Removal of Banners and Paramilitary Flags in Belfast
Full council, 1 July 2019: a named vote.
For 9, Against 0, Abstained 0.
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.
Only one side of this vote could be read from the minutes. The others may be recorded in a form that couldn't be read, or not at all.
For (9)
- Brian Heading (Social Democratic and Labour Party)
- Carl Whyte (Social Democratic and Labour Party)
- Dónal Lyons (Social Democratic and Labour Party)
- Gary McKeown (Social Democratic and Labour Party)
- Paul McCusker (Social Democratic and Labour Party)
- Séamas de Faoite (Social Democratic and Labour Party)
- Fiona Ferguson (People Before Profit)
- Michael Collins (People Before Profit)
- Matt Collins (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
with offensive displays is wrong and should have no place in our society. Standing by and allowing our citizens to be divided and hurt is no longer an option. This Council agrees to take legal action against the Department for Infrastructure, enforcing it to remove: “Support Soldier F” banners and other such materials which have serviced to re-traumatise victims of the Paratroopers, and are erected on Dfi property.” On a recorded vote nine Members voted for the amendment and forty-six against and it was declared lost. For 9 Councillors Matt Collins, Michael Collins, de Faoite, Ferguson, Heading, Lyons, McCusker, McKeown and Whyte. Against 46 The Lord Mayor (Councillor Finucane); The Deputy Lord Mayor (Councillor McReynolds); The High Sheriff (Alderman Sandford); Aldermen Copeland, Haire,
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.