Sam Cumber
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Sutton planning committee

Councillor Sam Cumber

Member, Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from June 2025 to September 2026

  • 100%attendance
  • 9recorded votes
  • 89%with the majority
  • 13%against officer advice

Councillor's page on the council's website

As at 2 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Sutton’s published minutes, Councillor Sam Cumber attended 9 of the 9 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from June 2025 to September 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 9 decisions at those meetings: Cumber voted 8 for, 1 abstained. On 8 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and 1 went against it.

Meetings attended
9 of 9100%
Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence. 1 meeting as a substitute.
Decisions at their meetings
22
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Recorded votes
9
Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 8 for, 0 against, 1 abstained.
With the majority
8 of 989%
Votes for the resolution the committee passed. An abstention is not counted as with the majority.
Votes against officer advice
1 of 813%
Recorded votes where the officers’ recommendation is known: for a resolution that went against it, or against one that followed it.
Divided votes
71 in the minority
Recorded votes where at least one member voted differently from the rest, and how often they were among those who did.
Declared interests
0
Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.

Voting record

Votes by quarter

8 for, 0 against, 1 abstained, over 3 quarters with a recorded vote.

9 recorded votes, by the quarter of the meeting.

ForAgainstAbstained
048
2025
2026
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Votes by quarter
QuarterForAgainstAbstained
Q2 2025100
Q4 2025700
Q3 2026001

Against officer advice

Cumber went against officer advice less often than the committee: 13% of votes, against 18% of decisions.

The share that went against the officers’ recommendation.

Cumber’s votes13%1 of 8
The committee’s decisions at their meetings18%4 of 22

The typical member of this committee (the median of 18 members with 5 or more such votes) voted against officer advice on 22% of them.

Agreement with other members

Voted most often with Richard Clifton (86%) and least often with Tim Foster (50%).

How often each member cast the same vote as Cumber on divided votes (where at least one member voted differently), with 5 or more such votes together.

By member

Richard CliftonLib Dem86%6 of 7
Patrick OgbonnaLib Dem83%5 of 6
Trish FiveyLib Dem80%4 of 5
Jayne McCoyLib Dem67%4 of 6
Patrick MagnusConservative50%3 of 6
Tim FosterResidents50%3 of 6

By party group

Lib Dem13 members70%26 of 37
Conservative4 members61%11 of 18
Residents1 member50%3 of 6
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Agreement with other members
MemberSame voteDivided votes togetherShare
Richard Clifton6786%
Patrick Ogbonna5683%
Trish Fivey4580%
Jayne McCoy4667%
Patrick Magnus3650%
Tim Foster3650%

Attendance

100%

9 of 9 meetings whose minutes list them.

The typical member of this committee attended 88% (the median of 10 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.

PresentAs a substitute
20252026

Planning Committee: 9 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
2 Sep 2026Planning CommitteePresent as a substitute
4 Feb 2026Planning CommitteePresent
3 Dec 2025Planning CommitteePresent
5 Nov 2025Planning CommitteePresent
1 Oct 2025Planning CommitteePresent
3 Sep 2025Planning CommitteePresent
6 Aug 2025Planning CommitteePresent
2 Jul 2025Planning CommitteePresent
4 Jun 2025Planning CommitteePresent

Decisions

Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.

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Their vote
Outcome

In the minutes

What the minutes record Cumber moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.

The minutes we hold do not quote this councillor by name.

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from Sutton’s published planning committee minutes, 12 meetings from June 2025 to September 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.

Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.

Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.

Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.

Also on this committee

All Sutton committee councillors