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Administration Motion in the name of Cllr Helene Richman - Policing in Barnet

Minutes:

Councillor Jess Brayne gave apologies and left the meeting at 8:01pm.

Councillor Helene Richman moved the motion in her name. Councillor Sara Conway moved an amendment in her name. Debate ensued.

The amendment in the name of Councillor Sara Conway was put to the vote.

A formal division was called in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 14.

Votes were individually recorded for all Members.

Councillor				For	Against	Not Voting	Absent
1.	MAYOR Caroline		STOCK		
2.	DEPUTY MAYOR Lachhya		GURUNG		
3.	Golnar		BOKAEI		
4.	Jess		BRAYNE				
5.	Felix		BYERS		
6.	Anne		CLARKE	
7.	Pauline		COAKLEY WEBB	
8.	Dean		COHEN		
9.	Melvin		COHEN		
10.	Geof		COOKE	
11.	Jo		COOPER	
12.	Sara		CONWAY	
13.	Alison		CORNELIUS		
14.	Richard		CORNELIUS		
15.	Saira		DON		
16.	Val		DUSCHINSKY		
17.	Paul		EDWARDS	
18.	Claire		FARRIER	
19.	Anthony		FINN		
20.	Nizza		FLUSS		
21.	Linda		FREEDMAN		
22.	Brian		GORDON		
23.	Eva		GREENSPAN		
24.	Jennifer		GROCOCK				
25.	Rohit		GROVER		
26.	John		HART		
27.	Ross		HOUSTON	
28.	Anne		HUTTON	
29.	Laithe		JAJEH		
30.	Kathy		LEVINE	
31.	David		LONGSTAFF		
32.	John		MARSHALL		
33.	Kath		McGUIRK	
34.	Arjun	MITTRA		
35.	Alison	MOORE		
36.	Ammar	NAQVI		
37.	Nagus	NARENTHIRA		
38.	Charlie	O-MACAULEY		
39.	Reema	PATEL					
40.	Alex	PRAGER			
41.	Wendy	PRENTICE			
42.	Sachin	RAJPUT			
43.	Barry	RAWLINGS		
44.	Danny	RICH		
45.	Helene	RICHMAN			
46.	Tim	ROBERTS		
47.	Gabriel	ROZENBERG			
48.	Lisa	RUTTER			
49.	Shimon	RYDE			
50.	Gill	SARGEANT					
51.	Alan	SCHNEIDERMAN		
52.	Mark	SHOOTER			
53.	Elliot	SIMBERG			
54.	Thomas	SMITH			
55.	Stephen	SOWERBY			
56.	Julian	TEARE			
57.	Daniel	THOMAS			
58.	Ruben	THOMPSTONE			
59.	Sarah	WARDLE			
60.	Roberto	WEEDEN-SANZ			
61.	Laurie	WILLIAMS		
62.	Peter	ZINKIN			
63.	Zakia	ZUBAIRI		

Votes were recorded as follows:

For	22
Against	37
Abstain	0
Absent	4
Total	63

The amendment in the name of Councillor Sara Conway was declared LOST.

The motion in the name of Councillor Helene Richman was then put to the vote.

Votes were recorded as follows:

For	36
Against	23
Abstain	0
Absent	4
Total	63

The motion was therefore carried.

RESOLVED that:

Council notes that:

1. Crime has risen in Barnet each year since Sadiq Khan became Mayor of London in 2016.

2. The Mayor of London closed the Vivian Avenue Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) hub in July 2019 despite having made a promise to keep it open.

3. The Government have pledged new police officers for Barnet from 2020.

4. Barnet residents currently pay more per police officer than those of any other borough.

5. Barnet has the fewest number of police officers per person of any London borough.

6. The most recent data shows an increase of crime in 19 of Barnet’s 21 wards.

7. The Mayor of London spends 26% more on PR and 82% on staffing than his predecessor, Boris Johnson.

Council believes that:

1. The people of Barnet should feel safe in their borough, their neighbourhoods and their homes.

2. In order to make our residents feel safe, it is important that there is a visible police presence across the borough.

3. The SNT hub on Vivian Avenue should be restored.

4. It is unconscionable that despite a rising crime rate in Barnet, the borough’s residents pay more per police officer than the residents of all any boroughs and in turn receive the fewest officers.

Council resolves to:

1. Urge the Mayor of London to

a. Re-open the SNT on Vivian Avenue.

b. Not close High Barnet Police Station.

c. Spend more money on policing and less on PR

2. Support the government’s plans to increase police numbers in London and across the UK.

3. Continue to steadfastly oppose any reduction in policing.

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Administration Motion in the name of Cllr Helene Richman - Policing in Barnet