Motion D - Protecting Swindon's Allotments
Full council, 25 September 2025: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 33, Against 14, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (33)
- Abdul Amin (Labour)
- Ana Fernandes (Labour)
- Carol Shelley (Labour)
- Chris Watts (Labour)
- Claire Crilly (Labour)
- Domingos Dias (Labour)
- Emma Bushell (Labour)
- Imtiyaz Shaikh (Labour)
- Jamal Miah (Labour)
- Jane Milner-Barry (Labour)
- Janine Howarth (Labour)
- Jason Mills (Labour)
- Jim Grant (Labour)
- Jim Robbins (Labour)
- John Ballman (Labour)
- Junab Ali (Labour)
- Kevin Small (Labour)
- Leon Grother (Labour)
- Marina Strinkovsky (Labour)
- Mike Davies (Labour)
- Nadine Watts (Labour)
- Neil Hopkins (Labour)
- Paul Dixon (Labour)
- Princia Fernandes (Labour)
- Rajhia Ali (Labour)
- Ravi Venkatesh (Labour)
- Rob Heath (Labour)
- Rose Llewellyn (Labour)
- Simon Shelley (Labour)
- Stanka Wilson (Labour)
- Thomas Smith (Labour)
- Adam Poole (Liberal Democrats)
- The Worshipful The Mayor (not matched to a member)
Against (14)
- Anabelle Pegado (Conservative)
- Dale Heenan (Conservative)
- Daniel Adams (Conservative)
- Gary Sumner (Conservative)
- Gayle Cook (Conservative)
- Jake Chandler (Conservative)
- Lawrence Elliott (Conservative)
- Matthew Vallender (Conservative)
- Matty Courtliff (Conservative)
- Nick Gardiner (Conservative)
- Steve Weisinger (Conservative)
- Sudha Sri Nukana (Conservative)
- Suresh Gattapur (Conservative)
- Vijay Manro (Conservative)
Abstained (1)
- Dr Matt Lodge (Independent)
From the minutes
Head of Planning to feed this commitment for no overall loss of allotment space from any development into the Local Plan process”. In accordance with Standing Order 14(2) a recorded vote was called. Members voting for the amended Motion were: Councillors Junab Ali, Rajhia Ali, Abdul Amin, John Ballman, Emma Bushell, Claire Crilly, Mike Davies, Domingos Dias, Paul Dixon, Ana Fernandes, Princia Fernandes, Jim Grant, Leon Grother, Rob Heath, Neil Hopkins, The Worshipful The Mayor, Janine Howarth, Rose Llewellyn, Jamal Miah, Jason Mills, Jane Milner-Barry, Adam Poole, Jim Robbins, Imtiyaz Shaikh, Carol Shelley, Simon Shelley, Kevin Small, Thomas Smith, Marina Strinkovsky, Ravi Venkatesh, Chris Watts, Nadine Watts and Stanka Wilson. Members voting against the amended Motion were: Councillors Daniel Adams, Jake Chandler, Gayle Cook, Matthew Courtliff, Lawrence Elliott, Nick Gardiner, Suresh Gattapur, Dale Heenan, Vijay Manro, Sudha Nukana, Anabelle Pegado, Gary Sumner, Matthew Vallender and Steve Weisinger. Councillor Dr Matt Lodge abstained from the vote. The amendment to the Motion was declared carried becoming the Substantive Motion. The Substantive Motion was put to the vote and declared carried.
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