Recommendations of the Cabinet from its meeting held on 19th January 2026
Full council, 29 January 2026: a named vote on the recommendation, carried.
For 19, Against 12, Abstained 4.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (19)
- Adil Iftakhar (Conservative)
- Anna Wright (Conservative)
- Balwinder S Dhillon (Conservative)
- Dexter J. Smith (Conservative)
- Dhruv Tomar (Conservative)
- Ejaz Ahmed (Conservative)
- Gurcharan Manku (Conservative)
- Iftakhar Ahmed (Conservative)
- Ishrat Shah (Conservative)
- Mabu Shaik (Conservative)
- Nadeem Khawar (Conservative)
- Neel Rana (Conservative)
- Puja Bedi (Conservative)
- Robert Stedmond (Conservative)
- Subhash Mohindra (Conservative)
- Wal Chahal (Conservative)
- Zafar Satti (Conservative)
- Amjad Abbasi (Liberal Democrats)
- Kelly (not matched to a member)
Against (12)
- Andrea Escott (Labour)
- Christine Hulme (Labour)
- Dilbagh S. Parmar (Labour)
- Fiza A. Matloob (Labour)
- Harjinder S. Gahir (Labour)
- Mark Instone (Labour)
- Maroof Bibi Mohammad (Labour)
- Martin F. Carter (Labour)
- Robert Anderson (Labour)
- Naveeda Qaseem (Liberal Democrats)
- Zaffar Ajaib (Liberal Democrats)
- O'Kelly (not matched to a member)
Abstained (4)
- Haqeeq Dar (Liberal Democrats)
- Sabia Akram (Liberal Democrats)
- Chandra Muvvala (Independent)
- The Worshipful (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
r 2026/27 as appended at Appendix A to the report to come into effect on 1 April 2026.” The recommendation was put to the vote and a prior request having been made for the record of the voting: There voted for the recommendation:- Councillors Abbasi, E Ahmed, I Ahmed, Bedi, Chahal, Dhillon, Iftakhar, Kelly, Khawar, Manku, Mohindra, Rana, Satti, Shah, Shaik, Smith, Stedmond, Tomar, Wright and Zarait…………………………………………………….20 There voted against the recommendation:- Councillors Ajaib, Anderson, Carter, Escott, Gahir, Hulme, Instone, Matloob, Mohammad, O'Kelly, Parmar, Qaseem and W Sabah …………………...13 There abstained from voting:- Councillors Akram, Dar, Muvvala and The Worshipful, The Mayor (Councillor Dauti) …………………………………………………………………………….4 The recommendation was agreed. Resolved – That a new Council Tax Support scheme for 2026/27 as appended at Appendix A to the report be approved and t
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