Minutes
Full council, 16 May 2018: a named vote, carried.
For 55, Against 13, 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 (55)
- Alex Samuels (Labour)
- Alex Scullion (Labour)
- Amy Wilson (Labour)
- Anne Lawson (Labour)
- Barbara McClennan (Labour)
- Barry Curran (Labour)
- Bernard Scaplehorn (Labour)
- Christine Marshall (Labour)
- Claire Rowntree (Labour)
- Colin English (Labour)
- Darryl Dixon (Labour)
- Debra Waller (Labour)
- Denny Wilson (Labour)
- Doris MacKnight (Labour)
- Doris Turner (Labour)
- Elizabeth Gibson (Labour)
- Ellen Ball (Labour)
- Fiona Miller (Labour)
- Geoff Walker (Labour)
- Graeme Miller (Labour)
- Henry Trueman (Labour)
- Ian Galbraith (Labour)
- Jack Cunningham (Labour)
- Jill Fletcher (Labour)
- John Kelly (Labour)
- Julia Jackson (Labour)
- Juliana Heron (Labour)
- Kelly Chequer (Labour)
- Kevin Johnston (Labour)
- Len Lauchlan (Labour)
- Linda Williams (Labour)
- Louise Farthing (Labour)
- Margaret Beck (Labour)
- Melville Speding (Labour)
- Michael Essl (Labour)
- Michael Mordey (Labour)
- Miles Elliott (Labour)
- Neil MacKnight (Labour)
- Patricia Smith (Labour)
- Paul Middleton (Labour)
- Paul Stewart (Labour)
- Paula Hunt (Labour)
- Peter Gibson (Labour)
- Peter Walker (Labour)
- Phil Tye (Labour)
- Rebecca Atkinson (Labour)
- Richard Bell (Labour)
- Ronny Davison (Labour)
- Stephen Foster (Labour)
- Stuart Porthouse (Labour)
- Susan Watson (Labour)
- Tony Taylor (Labour)
- Victoria O'Neil (Labour)
- D. Snowdon (not matched to a member)
- K Wood (not matched to a member)
Against (13)
- Antony Mullen (Conservative)
- Bob Francis (Conservative)
- George Howe (Conservative)
- Michael Dixon (Conservative)
- Peter Wood (Conservative)
- Robert Oliver (Conservative)
- Shirley Leadbitter (Conservative)
- William Blackett (Conservative)
- Andrew Wood (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Haswell (Liberal Democrats)
- Niall Hodson (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen O'Brien (Liberal Democrats)
- Lynn Appleby (No party recorded)
From the minutes
d then vote on the nomination of Councillor G. Miller as Leader of the Council. Upon being put to the vote the motion that Councillor G. Miller be elected as Leader of the Council was carried with 55 voting in favour:- Councillors Atkinson, Ball, Beck, Bell, Chequer, Cunningham, Curran, Davison, D. Dixon, Elliott, English, Essl, Farthing, Fletcher, Foster, Galbraith, E. Gibson, P. Gibson, Heron, Hunt, Jackson, Johnston, Kelly, Lauchlan, Lawson, D MacKnight, N MacKnight, Marshall, McClennan, Middleton, F. Miller, G. Miller, Mordey, O'Neil, Porthouse, Rowntree, Samuels, Scaplehorn, Scullion, P Smith, D. Snowdon, Speding, Stewart, Taylor, H Trueman, Turner, Tye, G. Walker, P. Walker, Waller, Watson, Williams, A. Wilson, D Wilson, K Wood, And 13 Members voting against:- Councillors Appleby, Blackett, M Dixon, Francis, Haswell, Hodson, Howe, Leadbitter, Mullen, O'Brien, Oliver, A Wood, P Wood, (Following the declaration of the vote, Councillor Haswell on behalf of Councillor G. Smith, informed the Mayor that Councillor Smith's voting panel was not working and that he ha
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.