Motion 2 - E-Scooter Public Safety and Operator Accountability
Full council, 21 October 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 17, Against 35, Abstained 1.
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 (17)
- David Hopkins (Conservative)
- David Tyler (Conservative)
- Johnny Luk (Conservative)
- Keith McLean (Conservative)
- Krish Pillai (Conservative)
- Kunal Puri (Conservative)
- Manish Verma (Conservative)
- Peter Geary (Conservative)
- Shazna Muzammil (Conservative)
- Victoria Hopkins (Conservative)
- Adrian Burton (Reform UK)
- Jordan Cattell (Reform UK)
- Melvyn Rook (Reform UK)
- Millie Rook (Reform UK)
- Ray Blackman (Reform UK)
- Sarah Tomlin (Reform UK)
- Steve Swain (Reform UK)
Against (35)
- Amber McQuillan (Labour)
- Ansar Hussain (Labour)
- Darron Kendrick (Labour)
- Donna Fuller (Labour)
- Ed Hume (Labour)
- Elina Apse (Labour)
- George Humphrey Thomas (Labour)
- Jordan Coventry (Labour)
- Lauren Townsend (Labour)
- Leo Montague (Labour)
- Martin Petchey (Labour)
- Naseem Khan (Labour)
- Peter Bakare (Labour)
- Stephen Brown (Labour)
- Tabitha Brown (Labour)
- Tracey Bailey (Labour)
- Victoria Bamisile (Labour)
- Andy Carr (Liberal Democrats)
- Duncan Banks (Liberal Democrats)
- Emily Ho (Liberal Democrats)
- Graham Eaton (Liberal Democrats)
- Jane Carr (Liberal Democrats)
- Jenni Ferrans (Liberal Democrats)
- Kerrie Bradburn (Liberal Democrats)
- Macsene Isles-Ahite (Liberal Democrats)
- Nana Ama Ofori-Atta (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Cannon (Liberal Democrats)
- Saleena Raja (Liberal Democrats)
- Sam Crooks (Liberal Democrats)
- Shawna Barnes (Liberal Democrats)
- Tony Oyakhire (Liberal Democrats)
- Uroy Clarke (Liberal Democrats)
- Wing Tsang (Liberal Democrats)
- Alison Andrew (Independent)
- Wilson Marklew (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Paul Trendall (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
vyn Rook, Tomlin and Verma spoke during the debate. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16.4, Councillor Blackman requested a recorded vote on the substantive motion. The voting was as follows: For: Blackman, Burton, Cattell, Geary, D Hopkins, V Hopkins, Luk, McLean, Muzammil, Pillai, Puri, Melvyn Rook, Millie Rook, Swain, Tomlin, Tyler and Verma (17) Against: Andrew, Apse, Bailey, Bakare, Bamisile, Banks, Barnes, K Bradburn, S Brown, T Brown, Cannon, A Carr, J Carr, Clarke, Coventry, Crooks, Eaton, Ferrans, Fuller, Ho, Hume, Humphrey Thomas, Hussain, Isles-Ahite, Kendrick, Khan, McQuillan, Montague, Ofori-Atta, Oyakhire, Petchey, Raja, Townsend, Tsang and Wilson Marklew (35) Abstain: Trendall (1) The Mayor declared that the Motion was lost. RESOLVED: Following a recorded vote, the motion was declared LOST.
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