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Review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each Political Group, appointment of Councillors to Committees and appointments to Outside bodies

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Meeting: 21/06/2022 - Council (Item 11)

11 Review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each Political Group, appointment of Councillors to Committees and appointments to Outside bodies PDF 152 KB

The Council is asked to consider and approve the review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each Political Group, appointment of Councillors to Committees and appointments to Outside bodies following Councillors Steve Baron, Daniel Butt, Judes Butt and Mohan Iyengar leaving the Conservative Group and subsequently establishing a new Political Group including Councillor Julie Bagwell.

Additional documents:

Appendix 1 - Tables 1 to 5 as referred to in report, item 11 PDF 285 KB

Minutes:

The Monitoring Officer presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Council was asked to consider and approve the review of the political balance of the Council, the allocation of seats on Committees to each Political Group, appointment of Councillors to Committees and appointments to Outside bodies following Councillors Steve Baron, Daniel Butt, Judes Butt and Mohan Iyengar leaving the Conservative Group and subsequently establishing a new Political Group including Councillor Julie Bagwell.

Councillor Hilliard proposed an amendment to the recommendations, proposing that the allocations be awarded in accordance with what was discussed at the recent group leaders meeting.

This proposal was seconded by Councillor L Dedman.

The Monitoring Officer advised Council that the proposed amendment had a -1 allocation next to one of the parties meant that a unanimous vote would be required.

The Leader advised that as this amendment required unanimous support, he would ask that the vote be now put without further debate on the basis that the amendment would fall as he was not prepared to support it.

The Chairman requested that the vote be put. A recorded vote was taken on whether the vote be now put and was carried with voting as follows:

For – 35

Cllr Mark Anderson	Cllr Beverly Dunlop	Cllr David Kelsey
Cllr Sarah Anderson	Cllr Jackie Edwards	Cllr Bob Lawton
Cllr Julie Bagwell	Cllr Duane Farr	Cllr Drew Mellor
Cllr Steve Baron	Cllr Laurence Fear	Cllr Susan Phillips
Cllr John Beesley	Cllr Anne Filer	Cllr Karen Rampton
Cllr Derek Borthwick	Cllr May Haines	Cllr Roberto Rocco
Cllr Philip Broadhead	Cllr Peter Hall	Cllr Ann Stribley
Cllr Daniel Butt	Cllr Mohan Iyengar	Cllr Mike White
Cllr Judy Butt	Cllr Cheryl Johnson	Cllr Lawrence Williams
Cllr Eddie Coope	Cllr Toby Johnson	Cllr Tony O’Neill
Cllr Malcolm Davies	Cllr Andy Jones	Cllr Nigel Hedges
Cllr Bobbie Dove	Cllr Jane Kelly

Against – 26

Cllr Lewis Allison	Cllr Millie Earl	Cllr Lisa Northover
Cllr Marcus Andrews	Cllr David Flagg	Cllr Margaret Phipps
Cllr Stephen Bartlett	Cllr Paul Hilliard	Cllr Vanessa Ricketts
Cllr Mike Brooke	Cllr Mark Howell	Cllr Chris Rigby
Cllr David Brown	Cllr Marion LePoidevin	Cllr Mark Robson
Cllr Simon Bull	Cllr Rachel Maidment	Cllr Vikki Slade
Cllr Richard Burton	Cllr Simon McCormack	Cllr Tony Trent
Cllr Diana Butler	Cllr Pete Miles	Cllr Keiron Wilson
Cllr Lesley Dedman	Cllr Sandra Moore

Abstentions - 0

Following the vote Councillor Hilliard summed up the amendment expressing his disappointed.

The amendment did not receive unanimous support and therefore fell.

Following further debate on the substantive motion Councillor Hilliard proposed a further amendment that Christchurch Independents give up their seat on Licensing in exchange for one of the Conservative seats out of their six seats on Corporate and Community.

The amendment was seconded by Councillor Dedman.

The proposed amended allocation was circulated to Council electronically.

A recorded vote was taken on the amendment which fell with ... view the full minutes text for item 11