Motions
Board, 2 July 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 11, Against 5, Abstained 4.
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 (11)
- Bassam Mahfouz (Labour)
- Joanne McCartney (Labour)
- Léonie Cooper (Labour)
- Marina Ahmad (Labour)
- Benali Hamdache (Green)
- Caroline Russell (Green)
- Zack Polanski (Green)
- Andrew Boff (Conservative)
- Emma Best (Conservative)
- Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
- Hina Bokhari (Liberal Democrats)
Against (5)
- Alessandro Georgiou (Conservative)
- Neil Garratt (Conservative)
- Susan Hall (Conservative)
- Thomas Turrell (Conservative)
- Keith Prince (Reform UK)
Abstained (4)
- Anne Clarke (Labour)
- Elly Baker (Labour)
- James Small-Edwards (Labour)
- Alex Wilson (Reform UK)
From the minutes
t in favour, 5 votes being cast against and 5 abstentions. In accordance with Standing Order 2.7, a recorded vote was requested by Gareth Roberts AM on this motion and the votes were cast as follows: For the motion: Marina Ahmad AM, Emma Best AM, Hina Bokhari OBE AM, Léonie Cooper AM, Benali Hamdache AM, Bassam Mahfouz AM, Joanne McCartney AM, Zack Polanski AM, Gareth Roberts AM, Caroline Russell AM and Andrew Boff AM (Chair). Against the motion: Neil Garratt AM, Alessandro Georgiou AM, Susan Hall AM, Keith Prince AM, and Thomas Turrell AM. Abstentions: Lord Bailey of Paddington AM, Elly Baker AM, Anne Clarke AM and James Small-Edwards AM and Alex Wilson AM. 7.9 In accordance with Standing Order 3.6, Thomas Turrell AM proposed and Neil Garratt AM seconded the following altered motion, with additions set
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.