Agenda item

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS

Meeting of ANNUAL COUNCIL, Council, Tuesday, 23rd May, 2023 6.00 pm (Item 6.)

Minutes:

Councillor Stephen Atkinson proposed and Councillor Simon Hore seconded the Conservative Group nominations for the appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committees of the Council for the municipal year 2023/2024, which were as follows:

Committee	Chair	Vice-Chair
Community Services	Richard Newmark	Jan Alcock
Planning and Development	Sue Bibby	Stella Brunskill
Health and Housing	Stuart Hirst	Tony Austin
Personnel	Rosie Elms	Steve Farmer
Licensing	Ian Brown	Stella Brunskill
Policy and Finance	Stephen Atkinson	Simon Hore
Accounts and Audit	Robin Walsh	Stuart Hirst
Economic Development	David Birtwhistle	Stephen Atkinson
Emergency Committee	Stephen Atkinson	Simon Hore

The Leader of the Opposition, Councillor Stewart Fletcher, proposed an amendment to the appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committees of the Council for the municipal year 2023/2024 which was as follows:

Committee	Chair	Vice-Chair
Community Services	Malcolm Peplow	Stewart Fletcher
Planning and Development	Mark French	Simon O’Rourke
Health and Housing	Mary Robinson	John Atherton
Personnel	Karl Barnsley	Lee Jameson
Licensing	Simon O’Rourke	Lee Street
Policy and Finance	Stewart Fletcher	Lee Jameson
Accounts and Audit	Michael Graveston	Gaye McCrum
Economic Development	David Birtwhistle	Jonathan Hill
Emergency	Stewart Fletcher	Lee Jameson

This amendment was seconded by Councillor Mark French.

The matter was then debated and a recorded vote was taken on Councillor Fletcher’s Chairman/Vice Chairman amendment.

Councillor	For	Against	Abstain	Apologies
J Alcock		X
S Atkinson		X
T Austin		X
John Atherton		X
Karl Barnsley	X
D Brocklehurst		X
S Bibby		X
D Birtwhistle				X
I Brown		X
S Brunskill		X
R Corney	X
S Cowman		X
L Edge – Deputy Mayor		X
R Elms		X
S Farmer		X
S Fletcher	X
M French	X
M Graveston	X
G Hibbert	X
J Hill	X
M Hindle –Mayor		X
S Hirst		X
S Hore		X
K Horkin		X
L Jameson	X
G McCrum	X
H McFall		X
R Newmark		X
A Wilkins-Odudu	X
S O’Rourke	X
D O’Rourke	X
M Peplow				X
R Ray	X
M Robinson	X
J Rogerson		X
G Scott		X
K Spencer	X
L Street			X
N Stubbs	X
R Walsh		X

The amendment was lost, so the original motion stood. A recorded vote was then taken on the Conservative Group’s nominations for the appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman.

Councillor	For	Against	Abstain	Apologies
J Alcock	X
S Atkinson	X
T Austin	X
John Atherton	X
Karl Barnsley		X
D Brocklehurst	X
S Bibby	X
D Birtwhistle			X
I Brown	X
S Brunskill	X
R Corney		X
S Cowman	X
L Edge	X
R Elms	X
S Farmer	X
S Fletcher		X
M French		X
M Graveston		X
G Hibbert		X
J Hill		X
M Hindle –Mayor	X
S Hirst	X
S Hore	X
K Horkin	X
L Jameson		X
G McCrum		X
H McFall	X
R Newmark	X
A Wilkins-Odudu		X
S O’Rourke		X
D O’Rourke		X
M Peplow				X
R Ray		X
M Robinson		X
J Rogerson	X
G Scott	X
K Spencer		X
L Street			X
N Stubbs		X
R Walsh	X

The substantive motion was carried.

RESOLVED THAT COUNCIL:

That the Chairs and Vice Chairs be approved as:

Committee	Chair	Vice-Chair
Community Services	Richard Newmark	Jan Alcock
Planning and Development	Sue Bibby	Stella Brunskill
Health and Housing	Stuart Hirst	Tony Austin
Personnel	Rosie Elms	Steve Farmer
Licensing	Ian Brown	Stella Brunskill
Policy and Finance	Stephen Atkinson	Simon Hore
Accounts and Audit	Robin Walsh	Stuart Hirst
Economic Development	David Birtwhistle	Stephen Atkinson
Emergency Committee	Stephen Atkinson	Simon Hore

Supporting documents:

Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs 2023-24, item 6. PDF 38 KB