day (Labour)
- Steve Cox (Labour)
- Steven Phillips (Labour)
- Tommy Mulvenna (Labour)
- Tricia Neira (Labour)
- Wendy Lott (Labour)
- Willie Samuel (Labour)
- Michelle Fox (Comm Ind)
- J Kirwan (not matched to a member)
- N Redfearn (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
ove the phrase ‘rejected every single' and replace it with ‘yet to approve an' and replace ‘has' with have' later in that sentence. A named vote on the amendment was requested by two members present. Votes for the amendment: Councillors L Bartoli, L Bones, J Johnsson, C Johnston, I McAlpine, P McIntyre, O Scargill, J Wallace. Votes against the amendment: Councillors B Burdis, K Clark, D Cox, S Cox, N Craven, J Cruddas, E Darke, S Day, D Drummond, P Earley, M Fox, S Graham. I Grayson, M Hall, J Harrison, Janet Hunter, C Johnson, H Johnson, J Kirwan, F Lott, W Lott, L Marshall, A McMullen, J Montague, J Mudzingwa, T Mulvenna, M Murphy, T Neira, A Newman, P Oliver, R O'Keefe, J O'Shea, S Phillips, B Pickard, N Redfearn, W Samuel, J Shaw, A Spowart, M Thirlaway, J Walker, M Wilson. The amendment was rejected by 41 votes to 8 votes, with 2 abstentions. A named vote on the substantive motion was requested by two members present.
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