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.