Appointment of Leader of the Council
Full council, 26 June 2025: a named vote between a motion and an amendment, carried.
For the motion 36, For the amendment 28, 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.
For the motion (36)
- Alan Turner (Conservative)
- Craig Miller (Conservative)
- David Keating (Conservative)
- Derek Ritchie (Conservative)
- George Carr (Conservative)
- Gordon Lang (Conservative)
- Hannah Powell (Conservative)
- Iain Sutherland (Conservative)
- Iain Taylor (Conservative)
- James Adams (Conservative)
- Peter Chapman (Conservative)
- Richard Menard (Conservative)
- Ron McKail (Conservative)
- Sam Payne (Conservative)
- Shirley Burnett (Conservative)
- Stewart Adams (Conservative)
- Tracey Smith (Conservative)
- Wendy Agnew (Conservative)
- Dianne Beagrie (Independent)
- George Hall (Independent)
- Geva Blackett (Independent)
- Jim Gifford (Independent)
- Judy Whyte (Independent)
- Andrew Hassan (not matched to a member)
- Ann Bell (not matched to a member)
- Anne Stirling (not matched to a member)
- Chou-Turvey (not matched to a member)
- Colin Simpson (not matched to a member)
- Hazel Smith (not matched to a member)
- Iris Walker (not matched to a member)
- Isobel Davidson (not matched to a member)
- Jeff Goodhall (not matched to a member)
- Marion Ewenson (not matched to a member)
- Mel Sullivan (not matched to a member)
- Sarah Dickinson (not matched to a member)
- Trevor Mason (not matched to a member)
For the amendment (28)
- Alastair Forsyth (Scottish National Party)
- Anouk Kloppert (Scottish National Party)
- Catherine Victor (Scottish National Party)
- David Aitchison (Scottish National Party)
- Dawn Black (Scottish National Party)
- Eileen Durno (Scottish National Party)
- Fatima Joji (Scottish National Party)
- Geoff Crowson (Scottish National Party)
- Glen Reid (Scottish National Party)
- Glen Reynolds (Scottish National Party)
- Gwyneth Petrie (Scottish National Party)
- Jenny Nicol (Scottish National Party)
- Leeann McWhinnie (Scottish National Party)
- Louise McAllister (Scottish National Party)
- Moray Grant (Scottish National Party)
- Neil Baillie (Scottish National Party)
- Ross Cassie (Scottish National Party)
- Stephen Smith (Scottish National Party)
- Alan Buchan (Independent)
- Alison Evison (Independent)
- Ann Ross (Independent)
- Paul Johnston (Independent)
- Robbie Withey (Independent)
- Dominic Lonchay (Reform UK)
- John Crawley (Reform UK)
- Lauren Knight (Reform UK)
- Laurie Carnie (Reform UK)
- Mark Findlater (Reform UK)
From the minutes
Councillor S Smith moved, seconded by Councillor Black, that Councillor Petrie be appointed as Leader of the Council and also thanked Councillor Owen for her leadership. Members of the Council voted- for the motion (36) Councillors J Adams, S Adams, Agnew, Beagrie, Bell, Blackett, Burnett, Carr, Chapman, Chou-Turvey, Davidson, Dickinson, Ewenson, Gifford, Goodhall, Hall, Hassan, Keating, Lang, McKail, Mason, Menard, Miller, Payne, Powell, Ritchie, C Simpson, H Smith, T Smith, Stirling, Sullivan, Sutherland, Taylor, Turner, Walker and Whyte. for the amendment (28) Councillors Aitchison, Baillie, Black, Buchan, Carnie, Cassie, Crawley, Crowson, Durno, Evison, Findlater, Forsyth, Grant, Johnston, Kloppert Knight, Joji, Lonchay, McAllister, McWhinnie, Nicol, Petrie, Reid, Reynolds, Ross, S Smith, Victor and Withey. no vote (2) Councillors Cox and Owen. The motion was carried and the Council agreed to: (1) note the resignation of Councillor Owen as Leader of the Council;
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