Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent
Board, 5 March 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 20, Against 0, Abstained 1.
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 (20)
- Anne Clarke (Labour)
- Bassam Mahfouz (Labour)
- James Small-Edwards (Labour)
- Joanne McCartney (Labour)
- Krupesh Hirani (Labour)
- Léonie Cooper (Labour)
- Marina Ahmad (Labour)
- Unmesh Desai (Labour)
- Alessandro Georgiou (Conservative)
- Emma Best (Conservative)
- Lord Bailey (Conservative)
- Neil Garratt (Conservative)
- Susan Hall (Conservative)
- Thomas Turrell (Conservative)
- Caroline Russell (Green)
- Zack Polanski (Green)
- Zoë Garbett (Green)
- Alex Wilson (Reform UK)
- Keith Prince (Reform UK)
- Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
Abstained (1)
- Hina Bokhari (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
cast in favour, 0 votes being cast against and 1 abstention. In accordance with Standing Order 2.7, a recorded vote was requested by Alex Wilson AM on this motion and the votes were cast as follows: For the motion: Marina Ahmad AM, Lord Bailey AM, Emma Best AM, Anne Clarke AM, Léonie Cooper AM, Unmesh Desai AM, Zoë Garbett AM, Neil Garratt AM, Alessandro Georgiou AM, Susan Hall AM, Krupesh Hirani AM, Bassam Mahfouz AM, Joanne McCartney AM, Zack Polanski AM, Keith Prince AM, Gareth Roberts AM, Caroline Russell AM, James Small-Edwards AM, Thomas Turrell AM, Alex Wilson AM, and Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair in the Chair.) Abstentions: Hina Bokhari OBE AM. 9d Urgent Motion 9d 9.16 The Deputy Chair explained that, in accordance with Standing Orders 1.10A and 3.12, and section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Gov
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