Budget 2026-27 and MTFS 2026-30
Full council, 25 February 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 32, Against 0, 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.
Only one side of this vote could be read from the minutes. The others may be recorded in a form that couldn't be read, or not at all.
For (32)
- 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)
- Edward Foley (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)
- Stephen Mercer (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)
- Caroline Charles (Independent)
From the minutes
Reiss, Willis and Wilson (18) The Mayor declared the amendment to be lost and called for a roll call vote on the substantive report for the Budget 2026/27 and MTFS 2026-30. The voting was as follows: Votes in Favour: Akyigyina, Alambritis, Attawar, Bhim, Brunt, Butcher, Charles, Christie, Cooper-Marbiah, Foley, Fraser, Garrod, Hayes, Henry, Johnston, Judge, Kaweesa, Kenny, Kirby, Macauley, Manly, McCabe, Mercer, Mundy, Neaverson, Ofeimu, Pearce, Skeete, Stringer, Szczepanski, Deputy Mayor Councillor Syeda and the Mayor Councillor Whelton (32) Votes Against (0) Not Voting; Austin, Barlow, Bokhari, Braithwaite, Cox, Dresselaers, Fairclough, Flack, Galea, Hall, Hicks, Holden, Howard, Kohler, MacArthur, McGrath, McLean, Oliver, Page, Paterson, Reiss, Willis and Wilson (23) RESOLVED: A. That Council resolves, having considered all of the information in this report, and noted the Chief Financial Officer's Section 25 state
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