Election of the Leader of Council, in accordance with Council Procedure Rules
To receive nominations and vote thereon.
(Note: The Leader is to be appointed to a 4-year term of office in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.)
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Minutes:
The Chair invited nominations for the position of Leader of the Council.
Councillor O’Keeffe proposed and spoke to her nomination, and Councillor Ross seconded that Councillor Nicholson be elected as Leader of the Council.
Councillor L Boorman proposed and spoke to her nomination, and Councillor Miller seconded that Councillor Linington be elected as Leader of the Council.
Councillor Carr proposed and spoke to her nomination, and Councillor Banks seconded that Councillor MacCleary be elected as Leader of the Council.
The Council voted on the nominations in accordance with the Constitution Part 4, Procedure for Appointments paragraph 5.4. All three nominations were put to the vote, and Councillor Linington received 18 votes, Councillor Nicholson 14 votes and Councillor MacCleary 7 votes. As no candidate had received more than 50% of the total number of votes, Councillor MacCleary was eliminated from the contest as having received the lowest number of votes.
The nominations for the remaining two candidates were put to the vote. Councillor Nicholson received 14 votes, Councillor Linington received 18 votes and there were 7 abstentions.
RESOLVED that Councillor Linington be elected to be Leader of the Council.