Annual Grant Awards 2026/27
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote.
For 17, Against 8, Abstained 7.
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)
- Greg Neall (Liberal Democrats)
- Harry Boparai (Liberal Democrats)
- John Turner (Liberal Democrats)
- Jolyon Caplin (Liberal Democrats)
- Kathy Grant (Liberal Democrats)
- Laura Barker (Liberal Democrats)
- Michele Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Sandra Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
- Suraj Gyawali (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Geraci (ISG)
- Joanne Sexton (ISG)
- Katherine Rutherford (ISG)
- Michelle Arnold (ISG)
- Jon Button (Labour)
- Tony Burrell (Labour)
- Malcolm Beecher (not matched to a member)
- Nicholas (not matched to a member)
Against (8)
- Anant Mathur (Conservative)
- Buddhi Weerasinghe (Conservative)
- Darren Clarke (Conservative)
- Denise Saliagopoulos (Conservative)
- Karen Howkins (Conservative)
- Maureen Attewell (Conservative)
- Med Buck (Conservative)
- Sinead Mooney (Conservative)
Abstained (7)
- Rebecca Geach (Labour)
- Sean Beatty (Labour)
- Sue Doran (Labour)
- John Boughtflower (Conservative)
- Simon Bhadye (Conservative)
- Chris Bateson (Liberal Democrats)
- Mary Bing Dong (UnInd)
From the minutes
A recorded vote was requested on this item. Councillors Bateson and Doran declared that they would both abstain from voting on this item as they had been members on the Annual Grants Panel. For Councillors Dunn, Arnold, Barker, Beecher, Boparai, Burrell, Button, Caplin, Geraci, Gibson, Grant, Gyawali, Neall, Nicholas, Rutherford, Sexton, Turner, Williams – 18 votes Against Councillors Attewell, Buck, Clarke, Howkins, Mathur, Mooney, Saliagopoulos, Weerasinghe, Woodward – 9 votes Abstain Councillors Bateson, Beatty, Bhadye, Bing Dong, Boughtflower, S Doran, Geach, Lee – 8 votes Council resolved to: 1. Approve the recommendation of the Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee regarding the proposed recipients of the 2026/27 Communit
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