To elect the Mayor of the Borough for the Municipal Year 2026 - 2027
Full council, 20 May 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 34, Against 20, Abstained 1.
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 (34)
- Abdi Aden (Labour)
- Angela Joyce De Souza (Labour)
- Arshad Mahmood (Labour)
- Fleur Donnelly-Jackson (Labour)
- George Burn (Labour)
- Gwen Grahl (Labour)
- Jake Rubin (Labour)
- Jasbinder Bajwa (Labour)
- Liz Dixon (Labour)
- Lloyd McLeish (Labour)
- Matt Kelcher (Labour)
- Promise Knight (Labour)
- Rhoda Ibrahim (Labour)
- Robert Johnson (Labour)
- Samiah Anderson (Labour)
- Saqlain Choudry (Labour)
- Tariq Dar MBE (Labour)
- Tashi Thomas (Labour)
- Tina Amadi (Labour)
- Trevor Blackman (Labour)
- Floyd Dias Do Rosario (Conservative)
- Kanta Mistry (Conservative)
- Manoj Mishra (Conservative)
- Michael Maurice (Conservative)
- Sapna Chadha (Conservative)
- Shamim Chowdhury (Conservative)
- Suresh Kansagra (Conservative)
- A.Patel (not matched to a member)
- Agha (not matched to a member)
- H.Patel (not matched to a member)
- M.Butt (not matched to a member)
- Madhabushi (not matched to a member)
- P.Ahmed (not matched to a member)
- S.Butt (not matched to a member)
Against (20)
- Anton Georgiou (Liberal Democrats)
- Barbara Want (Liberal Democrats)
- Charlie Clinton (Liberal Democrats)
- Daniel Brown (Liberal Democrats)
- Deborah Unger (Liberal Democrats)
- Fiona Mulaisho (Liberal Democrats)
- Hetal Jansali (Liberal Democrats)
- Jigar Shah (Liberal Democrats)
- Krishna Chauhan (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Lorber (Liberal Democrats)
- Amandine Alexandre (Green)
- Keith Perrin (Green)
- Mary Mitchell (Green)
- Najib Warsame (Green)
- Nisha Vakani (Green)
- Paul Ryan (Green)
- Suzanne Gallagher (Green)
- Ahmadi-Moghaddam (not matched to a member)
- Malonga (not matched to a member)
- N.Patel (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Ryan Hack (Labour)
From the minutes
D that Councillor Amer Agha be elected Mayor of the London Borough of Brent for the 2026 - 2027 Municipal Year. The voting recorded on the appointment of Councillor Amer Agha as Mayor was as follows: For (34): Councillors Aden, Agha, P.Ahmed, Amadi, Anderson, Bajwa, Blackman, Burn, M.Butt, S.Butt, Chadha, Choudry, Chowdhury, Dar, De Souza, Dixon, Donnelly-Jackson, Do Rosario, Grahl, Ibrahim, Johnson, Kansagra, Kelcher, Knight, Madhabushi, Mahmood, Maurice, McLeish, Mishra, Mistry, A.Patel, H.Patel, Rubin and Thomas Against: (20): Councillors Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Alexandre, Brown, Chauhan, Clinton, Gallagher, Georgiou, Jansali, Lorber, Malonga, Mitchell, Mulaisho, N.Patel, Perrin, Ryan, Shah, Unger, Vakani, Want and Warsame. Abstentions (1): Councillor Hack (Mayor). Councillor Agha then proceeded to sign the statutory Declaration of Acceptance of Office of Mayor.
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.