Opposition Group Motion for Debate
Full council, 15 July 2025: a named vote, lost.
For 8, Against 51, 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 (8)
- Andrew Steed (Liberal Democrats)
- Athena Zissimos (Liberal Democrats)
- Connie Hersch (Liberal Democrats)
- Gary Busuttil (Liberal Democrats)
- Gary Malcolm (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Ball (Liberal Democrats)
- Fabio Conti (Conservative)
- Mrs Seema Kumar (Conservative)
Against (51)
- Amarjit Jammu (Labour)
- Aysha Raza (Labour)
- Bassam Mahfouz (Labour)
- Ben Wesson (Labour)
- Binda Rai (Labour)
- Blerina Hashani (Labour)
- Claire Tighe (Labour)
- Dee Martin (Labour)
- Dominic Moffitt (Labour)
- Faduma Mohamed (Labour)
- Gareth Shaw (Labour)
- Ghulam Murtaza (Labour)
- Grace Quansah (Labour)
- Harbhajan Kaur Dheer (Labour)
- Hitesh Tailor (Labour)
- Hodan Haili (Labour)
- Ian Kingston (Labour)
- Ilayda Nijhar (Labour)
- Jasbir Anand (Labour)
- John Martin (Labour)
- Kamaljit Dhindsa (Labour)
- Kamaljit Kaur Nagpal (Labour)
- Kanwal Kaur Bains (Labour)
- Karam Mohan (Labour)
- Kate Crawford (Labour)
- Katie Douglas (Labour)
- Kim Kaur Nagpal (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)
- Ray Wall (Labour)
- Rima Baaklini (Labour)
- Shahbaz Ahmed (Labour)
- Shital Manro (Labour)
- Stephen Donnelly (Labour)
- Surinder Kaur Jassal (Labour)
- Swaran Padda (Labour)
- Tarept Sidhu (Labour)
- Tariq Mahmood (Labour)
- Varlene Alexander (Labour)
- Yoel Gordon (Labour)
- Yvonne Johnson (Labour)
- Dheer (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Anthony Kelly (Labour)
From the minutes
he opposition group motion for debate. Councillors Driscoll, Rai, Conti, Mason, Kim Nagpal and Shaw responded to the motion. Councillor Hersch summed up. A recorded vote was held and the motion FELL. Voting For: Councillors Busuttil, Ball, Hersch, Malcolm, Steed, Zissimos, Kumar and Conti. Against: Councillors Shaw, M Ahmed, S Ahmed, Alexander, J Anand, P Anand, Baaklini, Bains, Brett, K Crawford, Kaur Dheer, Dheer, Dhindsa, Donnelly, Douglas, Driscoll, Gordon, Haili, Hamidi, Hashani, Iqbal, Jammu, Jassal, Johnson, Kingston, Knewstub, Mahfouz, Mahmood, Manro, D Martin, J Martin, Mason, Midha, Moffitt, Mohamed, Mohan, Murtaza, Kim Kaur Nagpal, Kamaljit Kaur Nagpal, Nijhar, Padda, Quansah, Rai, Raza, Rice, Sidhu, Tailor, Tighe, L Wall, R Wall and Wesson. Abstentions: Councillor Kelly.
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.