Issue - meetings

To approve the formal presentation of a Petition, seeking the grant of a Charter for

Borough status and the form of the Council’s Petition for Borough status and of the

proposed Charter for submission to the Privy Council Office.

                   Consideration was given to a report updating the Council on the proposed application 

                   for Borough status, as agreed in principle by Council on 30 July 2008.

 

 

It was moved and seconded to approve :-

 

           

   (a) the formal presentation of a Petition seeking the grant of a Charter for 

         Borough status

 

                  (b)  the form of the Council’s Petition for Borough status and of the

      proposed Charter for submission to the Privy Council Office.

 

A requisition for a named vote was submitted and duly supported, in accordance with the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Constitution.

 

The motion was put to the meeting with the following results:-

 

For                                       Against                    Abstentions

 

Cllr C Andrew                      A Arnold                          0

Cllr M Asquith                      T Beard

Cllr RA Bailey                      S Broadhurst

Cllr R Bailey                         D Cannon

Cllr A Barratt                        R Cartlidge

Cllr G Barton                        P Edwards

Cllr G Baxendale                  R Fletcher

Cllr C Beard                         D Flude

Cllr D Bebbington                J Goddard

Cllr D Beckford                    D Hough

Cllr S Bentley                       S Jones

Cllr D Brickhill                      M Martin

Cllr D Brown                        S McGory

Cllr J Crockatt                      A Moran

Cllr H Davenport                  J Narraway

Cllr M Davies                        D Neilson

Cllr R Domleo                       M Parsons

Cllr B Dykes                         C Thorley

Cllr P Findlow                       C Tomlinson 

Cllr W Fitzgerald

Cllr S Furlong

Cllr H Gaddum

Cllr L Gilbert

Cllr E Gilliland

Cllr J Hammond

Cllr M Hardy

Cllr O Hunter

Cllr T Jackson

Cllr J Jones

Cllr F Keegan

Cllr A Knowles

Cllr A Kolker

Cllr W Livesley

Cllr J Macrae

Cllr P Mason

Cllr R Menlove

Cllr G Merry

Cllr B Moran

Cllr H Murray

Cllr R Parker

Cllr T Ranfield

Cllr A Richardson

Cllr B Silvester

Cllr M Simon

Cllr L Smetham

Cllr D Stockton

Cllr D Thompson

Cllr A Thwaite

Cllr D Topping

Cllr R Walker

Cllr G Walton

Cllr J Weatherill

Cllr R West

Cllr R Westwood

Cllr P Whiteley

Cllr S Wilkinson

Cllr J Wray                                                                  

 

 

The motion was declared carried by 57 votes for and 19 against, in accordance with the provision of the Local Government Act 1972 which requires that “a Petition for a Charter shall not be presented, except on a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the Members voting thereon”.