Sunil Kumar
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Sutton planning committee

Councillor Sunil Kumar

Member, Planning Committee

Seen at planning committee from June 2026 to September 2026

  • 4 of 4meetings attended
  • 11recorded votes
  • 82%with the majority
  • 40%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 Sunil Kumar attended 4 of the 4 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from June 2026 to September 2026. Each member's vote is recorded on 11 decisions at those meetings: Kumar voted 9 for, 2 against. On 10 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and 4 went against it.

Meetings attended
4 of 4
Too few meetings for a percentage.Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
Decisions at their meetings
15
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Recorded votes
11
Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 9 for, 2 against, 0 abstained.
With the majority
9 of 1182%
Votes for the resolution the committee passed. An abstention is not counted as with the majority.
Votes against officer advice
4 of 1040%
Recorded votes where the officers’ recommendation is known: for a resolution that went against it, or against one that followed it.
Divided votes
82 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

9 for, 2 against, over 2 quarters with a recorded vote.

11 recorded votes, by the quarter of the meeting.

ForAgainstAbstained
0510
2026
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Votes by quarter
QuarterForAgainstAbstained
Q2 2026110
Q3 2026810

Against officer advice

Kumar went against officer advice more often than the committee: 40% of votes, against 23% of decisions.

The share that went against the officers’ recommendation.

Kumar’s votes40%4 of 10
The committee’s decisions at their meetings23%3 of 13

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 Naveen Samrat (88%) and least often with Alison Long (29%).

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

By member

Naveen SamratLib Dem88%7 of 8
Chandra AlapatiLib Dem86%6 of 7
Jake ShortLib Dem83%5 of 6
James ApplebyLib Dem75%6 of 8
Jayne McCoyLib Dem75%6 of 8
Rukhsar AskariLib Dem75%6 of 8
Trish FiveyLib Dem75%6 of 8
Cumar SahathevanLib Dem71%5 of 7
Alison LongReform UK29%2 of 7

By party group

Lib Dem11 members75%48 of 64
Reform UK2 members25%2 of 8
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Agreement with other members
MemberSame voteDivided votes togetherShare
Naveen Samrat7888%
Chandra Alapati6786%
Jake Short5683%
James Appleby6875%
Jayne McCoy6875%
Rukhsar Askari6875%
Trish Fivey6875%
Cumar Sahathevan5771%
Alison Long2729%

Attendance

4 of 4

4 of 4 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.

Present
2026

Planning Committee: 4 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
2 Sep 2026Planning CommitteePresent
5 Aug 2026Planning CommitteePresent
1 Jul 2026Planning CommitteePresent
10 Jun 2026Planning 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 Kumar 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