Consideration by the Assembly of the Mayor of London's Final Draft Consolidated Budget Proposals 2026-27
Overview and scrutiny, 26 February 2026: a named vote on the amendment, carried.
For 7, Against 13, 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 (7)
- Alessandro Georgiou (Conservative)
- Emma Best (Conservative)
- Neil Garratt (Conservative)
- Susan Hall (Conservative)
- Thomas Turrell (Conservative)
- Alex Wilson (Reform UK)
- Keith Prince (Reform UK)
Against (13)
- 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)
- Zoë Garbett (Green)
- Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
- Hina Bokhari (Liberal Democrats)
From the minutes
(1), a named vote was taken on each budget amendment in the order in which they had been moved. 3.25 The votes in relation to the budget amendment in the name of Neil Garratt AM were cast as follows: For the amendment: Lord Bailey of Paddington AM, Emma Best AM, Neil Garratt AM, Alessandro Georgiou AM, Susan Hall AM, Keith Prince AM, Thomas Turrell AM, Alex Wilson AM and Andrew Boff AM (Deputy Chair in the Chair). Against the amendment: Marina Ahmad AM, Elly Baker AM, Hina Bokhari OBE AM, Anne Clarke AM, Léonie Cooper AM, Unmesh Desai AM, Zoë Garbett AM, Krupesh Hirani AM, Bassam Mahfouz AM, Joanne McCartney AM, Gareth Roberts AM, Caroline Russell AM and James Small-Edwards AM. 3.26 With 9 votes being cast in favour and 13 votes being cast against, the budget amendment did not receive the requisite two-thirds majority of Me
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