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36 percent is a pretty powerful vote and you could certainly use it to block any special resolutions such as those required for by-laws and exclusive use etc etc.
What you really need to do right now is to get the other non-attending owner to give you their proxy which can only be provided on the appropriate proxy form which you can download from that link, print it up and get your absentee neighbour to sign it. Telling them that they are about to be over-charged in their levies should do the trick (I’m assuming there is no good reason for the levy increase).
I would also make sure that the other neighbours have both paid their levies up to date on the night of the AGM – failure to have done so means they can’t vote.
And finally, failing all that, I would make clear that you will use your vote to block anything that requires a special resolution until such times as spending is brought under control.