Appoint to Leader of the Council
Full council, 6 February 2026: a named vote.
For 30, Against 5, Abstained 0.
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 (30)
- Astrid Scott (Labour)
- Cathy Watson (Labour)
- Ian Walsh (Labour)
- James Broach (Labour)
- Jane Otumunye (Labour)
- Karthik Bonkur (Labour)
- Kieran Thorpe (Labour)
- Leo Gilbert (Labour)
- Matthew Hobbs (Labour)
- Max Holloway (Labour)
- Pankit Shah (Labour)
- Rose Grewal (Labour)
- Shirley Asare (Labour)
- Adrienne Nix (Liberal Democrats)
- Darrell Panter (Liberal Democrats)
- Duncan Jones (Liberal Democrats)
- Fauzia Haider (Liberal Democrats)
- Frank A Marsh (Liberal Democrats)
- Gemma Moore (Liberal Democrats)
- Jane Quinton (Liberal Democrats)
- Jean-Paul Bernard Skoczylas (Liberal Democrats)
- Michal Siewniak (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Zukowskyj (Liberal Democrats)
- Russ Platt (Liberal Democrats)
- Sandreni Bonfante (Liberal Democrats)
- Lucy Musk (Green)
- Jill Weston (Independent)
- A.Chesterman (not matched to a member)
- Gardener (not matched to a member)
- L.Chesterman (not matched to a member)
Against (5)
- Barbara Fitzsimon (Conservative)
- Fiona Thomson (Conservative)
- George Michaelides (Conservative)
- Julie Cragg (Conservative)
- Tony Kingsbury (Conservative)
From the minutes
s regarding previous Cabinet votes on Local Government Reorganisation and cancelation of elections. The required five members supported the proposal for a recorded vote. RESOLVED: (FOR: 30 AGAINST: 5 ABSTAIN: 0) (Councillors voting FOR: Asare, Bonfante, Bonkur, Broach, A.Chesterman, L.Chesterman, Gardener, Gilbert, Grewal, Haider, Hobbs, Holloway, Jones, Marsh, Moore, Musk, Nix, Otumunye, Panter, Platt, Quinton, Scott, Shah, Siewniak, Skoczylas, Thorpe, Walsh, Watson, Weston, Zukowskyj. Councillors voting AGAINST: Cragg, Fitzsimon, Kingsbury, Michaelides, Thomson. Councillor Grewal was appointed as Leader of the Council.
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.