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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.
Minutes:
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”.