Budget 2025-26 and MTFS 2025-29
Full council, 26 February 2025: a named vote, lost.
For 31, Against 21, Abstained 0.
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 (31)
- Agatha Mary Akyigyina OBE (Labour)
- Aidan Mundy (Labour)
- Andrew Judge (Labour)
- Billy Christie (Labour)
- Billy Hayes (Labour)
- Brenda Fraser (Labour)
- Caroline Cooper-Marbiah (Labour)
- Dan Johnston (Labour)
- Dennis Pearce (Labour)
- Edith Macauley MBE (Labour)
- Eleanor Stringer (Labour)
- Franca Ofeimu (Labour)
- Gill Manly (Labour)
- Joan Henry (Labour)
- Laxmi Attawar (Labour)
- Linda Kirby MBE (Labour)
- Martin Whelton (Labour)
- Michael Butcher (Labour)
- Mike Brunt (Labour)
- Peter McCabe (Labour)
- Ross Garrod (Labour)
- Sally Kenny (Labour)
- Sheri-Ann Bhim (Labour)
- Shuile Syeda (Labour)
- Stephen Alambritis MBE (Labour)
- Stuart Neaverson (Labour)
- Usaama Kaweesa (Labour)
- Edward Foley (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)
- Stephen Mercer (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)
- Caroline Charles (Independent)
- the Mayor ( Sczepanski) (not matched to a member)
Against (21)
- Anthony Fairclough (Liberal Democrats)
- Chessie Flack (Liberal Democrats)
- Jenifer Gould (Liberal Democrats)
- John Braithwaite (Liberal Democrats)
- John Oliver (Liberal Democrats)
- Kirsten Galea (Liberal Democrats)
- Klaar Dresselaers (Liberal Democrats)
- Matthew Willis (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrats)
- Robert Page (Liberal Democrats)
- Samantha MacArthur (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon McGrath (Liberal Democrats)
- Tony Reiss (Liberal Democrats)
- Victoria Wilson (Liberal Democrats)
- Andrew Howard (Conservative)
- Daniel Holden (Conservative)
- Eleanor Cox (Conservative)
- Max Austin (Conservative)
- Michael Paterson (Conservative)
- Nick McLean (Conservative)
- Thomas Barlow (Conservative)
From the minutes
s and Wilson (16) The Mayor declared the amendment to be lost. The Mayor then called for a roll-call vote on the substantive report for the Budget 2025-26 and MTFS 2025-29. The voting was as follows: Votes in Favour: Akyigyina, Alambritis, Attawar, Bhim, Brunt, Butcher, Charles, Christie, Cooper-Marbiah, Foley, Garrod, Hayes, Henry, Johnston, Judge, Kaweesa, Kenny, Kirby, Macauley, Manly, McCabe, Mercer, Mundy, Neaverson, Ofeimu, Pearce, Stringer, Syeda, Whelton, Deputy Mayor Councillor Fraser and the Mayor Councillor Sczepanski (31) Votes Against: Austin, Barlow, Braithwaite, Cox, Dresselaers, Fairclough, Flack, Galea, Gould, Holden, Howard, Kohler, MacArthur, McGrath, McLean, Oliver, Page, Paterson, Reiss, Willis and Wilson (21) Not Voting: (0) RESOLVED: A. That the Council resolves that, having considered all of the information in this report and noted the positive assurance
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