Budget 2026/27: Reference Report to Borough Council from the Meeting of the Cabinet held on 10th February 2026
Full council, 3 March 2026: a named vote on the amendment, lost.
For 9, Against 40, 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 (9)
- Gabriella Giles (Conservative)
- Gerald McGregor (Conservative)
- Jack Emsley BEM (Conservative)
- Joanna Biddolph (Conservative)
- John Todd (Conservative)
- Karamat Malik (Conservative)
- Peter Thompson (Conservative)
- Ron Mushiso (Conservative)
- Theo Dennison (Independent)
Against (40)
- Adesh Farmahan (Labour)
- Ajmer Grewal (Labour)
- Alan Mitchell (Labour)
- Amy Croft (Labour)
- Aqsa Ahmed (Labour)
- Aysha Tariq (Labour)
- Bishnu Bahadur Gurung (Labour)
- Daanish Saeed (Labour)
- Dan Bowring (Labour)
- Emma Siddhu (Labour)
- Farah Kamran (Labour)
- Farhaan Rehman (Labour)
- Ghazala Butt (Labour)
- Gurmail Lal (Labour)
- Hira Dhillon (Labour)
- John Stroud-Turp (Labour)
- Karen Smith (Labour)
- Katherine Dunne (Labour)
- Kuldeep Tak (Labour)
- Lily Bath (Labour)
- Madeeha Asim (Labour)
- Marina Sharma (Labour)
- Max Mosley (Labour)
- Mohammed Umair (Labour)
- Muhammad Shakeel Akram (Labour)
- Pritam Grewal (Labour)
- Ranjit Gill (Labour)
- Rasheed Bhatti (Labour)
- Salman Shaheen (Labour)
- Samia Chaudhary (Labour)
- Samina Nagra (Labour)
- Sayyar Raza (Labour)
- Shantanu Rajawat (Labour)
- Shivraj Grewal (Labour)
- Sue Sampson (Labour)
- Tom Bruce (Labour)
- Tony Louki (Labour)
- Unsa Chaudri (Labour)
- Hina Mir (Independent)
- Raghwinder Siddhu (Independent)
Abstained (1)
- Guy Lambert (Green)
From the minutes
t to a recorded vote, the amendment was lost. Resolved: 1. That Borough Council did not accept the proposed amendment from the Conservative Group. This was a named vote, and Members voted as follows: In favour of the proposed amendment: Councillors Joanna Biddolph, Jack Emsley, Gabriella Giles, Karamat Malik, Gerald McGregor, Ron Mushiso, Peter Thompson, John Todd and Theo Dennison Against the proposed amendment: Councillors Aqsa Ahmed, Muhammad Shakeel Akram, Madeeha Asim, Lily Bath, Rasheed Bhatti, Dan Bowring, Tom Bruce, Ghazala Butt, Samia Chaudhary, Unsa Chaudri, Amy Croft, Hira Dhillon, Katherine Dunne, Adesh Farmahan, Ranjit Gill, Ajmer Grewal, Pritam Grewal, Shivraj Grewal, Bishnu Bahadur Gurung, Farah Kamran, Gurmail Lal, Tony Louki, Hina Mir, Alan Mitchell, Max Mosley, Samina Nagra, Shantanu Rajawat, Sayyar Raza, Farhaan Rehman, Daanish Saeed, Sue Sampson, Salman Shaheen, Marina Sharma, Emma Siddhu, Raghwinder Siddhu, Karen Smith, John Stroud-Turp, Kuldeep Tak, Aysha Tariq and Mohammed Umair. There were 1 abstention: Councillor Guy Lambert This was therefore a majority decision. The Mayor introduced the debate on the substantive report. • Councillor Guy Lambert commented that, although
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.