Declaration of a Nature Emergency: Nature Recovery for a Thriving and More Equal Borough
Full council, 24 April 2025: a named vote, carried.
For 43, Against 0, Abstained 11.
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 (43)
- Ahsan Khan (Labour)
- Andrew Dixon (Labour)
- Caramel Quin (Labour)
- Catherine Deakin (Labour)
- Clyde Loakes (Labour)
- Crystal Ihenachor (Labour)
- Elizabeth Baptiste (Labour)
- Gerry Lyons (Labour)
- Grace Williams (Labour)
- Jack Phipps (Labour)
- Jennifer Whilby (Labour)
- Jenny Gray (Labour)
- Johar Khan (Labour)
- Jonathan O'Dea (Labour)
- Kastriot Berberi (Labour)
- Katy Thompson (Labour)
- Keith Rayner (Labour)
- Khevyn Limbajee (Labour)
- Kischa Green (Labour)
- Kizzy Gardiner (Labour)
- Louise Mitchell (Labour)
- Marie Pye (Labour)
- Marsela Berberi (Labour)
- Miriam Mirwitch (Labour)
- Naheed Asghar (Labour)
- Paul Douglas (Labour)
- Raja Anwar (Labour)
- Rhiannon Eglin (Labour)
- Richard Sweden (Labour)
- Rosalind Doré (Labour)
- Sally Littlejohn (Labour)
- Sebastian Salek (Labour)
- Shumon Ali-Rahman (Labour)
- Steve Terry (Labour)
- Terry Wheeler (Labour)
- Tony Bell (Labour)
- Uzma Rasool (Labour)
- Vicky Ashworth (Labour)
- Whitney Ihenachor (Labour)
- Yusuf Patel (Labour)
- Zafran Malik (Labour)
- Anna Mbachu (Independent)
- Tom Connor (Independent)
Abstained (11)
- Afzal Akram (Conservative)
- Catherine Saumarez (Conservative)
- Emma Best (Conservative)
- Jemma Hemsted (Conservative)
- John Moss (Conservative)
- Justin Halabi (Conservative)
- Mitchell Goldie (Conservative)
- Sam O'Connell (Conservative)
- Sazimet Palta Imre (Conservative)
- Tim James (Conservative)
- Marion Fitzgerald (Reform UK)
From the minutes
umarez, Yusef Patel, Marsela Berberi, John Moss, Tony Bell and Emma Best spoke. Councillor Clyde Loakes exercised his right of reply. The motion was put to the vote and a recorded vote was requested. For: S Ali-Rahman, R Anwar, N Asghar, V Ashworth, E Baptiste, T Bell, K Berberi, M Berberi, T Connor, C Deakin, A Dixon, R Doré, P Douglas, R Eglin, K Gardiner, J Gray, K Green, C Ihenachor, W Ihenachor, A Khan, J Khan, K Limbajee, S Littlejohn, C Loakes, G Lyons, Z Malik, A Mbachu, M Mirwitch, L Mitchell, J O'Dea, Y Patel, J Phipps, M Pye, C Quin, U Rasool, K Rayner, S Salek, R Sweden, S Terry, K Thompson, T Wheeler, J Whilby and G Williams. Abstentions: A Akram, E Best, M Fitzgerald, M Goldie, J Halabi, J Hemsted, S P Imre, T James, J Moss, S O'Connell and C Saumarez. Against: None The motion in the names of Councillor Clyde Loakes and Councillor Ahsan Khan was carried.
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.