Notice of Motion: Motion in Support of LGBTQ+ and Trans Residents
Full council, 21 January 2026: a named vote.
For 36, Against 0, 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 (36)
- Abhishek Sachdev (Conservative)
- David Lambert (Conservative)
- Glenn Briski (Conservative)
- Harvey Cohen (Conservative)
- Lucy Selby (Conservative)
- Lynette Sullivan (Conservative)
- Meenal Sachdev (Conservative)
- Morris Bright MBE (Conservative)
- Natalie Susman (Conservative)
- Paul Morris OBE (Conservative)
- Sarah Hodgson-Jones (Conservative)
- Seamus Quilty (Conservative)
- Aaditya Kaza (Labour)
- Chris Myers (Labour)
- Christian Gray (Labour)
- Helen Green (Labour)
- Jeremy Newmark (Labour)
- Linda Smith (Labour)
- Nik Oakley (Labour)
- Parveen Rani (Labour)
- Prabhakar Kaza (Labour)
- Rebecca Challice (Labour)
- Renos Joshua Georgiou (Labour)
- Richard Butler (Labour)
- Alan Matthews (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Shenton (Liberal Democrats)
- Louise Nicolas (Liberal Democrats)
- Maxie Allen (Liberal Democrats)
- Miles Ponder (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Richards (Liberal Democrats)
- Shailain Shah (Liberal Democrats)
- Alpha Bird Collins (Independent)
- Graeme Alexander (Independent)
- Marc Amron (Independent)
- Brett Rosehill (Reform UK)
- Caroline Clapper (Reform UK)
Abstained (1)
- Paul Hodgson-Jones (Conservative)
From the minutes
eaffirm Hertsmere Borough Council's support for LGBTQ+ residents, including trans and non-binary people, and make clear that homophobia, transphobia and discrimination are not tolerated in Hertsmere. For: (36 total) - Councillors G Alexander, M Allen, M Amron, M Bright, G Briski, R Butler, R Challice, C Clapper, H Cohen, A Collins, R Georgiou, C Gray, H Green, S Hodgson-Jones, A Kaza, P Kaza, D Lambert, A Matthews, P Morris, C Myers, J Newmark, L Nicolas, N Oakley, M Ponder, S Quilty, P Rani, P Richards, B Rosehill, A Sachdev, M Sachdev, L Selby, S Shah, C Shenton, L Smith, L Sullivan and N Susman Against: (0 total) - No votes Abstain: (1 total) - Councillor P Hodgson-Jones Total votes cast: 37 It was proposed by: Councillor C Myers, seconded by Councillor L Nicolas that: 2. Commit to continuing to mark key LGBTQ+ awaren
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