Request to hold an extraordinary meeting of the Council under Part 4A, section 3.1(c) of the Council's Constitution
Full council, 15 November 2023: a named vote.
For 25, Against 29, Abstained 2.
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 (25)
- Anthony Fairclough (Liberal Democrats)
- Chessie Flack (Liberal Democrats)
- Hina Bokhari OBE (Liberal Democrats)
- Jenifer Gould (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)
Against (29)
- Agatha Mary Akyigyina OBE (Labour)
- Aidan Mundy (Labour)
- Andrew Judge (Labour)
- Billy Christie (Labour)
- Billy Hayes (Labour)
- Brenda Fraser (Labour)
- Caroline Charles (Labour)
- Caroline Cooper-Marbiah (Labour)
- Dennis Pearce (Labour)
- Edith Macauley MBE (Labour)
- Eleanor Stringer (Labour)
- Helena Dollimore (Labour)
- James Williscroft (Labour)
- Joan Henry (Labour)
- Laxmi Attawar (Labour)
- Linda Kirby MBE (Labour)
- Marsie Skeete (Labour)
- Martin Whelton (Labour)
- Michael Butcher (Labour)
- Mike Brunt (Labour)
- Natasha Irons (Labour)
- Peter McCabe (Labour)
- Ross Garrod (Labour)
- Sally Kenny (Labour)
- Sheri-Ann Bhim (Labour)
- Slawek Szczepanski (Labour)
- Stephen Alambritis MBE (Labour)
- Stuart Neaverson (Labour)
- Usaama Kaweesa (Labour)
Abstained (2)
- Gill Manly (Labour)
- Stephen Mercer (Merton Park Ward Independent Residents)
From the minutes
. As six members of the Council requested that a recorded vote be taken on the vote on the Conservative amendment, a roll call was taken and the votes were as follows: Votes in Favour (25): Councillors Austin, Barlow, Bokhari, Braithwaite, Cox, Dresselaers, Fairclough, Flack, Foley, Galea, Gould, Hall, Hicks, Holden, Howard, Kohler, MacArthur, McGrath, McLean, Oliver, Page, Paterson, Reiss, Willis and Wilson. Votes Against (29): Akyigyina, Councillors Alambritis, Attawar, Bhim, Brunt, Butcher, Charles, Christie, Cooper-Marbiah, Dollimore, Fraser, Garrod, Hayes, Henry, Irons, Judge, Kaweesa, Kenny, Kirby, Macauley, McCabe, Mundy, Neaverson, Pearce, Skeete, Stringer, Szczepanski, Williscroft and the Deputy Mayor Councillor Whelton. Abstentions (2): Councillor Mercer and the Mayor Councillor Manly. The report was then put to the vote and carried: Votes For – 29, Against – 25, Abstentions – 2. RESOLVED: A. That Council noted the contents of the
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