Elected members will be voting on their confidence in West Northamptonshire Council leader Jonathan Nunn
An extraordinary meeting will be held at the start of next month to allow elected members to vote on their confidence in West Northamptonshire Council leader Jonathan Nunn. The event will take place on Thursday, May 9, at 5pm in the Guildhall, Northampton.
This comes after opposition members called for him to reconsider his position last week, in light of an article published on April 10 by current affairs news magazine Private Eye containing domestic violence allegations. Speaking previously, Cllr Nunn said that the accusations of abuse against him are “unfounded” and that he has had to contact the police himself over a “campaign of harassment” and an individual seeking to discredit him.
Cllr Jonathan Harris said: “The Conservative group are failing to act when in reality they hold all the cards. It is disappointing that despite murmurings within, only one has so far come forward to withdraw their support.” A simple majority is needed to pass the vote– this is more than one-half of the members who are present at the meeting and voting. There are currently 93 councillors in WNC made up of 63 Conservatives and 30 opposition members.
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