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Councils · Bedford Borough Council

NOTICE OF MOTION SUBMITTED BY COUNCILLOR SULTAN

Full council, 16 September 2026: a named vote on the motion, lost.

For 12, Against 33, Abstained 0.

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 (12)

Against (33)

From the minutes

uested in accordance with Full Council procedure rule 8.2, with more than seven Members standing in favour of holding such a vote. On the motion being put to the vote, votes were recorded as follows: For the Motion (12) Councillors Akhtar, Atiq, Atkins, Layne, Masud, Meader, Nawaz, Oliver, Rahman, Sultan, Thapar and Valentine Against the Motion (33) Councillors Abbott, Abood, Bywater, Caswell, Coombes, Coombs, Crofts, Din, Edmonds, Foley, Frost, Gallagher, Gambold, Gribble, Headley, Hendrickx, Martin-Moran-Bryant, McHugh, McMurdo, Rider, Rigby, C Royden, M Royden, Sawyer, Simmons, Sira, Spice, Towler, Vann, Walker, Weir, White and the Mayor Accordingly, the Speaker declared the motion to be lost. Councillor Sultan then introduced the motion that had been set out on the agenda sheet as fo

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