To consider a motion submitted under Procedure Rule 14.1 (C) - To Remove the Leader of the Council
Full council, 22 July 2021: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 6, Against 30, Abstained 2.
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 (6)
- Chandra Muvvala (Conservative)
- Dexter J. Smith (Conservative)
- Paul Kelly (Conservative)
- Wayne Strutton (Conservative)
- Madhuri Bedi (Ind Net)
- Wright……………… (not matched to a member)
Against (30)
- Arvind Dhaliwal (Labour)
- Atiq Sandhu (Labour)
- Balvinder S. Bains (Labour)
- Christine Hulme (Labour)
- Fiza A. Matloob (Labour)
- Gurdeep S. Grewal (Labour)
- Harjinder K. Minhas (Labour)
- Harjinder S. Gahir (Labour)
- Jina Basra (Labour)
- Joginder S Bal (Labour)
- Kamaljit Kaur (Labour)
- Maroof Bibi Mohammad (Labour)
- Martin F. Carter (Labour)
- Natasa Pantelic (Labour)
- Naveeda Qaseem (Labour)
- Pavitar Kaur Mann (Labour)
- Preston Brooker (Labour)
- Robert Anderson (Labour)
- Sabia Akram (Labour)
- Safdar Ali (Labour)
- Sandra Malik (Labour)
- Waqas Sabah (Labour)
- Zaffar Ajaib (Labour)
- Haqeeq Dar (Independent)
- Mohammed Sharif (Independent)
- A.Cheema (not matched to a member)
- H.Cheema (not matched to a member)
- J.Davis (not matched to a member)
- R.Davis (not matched to a member)
- S.Parmar (not matched to a member)
Abstained (2)
- Dilbagh S. Parmar (Labour)
- The Worshipful the Mayor (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
in a financially sustainable position. This Council therefore resolves to remove him from his position as Leader of the Council.” A prior request having been made for the record of the voting: There voted for the motion: Councillors Bedi, Kelly, Muvvala, Smith, Strutton and Wright………………... 6 There voted against the motion: Councillors Ajaib, Akram, Ali, Anderson, Bains, Bal, Basra, Brooker, Carter, A.Cheema, H.Cheema, Dar, J.Davis, R.Davis, Dhaliwal, Gahir, Grewal, Hulme, Kaur, Malik, Mann, Matloob, Minhas, Mohammad, Pantelic, S.Parmar, Qaseem, Sabah, Sandhu, Sharif and Swindlehurst……………………………31 There abstained from voting on the motion: Councillor D Parmar and The Worshipful the Mayor, Councillor Nazir …….....2 Resolved – That the motion not be carried.
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.