Recognition of the State of Palestine and Steps towards Peace in Gaza
Full council, 14 October 2025: a named vote on the amendment.
For 12, Against 32, Abstained 0.
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 (12)
- Dave McElroy (Green)
- Doug Cresswell (Green)
- Josh Williams (Green)
- Kaisa Nikulina (Green)
- Kathryn McCann (Green)
- Louise Keane (Green)
- Rob White (Green)
- Sarah Magon (Green)
- Anne Thompson (Liberal Democrats)
- James Moore (Liberal Democrats)
- Meri O'Connell (Liberal Democrats)
- Sarah Hacker (Independent)
Against (32)
- Adele Barnett-Ward (Labour)
- Alice Mpofu-Coles (Labour)
- Ama Asare (Labour)
- Amjad Tarar (Labour)
- Andrew Hornsby-Smith (Labour)
- David Stevens (Labour)
- Deborah Edwards (Labour)
- Ellie Emberson (Labour)
- Finn McGoldrick (Labour)
- Graeme Hoskin (Labour)
- Jacopo Lanzoni (Labour)
- Jan Gavin (Labour)
- Jenny McGrother (Labour)
- Jo Lovelock (Labour)
- John Ennis (Labour)
- Karen Rowland (Labour)
- Liz Terry (Labour)
- Mamuna Naz (Labour)
- Mark Keeping (Labour)
- Matt Yeo (Labour)
- Micky Leng (Labour)
- Mohammed Ayub (Labour)
- Paul Gittings (Labour)
- Rachel Eden (Labour)
- Richard Davies (Labour)
- Ruth McEwan (Labour)
- Sam Juthani (Labour)
- Wendy Griffith (Labour)
- Will Cross (Labour)
- Isobel Ballsdon (Conservative)
- Raj Singh (Conservative)
- Stephen Goss (Conservative)
From the minutes
l to require that the Berkshire Pension Fund divests from companies that supply arms or military technology to the Israeli government. A recorded vote having been demanded, the voting was as follows: For the amendment: 12 Councillors Cresswell, Hacker, Keane, Magon, McCann, McElroy, Moore, Nikulina, O'Connell, Thompson, White, Williams. Against the amendment: 32 Councillors Asare, Ayub, Ballsdon, Barnett-Ward, Cross, Davies, Eden, Edwards, Emberson, Ennis, Gavin, Gittings, Goss, Griffith, Hornsby-Smith, Hoskin, Juthani, Keeping, Lanzoni, Leng, Lovelock, McEwan, McGoldrick, McGrother, Mpofu-Coles, Naz, Rowland, Singh, Stevens, Tarar, Terry, Yeo. Resolved – We welcome the Labour Government's decision to recognise Palestine as an Independent State delivering its manifesto commitment and taking
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