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Election of the Chair of the Council

Meeting: 23/05/2022 - Lewes District Council Full Council (Item 1)

Election of the Chair of the Council

Two nominations have been received for the office of the Chair of the Council as follows:

 

Councillor Adrian Ross

Councillor Linda Wallraven

 

These nominations will be voted upon. Following the election of the Chair of the Council, the person elected shall make a Declaration of Acceptance of Office.

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Minutes:

Councillor Brett welcomed Councillors to the meeting, in particular Councillor Clarkson, attending his first meeting since his election.

 

Councillor Brett thanked Democratic Services Officers who had supported her in her year as the Chair of the Council, in particular Sophia Daw and Caroline Hanlon, and thanked Councillors for electing her to the position.

 

Councillor Brett advised that two nominations had been received for the election of the Chair of the Council for 2022/23 – for Councillor Adrian Ross and Councillor Linda Wallraven and invited Councillors to formally propose the nominations.

 

Councillor Collier proposed and Councillor Brett seconded the nomination of Councillor Ross to be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2022/23.

 

Councillor Boorman proposed and Councillor Linington seconded the nomination of Councillor Wallraven to be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2022/23

 

The two nominations were put to the vote and by 19 votes to 14 it was:

 

RESOLVED that Councillor Ross be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2022/23.

 

Councillor Ross then signed his statutory declaration of acceptance of office and took the chair. 

 

In his speech of acceptance of his election as Chair, Councillor Ross advised that his theme for the year would be ‘tackling the cost-of-living, climate and ecological crises’.  He thanked the outgoing Chair, Councillor Brett, for her work over the last year, and what she had accomplished around her theme of ‘Improving Food Security’.

 


Meeting: 27/05/2021 - Lewes District Council Full Council (Item 1)

Election of the Chair of the Council

Two nominations have been received for the office of the Chair of the Council as follows:

 

Councillor Christine Brett

Councillor Richard Turner

 

These nominations will be voted upon. Following the election of the Chair of the Council, the person elected shall make a Declaration of Acceptance of Office.

Minutes:

Councillor Ross welcomed Councillors to the meeting, and advised that two nominations had been received for the election of the Chair of the Council for 2021/22 – for Councillor Christine Brett and Councillor Richard Turner, and invited Councillors to formally propose the nominations.

 

Councillor Nicholson proposed and Councillor Clay seconded the nomination of Councillor Brett to be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2021/22.

 

Councillor Linington proposed and Councillor Davy seconded the nomination of Councillor Turner to be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2021/22

 

The two nominations were put to the vote and by 21 votes to 16 (with 1 abstention) it was:

 

RESOLVED that Councillor Brett be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2021/22.

 

Councillor Brett then signed her statutory declaration of acceptance of office as Chair of the Council and took the chair. 

 

In her speech of acceptance of her election as Chair, Councillor Brett advised that her theme for the year around which her fund raising would be based would be ‘Improving Food Security’.  She thanked the outgoing Chair, Councillor Ross, for his work over the last year.

 


Meeting: 20/05/2019 - Lewes District Council Full Council (Item 1)

Election of the Chair of the Council

The name(s) of the Councillor(s) who have been nominated for the office of Chair of the Council will be reported at the meeting.

 

Following the election of the Chair of the Council, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 83 of the Local Government Act 1972, the person elected to be Chair of the Council shall make a Declaration of Acceptance of Office in the prescribed form, before the Chief Executive.

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Minutes:

Councillor Denis (Vice-Chair) opened the meeting and advised that he had been asked to preside for this item as the current Chair of the Council, Councillor Gauntlett, was a nominee.  Councillor Denis then invited Councillors to formally move the nominations received in advance of the meeting for Councillor Gauntlett and Councillor White.

 

Councillor MacCleary proposed and Councillor Banks seconded the nomination of Councillor Gauntlett to be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2019/20.

 

Councillor P Boorman proposed and Councillor Burman seconded the nomination of Councillor White to be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2019/20.

 

The two nominations were put to the vote and by 19 votes to 18 it was:

 

RESOLVED that Councillor Gauntlett be elected as the Chair of the Council for 2019/20.

 

Councillor Gauntlett then made the statutory declaration of acceptance of office as Chair of the Council and took the chair. 

 

In his speech of acceptance of his re-election, Councillor Gauntlett thanked the outgoing Vice-Chair Councillor Denis for his work over the last year.  He also thanked Caroline Hanlon (Civic and Member Services Officer) and Catherine Knight (Assistant Director, Legal and Democratic Services), in particular for their support and guidance, during the last year enabling him to fulfil his role as Chair of the Council. 

 

(Note: Councillor Carr arrived to the meeting at the end of the voting on this item)