Motions
Board, 2 July 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 20, Against 0, 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.
Only one side of this vote could be read from the minutes. The others may be recorded in a form that couldn't be read, or not at all.
For (20)
- Anne Clarke (Labour)
- Bassam Mahfouz (Labour)
- Elly Baker (Labour)
- James Small-Edwards (Labour)
- Joanne McCartney (Labour)
- Léonie Cooper (Labour)
- Marina Ahmad (Labour)
- Alessandro Georgiou (Conservative)
- Andrew Boff (Conservative)
- Emma Best (Conservative)
- Neil Garratt (Conservative)
- Susan Hall (Conservative)
- Thomas Turrell (Conservative)
- Benali Hamdache (Green)
- Caroline Russell (Green)
- Zack Polanski (Green)
- Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
- Hina Bokhari (Liberal Democrats)
- Alex Wilson (Reform UK)
- Keith Prince (Reform UK)
From the minutes
M was carried unanimously, with 21 votes being cast in favour. In accordance with Standing Order 2.7, a recorded vote was requested by Susan Hall AM on this motion and the votes were cast as follows: For the motion: Marina Ahmad AM, Lord Bailey of Paddington AM, Elly Baker AM, Emma Best AM, Hina Bokhari OBE AM, Anne Clarke AM, Léonie Cooper AM, Neil Garratt AM, Alessandro Georgiou AM, Susan Hall AM, Benali Hamdache 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 (Chair). 7.7 In accordance with Standing Order 3.6, Gareth Roberts AM proposed and Hina Bokhari OBE AM seconded the following altered motion, with additions
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