Budget and Council Tax 2026 - 2027
Full council, 23 February 2026: a named vote.
For 33, Against 13, Abstained 3.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (33)
- Ajmal Akram (Labour)
- Anthony Molloy (Labour)
- Arshad Mahmood (Labour)
- Bhagwanji Chohan (Labour)
- Daniel Kennelly (Labour)
- Fleur Donnelly-Jackson (Labour)
- Gwen Grahl (Labour)
- Ihtesham Afzal (Labour)
- Ishma Moeen (Labour)
- Jake Rubin (Labour)
- Janice Long (Labour)
- Ketan Sheth (Labour)
- Krupa Sheth (Labour)
- Liz Dixon (Labour)
- Matt Kelcher (Labour)
- Mili Patel (Labour)
- Neil Nerva (Labour)
- Orleen Hylton (Labour)
- Parvez Ahmed (Labour)
- Promise Knight (Labour)
- Rita Conneely (Labour)
- Robert Johnson (Labour)
- Sandra Kabir (Labour)
- Saqlain Choudry (Labour)
- Sonia Shah (Labour)
- Stephen Crabb (Labour)
- Tariq Dar MBE (Labour)
- Teo Benea (Labour)
- Tom Miller (Labour)
- Agha (not matched to a member)
- L.Smith (not matched to a member)
- M.Butt (not matched to a member)
- S.Butt (not matched to a member)
Against (13)
- Jayanti Patel (Conservative)
- Kanta Mistry (Conservative)
- Michael Maurice (Conservative)
- Suresh Kansagra (Conservative)
- Erica Gbajumo (Green)
- Harbi Farah (Green)
- Mary Mitchell (Green)
- Tony Ethapemi (Green)
- Charlie Clinton (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Lorber (Liberal Democrats)
- Ahmadi-Moghaddam (not matched to a member)
- Matin (not matched to a member)
- Rajan Seelan (not matched to a member)
Abstained (3)
- Narinder Singh Bajwa (Labour)
- Ryan Hack (Labour)
- Kathleen Fraser (Independent)
From the minutes
. Abstentions to the Amendment (2): Councillors Hack (Mayor) and Bajwa (Deputy Mayor). The voting recorded on the substantive recommendations, as detailed above, was as follows: For (33): Councillors Afzal, Agha, Ahmed, Akram, Benea, M.Butt, S.Butt, Chohan, Choudry, Conneely, Crabb, Dar, Dixon, Donnelly-Jackson, Grahl, Hylton, Johnson, Kabir, Kelcher, Kennelly, Knight, Long, Mahmood, Miller, Moeen, Molloy, Nerva, Mili Patel, , Rubin, Shah, Ketan Sheth, Krupa Sheth and L.Smith. Against (13): Councillors Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Clinton, Ethapemi, Farah Gbajumo, Kansagra, Lorber, Matin. Maurice, Mistry, Mitchell, Jayanti Patel and Rajan Seelan. Abstentions (3): Councillors Hack (Mayor), Bajwa (Deputy Mayor) and Fraser.
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.