Motions
Board, 5 March 2026: a named vote on the motion, lost.
For 10, Against 12, Abstained 0.
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 (10)
- Alessandro Georgiou (Conservative)
- Emma Best (Conservative)
- Lord Bailey (Conservative)
- Neil Garratt (Conservative)
- Susan Hall (Conservative)
- Thomas Turrell (Conservative)
- Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
- Hina Bokhari (Liberal Democrats)
- Alex Wilson (Reform UK)
- Keith Prince (Reform UK)
Against (12)
- Anne Clarke (Labour)
- Bassam Mahfouz (Labour)
- Elly Baker (Labour)
- James Small-Edwards (Labour)
- Joanne McCartney (Labour)
- Krupesh Hirani (Labour)
- Léonie Cooper (Labour)
- Marina Ahmad (Labour)
- Unmesh Desai (Labour)
- Caroline Russell (Green)
- Zack Polanski (Green)
- Zoë Garbett (Green)
From the minutes
es being cast in favour and 12 votes being cast against. In accordance with Standing Order 2.7, a recorded vote was requested by Hina Bokhari OBE AM on this motion and the votes were cast as follows: For the motion: Lord Bailey AM, Emma Best AM, Hina Bokhari OBE AM, Neil Garratt AM, Alessandro Georgiou AM, Susan Hall AM, Keith Prince AM, Gareth Roberts AM, Thomas Turrell AM, Alex Wilson AM and Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair in the Chair.) Against the motion: 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, Zack Polanski AM, Caroline Russell AM and James Small-Edwards AM. 6.14 In accordance with Standing Order 3.6, Elly Baker AM moved and Andrew Boff AM seconded the following altered motion, with proposed additions se
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.