Council Annual Budget Report 2026-2027 and following years, incorporating Capital, Treasury Management, General Fund, Revenue and Housing Revenue Account (Reference from Cabinet)
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 23, Against 25, Abstained 16.
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 (23)
- Aafaq Butt (Labour)
- Angela Sewell (Labour)
- Beverley Addy (Labour)
- Carole Pattison (Labour)
- Eric Firth (Labour)
- Graham Turner (Labour)
- Gwen Lowe (Labour)
- Hannah McKerchar (Labour)
- Harry McCarthy (Labour)
- James Homewood (Labour)
- Jane Rylah (Labour)
- Matthew McLoughlin (Labour)
- Mohan Sokhal (Labour)
- Moses Crook (Labour)
- Munir Ahmed (Labour)
- Nosheen Dad (Labour)
- Sheikh Ullah (Labour)
- Tyler Hawkins (Labour)
- Viv Kendrick (Labour)
- Will Simpson (Labour)
- Zarina Amin (Labour)
- A U Pinnock (not matched to a member)
- O' Donovan (not matched to a member)
Against (25)
- Ammar Anwar (Independent)
- Charles Greaves (Independent)
- Hanifa Darwan (Independent)
- Musarrat Khan (Independent)
- Tanisha Bramwell (Independent)
- Yusra Hussain (Independent)
- Zahid Kahut (Independent)
- Alison Munro (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Marchington (Liberal Democrats)
- Anthony Smith (Liberal Democrats)
- Cahal Burke (Liberal Democrats)
- Kath Pinnock (Liberal Democrats)
- Paola Davies (Liberal Democrats)
- Cathy Scott (CAL)
- Habiban Zaman (CAL)
- Masood Ahmed (CAL)
- Alex Vickers (Green)
- Andrew Cooper (Green)
- Karen Allison (Green)
- Ali Arshad (KCI)
- Imran Safdar (KCI)
- A Pinnock (not matched to a member)
- J C Lawson (not matched to a member)
- J D Lawson (not matched to a member)
- Lee Richards (not matched to a member)
Abstained (16)
- Bill Armer (Conservative)
- Caroline Holt (Conservative)
- Damian Brook (Conservative)
- David Hall (Conservative)
- Donna Bellamy (Conservative)
- Elizabeth Smaje (Conservative)
- Itrat Ali (Conservative)
- John Taylor (Conservative)
- Joshua Sheard (Conservative)
- Lisa Holmes (Conservative)
- Mark Thompson (Conservative)
- Martyn Bolt (Conservative)
- Richard Smith (Conservative)
- Timothy Bamford (Conservative)
- Tony McGrath (Conservative)
- Lees Hamilton (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
to the vote, was carried. The Amended Substantive Motion, upon being put to the vote, was NOT CARRIED. In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 19(7), the vote was taken by Recorded Vote as follows; FOR: Councillors Addy, Munir Ahmed, Amin, Butt, Crook, Dad, Firth, Hawkins, Homewood, Kendrick, Lowe, McCarthy, McKerchar, McLoughlin, O' Donovan, Pattison, A U Pinnock, Rylah, Sewell, Simpson, Sokhal, Turner and Ullah (23 votes). AGAINST: Councillors Masood Ahmed, Allison, Anwar, Arshad, Bramwell, Burke, Cooper, Darwan, Davies, Greaves, Hussain, Kahut, Khan, J C Lawson, J D Lawson, Lee Richards, Marchington, Munro, A Pinnock, K Pinnock, Safdar, Scott, A Smith, Vickers and H Zaman (25 votes). ABSTAINED: Councillors Ali, Armer, Bamford, Bellamy, Bolt, Brook, Hall, Holmes, Holt, Lees Hamilton, McGrath, Sheard, Smaje, R Smith, Taylor and Thompson. As the Amended Substantive Motion was not carried, the Mayor further adjourned the meeting of Council for ongoing discussions to take place and to e
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.