Agenda item

To elect a Deputy Chairman in accordance with Standing Order 30.

A list of Members who had expressed an interest in and were eligible to stand was read by the Town Clerk and Deputy Rehana Ameer, Deputy Randall Anderson, and Tom Sleigh all expressed a willingness to serve. 

A ballot was therefore necessary.

A ballot having been taken, votes were cast as follows:-

Deputy Rehana Ameer           -           11

Deputy Randall Anderson       -           9

Tom Sleigh                              -           9

(a clear majority of the vote was required for an outright win in this first round)

A run-off vote was therefore required to determine the Member who would enter the final ballot against Deputy Ameer.

The run-off ballot votes were cast as follows:-

Deputy Randall Anderson      -           16       

Tom Sleigh                              -           13

Subsequently, the votes for the final ballot, to determine the Deputy Chairman, were cast as follows:-

Deputy Rehana Ameer           -           14

Deputy Randall Anderson       -           15

RESOLVED – That Deputy Randall Anderson be elected Deputy Chairman in accordance with Standing Order 30 for the year ensuing.

On being elected, the Deputy Chairman thanked the Committee for its support.