STOP THE TROLLEYBUS !

At a meeting of the full council on the 1st July, councillors debated the trolleybus scheme and voted on whether to support an application for a Transport and Works Act Order to enable the trolleybus scheme to proceed. Here is a verbatim report of the debate. And here is a breakdown of how our councillors voted:

YES

1. Javaid Akhtar (Hyde Park and Woodhouse)
2. Bernard Atha (Kirkstall)
3. Judith Blake (Middleton Park)
4. Karen Bruce (Rothwell)
5. Colin Campbell (Otley and Yeadon)
6. Andrew Carter (Calverley and Farsley)
7. Les Carter (Adel and Wharfedale)
8. Ann Castle (Harewood)
9. Rebecca Charlwood (Moortown)
10. Dawn Collins (Horsforth)
11. David Congreve (Beeston and Holbeck)
12. Mick Coulson (Pudsey)
13. Debra Coupar (Crossgates and Whinmoor)
14. Judith Cummins (Temple Newsam)
15. Patrick Davey (City and Hunslet)
16. Neil Dawson (Morley South)
17. Mark Dobson (Garforth and Swillington)
18. Ryk Downes (Otley and Yeadon)
19. Jane Dowson (Chapel Allerton)
20. Jack Dunn (Ardsley and Robin Hood)
21. Angela Gabriel (Beeston and Holbeck)
22. Stewart Golton (Rothwell)
23. Pauleen Grahame (Crossgates and Whinmoor)
24. Ronald Grahame (Burmantofts and Richmond Hill)
25. Kim Groves (Middleton Park)
26. Caroline Gruen (Bramley and Stanningley)
27. Peter Gruen (Crossgates and Whinmoor)
28. Sharon Hamilton (Moortown)
29. Ted Hanley (Bramley and Stanningley)
30. John Hardy (Farnley and Wortley)
31. Roger Harington (Gipton and Harehills)
32. Mary Harland (Kippax and Methley)
33. Gerald Harper (Hyde Park and Woodhouse)
34. Janet Harper (Armley)
35. Peter Harrand (Alwoodley)
36. Arif Hussain (Gipton and Harehills)
37. Ghulam Hussain (Roundhay)
38. Graham Hyde (Killingbeck and Seacroft)
39. John Illingworth (Kirkstall)
40. Maureen Ingham (Burmantofts and Richmond Hill)
41. Mohammed Iqbal (City and Hunslet)
42. Josephine Jarosz (Pudsey)
43. Asghar Khan (Burmantofts and Richmond Hill)
44. Graham Latty (Guiseley and Rawdon)
45. Sandy Lay (Otley and Yeadon)
46. James Lewis (Kippax and Methley)
47. Richard Lewis (Pudsey)
48. Alison Lowe (Armley)
49. Michael Lyons (Temple Newsam)
50. Christine Macniven (Roundhay)
51. Kamila Maqsood (Gipton and Harehills)
52. Joe Marjoram (Calverley and Farsley)
53. Andrea McKenna (Garforth and Swillington)
54. James McKenna (Armley)
55. Katherine Mitchell (Temple Newsam)
56. Veronica Morgan (Killingbeck and Seacroft)
57. Lisa Mulherin (Ardsley and Robin Hood)
58. Thomas Murray (Garforth and Swillington)
59. David Nagle (Rothwell)
60. Elizabeth Nash (City and Hunslet)
61. Adam Ogilvie (Beeston and Holbeck)
62. John Procter (Wetherby)
63. Rachael Procter (Harewood)
64. Mohammed Rafique (Chapel Allerton)
65. Karen Renshaw (Ardsley and Robin Hood)
66. Brian Selby (Killingbeck and Seacroft)
67. Alex Sobel (Moortown)
68. Neil Taggart (Bramley and Stanningley)
69. Eileen Taylor (Chapel Allerton)
70. Christine Towler (Hyde Park and Woodhouse)
71. Paul Truswell (Middleton Park)
72. Bill Urry (Roundhay)
73. Keith Wakefield (Kipax and Methley)
74. Roderic Wood (Calverley and Farsley)
75. Lucinda Yeadon (Kirkstall)

NO

76. Barry Anderson (Adel and Wharfedale)
77. Jonathan Bentley (Weetwood)
78. Sue Bentley (Weetwood)
79. Ann Blackburn (Farnley and Wortley)
80. David Blackburn (Farnley and Wortley)
81. Neil Buckley (Alwoodley)
82. Judith Chapman (Weetwood)
83. Brian Cleasby (Horsforth)
84. Judith Elliott (Morley South)
85. Robert Finnigan (Morley North)
86. Clive Fox (Adel and Wharfedale)
87. Robert Gettings (Morley North)
88. Alan Lamb (Wetherby)
89. Thomas Leadley (Morley North)
90. Matthew Robinson (Harewood)
91. Christopher Townsley (Horsforth)
92. Shirley Varley (Morley South)
93. Paul Wadsworth (Guiseley and Rawdon)
94. Gerald Wilkinson (Wetherby)

ABSTAINED

95. Daniel Cohen (Alwoodley)
96. Patricia Latty (Guiseley and Rawdon)
97. Martin Hamilton (Headingley)
98. Janette Walker (Headingley)
99. Neil Walshaw (Headingley)

Key

Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Green
Morley Borough Independent
Independent