Election of Mayor: Opposition Candidate

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Motion

Councillor Godwin proposed and Councillor Maple supported the nomination of Councillor Bowler to the office of the mayor of Medway for the forthcoming municipal year.

On being put to the vote, the motion was lost.

Vote Result

Votes in Favour 17

Votes Against 33

Abstentions 2

Absentees 3

Votes in Favour

The following councillors voted in favour of the motion:

Cllr Nick Bowler

Labour

Cllr David Colman

Labour

Cllr Sam Craven

Labour

Cllr Dorte Gilry

Labour

Cllr Christine Godwin

Labour

Cllr Paul Godwin

Labour

Cllr Paul Harriott

Labour

Cllr Stephen Hubbard

Labour

Cllr Isaac Igwe

Labour

Cllr Geoff Juby

Liberal Democrat

Cllr Sheila Kearney

Liberal Democrat

Cllr Vince Maple

Labour

Cllr Teresa Murray

Labour

Cllr Tristan Osborne

Labour

Cllr Adam Price

Labour

Cllr Julie Shaw

Labour

Cllr Diana Smith

Liberal Democrat

Votes Against

The following councillors voted against the motion:

Cllr John Avey

Conservative

Cllr Ted Baker

Conservative

Cllr David Brake

Conservative

Cllr Matt Bright

Conservative

Cllr David Carr

Conservative

Cllr Diane Chambers

Conservative

Cllr Rodney Chambers

Conservative

Cllr Rehman Chishti

Conservative

Cllr Jane Chitty

Conservative

Cllr Trevor Clarke

Conservative

Cllr Howard Doe

Conservative

Cllr Phil Filmer

Conservative

Cllr Sylvia Griffin

Conservative

Cllr Adrian Gulvin

Conservative

Cllr Pat Gulvin

Conservative

Cllr Vaughan Hewett

Conservative

Cllr Peter Hicks

Conservative

Cllr Josie Iles

Conservative

Cllr Chris Irvine

Conservative

Cllr Alan Jarrett

Conservative

Cllr Barry Kemp

Conservative

Cllr Craig Mackinlay

Conservative

Cllr Andrew Mackness

Conservative

Cllr Ray Maisey

Conservative

Cllr Tom Mason

Conservative

Cllr Mike O'Brien

Conservative

Cllr Wendy Purdy

Conservative

Cllr Peter Rodberg

Conservative

Cllr David Royle

Conservative

Cllr Rupert Turpin

Conservative

Cllr Tony Watson

Conservative

Cllr Les Wicks

Conservative

Cllr David Wildey

Conservative

Abstentions

The following councillors abstained from voting on the motion:

Cllr Pat Cooper

Independent

Cllr Andy Stamp

Independent

Absentees

The following councillors were absent from the vote:

Cllr Jane Etheridge

Conservative

Cllr Glyn Griffiths

Labour

Cllr Kelly Tolhurst

Conservative