2024-25 Budget Strategy
Full council, 5 March 2024: a named vote.
For 50, Against 11, 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 (50)
- Amarjit Jammu (Labour)
- Anthony Kelly (Labour)
- Aysha Raza (Labour)
- Bassam Mahfouz (Labour)
- Ben Wesson (Labour)
- Binda Rai (Labour)
- Blerina Hashani (Labour)
- Callum Anderson (Labour)
- Charan Sharma (Labour)
- Chris Summers (Labour)
- Claire Tighe (Labour)
- Daniel Crawford (Labour)
- Dee Martin (Labour)
- Deirdre Costigan (Labour)
- Faduma Mohamed (Labour)
- Gareth Shaw (Labour)
- Ghulam Murtaza (Labour)
- Grace Quansah (Labour)
- Hodan Haili (Labour)
- Ian Kingston (Labour)
- Ilayda Nijhar (Labour)
- John Martin (Labour)
- Kamaldeep Sahota (Labour)
- Kamaljit Kaur Nagpal (Labour)
- Kanwal Kaur Bains (Labour)
- Karam Mohan (Labour)
- Kate Crawford (Labour)
- Lauren Wall (Labour)
- Louise Brett (Labour)
- Miriam Rice (Labour)
- Mohinder Midha (Labour)
- Monica Hamidi (Labour)
- Muhammad Iqbal (Labour)
- Munir Ahmed (Labour)
- Paul Driscoll (Labour)
- Peter Mason (Labour)
- Polly Knewstub (Labour)
- Praveen Anand (Labour)
- Ranjit Dheer (Labour)
- Ray Wall (Labour)
- Rima Baaklini (Labour)
- Sanjai Kohli (Labour)
- Shahbaz Ahmed (Labour)
- Shital Manro (Labour)
- Stephen Donnelly (Labour)
- Surinder Kaur Jassal (Labour)
- Tariq Mahmood (Labour)
- Yoel Gordon (Labour)
- Yvonne Johnson (Labour)
- Kim Nagpal (not matched to a member)
Against (11)
- Andrew Steed (Liberal Democrats)
- Athena Zissimos (Liberal Democrats)
- Connie Hersch (Liberal Democrats)
- Gary Busuttil (Liberal Democrats)
- Gary Malcolm (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Ball (Liberal Democrats)
- Anthony Young (Conservative)
- Fabio Conti (Conservative)
- Gregory Stafford (Conservative)
- Julian Gallant (Conservative)
- Mrs Seema Kumar (Conservative)
Abstained (1)
- Hitesh Tailor (Labour)
From the minutes
LA that its relevant basic amount of council tax for 2024/25 is excessive and therefore the council is not required to hold a referendum in accordance with Section 52ZK of the LGFA 1992 (as amended). Voting For – Councillors Shaw, Mason, Costigan, Mahfouz, Manro, Donnelly, Kamaljit Kaur Nagpal, Brett, Knewstub, R Wall, Gordon, Haili, Sahota, Kingston, Rice, Kelly, D Martin, Johnson, J Martin, M Ahmed, Mahmood, S Ahmed, Mohamed, L Wall, Jammu, Iqbal, Anderson, Hashani, Kohli, Kim Nagpal, Driscoll, P Anand, Mohan, Dheer, Raza, Jassal, Nijhar, Baaklini, Wesson, Tighe, Summers, Murtaza, Hamidi, Rai, Quansah, Sharma, Midha, K Crawford, Bains and D Crawford Against – Councillors Busuttil, Steed, Malcolm, Zissimos, Hersch, Ball, Gallant, Kumar, Conti, Young and Stafford. Abstentions – Councillor Tailor
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.