Hawkesbury Council meeting statistics

About these statistics

“A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy.”
– James Madison, 1822

After ten years in local government, I have heard any number of widely held propositions which feel true, but lack empirical data to confirm or refute them.

“Council does not listen to the people as much as they should, or used to.”

“The reduction in the number of Council meetings means we plough through too many issues without the time to debate them properly.”

“The major parties are Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum. They always vote together!”

“Councillor X barely says ‘boo’. Why are they even there?”

Finding evidence is not easy. It means trawling through hundreds of hours of meetings, and millions of words. It means timing every debate, labelling every speaker, and categorising every contribution. Well, I’ve done it.

I teach my students about “data journalism”, which is collating complex datasets and then using that data to tell stories. I do this in the belief that those propositions I heard deserve to be proved or refuted fairly.

If you are reading this from outside the Hawkesbury, I believe your Local Government would benefit from this kind of analysis as well. If so, get in touch with me.

– Councillor Nathan Zamprogno.

Coverage differs by measure

Speech, time and participation: Speaker-attributed Hansard, 30 January 2018 to 11 August 2026.

Voting: Structured Council vote records, 30 January 2007 to 11 August 2026; each voting chart states the stricter evidence it requires.

The pre-2018 minutes do not contain recorded speech or audio duration, so those charts are not padded with invented zeroes.

Published coverage

157meetings

47,939speech blocks

3,669,419words

404h 54mrecorded speech

20Councillors

402known public speakers

Meeting duration by proceeding category

Total recorded meeting duration stacked by Council meetings and Public Forums, HLPP meetings, and Committee meetings.

Projection based on YTD. Current-year additive totals are annualised at 1.48x from the observed year-to-date count. Data observed to 2026-09-04.

Meeting duration by proceeding category and year
Year	Council meetings and Public Forums	HLPP meetings	Committee meetings	Total meeting duration
2018	55h 54m	3h 25m	0h 00m	59h 20m
2019	44h 04m	2h 06m	0h 00m	46h 11m
2020	55h 27m	1h 23m	0h 00m	56h 51m
2021	53h 20m	0h 45m	4h 21m	58h 28m
2022	47h 51m	4h 57m	7h 51m	60h 40m
2023	39h 13m	2h 42m	5h 34m	47h 30m
2024	39h 12m	1h 48m	8h 49m	49h 51m
2025	51h 03m	1h 08m	9h 23m	61h 35m
2026 projected from YTD	42h 12m 28h 33m observed YTD	3h 43m 2h 30m observed YTD	4h 03m 2h 44m observed YTD	49h 59m 33h 49m observed YTD

Council workload rate by meeting

Total agenda items per recorded chamber hour, apportioned between procedural and substantive components using the time spent on each category. Use the slider to group comparable Ordinary and Extraordinary meetings individually, quarterly or annually; quarterly is shown initially.

