Motion
Full council, 22 October 2026: a named vote.
For 12, Against 9, 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 (12)
- Darren Clarke (Conservative)
- John Boughtflower (Conservative)
- Karen Howkins (Conservative)
- Maureen Attewell (Conservative)
- Med Buck (Conservative)
- Naz Islam (Conservative)
- Rose Chandler (Conservative)
- Simon Bhadye (Conservative)
- Sinead Mooney (Conservative)
- Lisa Brennan (UnInd)
- Mary Bing Dong (UnInd)
- Howard Williams (ISG)
Against (9)
- Chris Bateson (Liberal Democrats)
- Greg Neall (Liberal Democrats)
- Harry Boparai (Liberal Democrats)
- John Turner (Liberal Democrats)
- Kathy Grant (Liberal Democrats)
- Laura Barker (Liberal Democrats)
- Lawrence Nichols (Liberal Democrats)
- Sandra Dunn (Liberal Democrats)
- Suraj Gyawali (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (12)
- John Doran (Labour)
- Jon Button (Labour)
- Rebecca Geach (Labour)
- Sean Beatty (Labour)
- Sue Doran (Labour)
- Tony Burrell (Labour)
- Daniel Geraci (ISG)
- Joanne Sexton (ISG)
- Katherine Rutherford (ISG)
- Michelle Arnold (ISG)
- Michele Gibson (Liberal Democrats)
- Malcolm Beecher (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
advised that as the second part of the motion was dependent on the first being successful, the motion would be considered in two parts. A recorded vote was requested and the results were as follows: For (12): Attewell, Bhadye, Bing Dong, Boughtflower, Brennan, Buck, Chandler, Clarke, Howkins, Islam, Mooney, Williams Against (9): Dunn, Barker, Bateson, Boparai, Grant, Gyawali, Neall, Nichols, Turner Abstain (12): Gibson, Arnold, Beatty, Beecher, Burrell, Button, J Doran, S Doran, Geach, Geraci, Rutherford, Sexton The Council resolved to approve the vote of no confidence and removal from office of the Leader and Deputy Leader of Spelthorne Borough Council. Meet
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.