Motion: Welfare Reform Bill - changes to disability and long-term sickness benefits
Full council, 8 July 2025: a named vote.
For 35, Against 0, Abstained 4.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Liberal Democrats. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (35)
- Afy Afilaka (Liberal Democrats)
- Alison Holt (Liberal Democrats)
- Amir Ali Khan (Liberal Democrats)
- Andreas Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Bolton (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Sillett (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Wooldridge (Liberal Democrats)
- Anita Schaper (Liberal Democrats)
- Anne Owen (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Park (Liberal Democrats)
- Farshid Sadr-Hashemi (Liberal Democrats)
- Griseldis Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)
- Helen Grocott (Liberal Democrats)
- John Sweeney (Liberal Democrats)
- Lesley Heap (Liberal Democrats)
- Liz Green (Liberal Democrats)
- Lorraine Dunstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Lynn Henderson (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Durrant (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Massimi (Liberal Democrats)
- Nicola Nardelli (Liberal Democrats)
- Olly Wehring (Liberal Democrats)
- Patrick Hall (Liberal Democrats)
- Peter Herlinger (Liberal Democrats)
- Richard Thorpe (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Dongsung Kim (Liberal Democrats)
- Roger Hayes (Liberal Democrats)
- Sabah Hamed (Liberal Democrats)
- Sharukh Mirza (Liberal Democrats)
- Susan Skipwith (Liberal Democrats)
- Thay Thayalan (Liberal Democrats)
- Tom Reeve (Liberal Democrats)
- Yogan Yoganathan (Liberal Democrats)
- Yvonne Tracey (Kingston Independent Residents Group)
- Kamala Kugan (not matched to a member)
Abstained (4)
- Ian George (Conservative)
- Rowena Bass (Conservative)
- Noel Hadjimichael (Liberal Democrats)
- Sue Ansari (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
and Guidance (IAG) offer to ensure it is current, relevant, and accessible to those affected, and by continuing to collaborate with partners such as Kingston's Centre for Independent Living.” Voting: For: Councillors Afy Afilaka, Andrew Bolton, Lorraine Dunstone, Mark Durrant, Liz Green, Helen Grocott, Patrick Hall, Sabah Hamed, Roger Hayes, Lesley Heap, Lynn Henderson, Peter Herlinger, Alison Holt, Amir Ali Khan, Robert Dongsung Kim, Andreas Kirsch, Griseldis Kirsch, Kamala Kugan, Mike Massimi, Sharukh Mirza, Nicola Nardelli, Anne Owen, Elizabeth Park, Tom Reeve, Farshid Sadr-Hashemi, Anita Schaper, Andrew Sillett, Susan Skipwith, John Sweeney, Thay Thayalan, Richard Thorpe, Yvonne Tracey, Olly Wehring, Andrew Wooldridge and Yogan Yoganathan. (35) Against: None. (0) Abstentions: Councillors Noel Hadjimichael (Mayor), Sue Ansari (Deputy Mayor), Rowena Bass, Ian George. (4) Councillors James Giles and Jamal Chohan left the room before this vote and did not participate for the remainder of the meeting.
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.