Declarations of interest

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Category: Any Disclosable pecuniary interests Non Pecuniary Other conflicts of interest / bias / pre-determination Other interests Other Significant Interests Pecuniary Personal Personal and Prejudicial Prejudicial

Councillor: Any Anang, Councillor Kwashie Anang Animashaun, Councillor Damola Animashaun Barrett, Councillor Roger Barrett Bowen, Councillor Linda Bowen Brake, Councillor David Brake Browne, Councillor Hazel Browne Campbell, Councillor Smitha Campbell Clarke, Councillor Trevor Clarke Cook, Councillor Esther Cook Coombs, Councillor Tracy Coombs Crozer, Councillor George Crozer Curry, Councillor Simon Curry Doe, Councillor Howard Doe Edwards, Councillor Lauren Edwards Etheridge, Councillor Gary Etheridge Fearn, Councillor Matt Fearn Field, Councillor David Field Filmer, Councillor Phil Filmer Finch, Councillor David Finch Gilbourne, Councillor Jim Gilbourne Gulvin, Councillor Adrian Gulvin Gurung, Councillor Nina Gurung Hackwell, Councillor Gary Hackwell Hamandishe, Councillor Douglas Hamandishe Hamilton, Councillor Paula Hamilton Howcroft-Scott, Councillor Joanne Howcroft-Scott Hubbard, Councillor Stephen Hubbard Hyne, Councillor Alex Hyne Jackson, Councillor Sharon Jackson Jones, Councillor Mark Jones Joy, Councillor Mark Joy Kemp, Councillor Barry Kemp Khan, Councillor Naushabah Khan Lammas, Councillor Robbie Lammas Lawrence, Councillor Andrew Lawrence Mahil, Councillor Harinder Mahil Mandaracas, Councillor Lia Mandaracas Maple, Councillor Vince Maple McDonald, Councillor Dan McDonald Murray, Councillor Teresa Murray Myton, Councillor Gareth Myton Nestorov, Councillor Marian Nestorov Nestorova, Councillor Liubov Nestorova Osborne, Councillor Tristan Osborne Paterson, Councillor Alex Paterson Peake, Councillor Eddie Peake Pearce, Councillor Michael Pearce Perfect, Councillor George Perfect Prenter, Councillor Louwella Prenter Prenter, Councillor Mark Prenter Price, Councillor Adam Price Sands, Councillor Ron Sands Shokar, Councillor Satinder Shokar Spalding, Councillor Chris Spalding Spring, Councillor Wayne Spring Stamp, Councillor Chrissy Stamp Tejan, Councillor Habib Tejan Turpin, Councillor Mrs Elizabeth Turpin Van Dyke, Councillor Zoë Van Dyke Vye, Councillor John Vye Wildey, Councillor David Wildey Williams, Councillor John Williams

 Declarations

Meeting:  Thursday, 18 April 2024 7.00pm - Council

9. Leader's report

• Councillor Esther Cook - Other interests - Councillor Cook declared an interest in agenda item No.9 (Leader’s Report) as she had been interviewed, in her employment capacity, as part of the area SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) inspection of the Medway Local Area Partnership. Councillor Cook remained in the room during discussion and determination of the item.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 17 October 2024 7.00pm - Council

8. Motions

• Councillor Esther Cook - Other Significant Interests - The following Members declared an OSI for motion 8A in relation to a close friend or relative: Councillors Bowen, Cook, Coombs, Field, Gilbourne, Gurung, Hackwell, Jackson, Joy, Lawrence, Mahil, Murray, Osborne, Paterson, Peake, Pearce, Perfect, Louwella Prenter, Stamp, Mrs Turpin and Wildey.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 24 October 2024 6.30pm - Business Support and Digital Overview and Scrutiny Committee

7. Member's Item: Winter Fuel Payment

• Councillor Esther Cook - Other Significant Interests - Councillor Cook declared an other significant interest in the Member’s item relating to the winter fuel payment (Agenda item 7), they relied upon a dispensation from the Monitoring Officer to speak and vote in the agenda item.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 5 December 2024 6.30pm - Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee

5. Member's Item: Winter Fuel Payment and its impact on health and adult social care

• Councillor Esther Cook - Other Significant Interests - Agenda item 5 related to the changes to the winter fuel allowance. Given some Members might have been directly affected by the changes and others may have had family members, friends or others with whom they had a close personal relationship, whose entitlement to the benefit may have been affected, the Monitoring Officer had advised that in those circumstances, Members should declare an OSI. However, due to the number of Members affected, the Monitoring Officer had exercised a delegation to grant a dispensation to all Members for a period of six months, enabling Members who had an OSI to remain in meetings during discussion of the matter and to take part in the discussion and vote. The following Members declared an OSI in relation to themselves: Councillors Anang and Browne. The following Members declared an OSI in relation to a close friend or relative: Councillors Cook and Wildey. The following Members declared an OSI in relation to themselves and a close friend or relative: Councillor Crozer. All relied on the dispensation to remain in the meeting and take part in the discussion and vote on the item.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 27 February 2025 7.00pm - Council

9. Capital and Revenue Budget 2025 / 2026

• Councillor Esther Cook - Other Significant Interests - The following Members declared interests in agenda item No.9 (Capital and Revenue Budget 2025/26) as governors / having positions of management control within schools / academy trusts in Medway. These Members had been granted a dispensation by the Monitoring Officer: Councillors Cook, Field, Joy, Lawrence, McDonald, Nestorov, Peake and Perfect.