Budget 2026-27 and MTFS 2026-30
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 26, Against 29, 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 (26)
- Anthony Fairclough (Liberal Democrats)
- Chessie Flack (Liberal Democrats)
- Hina Bokhari OBE (Liberal Democrats)
- Jil Hall (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)
- Susie Hicks (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)
- Edward Foley (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)
- Stephen Mercer (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)
- Caroline Charles (Independent)
Against (29)
- 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)
- Marsie Skeete (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)
- Slawek Szczepanski (Labour)
- Stephen Alambritis MBE (Labour)
- Stuart Neaverson (Labour)
- Usaama Kaweesa (Labour)
From the minutes
debate, Councillor Garrod exercised his right of reply and the Mayor then called for a roll-call vote on the Liberal Democrat amendment to the Budget 2026/27 and MTFS 2026-30. Voting was as follows: Votes in Favour: Austin, Barlow, Bokhari, Braithwaite, Charles, Cox, Dresselaers, Fairclough, Flack, Foley, Galea, Hall, Hicks, Holden, Howard, Kohler, MacArthur, McGrath, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Page, Paterson, Reiss, Willis and Wilson. (26) Votes Against: Akyigyina, Alambritis, Attawar, Bhim, Brunt, Butcher, Christie, Cooper-Marbiah, Fraser, Garrod, Hayes, Henry, Johnston, Judge, Kaweesa, Kenny, Kirby, Macauley, Manly, McCabe, Mundy, Neaverson, Ofeimu, Pearce, Skeete, Stringer, Szczepanski, Deputy Mayor Councillor Syeda and the Mayor Councillor Whelton. (29) Not Voting: (0) The Mayor declared the amendment to be lost and called for a roll call vote on the Conservative amendment. Voting was as follow
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.