Determination of Complaint against Councillor Kamala Kugan - Standards Sub-Committee (09.02.2026)
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 12, Against 22, Abstained 7.
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 (12)
- Afy Afilaka (Liberal Democrats)
- Amir Ali Khan (Liberal Democrats)
- Anita Schaper (Liberal Democrats)
- Farshid Sadr-Hashemi (Liberal Democrats)
- Liz Green (Liberal Democrats)
- Mariana Goncalves (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Beynon (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Massimi (Liberal Democrats)
- Sharukh Mirza (Liberal Democrats)
- Jamal Chohan (Kingston Independent Residents Group)
- James Giles (Kingston Independent Residents Group)
- Yvonne Tracey (Kingston Independent Residents Group)
Against (22)
- Alison Holt (Liberal Democrats)
- Andreas Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Bolton (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Wooldridge (Liberal Democrats)
- Diane White (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Park (Liberal Democrats)
- Ian Manders (Liberal Democrats)
- John Sweeney (Liberal Democrats)
- Lesley Heap (Liberal Democrats)
- Lorraine Dunstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Lynn Henderson (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Durrant (Liberal Democrats)
- Nicola Nardelli (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)
- Tom Reeve (Liberal Democrats)
- Yogan Yoganathan (Liberal Democrats)
- Kamala Kugan (Independent)
Abstained (7)
- Anne Owen (Liberal Democrats)
- Griseldis Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)
- Noel Hadjimichael (Liberal Democrats)
- Olly Wehring (Liberal Democrats)
- Sue Ansari (Liberal Democrats)
- Susan Skipwith (Liberal Democrats)
- Thay Thayalan (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
mala Kugan remain eligible to sit on the New and Old Malden Neighbourhood Committee in order to ensure representation for local residents. The amendment was debated and was subsequently LOST. Voting: For: Councillors Afy Afilaka, Mark Beynon, Jamal Chohan, James Giles, Mariana Goncalves, Liz Green, Amir Ali Khan, Mike Massimi, Sharukh Mirza, Farshid Sadr-Hashemi, Anita Schaper and Yvonne Tracey (12) Against: Councillors Andrew Bolton, Lorraine Dunstone, Mark Durrant, Patrick Hall, Sabah Hamed, Roger Hayes, Lesley Heap, Lynn Henderson, Peter Herlinger, Alison Holt, Robert Dongsung Kim, Andreas Kirsch, Kamala Kugan, Ian Manders, Nicola Nardelli, Elizabeth Park, Tom Reeve, John Sweeney, Richard Thorpe, Diane White, Andrew Wooldridge and Yogan Yoganathan. (22) Abstentions: Councillors Sue Ansari, Griseldis Kirsch, Noel Hadjimichael, Anne Owen, Susan Skipwith, Thay Thayalan and Olly Wehring. (7) The Council subsequently voted on the substantive motion to remove Councillor Kamala Kugan from all Council committees. RESOLVED that Councillor
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