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(This Extraordinary meeting has been requisitioned in accordance with Procedure Rule 3.1 (v) by Councillors Abe, Coad, Smith, Strutton and Wright)

It was moved by Councillor Wright,

Seconded by Councillor Abe,

“This Council resolves:

It has lost confidence in the present leadership of Slough Borough Council because of recent examples of financial mismanagement and poor governance, and it calls on those responsible to resign."

A motion to suspend Standing Orders in accordance with Rule 27 was moved by Councillor Abe and seconded by Councillor Coad to enable members to speak twice during the debate with no time limit.  The proposed motion was put and lost by 6 votes to 25 votes with 1 abstention.

Councillor Smith sought to move an amendment which was ruled out of order.

Following a request for a named vote, the voting was as follows:-

There voted for the motion:-

Councillors Abe, Coad, Plimmer, Smith, Strutton and Wright …………………6

There voted against the motion:-

Councillors Anderson, Aujla, Bal, Brooker, Chohan, Dar, Davis, AS Dhaliwal, Dhillon, Grewal, Hussain, Malik, M S Mann, P K Mann, Matloob, Minhas, Mittal, Munawar, Nazir, O’Connor, Pantelic, Parmar, Plenty, Rasib, Shah, Sharif, Sohal, Swindlehurst and Walsh....……………………………………….29

There abstained from the vote:-

The Worshipful the Mayor………………………………………………………… 1

The motion was put and lost by 6 votes to 29 votes with 1 abstention.

Resolved –  That the motion be rejected.