Quarterly

Per-meeting workload-rate figures

Per-meeting items-per-hour rates and procedural/substantive time allocation
Meeting date	Meeting type	Chart treatment	Recorded chamber span	All items	Items per hour	Procedural items	Procedural time	Procedural time allocation	Procedural rate component	Substantive items	Substantive time	Substantive time allocation	Substantive rate component	Unallocated span
2018-01-30	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	5h 50m 47s	16	2.74	1	0h 03m 11s	0.9%	0.03	15	5h 32m 27s	99.1%	2.71	0h 15m 09s
2018-02-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 56m 32s	16	8.24	1	0h 04m 15s	3.9%	0.32	15	1h 45m 21s	96.1%	7.92	0h 06m 56s
2018-02-27	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	5h 13m 44s	21	4.02	1	0h 00m 15s	0.1%	0.00	20	5h 02m 39s	99.9%	4.01	0h 10m 50s
2018-03-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 18m 05s	10	7.68	1	0h 02m 25s	3.2%	0.25	9	1h 13m 20s	96.8%	7.44	0h 02m 20s
2018-03-27	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 51m 53s	12	4.19	1	0h 02m 49s	1.7%	0.07	11	2h 39m 12s	98.3%	4.12	0h 09m 52s
2018-04-09	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 47m 44s	2	2.51	1	0h 01m 53s	4.1%	0.10	1	0h 43m 47s	95.9%	2.41	0h 02m 04s
2018-04-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 59m 04s	11	2.76	1	0h 02m 28s	1.1%	0.03	10	3h 48m 54s	98.9%	2.73	0h 07m 43s
2018-05-08	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 37m 13s	16	4.42	1	0h 02m 36s	1.2%	0.05	15	3h 27m 19s	98.8%	4.36	0h 07m 18s
2018-05-29	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 48m 47s	12	4.27	0	0h 00m 00s	0.0%	0.00	12	2h 42m 05s	100.0%	4.27	0h 06m 42s
2018-06-13	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 16m 52s	4	1.22	1	0h 08m 44s	4.6%	0.06	3	3h 03m 16s	95.4%	1.16	0h 04m 52s
2018-06-26	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 06m 17s	8	2.58	1	0h 02m 54s	1.6%	0.04	7	2h 57m 44s	98.4%	2.54	0h 05m 40s
2018-07-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 53m 18s	6	6.75	1	0h 02m 48s	5.5%	0.37	5	0h 47m 49s	94.5%	6.38	0h 02m 41s
2018-07-31	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 13m 08s	16	3.79	1	0h 02m 42s	1.1%	0.04	15	4h 01m 44s	98.9%	3.75	0h 08m 43s
2018-08-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 07m 00s	11	5.20	2	0h 19m 30s	16.4%	0.85	9	1h 39m 42s	83.6%	4.35	0h 07m 48s
2018-08-28	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 55m 13s	12	6.25	1	0h 03m 11s	2.9%	0.18	11	1h 47m 59s	97.1%	6.07	0h 04m 02s
2018-09-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 19m 10s	9	2.71	1	0h 02m 27s	1.3%	0.03	8	3h 07m 27s	98.7%	2.68	0h 09m 16s
2018-09-18	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 53m 16s	5	5.63	1	0h 01m 23s	3.0%	0.17	4	0h 45m 07s	97.0%	5.46	0h 06m 46s
2018-09-25	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 03m 44s	8	7.53	2	0h 02m 48s	4.6%	0.34	6	0h 58m 26s	95.4%	7.19	0h 02m 30s
2018-10-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 55m 28s	7	7.57	1	0h 04m 33s	8.5%	0.65	6	0h 48m 51s	91.5%	6.93	0h 02m 04s
2018-10-30	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 42m 28s	13	2.76	2	0h 24m 28s	9.0%	0.25	11	4h 07m 10s	91.0%	2.51	0h 10m 50s
2018-11-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 48m 04s	12	6.66	2	0h 02m 52s	2.7%	0.18	10	1h 42m 26s	97.3%	6.48	0h 02m 46s
2018-12-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 40m 24s	12	7.17	2	0h 04m 20s	4.6%	0.33	10	1h 29m 38s	95.4%	6.84	0h 06m 26s
2019-02-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 01m 49s	10	4.93	3	0h 11m 58s	10.2%	0.50	7	1h 45m 43s	89.8%	4.42	0h 04m 07s
2019-02-26	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 52m 40s	15	5.21	2	0h 15m 50s	9.5%	0.49	13	2h 31m 09s	90.5%	4.72	0h 05m 41s
2019-03-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 39m 52s	11	4.13	2	0h 22m 50s	15.0%	0.62	9	2h 09m 45s	85.0%	3.51	0h 07m 17s
2019-03-26	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 29m 44s	6	12.11	2	0h 11m 23s	40.3%	4.88	4	0h 16m 50s	59.7%	7.22	0h 01m 30s
2019-04-08	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 14m 01s	2	1.62	1	0h 02m 19s	3.3%	0.05	1	1h 08m 07s	96.7%	1.57	0h 03m 35s
2019-04-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 02m 54s	10	9.54	3	0h 08m 12s	13.6%	1.30	7	0h 52m 00s	86.4%	8.24	0h 02m 42s
2019-04-30	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 40m 10s	9	5.39	2	0h 03m 29s	3.6%	0.20	7	1h 32m 18s	96.4%	5.20	0h 04m 23s
2019-05-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 54m 23s	10	5.25	3	0h 15m 37s	14.4%	0.76	7	1h 32m 39s	85.6%	4.49	0h 06m 07s
2019-05-28	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 14m 52s	9	4.00	2	0h 17m 06s	13.4%	0.54	7	1h 50m 07s	86.6%	3.47	0h 07m 39s
2019-06-12	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 44m 18s	4	2.30	1	0h 03m 13s	3.3%	0.08	3	1h 33m 22s	96.7%	2.22	0h 07m 43s
2019-06-25	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 42m 01s	16	4.32	2	0h 05m 28s	2.6%	0.11	14	3h 25m 49s	97.4%	4.21	0h 10m 43s
2019-07-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 25m 20s	9	6.33	2	0h 03m 46s	4.7%	0.30	7	1h 16m 46s	95.3%	6.03	0h 04m 48s
2019-07-30	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 17m 08s	12	5.25	2	0h 03m 38s	2.8%	0.15	10	2h 06m 58s	97.2%	5.10	0h 06m 32s
2019-08-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 51m 50s	15	5.24	3	0h 04m 13s	2.7%	0.14	12	2h 34m 43s	97.3%	5.10	0h 12m 54s
2019-08-27	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 33m 03s	14	9.03	4	0h 07m 05s	7.9%	0.71	10	1h 23m 05s	92.1%	8.32	0h 02m 53s
2019-09-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 03m 44s	20	4.92	7	0h 07m 09s	3.1%	0.15	13	3h 44m 44s	96.9%	4.77	0h 11m 51s
2019-09-24	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 23m 06s	15	10.83	4	0h 08m 05s	10.3%	1.11	11	1h 10m 33s	89.7%	9.72	0h 04m 28s
2019-10-29	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 10m 07s	17	5.37	5	0h 04m 13s	2.3%	0.12	12	2h 58m 54s	97.7%	5.24	0h 07m 00s
2019-11-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 42m 59s	9	5.24	3	0h 02m 51s	3.2%	0.17	6	1h 25m 27s	96.8%	5.07	0h 14m 40s
2019-11-26	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 55m 06s	13	6.78	3	0h 02m 44s	2.5%	0.17	10	1h 47m 08s	97.5%	6.61	0h 05m 15s
2019-12-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 29m 26s	20	4.45	3	0h 05m 35s	2.2%	0.10	17	4h 12m 00s	97.8%	4.36	0h 11m 51s
2020-02-18	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 37m 27s	12	3.31	3	0h 03m 18s	1.6%	0.05	9	3h 22m 24s	98.4%	3.26	0h 11m 45s
2020-02-25	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 43m 38s	10	3.67	2	0h 02m 09s	1.4%	0.05	8	2h 33m 42s	98.6%	3.62	0h 07m 47s
2020-03-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 25m 48s	17	7.00	3	0h 04m 49s	3.4%	0.24	14	2h 16m 19s	96.6%	6.76	0h 04m 41s
2020-03-31	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 21m 15s	17	7.22	3	0h 03m 15s	2.5%	0.18	14	2h 04m 58s	97.5%	7.04	0h 13m 02s
2020-04-28	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 10m 37s	12	2.87	4	0h 10m 26s	4.4%	0.13	8	3h 48m 02s	95.6%	2.75	0h 12m 09s
2020-05-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 38m 39s	12	4.54	3	0h 13m 20s	8.9%	0.40	9	2h 17m 06s	91.1%	4.14	0h 08m 13s
2020-05-26	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 53m 48s	16	3.27	3	0h 07m 21s	2.6%	0.08	13	4h 36m 11s	97.4%	3.18	0h 10m 15s
2020-06-30	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 56m 26s	16	3.24	3	0h 06m 08s	2.2%	0.07	13	4h 37m 11s	97.8%	3.17	0h 13m 06s
