Minutes
Full council, 23 April 2026: a named vote, carried.
For 39, Against 8, Abstained 5.
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 (39)
- Ahsan Khan (Labour)
- Andrew Dixon (Labour)
- Caramel Quin (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)
- Jonathan O'Dea (Labour)
- Karen Bellamy (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)
- Richard Sweden (Labour)
- Rosalind Doré (Labour)
- Sally Littlejohn (Labour)
- Sebastian Salek (Labour)
- Shabana Dhedhi (Labour)
- Shumon Ali-Rahman (Labour)
- Steve Terry (Labour)
- Terry Wheeler (Labour)
- Uzma Rasool (Labour)
- Whitney Ihenachor (Labour)
- Yusuf Patel (Labour)
- Zafran Malik (Labour)
- Tom Connor (Independent)
Against (8)
- Afzal Akram (Conservative)
- Catherine Saumarez (Conservative)
- Emma Best (Conservative)
- John Moss (Conservative)
- Kay Isa (Conservative)
- Mitchell Goldie (Conservative)
- Roy Berg (Conservative)
- Sam O'Connell (Conservative)
Abstained (5)
- Justin Halabi (Reform UK)
- Marion Fitzgerald (Reform UK)
- Tim James (Reform UK)
- Anna Mbachu (Independent)
- Rhiannon Eglin (Independent)
From the minutes
The amendment in the names of Councillors Kay Isa and Mitchell Goldie FELL. Vote on the substantive motion in the names of Councillors Grace Williams and Paul Douglas FOR: Councillors S Ali-Rahman, R Anwar, N Asghar, E Baptiste, K Bellamy, K Berberi, M Berberi, T Connor, A Dixon, R Doré, P Douglas, S Dhedhi, K Gardiner, J Gray, K Green, C Ihenachor, W Ihenachor, A Khan, K Limbajee, S Littlejohn, C Loakes, G Lyons, Z Malik, M Mirwitch, L Mitchell, J O'Dea, Y Patel, J Phipps, M Pye, C Quin, K Rayner, U Rasool, S Salek, R Sweden, S Terry, K Thompson, T Wheeler, J Whilby and G Williams AGAINST: Councillors A Akram, R Berg, E Best , M Goldie, K Isa, J Moss, S O'Connell and C Saumarez ABSTAIN: Councillors R Eglin, M Fitzgerald, J Halabi, T James and A Mbachu The substantive motion in the names of Councillors Grace Williams and Paul Douglas PASSED. Council: • agreed that the Waltham Forest basic amount of
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.