Agenda item

(This extraordinary meeting has been requisitioned in accordance with Procedure Rule 3.1 (vi) by Councillors Hussain, Bal, Munawar, Sharif and Sohal)

Prior to consideration of the motion, Councillor Anderson addressed the meeting and tendered his resignation as the Leader of the Council. The motion to remove Councillor Anderson as Leader was therefore not moved. 

(Councillors Anderson, Brooker, Carter, Davis, M.Holledge, N.Holledge, Mann, Parmar, Plenty and Swindlehurst left the meeting).

It was proposed by Councillor Matloob,

Seconded by Councillor Rasib,

“That Councillor Munawar be elected as Leader of the Council.”

The Chief Executive confirmed that the appointment must be for up to four years in accordance with Article 7 of the Constitution. Members were advised that any proposals to change Article 7 would have to be submitted to the Member Panel on the Constitution for consideration.

A prior request having been made for the record of the voting:

There voted for Councillor Munawar:

Councillors Ajaib, Bains, Bal, Bedi, Chahal, Chaudhry, Cheema, Coad, Dar, Amarpreet Dhaliwal, Arvind Dhaliwal, Hussain, Matloob, Morris, Munawar, Qaseem, Rana, Rasib, Sadiq, A.Sandhu, R.Sandhu, Sarfraz, Shah, Sharif, Smith and Usmani………………………………………………………………… 26

There voted against:

Councillors Strutton and Wright…………………………………………………..  2

There abstained from voting:

Councillor Chohan…………………………………………………………………. 1

Resolved –   That Councillor Munawar be elected as Leader of the Council for a period of four years.