Allocation of Motions between Groups

Proportional allocation for the remaining 2 years of the 4 year term commencing from May 2023.

Following Council’s adoption of revised Council procedures in November 2024, the allocation of motions was reviewed in light of the reduction from four motions at ordinary meetings of Council, to three motions. The allocations are undertaken on a whole term of office basis, so the previous allocation was in respect of all ordinary meetings between May 2023 and May 2027.

When this allocation was reviewed for the remainder of the term of office, i.e. November 2024 to May 2027, the allocations before rounding up, were:

Labour       13.78

LD              10.91

Cons           1.72

Ind              0.57

At the point of the adoption of the new procedure rules, there were nine remaining ordinary council meetings before May 2027, therefore there were 27 motion “slots” to be allocated.

Following discussions on the options for allocation, the Leader agreed the following:

Labour                         13

Liberal Democrat         11

Conservative               2

Independent                1

The table below shows how these will be distributed across the remaining ordinary meetings.

Council Meeting	Lab	LD	Cons	Ind	Total
March 2025	2	1			3
July 2025	2	1			3
September 2025	1	1	1		3
November 2025	2	1			3
March 2026	1	2			3
July 2026	1	1	1		3
September 2026	1	1		1	3
November 2026	1	2			3
March 2027	2	1			3
Total	13	11	2	1	27