Consideration by the London Assembly of the Mayor of London's Draft Consolidated Budget Proposals 2026-27
Board, 29 January 2026: a named vote on the amendment, lost.
For 4, Against 14, Abstained 7.
The authority's mayor on the date: Labour (a strategic authority isn't run by a party). Each member's party is the one their home council recorded for them at the time, where the site has it.
For (4)
- Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
- Hina Bokhari (Liberal Democrats)
- Alex Wilson (Reform UK)
- Keith Prince (Reform UK)
Against (14)
- Anne Clarke (Labour)
- Bassam Mahfouz (Labour)
- Elly Baker (Labour)
- James Small-Edwards (Labour)
- Joanne McCartney (Labour)
- Krupesh Hirani (Labour)
- Lord Duvall (Labour)
- Léonie Cooper (Labour)
- Marina Ahmad (Labour)
- Sem Moema (Labour)
- Unmesh Desai (Labour)
- Caroline Russell (Green)
- Zack Polanski (Green)
- Zoë Garbett (Green)
Abstained (7)
- Alessandro Georgiou (Conservative)
- Andrew Boff (Conservative)
- Emma Best (Conservative)
- Lord Bailey (Conservative)
- Neil Garratt (Conservative)
- Susan Hall (Conservative)
- Thomas Turrell (Conservative)
From the minutes
votes being cast in favour, 14 votes being cast against and 7 abstentions). In accordance with Standing Order 2.7, a recorded vote was requested on this amendment and the votes were cast as follows: For the amendment: Hina Bokhari OBE AM, Keith Prince AM, Gareth Roberts AM, and Alex Wilson AM. Against the amendment: Marina Ahmad AM, Elly Baker AM, Anne Clarke AM, Léonie Cooper AM, Unmesh Desai AM, Zoë Garbett AM, Krupesh Hirani AM, Bassam Mahfouz AM, Joanne McCartney AM, Sem Moema AM, Zack Polanski AM, Caroline Russell AM, James Small-Edwards AM, and Lord Duvall OBE AM (Chair). Abstentions: Lord Bailey AM, Emma Best AM, Neil Garratt AM, Alessandro Georgiou AM, Susan Hall AM, Thomas Turrell AM, and Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair). 5.11 Following debate and upon being put to a vote, the formal budget amendment proposed by Caroline Russell AM, as set out at Appendix 5, was decla
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