11.16 Voting

(a) Majority

Unless the constitution says otherwise, votes will be decided by a simple majority of councillors in their seats and voting.

(b) Lord mayor's second or casting vote

If there is the same number of votes for and against, the lord mayor will have a casting vote.

(c) Method of voting

Votes can be:

• by the general agreement of the meeting, if there is no one against

• by show of hands

• named or recorded - see (d) and (e).

(d) Named votes

Any 10 councillors present at the meeting can ask for the minutes to name who voted for, who voted against and who abstained on a vote.

(e) Right to have individual vote recorded

Any councillor can ask for the minutes to record whether they voted for or against or abstained on a vote. The request must be made immediately after the vote.

(f) Voting on appointments

If there are three or more candidates for a position and none has more than half the votes, the candidate with the fewest votes will be eliminated and a new vote taken. This will continue until one candidate has more than half the votes.

Page last reviewed 31 May 2007