Proposed changes to the Constitution: Part 4 Constitution Council and Committee procedures Overview and Scrutiny Procedures Part 1 Summary, Glossary Terms
Full council, 18 March 2026: a named vote on the recommendations, carried.
For 29, Against 8, 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 (29)
- Aidan Smith (Labour)
- Anthony Okereke (Labour)
- Asli Mohammed (Labour)
- Averil Lekau (Labour)
- Calum O'Byrne Mulligan (Labour)
- Christine May (Labour)
- Christine St. Matthew-Daniel (Labour)
- David Gardner (Labour)
- Denise Hyland (Labour)
- Dr Dominic Mbang (Labour)
- Elizabeth Ige (Labour)
- Issy Cooke (Labour)
- Jackie Smith (Labour)
- Jahdia Spencer (Labour)
- Leo Fletcher (Labour)
- Maisie Richards Cottell (Labour)
- Majid Rahman (Labour)
- Mariam Lolavar (Labour)
- Nick Williams (Labour)
- Odette McGahey (Labour)
- Olu Babatola (Labour)
- Pat Slattery (Labour)
- Rachel Taggart-Ryan (Labour)
- Raja Zeeshan (Labour)
- Rowshan Hannan (Labour)
- Sam Littlewood (Labour)
- Sandra Bauer (Labour)
- Simon Peirce (Labour)
- Matt Morrow (not matched to a member)
Against (8)
- Charlie Davis (Conservative)
- Matt Hartley (Conservative)
- Patricia Greenwell (Conservative)
- Roger Tester (Conservative)
- Lakshan Saldin (Green)
- Tamasin Rhymes (Green)
- Ann-Marie Cousins (Independent)
- Majella Anning (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Linda Bird (Labour)
From the minutes
he Mayor put the recommendations to the vote. In line with the call of Division for the Council to conduct a recorded vote on this item the Chief Executive called on each Member to cast their vote. … Voting in favour of the recommendations were Councillors Olu Babatola, Sandra Bauer, Jo van den Broek, Issy Cooke, Leo Fletcher, David Gardner, Rowshan Hannan, Denise Hyland, Elizabeth Ige, Averil Lekau, Sam Littlewood, Mariam Lolavar, Christine May, Dominic Mbang, Odette McGahey, Asli Mohammed, Matt Morrow, Calum O'Byrne Mulligan, Anthony Okereke, Simon Peirce, Majid Rahman, Maisie Richards Cottell, Pat Slattery, Aidan Smith, Jackie Smith, Jahdia Spencer, Christine St Matthew-Daniel, Rachel Taggart-Ryan, Nick Williams, Raja Zeeshan. Voting against were Councillors Majella Anning, Ann-Marie Cousins, Charlie Davis, Pat Greenwell, Matt Hartley, Tamasin Rhymes, Lakshan Saldin and Roger Tester. Councillor Linda Bird abstained from voting. The recommendations were agreed. Resolved - Approved the changes to Part 4 of the Council Constitution as set out in Appendix A (Council and Committee
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.