Medium Term Financial Strategy 2026-2030 and Detailed Budget 2026/27
Full council, 26 February 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 4, Against 35, Abstained 2.
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 (4)
- Jamal Chohan (Kingston Independent Residents Group)
- James Giles (Kingston Independent Residents Group)
- Yvonne Tracey (Kingston Independent Residents Group)
- Kamala Kugan (Independent)
Against (35)
- Afy Afilaka (Liberal Democrats)
- Alison Holt (Liberal Democrats)
- Amir Ali Khan (Liberal Democrats)
- Andreas Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Bolton (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Wooldridge (Liberal Democrats)
- Anita Schaper (Liberal Democrats)
- Anne Owen (Liberal Democrats)
- Diane White (Liberal Democrats)
- Elizabeth Park (Liberal Democrats)
- Farshid Sadr-Hashemi (Liberal Democrats)
- Griseldis Kirsch (Liberal Democrats)
- Ian Manders (Liberal Democrats)
- John Sweeney (Liberal Democrats)
- Lesley Heap (Liberal Democrats)
- Liz Green (Liberal Democrats)
- Lorraine Dunstone (Liberal Democrats)
- Lynn Henderson (Liberal Democrats)
- Mariana Goncalves (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Beynon (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)
Abstained (2)
- Noel Hadjimichael (Liberal Democrats)
- Sue Ansari (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
ouncils across England. Following the debate, Councillor Giles requested a roll call vote under Procedure Rule 26 of the Constitution. The Mayor put the amendment to the vote and it was LOST. Voting: For: Councillors James Giles, Jamal Chohan, Kamala Kugan and Yvonne Tracey (4) Against: Councillors Afy Afilaka, Mark Beynon, Andrew Bolton, Lorraine Dunstone, Mark Durrant, Mariana Goncalves, Liz Green, Patrick Hall, Sabah Hamed, Roger Hayes, Lesley Heap, Lynn Henderson, Peter Herlinger, Alison Holt, Amir Ali Khan, Robert Dongsung Kim, Andreas Kirsch, Griseldis Kirsch, Ian Manders, Mike Massimi, Sharukh Mirza, Nicola Nardelli, Anne Owen, Elizabeth Park, Tom Reeve, Farshid Sadr-Hashemi, Anita Schaper, Susan Skipwith, John Sweeney, Thay Thayalan, Richard Thorpe, Olly Wehring, Diane White, Andrew Wooldridge and Yogan Yoganathan. (35) Abstentions: Councillors Noel Hadjimichael and Sue Ansari. (2) The Council returned to debate on the substantive motion. Councillor Andreas Kirsch spoke in support of the proposals. He highlighted the Counci
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