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Councillor Laws moved a motion proposing that Councillor Dundas be appointed Leader of the Council for the remainder of his term of office.
Councillor Fox moved a secondary amendment proposing that the motion be agreed subject to the substitution of Councillor Cory for Councillor Dundas.
Councillor Laws indicated that he did not accept the secondary amendment.
Council was then invited to vote on whether it wished to treat the secondary amendment as a main amendment. On being put to the vote, the proposal that the secondary amendment be treated as a main amendment was lost (TWENTY FIVE voted FOR, TWENTY SIX voted AGAINST).
A named vote having been requested pursuant to the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 15(2). the voting was as follows:-
FOR: Councillors Barton, Bourne, Burrows, Chuah, Coleman, Cope, Cory, Cox, Fox, Goacher, Goss, Harris, Hogg, King, Lilley, Luxford Vaughan, McCarthy, Nissen, Pearson, Scordis, Scott-Boutell, Warnes, Whitehead, J. Young and T. Young (Deputy Mayor).
AGAINST: Councillors Barber, Bentley, Buston, Chapman, Chillingworth, Crow, Dundas, Ellis, Hagon, Hayter, Hazell, Jowers, Laws, Leatherdale, Lissimore, Loveland, Maclean, Mannion, Moore, B. Oxford, G. Oxford, P. Oxford, Tate, Willetts, Wood and Davidson (The Mayor).
On being put to the vote, the secondary amendment was lost (TWENTY FIVE voted FOR, TWENTY SIX voted AGAINST).
A named vote having been requested pursuant to the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 15(2). the voting was as follows:-
FOR: Councillors Barton, Bourne, Burrows, Chuah, Coleman, Cope, Cory, Cox, Fox, Goacher, Goss, Harris, Hogg, King, Lilley, Luxford Vaughan, McCarthy, Nissen, Pearson, Scordis, Scott-Boutell, Warnes, Whitehead, J. Young and T. Young (Deputy Mayor).
AGAINST: Councillors Barber, Bentley, Buston, Chapman, Chillingworth, Crow, Dundas, Ellis, Hagon, Hayter, Hazell, Jowers, Laws, Leatherdale, Lissimore, Loveland, Maclean, Mannion, Moore, B. Oxford, G. Oxford, P. Oxford, Tate, Willetts, Wood and Davidson (The Mayor).
The substantive motion for the appointment of Councillor Dundas as. Leader of the Council for the remainder of his period of office was then put to the vote and was carried (TWENTY FIVE voted FOR, TWENTY FOUR voted AGAINST and TWO ABSTAINED from voting).
FOR: Councillors Barber, Bentley, Buston, Chapman, Chillingworth, Crow, Dundas, Ellis, Hagon, Hayter, Hazell, Jowers, Laws, Leatherdale, Lissimore, Loveland, Maclean, Mannion, Moore, B. Oxford, G. Oxford, P. Oxford, Tate, Willetts and Wood
AGAINST: Councillors Barton, Bourne, Burrows, Chuah, Coleman, Cope, Cory, Cox, Fox, Goacher, Goss, Harris, Hogg, King, Lilley, Luxford Vaughan, McCarthy, Nissen, Pearson, Scordis, Scott-Boutell, Warnes, Whitehead and J. Young.
ABSTAINRD FROM VOTING: Davidson (The Mayor) and T. Young (The Deputy Mayor).