2020-07-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 40m 14s	12	2.57	2	0h 05m 37s	2.1%	0.05	10	4h 19m 09s	97.9%	2.51	0h 15m 27s
2020-07-28	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 44m 40s	13	4.74	3	0h 08m 10s	5.3%	0.25	10	2h 27m 03s	94.7%	4.49	0h 09m 28s
2020-08-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 18m 46s	11	4.76	2	0h 02m 37s	2.0%	0.09	9	2h 10m 07s	98.0%	4.66	0h 06m 02s
2020-08-25	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 39m 46s	15	5.63	2	0h 07m 34s	5.1%	0.29	13	2h 21m 29s	94.9%	5.35	0h 10m 43s
2020-09-08	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 59m 38s	12	6.02	3	0h 04m 10s	3.7%	0.22	9	1h 49m 00s	96.3%	5.80	0h 06m 29s
2020-09-22	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 20m 16s	4	11.84	2	0h 03m 04s	19.0%	2.25	2	0h 13m 01s	81.0%	9.59	0h 04m 12s
2020-09-29	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 21m 22s	12	5.09	3	0h 06m 02s	4.5%	0.23	9	2h 08m 36s	95.5%	4.87	0h 06m 44s
2020-10-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 13m 49s	16	4.95	4	0h 06m 27s	3.5%	0.17	12	2h 58m 32s	96.5%	4.78	0h 08m 50s
2020-10-27	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 09m 32s	13	4.12	3	0h 02m 32s	1.4%	0.06	10	2h 58m 57s	98.6%	4.06	0h 08m 04s
2020-11-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 01m 23s	13	12.71	2	0h 03m 16s	5.6%	0.71	11	0h 55m 18s	94.4%	12.00	0h 02m 48s
2020-11-24	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 09m 00s	13	6.05	1	0h 01m 13s	1.0%	0.06	12	1h 59m 13s	99.0%	5.99	0h 08m 34s
2020-12-08	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 02m 21s	18	4.46	2	0h 03m 31s	1.5%	0.07	16	3h 46m 40s	98.5%	4.39	0h 12m 10s
2021-01-25	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 18m 16s	11	3.33	2	0h 04m 22s	2.3%	0.08	9	3h 06m 40s	97.7%	3.25	0h 07m 14s
2021-02-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 05m 20s	12	11.02	4	0h 04m 16s	6.9%	0.76	8	0h 57m 38s	93.1%	10.26	0h 03m 26s
2021-02-23	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 57m 50s	15	5.06	2	0h 02m 30s	1.5%	0.08	13	2h 44m 42s	98.5%	4.99	0h 10m 39s
2021-03-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 25m 44s	4	9.33	1	0h 02m 02s	8.2%	0.77	3	0h 22m 44s	91.8%	8.56	0h 00m 57s
2021-03-25	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 14m 48s	2	1.60	1	0h 02m 08s	3.0%	0.05	1	1h 09m 45s	97.0%	1.56	0h 02m 55s
2021-04-19	Extraordinary Meeting	Suppressed — The 19 April 2021 extraordinary meeting moved into closed session and its published source tracks cover only 2m 59.792s, so dividing its three agenda items by recorded time produces a non-comparable 60.07 items-per-hour outlier.	0h 03m 00s	3	60.07	2	0h 02m 37s	93.9%	56.39	1	0h 00m 10s	6.1%	3.68	0h 00m 12s
2021-04-20	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 04m 02s	4	3.75	2	0h 07m 01s	11.5%	0.43	2	0h 54m 16s	88.5%	3.32	0h 02m 45s
2021-04-27	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 27m 39s	20	5.78	5	0h 04m 18s	2.2%	0.13	15	3h 14m 43s	97.8%	5.65	0h 08m 38s
2021-04-30	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 37m 29s	20	5.52	3	0h 03m 30s	1.7%	0.09	17	3h 25m 31s	98.3%	5.43	0h 08m 29s
2021-05-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 15m 38s	7	5.55	2	0h 02m 08s	3.0%	0.17	5	1h 09m 47s	97.0%	5.39	0h 03m 42s
2021-05-25	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 06m 04s	9	8.17	2	0h 04m 16s	6.7%	0.55	7	0h 59m 09s	93.3%	7.62	0h 02m 38s
2021-06-08	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 58m 08s	11	5.59	3	0h 03m 39s	3.2%	0.18	8	1h 49m 13s	96.8%	5.41	0h 05m 16s
2021-06-15	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 27m 26s	10	6.86	3	0h 02m 13s	2.6%	0.18	7	1h 22m 18s	97.4%	6.68	0h 02m 54s
2021-06-29	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 11m 34s	14	3.34	6	0h 10m 37s	4.4%	0.15	8	3h 50m 50s	95.6%	3.19	0h 10m 07s
2021-07-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 01m 07s	10	4.95	4	0h 08m 13s	7.2%	0.36	6	1h 46m 26s	92.8%	4.60	0h 06m 28s
2021-07-27	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 50m 57s	12	3.12	2	0h 03m 03s	1.4%	0.04	10	3h 38m 21s	98.6%	3.07	0h 09m 33s
2021-08-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 03m 19s	9	4.38	4	0h 04m 41s	4.0%	0.17	5	1h 53m 50s	96.0%	4.21	0h 04m 47s
2021-08-24	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 12m 35s	4	1.81	2	0h 02m 20s	1.8%	0.03	2	2h 04m 49s	98.2%	1.78	0h 05m 27s
2021-08-31	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 42m 47s	9	12.62	4	0h 02m 40s	6.5%	0.81	5	0h 38m 37s	93.5%	11.81	0h 01m 30s
2021-09-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 31m 52s	9	5.88	3	0h 03m 03s	3.5%	0.20	6	1h 24m 57s	96.5%	5.67	0h 03m 53s
2021-09-28	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 47m 38s	21	4.38	5	0h 04m 57s	1.8%	0.08	16	4h 32m 55s	98.2%	4.30	0h 09m 47s
2021-10-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 59m 27s	10	5.02	4	0h 04m 15s	3.7%	0.19	6	1h 50m 47s	96.3%	4.84	0h 04m 26s
2021-10-26	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 11m 26s	16	5.01	3	0h 16m 57s	9.2%	0.46	13	2h 48m 03s	90.8%	4.55	0h 06m 26s
2021-11-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 36m 14s	8	3.07	2	0h 03m 08s	2.1%	0.06	6	2h 27m 10s	97.9%	3.01	0h 05m 56s
2021-11-23	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 28m 27s	18	5.18	2	0h 11m 02s	5.6%	0.29	16	3h 07m 41s	94.4%	4.89	0h 09m 44s
2022-01-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 53m 38s	10	11.19	2	0h 07m 16s	18.3%	2.05	8	0h 32m 26s	81.7%	9.14	0h 13m 55s
2022-01-25	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 30m 20s	17	4.85	4	0h 08m 04s	4.0%	0.19	13	3h 14m 56s	96.0%	4.66	0h 07m 21s
2022-02-08	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 45m 33s	8	2.90	2	0h 19m 17s	12.1%	0.35	6	2h 20m 34s	87.9%	2.55	0h 05m 42s
2022-02-17	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 06m 45s	3	2.70	2	0h 01m 30s	2.3%	0.06	1	1h 02m 58s	97.7%	2.63	0h 02m 17s
2022-02-22	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 26m 01s	19	5.53	5	0h 05m 17s	2.7%	0.15	14	3h 13m 14s	97.3%	5.39	0h 07m 29s
2022-03-15	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 05m 22s	14	4.53	3	0h 04m 00s	2.2%	0.10	11	2h 56m 13s	97.8%	4.43	0h 05m 09s
2022-03-29	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 13m 40s	7	5.70	3	0h 03m 42s	5.2%	0.30	4	1h 07m 47s	94.8%	5.41	0h 02m 11s
2022-04-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 00m 49s	13	6.46	3	0h 03m 10s	2.7%	0.18	10	1h 53m 01s	97.3%	6.28	0h 04m 39s
2022-05-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 32m 43s	20	4.40	5	0h 07m 18s	2.8%	0.12	15	4h 17m 59s	97.2%	4.28	0h 07m 26s
2022-06-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 41m 59s	16	4.32	4	0h 17m 03s	7.9%	0.34	12	3h 19m 36s	92.1%	3.98	0h 05m 20s
2022-07-19	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 39m 41s	17	3.65	3	0h 08m 10s	3.0%	0.11	14	4h 21m 33s	97.0%	3.54	0h 09m 58s
2022-08-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 13m 40s	11	4.94	2	0h 02m 36s	2.0%	0.10	9	2h 06m 49s	98.0%	4.84	0h 04m 14s
2022-08-23	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 30m 55s	5	9.70	1	0h 04m 06s	15.6%	1.52	4	0h 22m 05s	84.4%	8.19	0h 04m 44s
2022-09-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	5h 16m 34s	17	3.22	3	0h 05m 23s	1.8%	0.06	14	4h 59m 49s	98.2%	3.17	0h 11m 22s
2022-10-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 44m 51s	6	8.03	2	0h 05m 35s	12.6%	1.01	4	0h 38m 38s	87.4%	7.01	0h 00m 39s
2022-11-15	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 52m 07s	13	4.53	3	0h 08m 09s	4.9%	0.22	10	2h 39m 21s	95.1%	4.31	0h 04m 37s
