Motions

Full council, 22 January 2026: a named vote, carried.

For 26, Against 15, Abstained 4.

Party in overall control of the council on the date: Conservative. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.

For (26)

Adam Bennett (Conservative)
Colleen Sullivan (Conservative)
Darran Davies (Conservative)
Douglas Mills (Conservative)
Eddie Lavery (Conservative)
Ekta Gohil (Conservative)
Farhad Choubedar (Conservative)
Ian Edwards (Conservative)
Jane Palmer (Conservative)
Jas Dhot (Conservative)
John Riley (Conservative)
Jonathan Bianco (Conservative)
Kaushik Banerjee (Conservative)
Keith Burrows (Conservative)
Kelly Martin (Conservative)
Kishan Bhatt (Conservative)
Nick Denys (Conservative)
Peter Smallwood OBE (Conservative)
Reeta Chamdal (Conservative)
Richard Mills (Conservative)
Roy Chamdal (Conservative)
Shehryar Ahmad-Wallana (Conservative)
Steve Tuckwell (Conservative)
Susan O'Brien (Conservative)
Wayne Bridges (Conservative)
The Mayor ( Corthorne) (not matched to a member)

Against (15)

Barry Nelson-West (Labour)
Ella Garelick (Labour)
Gursharan Mand (Labour)
Jagjit Singh (Labour)
Jan Sweeting (Labour)
June Nelson (Labour)
Kamal Preet Kaur (Labour)
Kuldeep Lakhmana (Labour)
Mohammed Shofiul Islam (Labour)
Narinder Garg (Labour)
Raju Sansarpuri (Labour)
Sital Punja (Labour)
Stuart Mathers (Labour)
Tony Burles (Labour)
Tony Gill (Labour)

Abstained (4)

Janet Gardner (Hayes IND)
Labina Basit (Hayes IND)
Peter Curling (Hayes IND)
Scott Farley (Hayes IND)

From the minutes

the use of green belt land in exceptional circumstances so this appeared to be a political stunt to inflame fear with no credible alternative being offered up. The motion was put to a recorded vote: Those voting for: The Mayor (Councillor Corthorne), the Deputy Mayor (Councillor Reeta Chamdal), Councillors Ahmad-Wallana, Banerjee, Bennett, Bhatt, Bianco, Bridges, Burrows, Roy Chamdal, Choubedar, Davies, Denys, Dhot, Edwards, Gohil, Lavery, Martin, D Mills, R Mills, O'Brien, Palmer, Riley, Smallwood, Sullivan and Tuckwell. Those voting against: Councillors Burles, Garelick, Garg, Gill, Islam, Kaur, Lakhmana, Mand, Mathers, Nelson, Nelson-West, Punja, Sansarpuri, Singh and Sweeting. Those abstaining: Councillors Basit, Curling, Farley and Gardner. The motion was carried and it was: RESOLVED: That this Council unequivocally condemns the proposed changes to national and London-wide planning legi

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.