Appointment of the Leader of the Council
Full council, 20 May 2026: a named vote.
For 24, Against 20, Abstained 11.
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 (24)
- 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)
- Ryan Hack (Labour)
- Samiah Anderson (Labour)
- Saqlain Choudry (Labour)
- Tariq Dar MBE (Labour)
- Tashi Thomas (Labour)
- Tina Amadi (Labour)
- Trevor Blackman (Labour)
- M.Butt (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 (11)
- 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 (Mayor) (not matched to a member)
- H.Patel (not matched to a member)
- Madhabushi (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
te on the nomination of Councillor Georgiou as Leader of the Council would not be required. The voting recorded on the appointment of Councillor Muhammed Butt as Leader of the Council was as follows: For (24): Councillors Aden, P.Ahmed, Amadi, Anderson, Bajwa, Blackman, Burn, M.Butt, S.Butt, Choudry, Dar, De Souza, Dixon, Donnelly-Jackson, Grahl, Hack, Ibrahim, Johnson, Kelcher, Knight, Mahmood, McLeish, 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 (11): Councillors Agha (Mayor), Mistry (Deputy Mayor) Chadha, Chowdhury, Do Rosario, Kansagra, Madhabushi, Maurice, Mishra, A.Patel, H.Patel Having confirmed the appointment of the Leader of the Council, the Mayor then moved on to put the amendment moved by Councillor Lorber (on behalf of
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.