
The Conservative leader of Sevenoaks District Council has lost a vote of "no confidence" tabled by former party colleagues.
The council will now need to elect a new leader to replace Cllr Roddy Hogarth.
The vote took place on Thursday evening just after 8pm.
The vote for the motion of no confidence was 25 for, 14 against and 2 abstentions. 13 members failed to attend the meeting.
A large number of councillors were absent from the meeting.
The Conservatives lost overall control of the council in May when seven members resigned to form the West Kent Independents.
There have been calls for the resignation of leader Cllr Roddy Hogarth since the walk-out.
Earlier Cllr Hogarth had said that he's "happy" to face the vote on October 16th and that being held to account is “part of public life”.
Cllr Hogarth said: “I am in the position as both the leader of the Conservative group and leader of the council. The leadership of the council is by a democratic vote and people voted for me on the basis of what was best for the council.
The Conservatives currently have 24 members, the Liberal Democrats 14, West Kent Independents 9, Green Party 4 and 3 other independents.