To consider Motions of which notice has been given.
Full council, 27 February 2023: a named vote on the amendment.
For 34, Against 1, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Conservative. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (34)
- Adam Jude Grant (Conservative)
- Aisha Cuthbert (Conservative)
- Alexa Michael (Conservative)
- Andrew Lee (Conservative)
- Angela Page (Conservative)
- Charles Joel (Conservative)
- Christine Harris (Conservative)
- Colin Smith (Conservative)
- David Jefferys (Conservative)
- Diane Smith (Conservative)
- Felicity Bainbridge (Conservative)
- Harry Stranger (Conservative)
- Jonathan Andrews (Conservative)
- Jonathan Laidlaw (Conservative)
- Kate Lymer (Conservative)
- Keith Onslow (Conservative)
- Kim Botting FRSA (Conservative)
- Mark Brock (Conservative)
- Michael Tickner (Conservative)
- Mike Botting (Conservative)
- Pauline Tunnicliffe (Conservative)
- Peter Dean (Conservative)
- Robert Evans (Conservative)
- Simon Fawthrop (Conservative)
- Thomas Turrell (Conservative)
- Tony Owen (Conservative)
- Will Rowlands (Conservative)
- Yvonne Bear (Conservative)
- Christopher Marlow (Reform UK)
- Kira Gabbert (Reform UK)
- Shaun Slator (Independent)
- David Cartwright (not matched to a member)
- Mike Jack (not matched to a member)
- Sunil Gupta (not matched to a member)
Against (1)
- Women (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
ws article entitled "Woman raped in Plumstead park in early hours". The Council considers this comment to be misogynistic and perpetuates a negative perception of rape victims. The Council's Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy sets out the support services provided to victims of sexual violence. Such comments by an elected member of the Council undermine it and risks victims of rape feeling unable to access such services if they feel the Council's representatives are prejudiced against them. While the Council's Monitoring Officer and the Independent Person have concluded that the Councillors' Code of Conduct is not engaged and therefore under the relevant legal requirements no Standard Committee investigation can take place, this Council unequivocally condemns Cllr Slator's comments and considers they are unacceptable for a member of this Council to have made. On 31 December 2022 Councillor Shaun Slator tweeted “more likely that it's a punter that didn't pay “ in response to a news article entitled “Woman raped in Plumstead park in early hours.” While the Council's Monitoring Officer and the Independent Person have concluded that the Councillors' Code of Conduct is not engaged and therefore under the relevant legal requirements no Standards Committee investigation can take place, this Council unequivocally condemns Cllr Slator's comments and considers that they are unacceptable for a member of this Council to have made. It also be noted that Cllr Slator was suspended fr
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