2022-11-22	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 25m 39s	16	3.61	3	0h 04m 19s	1.7%	0.06	13	4h 11m 03s	98.3%	3.55	0h 10m 17s
2022-12-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 43m 35s	13	4.77	3	0h 08m 12s	5.2%	0.25	10	2h 30m 14s	94.8%	4.52	0h 05m 09s
2023-01-31	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 52m 45s	15	3.07	5	0h 07m 21s	2.6%	0.08	10	4h 36m 55s	97.4%	2.99	0h 08m 29s
2023-02-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 48m 08s	12	6.66	5	0h 07m 55s	7.7%	0.51	7	1h 34m 26s	92.3%	6.14	0h 05m 48s
2023-03-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 03m 15s	16	3.95	5	0h 14m 05s	6.1%	0.24	11	3h 38m 20s	93.9%	3.71	0h 10m 50s
2023-04-18	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 38m 10s	21	4.53	4	0h 05m 09s	1.9%	0.09	17	4h 23m 31s	98.1%	4.44	0h 09m 30s
2023-05-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 29m 45s	9	3.61	2	0h 02m 40s	1.8%	0.07	7	2h 22m 23s	98.2%	3.54	0h 04m 42s
2023-05-17	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	0h 59m 18s	2	2.02	2	0h 56m 50s	100.0%	2.02	0	0h 00m 00s	0.0%	0.00	0h 02m 28s
2023-06-20	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 34m 17s	13	8.27	5	0h 06m 24s	7.2%	0.60	8	1h 22m 29s	92.8%	7.68	0h 05m 24s
2023-07-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 58m 49s	15	5.03	4	0h 09m 42s	5.7%	0.28	11	2h 41m 51s	94.3%	4.75	0h 07m 16s
2023-08-08	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 15m 44s	9	3.98	2	0h 03m 22s	2.6%	0.10	7	2h 07m 54s	97.4%	3.88	0h 04m 28s
2023-09-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 56m 13s	20	6.81	7	0h 05m 48s	3.4%	0.23	13	2h 42m 45s	96.6%	6.58	0h 07m 39s
2023-11-21	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	6h 28m 26s	25	3.86	6	0h 16m 13s	4.3%	0.17	19	5h 56m 40s	95.7%	3.69	0h 15m 33s
2023-12-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 16m 48s	16	4.88	4	0h 27m 01s	14.4%	0.70	12	2h 40m 47s	85.6%	4.18	0h 09m 00s
2024-01-30	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 37m 20s	13	8.01	5	0h 04m 46s	5.1%	0.41	8	1h 28m 38s	94.9%	7.61	0h 03m 55s
2024-03-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 46m 03s	13	7.36	4	0h 03m 42s	3.6%	0.27	9	1h 38m 31s	96.4%	7.09	0h 03m 50s
2024-04-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 06m 45s	17	8.05	5	0h 02m 35s	2.1%	0.17	12	1h 58m 56s	97.9%	7.88	0h 05m 14s
2024-05-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 04m 09s	14	3.44	3	0h 03m 57s	1.7%	0.06	11	3h 50m 20s	98.3%	3.38	0h 09m 52s
2024-05-28	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 35m 51s	16	4.45	5	0h 03m 41s	1.8%	0.08	11	3h 22m 18s	98.2%	4.37	0h 09m 53s
2024-06-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 04m 38s	10	4.81	3	0h 10m 12s	8.4%	0.41	7	1h 50m 37s	91.6%	4.41	0h 03m 49s
2024-07-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 54m 53s	13	6.79	4	0h 08m 39s	7.7%	0.53	9	1h 42m 57s	92.3%	6.26	0h 03m 17s
2024-07-23	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 59m 21s	13	4.35	6	0h 15m 34s	9.1%	0.40	7	2h 35m 40s	90.9%	3.95	0h 08m 06s
2024-08-13	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	5h 29m 09s	18	3.28	3	0h 20m 20s	6.4%	0.21	15	4h 56m 16s	93.6%	3.07	0h 12m 33s
2024-10-15	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 47m 18s	10	5.59	2	0h 08m 43s	10.4%	0.58	8	1h 14m 53s	89.6%	5.01	0h 23m 42s
2024-10-29	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 49m 07s	4	2.20	2	0h 05m 34s	5.5%	0.12	2	1h 36m 32s	94.5%	2.08	0h 07m 01s
2024-11-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 05m 45s	15	4.85	4	0h 04m 59s	2.8%	0.14	11	2h 50m 52s	97.2%	4.71	0h 09m 54s
2024-12-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 10m 23s	13	4.10	4	0h 11m 53s	6.6%	0.27	9	2h 47m 42s	93.4%	3.83	0h 10m 48s
2024-12-16	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 19m 07s	3	2.28	1	0h 02m 29s	3.3%	0.08	2	1h 12m 41s	96.7%	2.20	0h 03m 56s
2025-02-04	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 55m 39s	7	3.63	5	0h 29m 17s	26.6%	0.97	2	1h 20m 43s	73.4%	2.66	0h 05m 38s
2025-02-18	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 08m 03s	12	3.83	4	0h 11m 10s	6.3%	0.24	8	2h 46m 24s	93.7%	3.59	0h 10m 29s
2025-03-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 12m 37s	11	2.61	6	1h 54m 02s	47.2%	1.23	5	2h 07m 39s	52.8%	1.38	0h 10m 55s
2025-04-08	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 54m 29s	15	5.16	4	0h 07m 44s	4.7%	0.24	11	2h 37m 10s	95.3%	4.92	0h 09m 35s
2025-05-06	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 34m 42s	15	5.82	5	0h 14m 14s	9.6%	0.56	10	2h 13m 52s	90.4%	5.26	0h 06m 37s
2025-06-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	5h 25m 17s	19	3.50	9	3h 36m 59s	70.6%	2.47	10	1h 30m 17s	29.4%	1.03	0h 18m 01s
2025-06-19	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 07m 04s	1	0.47	0	0h 00m 00s	0.0%	0.00	1	2h 01m 32s	100.0%	0.47	0h 05m 33s
2025-07-22	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 37m 06s	13	2.81	5	0h 26m 23s	10.1%	0.28	8	3h 55m 57s	89.9%	2.53	0h 14m 46s
2025-07-29	Extraordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 54m 52s	10	3.43	3	0h 06m 31s	3.9%	0.13	7	2h 40m 59s	96.1%	3.30	0h 07m 22s
2025-08-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 44m 03s	11	2.95	2	0h 04m 42s	2.2%	0.07	9	3h 27m 19s	97.8%	2.88	0h 12m 02s
2025-09-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 53m 57s	12	2.45	6	1h 21m 05s	29.8%	0.73	6	3h 11m 20s	70.2%	1.72	0h 21m 32s
2025-10-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 39m 31s	13	2.79	3	0h 07m 21s	2.7%	0.08	10	4h 22m 09s	97.3%	2.71	0h 10m 01s
2025-11-04	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	3h 17m 41s	10	3.04	4	0h 14m 43s	7.8%	0.24	6	2h 53m 00s	92.2%	2.80	0h 09m 58s
2025-11-18	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 58m 56s	6	2.01	4	2h 21m 35s	82.5%	1.66	2	0h 30m 00s	17.5%	0.35	0h 07m 22s
2025-12-09	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 17m 44s	25	5.82	3	0h 25m 13s	10.4%	0.61	22	3h 36m 35s	89.6%	5.21	0h 15m 56s
2026-02-03	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 51m 54s	22	11.80	5	0h 07m 14s	7.0%	0.82	17	1h 36m 50s	93.0%	10.98	0h 07m 49s
2026-02-17	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 53m 28s	16	5.53	4	0h 01m 50s	1.1%	0.06	12	2h 42m 43s	98.9%	5.47	0h 08m 56s
2026-03-10	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 46m 52s	22	7.91	5	0h 02m 54s	1.9%	0.15	17	2h 31m 56s	98.1%	7.76	0h 12m 02s
2026-04-14	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 26m 35s	32	7.20	6	0h 22m 33s	9.3%	0.67	26	3h 39m 23s	90.7%	6.53	0h 24m 39s
2026-05-12	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 06m 12s	28	6.82	6	0h 09m 21s	4.1%	0.28	22	3h 41m 18s	95.9%	6.55	0h 15m 32s
2026-06-02	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	1h 43m 21s	21	12.19	5	0h 04m 30s	4.7%	0.57	16	1h 32m 08s	95.3%	11.62	0h 06m 42s
2026-06-16	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 08m 33s	15	7.00	7	0h 18m 31s	15.1%	1.06	8	1h 43m 46s	84.9%	5.94	0h 06m 15s
2026-07-21	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	4h 32m 08s	33	7.28	7	0h 05m 47s	2.2%	0.16	26	4h 12m 21s	97.8%	7.11	0h 13m 59s
2026-08-07	Ordinary Meeting	Suppressed — The 7 August 2026 meeting's five-item canonical agenda is divided by a 4m 42.369s recorded span, producing a 63.75 items-per-hour scale outlier.	0h 04m 42s	5	63.75	3	0h 02m 09s	61.8%	39.40	2	0h 01m 20s	38.2%	24.34	0h 01m 14s
2026-08-11	Ordinary Meeting	Plotted	2h 16m 09s	23	10.14	7	0h 07m 47s	6.0%	0.61	16	2h 00m 51s	94.0%	9.52	0h 07m 32s

