Councillor Mary McLaren

Independent

Stour wardMember, Babergh Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from May 2026 to July 2026

4 of 4meetings attended
1recorded vote
1agreed, no vote against recorded
7decisions at their meetings

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As at 9 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk’s published minutes, Councillor Mary McLaren attended 4 of the 4 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from May 2026 to July 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 1 decision at those meetings: McLaren voted for the resolution on it. On 1 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 1 other decision the minutes record no vote against, so McLaren is counted as agreeing; it is left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended: 4 of 4; Too few meetings for a percentage.Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
Decisions at their meetings: 7; Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Recorded votes: 1; Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 1 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
Agreed, no vote against recorded: 1; Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Proposed or seconded: 0 / 1; Motions the minutes say they proposed, then seconded, that the committee passed.
Declared interests: 0; Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.

Voting record

Votes by quarter

Not drawn: 1 recorded vote in one quarter is too few to show a pattern over time.

Against officer advice

Not drawn: 1 recorded vote with a known officers’ recommendation is too few to compare.

Agreement with other members

Not drawn: the minutes record no divided vote of this councillor by name. On a unanimous vote every member agrees, so it says nothing about agreement.

Attendance

4 of 4

4 of 4 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 83% (the median of 19 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.

Present

2026

Babergh Planning Committee: 4 meetings

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Every meeting
Date	Committee	Attendance
22 Jul 2026	Babergh Planning Committee	Present
8 Jul 2026	Babergh Planning Committee	Present
10 Jun 2026	Babergh Planning Committee	Present
20 May 2026	Babergh Planning Committee	Present

Decisions

Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.

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Their vote

Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record McLaren moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.

Seconded
“Councillor Regester proposed that the application be refused as detailed in the officer’s recommendation, which was seconded by Councillor McLaren.”
Minutes, 22 Jul 2026, First Floor Offices Unit 6 Bulmer Road Industrial Estate Brundon Lane Sudbury

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Babergh Mid Suffolk’s published planning committee minutes, 24 meetings from September 2025 to September 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.

Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.

Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.

Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.

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