Annual Review of the Scheme of Governance
Full council, 12 March 2026: a named vote between a motion and an amendment, carried.
For the motion 56, For the amendment 8, 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 (56)
- Alan Turner (Conservative)
- Craig Miller (Conservative)
- David Keating (Conservative)
- George Carr (Conservative)
- Gordon Lang (Conservative)
- Hannah Powell (Conservative)
- Iain Taylor (Conservative)
- James Adams (Conservative)
- Matthew James (Conservative)
- Peter Chapman (Conservative)
- Richard Menard (Conservative)
- Ron McKail (Conservative)
- Sarah Brown (Conservative)
- Shirley Burnett (Conservative)
- Stewart Adams (Conservative)
- Tracey Smith (Conservative)
- Wendy Agnew (Conservative)
- 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)
- 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)
- Alison Evison (Independent)
- Dianne Beagrie (Independent)
- Doreen Mair (Independent)
- Geva Blackett (Independent)
- Gillian Owen (Independent)
- Jim Gifford (Independent)
- Judy Whyte (Independent)
- Paul Johnston (Independent)
- Andrew Hassan (not matched to a member)
- Ann Bell (not matched to a member)
- Anne Simpson (not matched to a member)
- Anne Stirling (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)
- Yi-Pei Chou Turvey (not matched to a member)
For the amendment (8)
- Alan Buchan (Reform UK)
- Dominic Lonchay (Reform UK)
- John Cox (Reform UK)
- John Crawley (Reform UK)
- Lauren Knight (Reform UK)
- Laurie Carnie (Reform UK)
- Mark Findlater (Reform UK)
- Ann Ross (Independent)
From the minutes
port. As an amendment, Councillor Buchan moved, seconded by Councillor Crawley, to not agree the proposed changes to the Scheme of Governance Part 1, Standing Order 4.3. Members of the Council voted: for the motion (56) Councillors J Adams, S Adams, Agnew, Aitchison, Baillie, Beagrie, Bell, Black, Blackett, Brown, Burnett, Carr, Cassie, Chapman, Chou Turvey, Crowson, Davidson, Dickinson, Durno, Evison, Ewenson, Forsyth, Gifford, Goodhall, Grant, Hassan, James, Johnston, Joji, Keating, Kloppert, Lang, Mair, Mason, McAllister, McKail, McWhinnie, Menard, Miller, Owen, Petrie, Powell, Reid, Reynolds, A Simpson, C Simpson, H Smith, S Smith, T Smith, Stirling, Sullivan, Taylor, Turner, Victor, Walker and Whyte for the amendment (8) Councillors Buchan, Carnie, Cox, Crawley, Findlater, Knight, Lonchay and Ross The motion was carried and the Council agreed the proposed changes to the Scheme of Governance as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report.
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