Quarterly and annual workload-rate figures

Quarterly workload-rate figures
Period	Comparable meetings	Suppressed outliers	Recorded chamber span	All items	Items per hour	Procedural time allocation	Procedural rate component	Substantive time allocation	Substantive rate component
1st quarter of 2018	5	0	17h 11m 00s	75	4.36	1.3%	0.06	98.7%	4.31
2nd quarter of 2018	6	0	17h 35m 59s	53	3.01	1.8%	0.05	98.2%	2.96
3rd quarter of 2018	7	0	14h 24m 50s	67	4.65	4.2%	0.20	95.8%	4.45
4th quarter of 2018	4	0	9h 06m 23s	44	4.83	6.9%	0.33	93.1%	4.50
1st quarter of 2019	4	0	8h 04m 05s	42	5.21	13.3%	0.69	86.7%	4.51
2nd quarter of 2019	7	0	13h 32m 39s	60	4.43	7.2%	0.32	92.8%	4.11
3rd quarter of 2019	6	0	13h 34m 12s	85	6.26	4.4%	0.28	95.6%	5.99
4th quarter of 2019	4	0	11h 17m 38s	59	5.22	2.4%	0.13	97.6%	5.10
1st quarter of 2020	4	0	11h 08m 09s	56	5.03	2.1%	0.11	97.9%	4.92
2nd quarter of 2020	4	0	16h 39m 30s	56	3.36	3.9%	0.13	96.1%	3.23
3rd quarter of 2020	7	0	17h 04m 42s	79	4.63	3.9%	0.18	96.1%	4.45
4th quarter of 2020	5	0	13h 36m 05s	73	5.37	2.2%	0.12	97.8%	5.25
1st quarter of 2021	5	0	9h 01m 58s	44	4.87	3.0%	0.14	97.0%	4.73
2nd quarter of 2021	8	1	18h 07m 59s	95	5.24	3.6%	0.19	96.4%	5.05
3rd quarter of 2021	7	0	17h 10m 15s	74	4.31	2.9%	0.13	97.1%	4.18
4th quarter of 2021	4	0	11h 15m 35s	52	4.62	5.4%	0.25	94.6%	4.37
1st quarter of 2022	7	0	16h 01m 19s	78	4.87	5.4%	0.26	94.6%	4.61
2nd quarter of 2022	3	0	10h 15m 31s	49	4.78	4.6%	0.22	95.4%	4.56
3rd quarter of 2022	4	0	12h 40m 49s	50	3.94	2.8%	0.11	97.2%	3.83
4th quarter of 2022	4	0	10h 46m 13s	48	4.46	4.2%	0.19	95.8%	4.27
1st quarter of 2023	3	0	10h 44m 09s	43	4.01	4.7%	0.19	95.3%	3.82
2nd quarter of 2023	4	0	9h 41m 30s	45	4.64	12.7%	0.59	87.3%	4.05
3rd quarter of 2023	3	0	8h 10m 46s	44	5.38	4.0%	0.22	96.0%	5.16
4th quarter of 2023	2	0	9h 45m 14s	41	4.20	7.7%	0.32	92.3%	3.88
1st quarter of 2024	2	0	3h 23m 23s	26	7.67	4.3%	0.33	95.7%	7.34
2nd quarter of 2024	4	0	11h 51m 24s	57	4.81	3.0%	0.14	97.0%	4.66
3rd quarter of 2024	3	0	10h 23m 23s	44	4.23	7.4%	0.31	92.6%	3.92
4th quarter of 2024	5	0	11h 11m 39s	45	4.02	5.5%	0.22	94.5%	3.80
1st quarter of 2025	3	0	9h 16m 19s	30	3.24	29.2%	0.94	70.8%	2.29
2nd quarter of 2025	4	0	13h 01m 32s	50	3.84	32.2%	1.24	67.8%	2.60
3rd quarter of 2025	4	0	16h 09m 57s	46	2.85	13.0%	0.37	87.0%	2.48
4th quarter of 2025	4	0	15h 13m 52s	54	3.55	21.7%	0.77	78.3%	2.78
1st quarter of 2026	3	0	7h 32m 14s	60	7.96	2.8%	0.22	97.2%	7.74
2nd quarter of 2026	4	0	12h 24m 40s	96	7.73	7.9%	0.61	92.1%	7.12
3rd quarter of 2026	2	1	6h 48m 17s	56	8.23	3.5%	0.29	96.5%	7.94

Annual workload-rate figures
Period	Comparable meetings	Suppressed outliers	Recorded chamber span	All items	Items per hour	Procedural time allocation	Procedural rate component	Substantive time allocation	Substantive rate component
2018	22	0	58h 18m 13s	239	4.10	3.1%	0.13	96.9%	3.97
2019	21	0	46h 28m 34s	246	5.29	6.3%	0.33	93.7%	4.96
2020	20	0	58h 28m 26s	264	4.51	3.2%	0.14	96.8%	4.37
2021	24	1	55h 35m 47s	265	4.77	3.7%	0.17	96.3%	4.59
2022	18	0	49h 43m 52s	225	4.52	4.3%	0.19	95.7%	4.33
2023	12	0	38h 21m 38s	173	4.51	7.4%	0.33	92.6%	4.18
2024	14	0	36h 49m 48s	172	4.67	5.1%	0.24	94.9%	4.43
2025	15	0	53h 41m 40s	180	3.35	22.9%	0.77	77.1%	2.58
2026	9	1	26h 45m 11s	212	7.92	5.4%	0.42	94.6%	7.50

How agenda items were classified, with confidence by year

Confidence describes the evidence supporting the rule, not a calibrated probability. High: Explicit substantive flag or recognised structured item type. Medium: Recognised procedural title pattern or structured vote, document, resolution or outcome evidence. Low: Titled canonical item with no procedural signal or stronger structured evidence; assigned substantive by exclusion. Unclassified: No usable item label or structured evidence.

The downloadable statistics JSON records the category, confidence and rule basis for every item.

Agenda-item classification confidence by year
Year	All items	Medium confidence	Low confidence
2018	239	183	56
2019	246	197	49
2020	264	218	46
2021	268	209	59
2022	225	188	37
2023	173	152	21
2024	172	147	25
2025	180	169	11
2026	217	217	0

Words spoken by speaker category

Absolute word totals in published Ordinary and Extraordinary Council meeting transcripts.

Projection based on YTD. Current-year additive totals are annualised at 1.48x from the observed year-to-date count. Data observed to 2026-09-04.

Words spoken by speaker category and year
Year	Councillors	Staff	Public Speakers	Unknown	Total words
2018	378,857	47,294	73,471	1,407	501,029
2019	295,037	46,325	42,882	631	384,875
2020	390,669	62,673	35,764	1,230	490,336
2021	407,328	54,580	31,110	2,068	495,086
2022	367,002	36,872	49,107	2,167	455,148
2023	264,717	37,538	44,071	797	347,123
2024	249,546	28,030	41,164	1,622	320,362
2025	341,849	43,770	63,012	1,990	450,621
2026 projected from YTD	293,559 (projected) 198,655 observed YTD	28,653 (projected) 19,390 observed YTD	9,734 (projected) 6,587 observed YTD	306 (projected) 207 observed YTD	332,252 (projected) 224,839 observed YTD

Share of recorded speaking time

The relative share of speech time in each year; every column totals 100%.

