Decision details

Election of Chair of the Council 2023/24

Decision Maker: Full Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

Cllr Wrigley proposed that Cllr Clarance be elected Chair of the Council for the 2023/24 municipal year, this was seconded by Cllr Bullivant.

 

Cllr Macgregor proposed that Cllr Radford be elected Chair of the Council for the 2023/24 municipal year, this was seconded by Cllr Daws.

 

Cllr Clarance and Cllr Radford left the room for the vote.

 

A recorded vote was asked for by at least five Members under Procedure Rule 4.13.5.

 

Recorded vote under Procedure Rule 4.13.5

 

For Cllr Clarance: Cllrs Atkins, Bullivant, D Cox, H Cox, Dawson, Farrand-Rogers, Foden, Goodman-Bradbury, Henderson, Jackman, James, Jeffries, Keeling, Lake, Morgan, Nutley, Nuttall, Palethorpe, C Parker, Parrott, Peart, Purser, Rogers, Sanders, Smith, Steemson, Swain, G Taylor, Thorne, Webster, Williams, Wrigley    Total 32

 

For Cllr Radford: Cllrs Bradford, Daws, Gearon, Hall, MacGregor, Mullone, P Parker, Ryan, J Taylor   Total  9

 

No Vote: Cllrs Clarance, Radford   Total 2

 

Absent: Buscombe, Hayes, Hook and Rollason  Total 4

 

RESOLVED that Cllr Clarance be elected Chair of the Council for the 2023/2024 municipal year.

 

The Chair announced that his charity for the coming year would be the Devon Air Ambulance and his consort would be his wife Mrs Sally Clarance.   

 

 

Publication date: 17/07/2023

Date of decision: 23/05/2023

Decided at meeting: 23/05/2023 - Full Council