Doug Cooper
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North West Leicestershire planning committee

Councillor Doug Cooper

Member, Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from July 2025 to August 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 5recorded votes
  • 100%with the majority
  • 20%against officer advice

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As at 8 October 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of North West Leicestershire’s published minutes, Councillor Doug Cooper attended 8 of the 8 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from July 2025 to August 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 5 decisions at those meetings: Cooper voted for the resolution on all 5. On 5 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and 1 went against it.

Meetings attended
8 of 8100%
Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence. 7 meetings as a substitute.
Decisions at their meetings
9
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Recorded votes
5
Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 5 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.
With the majority
5 of 5100%
Votes for the resolution the committee passed. An abstention is not counted as with the majority.
Votes against officer advice
1 of 520%
Recorded votes where the officers’ recommendation is known: for a resolution that went against it, or against one that followed it.
Divided votes
3always with the majority
Recorded votes where at least one member voted differently from the rest, and how often they were among those who did.
Declared interests
0
Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.

Voting record

Votes by quarter

Not drawn: 5 recorded votes is too few to show a pattern over time.

Against officer advice

Cooper went against officer advice more often than the committee: 20% of votes, against 11% of decisions.

The share that went against the officers’ recommendation.

Cooper’s votes20%1 of 5
The committee’s decisions at their meetings11%1 of 9

The typical member of this committee (the median of 12 members with 5 or more such votes) voted against officer advice on 25% of them.

Agreement with other members

Not drawn: on the 3 divided votes the minutes record, fewer than 3 other members voted beside them 5 or more times.

Attendance

100%

8 of 8 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 88% (the median of 13 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

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

PresentAs a substitute
20252026

Planning Committee: 8 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
11 Aug 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
14 Jul 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
9 Jun 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
6 May 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
14 Oct 2025Planning CommitteePresent
9 Sep 2025Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
12 Aug 2025Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
8 Jul 2025Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute

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 Cooper 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.

The minutes we hold do not quote this councillor by name.

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from North West Leicestershire’s published planning committee minutes, 17 meetings from June 2025 to October 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.

Also on this committee

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