Projection based on YTD. Current-year ratios retain their observed year-to-date value and are not multiplied. Data observed to 2026-09-04.

Recorded speech duration by speaker category and year
Year	Councillors	Staff	Public Speakers	Unknown	Total speech
2018	42h 45m 07s	5h 05m 28s	7h 54m 47s	0h 09m 33s	55h 54m 55s
2019	34h 27m 29s	4h 57m 20s	4h 35m 48s	0h 04m 16s	44h 04m 53s
2020	44h 30m 56s	6h 49m 20s	4h 00m 36s	0h 07m 04s	55h 27m 55s
2021	44h 06m 32s	5h 39m 23s	3h 22m 45s	0h 12m 18s	53h 20m 58s
2022	38h 26m 27s	3h 50m 51s	5h 22m 00s	0h 12m 02s	47h 51m 21s
2023	28h 10m 07s	3h 54m 38s	4h 41m 13s	0h 04m 33s	36h 50m 30s
2024	27h 17m 08s	3h 00m 57s	4h 26m 20s	0h 09m 34s	34h 53m 58s
2025	39h 10m 05s	4h 34m 07s	7h 05m 47s	0h 13m 40s	51h 03m 40s
2026 projected from YTD	33h 36m 27s (projected) 22h 44m 33s observed YTD	2h 55m 13s (projected) 1h 58m 35s observed YTD	1h 00m 40s (projected) 0h 41m 03s observed YTD	0h 02m 42s (projected) 0h 01m 50s observed YTD	37h 35m 03s (projected) 25h 26m 01s observed YTD

Danielle Wheeler Current Councillor

552,131 words · 61h 15m 05s

63,634 words/yr avg

Danielle Wheeler speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	63,251 words · 6h 51m 10s	63,251 words/yr
2019	54,634 words · 6h 05m 43s	54,634 words/yr
2020	67,263 words · 7h 32m 09s	67,263 words/yr
2021	83,490 words · 9h 11m 16s	83,490 words/yr
2022	71,890 words · 7h 44m 12s	71,890 words/yr
2023	55,256 words · 6h 11m 10s	55,256 words/yr
2024	51,810 words · 5h 49m 36s	51,810 words/yr
2025	61,017 words · 6h 57m 08s	61,017 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	43,520 words · 4h 52m 42s	—
2026* (projected full year)	64,311 words · 7h 12m 32s	64,311 words/yr

Mary Lyons-Buckett Current Councillor

536,211 words · 57h 18m 21s

61,799 words/yr avg

Mary Lyons-Buckett speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	85,221 words · 9h 47m 45s	85,221 words/yr
2019	47,153 words · 4h 59m 31s	47,153 words/yr
2020	63,528 words · 6h 44m 56s	63,528 words/yr
2021	72,922 words · 7h 47m 41s	72,922 words/yr
2022	63,283 words · 6h 29m 05s	63,283 words/yr
2023	51,114 words · 5h 15m 51s	51,114 words/yr
2024	47,850 words · 5h 01m 01s	47,850 words/yr
2025	66,084 words · 6h 57m 12s	66,084 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	39,056 words · 4h 15m 17s	—
2026* (projected full year)	57,714 words · 6h 17m 15s	57,714 words/yr

Patrick Conolly Former Councillor

273,618 words · 24h 32m 44s

40,825 words/yr avg

Patrick Conolly speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	33,755 words · 2h 48m 08s	33,755 words/yr
2019	17,313 words · 1h 31m 17s	17,313 words/yr
2020	42,720 words · 3h 55m 46s	42,720 words/yr
2021	89,491 words · 8h 21m 21s	89,491 words/yr
2022	62,963 words · 5h 45m 10s	62,963 words/yr
2023	13,898 words · 1h 07m 53s	13,898 words/yr
2024 (active 257d)	13,478 words · 1h 03m 10s	19,194 words/yr

Barry Calvert Former Councillor

220,893 words · 25h 12m 28s

32,958 words/yr avg

Barry Calvert speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	32,960 words · 3h 50m 08s	32,960 words/yr
2019	57,782 words · 6h 53m 06s	57,782 words/yr
2020	62,014 words · 7h 12m 03s	62,014 words/yr
2021	21,647 words · 2h 19m 14s	21,647 words/yr
2022	19,207 words · 2h 00m 50s	19,207 words/yr
2023	14,895 words · 1h 37m 28s	14,895 words/yr
2024 (active 257d)	12,388 words · 1h 19m 40s	17,642 words/yr

Sarah McMahon Current Councillor

274,586 words · 26h 16m 14s

31,646 words/yr avg

Sarah McMahon speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	33,621 words · 3h 10m 05s	33,621 words/yr
2019	14,768 words · 1h 19m 24s	14,768 words/yr
2020	27,025 words · 2h 32m 38s	27,025 words/yr
2021	21,382 words · 1h 54m 01s	21,382 words/yr
2022	39,624 words · 3h 58m 52s	39,624 words/yr
2023	55,199 words · 5h 25m 33s	55,199 words/yr
2024	34,491 words · 3h 23m 07s	34,491 words/yr
2025	35,772 words · 3h 19m 57s	35,772 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	12,704 words · 1h 12m 37s	—
2026* (projected full year)	18,773 words · 1h 47m 19s	18,773 words/yr

Les Sheather Current Councillor

193,669 words · 26h 09m 20s

28,677 words/yr avg

Les Sheather speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	855 words · 0h 06m 24s	855 words/yr
2019	1,179 words · 0h 08m 21s	1,179 words/yr
2021 (active 28d)	1,451 words · 0h 10m 46s	18,915 words/yr
2022	28,163 words · 3h 28m 28s	28,163 words/yr
2023	27,267 words · 3h 22m 51s	27,267 words/yr
2024	36,490 words · 4h 52m 25s	36,490 words/yr
2025	62,291 words · 8h 56m 19s	62,291 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	35,973 words · 5h 03m 45s	—
2026* (projected full year)	53,158 words · 7h 28m 52s	53,158 words/yr

Nathan Zamprogno Current Councillor

204,989 words · 22h 04m 49s

23,625 words/yr avg

Nathan Zamprogno speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	25,777 words · 2h 50m 47s	25,777 words/yr
2019	21,406 words · 2h 24m 00s	21,406 words/yr
2020	21,094 words · 2h 18m 21s	21,094 words/yr
2021	26,773 words · 2h 52m 53s	26,773 words/yr
2022	28,338 words · 2h 57m 04s	28,338 words/yr
2023	19,915 words · 2h 03m 52s	19,915 words/yr
2024	14,746 words · 1h 32m 26s	14,746 words/yr
2025	28,527 words · 3h 06m 17s	28,527 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	18,413 words · 1h 59m 09s	—
2026* (projected full year)	27,209 words · 2h 56m 05s	27,209 words/yr

Paul Rasmussen Former Councillor

90,023 words · 10h 14m 54s

22,946 words/yr avg

Paul Rasmussen speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	28,270 words · 3h 00m 18s	28,270 words/yr
2019	17,411 words · 1h 57m 27s	17,411 words/yr
2020	36,954 words · 4h 27m 19s	36,954 words/yr
2021 (active 337d)	7,388 words · 0h 49m 49s	8,002 words/yr

