Voting record
Budget and Council Tax Setting Meeting, Council, Tuesday 26 February 2019 10.30 am
Item: Notice of Motion - Acknowledging a Climate Emergency and Proposing the Way Forward
Acknowledging a Climate Emergency and proposing the way forward:
Motion status:
Carried
1. Acknowledge that there is a ‘Climate Emergency’.
2. Seek to make the County of Wiltshire carbon neutral by 2030.
3. Requests and supports the work of Overview and Scrutiny to set up a task group of the Environment Select Committee to develop recommendations and a plan to achieve this pledge along with undertaking a carbon / renewables audit.
4. Call on Westminster to provide the powers and resources to make the 2030 target possible.
5. Work with other local government authorities (both within the UK and internationally) to determine and implement best practice methods to limit Global Warming to less than 1.5°C.
6. Continue to work with partners in the private sector and civil society across the County and region to deliver this new goal through all relevant strategies and plans.
7. Report to Full Council on a six-monthly basis with the actions the Council is taking and will take to address this emergency and reporting these against the Carbon / Renewables Baseline audit.
| Vote | Councillors | Count |
|---|---|---|
| For | Cllr Phil Alford, Cllr Chuck Berry, Cllr Trevor Carbin, Cllr Brian Dalton, Cllr Jane Davies, Cllr Matthew Dean, Cllr Sarah Gibson, Cllr Gavin Grant, Cllr Howard Greenman, Cllr Jon Hubbard, Cllr Gordon King, Cllr Jacqui Lay, Cllr Dr Brian Mathew, Cllr Ian McLennan, Cllr Dr Nick Murry, Cllr Stewart Palmen, Cllr Ricky Rogers, Cllr James Sheppard, Cllr Ian Thorn, Cllr Stuart Wheeler, Cllr Christopher Williams, Cllr Graham Wright and Cllr Robert Yuill | 23 |
| Against | Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling, Cllr Richard Britton, Cllr Allison Bucknell, Cllr Mary Champion, Cllr Pauline Church, Cllr Andrew Davis, Cllr Sven Hocking, Cllr Peter Hutton, Cllr Simon Jacobs, Cllr Edward Kirk, Cllr Jerry Kunkler, Cllr Paul Oatway QPM, Cllr Pip Ridout, Cllr Tom Rounds, Cllr Jonathon Seed, Cllr Bridget Wayman and Cllr Philip Whitehead | 17 |
| Abstain | Cllr Richard Clewer, Cllr Mark Connolly, Cllr Laura Mayes and Cllr Ashley O'Neill | 4 |
| Conflict Of Interests | None | 0 |
| Non-voting | Cllr Clare Cape, Cllr Ross Henning, Cllr George Jeans, Cllr Johnny Kidney, Cllr Christopher Newbury and Cllr Horace Prickett | 6 |
| Not Present | None | 0 |