2026-27 Budget Strategy
Full council, 3 March 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 11, Against 43, 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 (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)
- Jonathan Oxley (Liberal Democrats)
- Anthony Young (Conservative)
- Fabio Conti (Conservative)
- Julian Gallant (Conservative)
- Mrs Seema Kumar (Conservative)
Against (43)
- Amarjit Jammu (Labour)
- Bassam Mahfouz (Labour)
- Ben Wesson (Labour)
- Binda Rai (Labour)
- Blerina Hashani (Labour)
- Charan Sharma (Labour)
- Chris Summers (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)
- Ian Kingston (Labour)
- Ilayda Nijhar (Labour)
- John Martin (Labour)
- Josh Blacker (Labour)
- Kamaljit Dhindsa (Labour)
- Kamaljit Kaur Nagpal (Labour)
- Kanwal Kaur Bains (Labour)
- Karam Mohan (Labour)
- Katie Douglas (Labour)
- Kim Kaur Nagpal (Labour)
- Lauren Wall (Labour)
- Louise Brett (Labour)
- Miriam Rice (Labour)
- Monica Hamidi (Labour)
- Muhammad Iqbal (Labour)
- Munir Ahmed (Labour)
- Paul Driscoll (Labour)
- Polly Knewstub (Labour)
- Praveen Anand (Labour)
- Ray Wall (Labour)
- Rima Baaklini (Labour)
- Sanjai Kohli (Labour)
- Shahbaz Ahmed (Labour)
- Stephen Donnelly (Labour)
- Tariq Mahmood (Labour)
- Yoel Gordon (Labour)
- Yvonne Johnson (Labour)
- Dheer (not matched to a member)
Abstained (1)
- Anthony Kelly (Labour)
From the minutes
mers, Kumar, Johnson, Driscoll, Steed, Bains, Ranjit Dheer, Conti, Kim Nagpal, Nijhar, Hersch, Murtaza, Rice and Rai responded to the motion. A recorded vote was taken and the amendment FELL. Voting: For: Councillors Busuttil, Ball, Hersch, Malcolm, Oxley, Steed, Zissimos, Kumar, Conti, Gallant and Young Against: Councillors Shaw, M Ahmed, S Ahmed, Baaklini, Bains, Blacker, Brett, Kaur Dheer, Dheer, Dhindsa, Donnelly, Douglas, Driscoll, Gordon, Hamidi, Hashani, Iqbal, Jammu, Johnson, Kingston, Knewstub, Kohli, Mahfouz, Mahmood, D Martin, J Martin, Moffitt, Mohamed, Mohan, Murtaza, Kim Kaur Nagpal, Kamaljit Kaur Nagpal, Nijhar, Quansah, Rai, Rice, Sharma, Summers, Tighe, L Wall, R Wall, Wesson and P Anand Abstentions: Councillor Kelly A recorded vote was taken and it was RESOLVED: That Revenue Budget Notes the statement of the Strategic Director, Resources on the adequacy of reserv
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.