To elect The Worshipful the Mayor of Torbay for the 2024/2025 Municipal Year.

Councillor Maddison proposed and Councillor Cowell seconded a motion as set out below:

that Councillor Long be elected The Worshipful the Mayor of Torbay for the Municipal Year 2024/2025.

A recorded vote was taken on the motion. The voting was taken by roll call as follows:  For:  Councillors Amil, Atiya-Alla, Carter, Cowell, George Darling, Steve Darling, Douglas-Dunbar, Fox, Harvey, Johns, Law, Maddison, Nicolaou, Penny, Pentney and Virdee (16);  Against:  Councillors Billings, Brook, Bryant, Bye, Fellows, Hutchings, Barbara Lewis, Chris Lewis, Spacagna, Stevens, Strang, David Thomas, Jacqueline Thomas, Tolchard, Tranter, Twelves and Tyerman (17);  Standing Order A1.2(iii) Councillor Long excluded from voting (1);  and Absent: Councillor Mandy Darling (1).  The motion was declared lost.

The Chief Executive advised that, as a result of the vote, Section 3 of the Local Government Act 1972 applied, and Councillor Spacagna would continue as The Worshipful the Mayor of Torbay until the Council elected his successor.