Motions
Board, 2 July 2026: a named vote on the motion, carried.
For 17, Against 0, Abstained 3.
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 (17)
- 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)
- Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrats)
- Hina Bokhari (Liberal Democrats)
- Alex Wilson (Reform UK)
- Keith Prince (Reform UK)
Abstained (3)
- Benali Hamdache (Green)
- Caroline Russell (Green)
- Zack Polanski (Green)
From the minutes
rried, with 18 votes being cast in favour and 3 abstentions. In accordance with Standing Order 2.7, a recorded vote was requested by Keith Prince 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, Bassam Mahfouz AM, Joanne McCartney AM, Gareth Roberts AM, Keith Prince AM, James Small-Edwards AM, Thomas Turrell AM, Alex Wilson AM and Andrew Boff AM (Chair). Abstentions: Benali Hamdache AM, Zack Polanski AM and Caroline Russell AM. 7.19 Caroline Russell AM proposed and Elly Baker AM seconded the following motion: “This Assembly recognises the recent anniversary of the murder of
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.