HMO ARTICLE 4 DIRECTION
Policy committee, 1 June 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 5, Against 9, 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 (5)
- Andrea Fraser (Conservative)
- Christopher Alley (Conservative)
- Kavan Trivedi (Conservative)
- Oliver Cooper (Conservative)
- Vicky Edwards (Conservative)
Against (9)
- Aidan Bentley (Liberal Democrats)
- Chris Lloyd (Liberal Democrats)
- Louise Price (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Rainbow (Liberal Democrats)
- Raj Khiroya (Liberal Democrats)
- Stephen Giles-Medhurst OBE (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Drury (Liberal Democrats)
- Narinder Sian (Green)
- Stephen Cox (Labour)
Abstained (1)
- Mike Sims (Independent)
From the minutes
hat the Committee instead progress with an immediate district wide Article 4 direction. A recorded vote having been requested by Councillor Cooper and Councillor Reed had been LOST, the voting being: For: Councillors Alley, Cooper, Edwards, Fraser and Trivedi (5) Against: Councillors, Bentley, Cox, Drury, Giles-Medhurst, Khiroya, Lloyd, Price, Rainbow and Sian (9) Abstentions: Councillor Sims (1). The substantive motion was then put to the vote and declared CARRIED by the Chair with the voting being by general assent. For: Councillors, Alley,
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.