Council to agree the Election of the Leader
Full council, 21 May 2026: a named vote.
For 49, Against 8, Abstained 4.
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 (49)
- Ali Ahmed (Labour)
- Anny Anderson (Labour)
- Ash Lister (Labour)
- Bernie Bowen-Thomson (Labour)
- Bethan Proctor (Labour)
- Bob Derbyshire (Labour)
- Caro Wild (Labour)
- Chris Weaver (Labour)
- Daniel De'Ath (Labour)
- Ed Stubbs (Labour)
- Elaine Simmons (Labour)
- Garry Hunt (Labour)
- Grace Ferguson-Thorne (Labour)
- Helen Gunter (Labour)
- Helen Lloyd Jones (Labour)
- Irene Humphreys (Labour)
- Jackie Jones (Labour)
- Jacqueline Parry (Labour)
- Jamie Green (Labour)
- Jennifer Burke (Labour)
- Jess Moultrie (Labour)
- Julie Sangani (Labour)
- Lee Bridgeman (Labour)
- Leonora Thomson (Labour)
- Lexi Gauci (Labour)
- Lynda Thorne (Labour)
- Maliika Kaaba (Labour)
- Marc Palmer (Labour)
- Mary McGarry (Labour)
- Mike Ash-Edwards (Labour)
- Norma Mackie (Labour)
- Peter Bradbury (Labour)
- Peter Huw Jenkins (Labour)
- Peter Wong (Labour)
- Russell Goodway (Labour)
- Saleh Ahmed (Labour)
- Sarah Merry (Labour)
- Stephen Cunnah (Labour)
- Sue Lent (Labour)
- Adrian Robson (Conservative)
- Catriona Brown-Reckless (Conservative)
- Joel Williams (Conservative)
- John Lancaster (Conservative)
- Oliver Owen (Conservative)
- Siân-Elin Melbourne (Conservative)
- Emma Reid-Jones (Independent)
- Peter Littlechild (Independent)
- Andrea Gibson (Plaid Cymru)
- Matt Youde (not matched to a member)
Against (8)
- Bablin Molik (Liberal Democrats)
- Dan Naughton (Liberal Democrats)
- Imran Latif (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Shimmin (Liberal Democrats)
- Joseph Carter (Liberal Democrats)
- Rhys Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- Rodney Berman (Liberal Democrats)
- Neil McEvoy (Prop)
Abstained (4)
- Jasmin Chowdhury (Independent)
- Keith Jones (Independent)
- Susan Elsmore (Independent)
- Edward Topham (Reform UK)
From the minutes
f the Council. It was proposed by Cllr Merry, and seconded by Cllr Goodway, that Cllr Chris Weaver be elected Leader of the Council. There were no other nominations. The Lord Mayor moved to the vote. FOR (49) Cllrs Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Bowen-Thomson, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Brown-Reckless, Burke, Cunnah, De'Ath, Derbyshire, Ferguson-Thorne, Gibson, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Jackie Jones, Kaaba, Lancaster, Lent, Lister, Littlechild, Lloyd Jones, Mackie, McGarry, Melbourne, Merry, Moultrie, Owen, Palmer, Parry, Pocknell, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Robson, Sangani, Simmons, Stubbs, Thomson, Thorne, Weaver, Wild, Williams, Wong and Youde. AGAINST (8) Cllrs Berman, Carter, Latif, McEvoy, Molik, Naughton, Shimmin and Taylor. ABSTAIN (4) Cllrs Chowdhury, Elsmore, Keith Jones and Topham. RESOLVED – That Cllr Chris Weaver be elected Leader of the Council.
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.