Appointment of the Leader of the Council
Full council, 20 May 2026: a named vote.
For 20, Against 33, Abstained 2.
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 (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)
Against (33)
- 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)
- Floyd Dias Do Rosario (Conservative)
- Manoj Mishra (Conservative)
- Michael Maurice (Conservative)
- Sapna Chadha (Conservative)
- Shamim Chowdhury (Conservative)
- Suresh Kansagra (Conservative)
- A.Patel (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)
Abstained (2)
- Kanta Mistry (Conservative)
- Agha (Mayor) (not matched to a member)
From the minutes
be for a term of office to expire at the Annual Council meeting in May 2030. The voting recorded on the amendment moved to change the term of appointment for the Leader of the Council was as follows: For: (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. Against (33): Councillors Aden, P.Ahmed, Amadi, Anderson, Bajwa, Blackman, Burn, M.Butt, S.Butt, Chadha, Choudry, Chowdhury, Dar, De Souza, Dixon, Donnelly-Jackson, Do Rosario, Grahl, Hack, Ibrahim, Johnson, Kansagra, Kelcher, Knight, Madhabushi, Mahmood, Maurice, McLeish, Mishra, A.Patel, H.Patel, Rubin and Thomas. Abstentions (2): Councillors Agha (Mayor) and Mistry (Deputy 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.