John Ross Former Councillor

123,922 words · 20h 11m 31s

20,921 words/yr avg

John Ross speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	29,969 words · 5h 07m 15s	29,969 words/yr
2019	31,776 words · 5h 21m 34s	31,776 words/yr
2020	33,938 words · 5h 18m 52s	33,938 words/yr
2021 (active 337d)	23,625 words · 3h 40m 57s	25,588 words/yr
2022	3,935 words · 0h 37m 05s	3,935 words/yr
2023	679 words · 0h 05m 48s	679 words/yr

Michael Creed Current Councillor

40,024 words · 4h 05m 34s

20,270 words/yr avg

Michael Creed speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2024 (active 109d)	3,174 words · 0h 22m 47s	10,658 words/yr
2025	23,606 words · 2h 22m 58s	23,606 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	13,244 words · 1h 19m 49s	—
2026* (projected full year)	19,571 words · 1h 57m 57s	19,571 words/yr

Amanda Kotlash Current Councillor

151,329 words · 19h 32m 12s

17,441 words/yr avg

Amanda Kotlash speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	12,108 words · 1h 36m 18s	12,108 words/yr
2019	9,879 words · 1h 20m 32s	9,879 words/yr
2020	17,400 words · 2h 13m 55s	17,400 words/yr
2021	19,665 words · 2h 25m 19s	19,665 words/yr
2022	16,589 words · 2h 00m 18s	16,589 words/yr
2023	13,570 words · 1h 42m 09s	13,570 words/yr
2024	14,840 words · 1h 50m 38s	14,840 words/yr
2025	31,811 words · 4h 15m 31s	31,811 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	15,467 words · 2h 07m 31s	—
2026* (projected full year)	22,856 words · 3h 08m 26s	22,856 words/yr

Peter Reynolds Former Councillor

70,052 words · 8h 30m 05s

14,229 words/yr avg

Peter Reynolds speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	17,084 words · 1h 58m 02s	17,084 words/yr
2019	11,643 words · 1h 25m 37s	11,643 words/yr
2020	14,336 words · 1h 48m 06s	14,336 words/yr
2021 (active 337d)	25,486 words · 3h 07m 37s	27,604 words/yr
2022	1,503 words · 0h 10m 44s	1,503 words/yr

Eddie Dogramaci Former Councillor

42,502 words · 4h 34m 56s

11,517 words/yr avg

Eddie Dogramaci speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2021 (active 28d)	0 words · 0h 00m 00s	0 words/yr
2022	20,621 words · 2h 14m 16s	20,621 words/yr
2023	5,199 words · 0h 33m 52s	5,199 words/yr
2024	10,881 words · 1h 09m 17s	10,881 words/yr
2025 (active 224d)	5,801 words · 0h 37m 31s	9,453 words/yr

Paul Veigel Current Councillor

37,480 words · 3h 25m 48s

7,885 words/yr avg

Paul Veigel speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2021 (active 28d)	655 words · 0h 03m 45s	8,538 words/yr
2022	6,027 words · 0h 32m 58s	6,027 words/yr
2023	4,400 words · 0h 24m 40s	4,400 words/yr
2024	6,211 words · 0h 33m 54s	6,211 words/yr
2025	10,926 words · 1h 02m 15s	10,926 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	9,261 words · 0h 48m 16s	—
2026* (projected full year)	13,685 words · 1h 11m 20s	13,685 words/yr

Tiffany Tree Former Councillor

20,228 words · 2h 00m 35s

5,156 words/yr avg

Tiffany Tree speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	8,376 words · 0h 49m 58s	8,376 words/yr
2019	5,717 words · 0h 33m 15s	5,717 words/yr
2020	812 words · 0h 05m 04s	812 words/yr
2021 (active 337d)	5,323 words · 0h 32m 18s	5,765 words/yr

Peter Ryan Current Councillor

30,561 words · 3h 06m 19s

4,642 words/yr avg

Peter Ryan speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	2,086 words · 0h 12m 20s	2,086 words/yr
2019	1,222 words · 0h 07m 11s	1,222 words/yr
2021	4,722 words · 0h 29m 29s	4,722 words/yr
2022	760 words · 0h 04m 31s	760 words/yr
2023	1,053 words · 0h 06m 40s	1,053 words/yr
2025 (active 331d)	12,119 words · 1h 14m 10s	13,364 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	8,599 words · 0h 51m 58s	—
2026* (projected full year)	12,707 words · 1h 16m 47s	12,707 words/yr

Emma-Jane Garrow Former Councillor

15,571 words · 1h 38m 53s

3,969 words/yr avg

Emma-Jane Garrow speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2018	5,524 words · 0h 36m 30s	5,524 words/yr
2019	3,154 words · 0h 20m 30s	3,154 words/yr
2020	3,585 words · 0h 21m 47s	3,585 words/yr
2021 (active 337d)	3,308 words · 0h 20m 06s	3,583 words/yr

Shane Djuric Current Councillor

12,265 words · 1h 06m 18s

2,580 words/yr avg

Shane Djuric speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2021 (active 28d)	0 words · 0h 00m 00s	0 words/yr
2022	3,738 words · 0h 20m 53s	3,738 words/yr
2023	1,879 words · 0h 09m 59s	1,879 words/yr
2024	1,811 words · 0h 09m 52s	1,811 words/yr
2025	3,298 words · 0h 17m 38s	3,298 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	1,539 words · 0h 07m 56s	—
2026* (projected full year)	2,274 words · 0h 11m 43s	2,274 words/yr

Tom Aczel Former Councillor

818 words · 0h 06m 11s

2,107 words/yr avg

Tom Aczel speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2024 (active 109d)	818 words · 0h 06m 11s	2,747 words/yr
2025 (active 33d)	0 words · 0h 00m 00s	0 words/yr

Jill Reardon Current Councillor

2,788 words · 0h 16m 07s

587 words/yr avg

Jill Reardon speech by year
Year	Words & recorded speech	Annual average
2021 (active 28d)	0 words · 0h 00m 00s	0 words/yr
2022	361 words · 0h 02m 02s	361 words/yr
2023	393 words · 0h 02m 20s	393 words/yr
2024	558 words · 0h 03m 03s	558 words/yr
2025	597 words · 0h 03m 10s	597 words/yr
2026 (observed YTD)	879 words · 0h 05m 32s	—
2026* (projected full year)	1,299 words · 0h 08m 11s	1,299 words/yr

Councillor appearance timeline by meeting

Chronological meeting-by-meeting speaking record for current and former Councillors across all published Council meetings.

Unique public speakers addressing Council

Distinct known Public Speaker identities, stacked by Council meetings and Public Forums, HLPP meetings, and Committee meetings.

Known public speakers by proceeding group and year
Year	Council meetings and Public Forums	HLPP meetings	Committee meetings	Total distinct speakers
2018	60	12	0	68
2019	43	10	0	51
2020	37	7	0	43
2021	38	1	4	41
2022	40	16	19	74
2023	41	8	7	54
2024	41	11	11	62
2025	62	7	10	77
2026 projected from YTD	31	13	6	71 (projected) 48 observed YTD

Items attracting a public speaker

The share of canonical non-procedural business-paper items with at least one confirmed Public Speaker contribution.

Non-procedural items attracting at least one public speaker
Year	Items with a public speaker	Substantive items	Percentage
2018	50	213	23.5%
2019	34	187	18.2%
2020	23	211	10.9%
2021	23	195	11.8%
2022	29	172	16.9%
2023	23	122	18.9%
2024	24	121	19.8%
2025	21	117	17.9%
2026 observed YTD ratio	21	162	13.0%

Voting correlation over time

Quarterly same-side agreement for any two selected parties or groups of Councillors.

