Agenda item

To elect a Chief Commoner for 2019/20.

Three nominations have been received in accordance with Standing Order No. 18, as follows:

·         Roger Arthur Holden Chadwick, OBE, Deputy

·         Tom Hoffman, MBE, Deputy

·         Brian Desmond Francis Mooney, Deputy

The candidates’ supporting statements are the subject of a printed and circulated report.

(N.B. A notice of the candidates and their nominators is on display in the Members’ Reading Room).

Three valid nominations had been received in accordance with Standing Order No. 18, for Deputy Roger Chadwick, O.B.E., Deputy Tom Hoffman, M.B.E., and Deputy Brian Mooney.

The Court therefore proceeded, in accordance with Standing Order No.10, to ballot.

The Lord Mayor requested the Chief Commoner and the Chairman of the Finance Committee, or their representatives, to be the scrutineers of the ballot.

The first result was announced as follows:-

Chadwick, R.A.H., O.B.E., Deputy         -           14 Votes

Hoffman, T.D.D., M.B.E., Deputy           -           46 Votes

Mooney, B.D.F., Deputy                         -           39 Votes

With no candidate having obtained 50% of the vote, Deputy Chadwick (as the candidate with the fewest votes) was therefore eliminated and his votes reallocated according to second preference votes (where indicated).

After the reallocation of second preference votes, the results were as follows:-

Hoffman, T.D.D., M.B.E., Deputy                       -           55 Votes

Mooney, B.D.F., Deputy                                     -           43 Votes

Whereupon the Lord Mayor declared Deputy Tom Hoffman, M.B.E. to be elected to the office of Chief Commoner for 2019/20.

Deputy Tom Hoffman was heard in response.