Decision Report: Setting the Revenue Budget 2026/27
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 19, Against 2, Abstained 12.
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)
- 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)
- Maxie Allen (Liberal Democrats)
- Mia Handley (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Richards (Liberal Democrats)
- Shailain Shah (Liberal Democrats)
- Marc Amron (Hertsmere First Independents)
Against (2)
- Seamus Quilty (Conservative)
- Graeme Alexander (Hertsmere First Independents)
Abstained (12)
- 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)
- Brett Rosehill (Reform UK)
- Caroline Clapper (Reform UK)
From the minutes
n over the three-year financial period from 2026/27 to 2028/29. It was proposed by: Councillor C Shenton, seconded by Councillor J Newmark that the recommendations as set out in the report be agreed. For: (19 total) - Councillors M Allen, M Amron, R Butler, R Challice, R Georgiou, C Gray, H Green, M Handley, A Kaza, P Kaza, A Matthews, C Myers, J Newmark, N Oakley, P Rani, P Richards, S Shah, C Shenton and L Smith Against: (2 total) - Councillors G Alexander and S Quilty Abstain: (12 total) - Councillors M Bright, G Briski, C Clapper, H Cohen, S Hodgson-Jones, D Lambert, P Morris, B Rosehill, M Sachdev, L Selby, L Sullivan and N Susman Total votes cast: 33
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