Coverage: Complete, internally consistent named Council divisions from 21 October 2008 to 11 August 2026; rows that have inconsistent voter sides or cannot be resolved safely to a date-valid Councillor identity are excluded.

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Showing Labor Councillors and Liberal Councillors across 70 quarters with comparable divisions.

0% agreement100% agreement

Very light background bands label each serving Mayor and party affiliation, using the Dashboard 25a tenure record.

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Quarterly voting correlation for the selected comparison

Detailed quarterly voting-correlation figures
Quarter	Voting correlation	Comparable divisions	Not comparable	Member-pair votes
4th quarter of 2008	80.0%	10	11	46
1st quarter of 2009	90.4%	13	1	48
2nd quarter of 2009	No comparable divisions	0	2	0
3rd quarter of 2009	47.2%	13	1	56
4th quarter of 2009	87.5%	8	10	34
1st quarter of 2010	80.0%	2	1	8
2nd quarter of 2010	75.0%	4	0	17
3rd quarter of 2010	No comparable divisions	0	0	0
4th quarter of 2010	83.3%	8	1	45
1st quarter of 2011	80.0%	5	0	30
2nd quarter of 2011	85.7%	7	2	39
3rd quarter of 2011	58.3%	16	0	86
4th quarter of 2011	96.0%	5	2	28
1st quarter of 2012	40.0%	5	0	30
2nd quarter of 2012	85.4%	8	0	48
3rd quarter of 2012	100.0%	7	0	32
4th quarter of 2012	52.9%	12	0	56
1st quarter of 2013	42.9%	7	2	32
2nd quarter of 2013	70.0%	4	0	20
3rd quarter of 2013	63.0%	10	3	46
4th quarter of 2013	70.5%	10	0	47
1st quarter of 2014	20.0%	6	3	25
2nd quarter of 2014	48.0%	10	0	47
3rd quarter of 2014	69.7%	11	0	34
4th quarter of 2014	60.0%	8	8	37
1st quarter of 2015	52.5%	18	1	89
2nd quarter of 2015	61.9%	17	0	65
3rd quarter of 2015	32.1%	12	2	56
4th quarter of 2015	58.3%	12	5	59
1st quarter of 2016	43.5%	13	0	54
2nd quarter of 2016	72.1%	14	7	62
3rd quarter of 2016	55.7%	23	0	109
4th quarter of 2016	63.9%	42	0	227
1st quarter of 2017	72.8%	19	1	82
2nd quarter of 2017	79.2%	8	0	28
3rd quarter of 2017	100.0%	3	0	18
4th quarter of 2017	75.0%	8	0	40
1st quarter of 2018	100.0%	8	0	36
2nd quarter of 2018	100.0%	3	0	18
3rd quarter of 2018	100.0%	4	1	18
4th quarter of 2018	100.0%	3	0	18
1st quarter of 2019	100.0%	1	0	4
2nd quarter of 2019	95.2%	21	0	114
3rd quarter of 2019	92.9%	52	0	236
4th quarter of 2019	85.0%	60	1	275
1st quarter of 2020	85.3%	51	0	186
2nd quarter of 2020	88.1%	56	0	224
3rd quarter of 2020	87.3%	75	0	352
4th quarter of 2020	92.9%	77	0	413
1st quarter of 2021	98.8%	80	0	468
2nd quarter of 2021	92.9%	56	10	269
3rd quarter of 2021	91.0%	63	0	315
4th quarter of 2021	89.6%	61	0	318
1st quarter of 2022	86.6%	73	0	518
2nd quarter of 2022	89.4%	52	0	400
3rd quarter of 2022	88.2%	57	0	450
4th quarter of 2022	96.4%	62	0	476
1st quarter of 2023	91.8%	49	0	346
2nd quarter of 2023	90.3%	54	0	340
3rd quarter of 2023	89.9%	42	0	287
4th quarter of 2023	89.3%	61	0	458
1st quarter of 2024	100.0%	34	1	202
2nd quarter of 2024	94.0%	54	0	380
3rd quarter of 2024	98.1%	44	0	322
4th quarter of 2024	98.2%	56	0	221
1st quarter of 2025	87.5%	28	6	110
2nd quarter of 2025	92.3%	42	24	163
3rd quarter of 2025	90.2%	51	1	200
4th quarter of 2025	87.0%	69	1	269
1st quarter of 2026	99.1%	29	8	115
2nd quarter of 2026	96.1%	71	0	246
3rd quarter of 2026 (observed to 11 August)	100.0%	37	0	148

How voting correlation is calculated

Voting correlation is the quarterly mean of division-level same-side agreement. Within each complete comparable division, every recorded For/Against voter in selection X is paired with every recorded For/Against voter in selection Y; the division score is the share of those pairs on the same side. Both For/For and Against/Against count as agreement. Each division has equal weight. Abstentions, absences, non-votes and people outside their service interval are not treated as disagreement.

The same Councillor cannot be selected on both sides. The graph uses complete, enumerated votes on substantive motions and amendments, after checking the person’s compiled service interval for each meeting. A gap means there were no comparable divisions; it is not 0% agreement. 14 otherwise eligible divisions were excluded because the recorded identities could not be resolved safely. 21 historical service intervals are marked estimated in the source catalogue and labelled in the selector.

“Voting correlation” here is a same-side agreement score, not Pearson correlation and not merely a count of occasions when both selections voted For.

Close and tied votes by quarter

Quarterly percentage of recorded Council divisions that were tied and decided by an exercised casting vote, or passed with the minimum winning majority. Very light background bands label each serving mayor and party affiliation.

Coverage: Recorded Council divisions from 30 January 2007 to 11 August 2026. Incomplete or internally inconsistent tallies are shown in the table: explicit casting-vote evidence remains usable, but a minimum winning majority cannot be detected without trustworthy complete voter sides.

Quarterly close and tied vote figures

Quarterly close and tied Council division figures
Quarter	Recorded divisions	Casting-vote ties	Casting-vote percentage	Passed by one vote	One-vote percentage	Combined percentage	Incomplete tallies
1st quarter of 2007	13	3	23.1%	0	0.0%	23.1%	13
2nd quarter of 2007	14	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	14
3rd quarter of 2007	17	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	17
4th quarter of 2007	11	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	18.2%	11
1st quarter of 2008	10	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10.0%	10
2nd quarter of 2008	12	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	12
3rd quarter of 2008	12	3	25.0%	0	0.0%	25.0%	12
4th quarter of 2008	28	0	0.0%	1	3.6%	3.6%	7
1st quarter of 2009	20	1	5.0%	1	5.0%	10.0%	6
2nd quarter of 2009	3	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	1
3rd quarter of 2009	19	2	10.5%	2	10.5%	21.1%	5
4th quarter of 2009	21	0	0.0%	1	4.8%	4.8%	3
1st quarter of 2010	7	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	4
2nd quarter of 2010	13	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	6
3rd quarter of 2010	14	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	14.3%	3
4th quarter of 2010	16	4	25.0%	1	6.2%	31.2%	6
1st quarter of 2011	15	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	10
2nd quarter of 2011	19	0	0.0%	1	5.3%	5.3%	10
3rd quarter of 2011	28	1	3.6%	1	3.6%	7.1%	10
4th quarter of 2011	13	0	0.0%	1	7.7%	7.7%	6
1st quarter of 2012	12	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	7
2nd quarter of 2012	11	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	3
3rd quarter of 2012	17	2	11.8%	0	0.0%	11.8%	10
4th quarter of 2012	24	5	20.8%	1	4.2%	25.0%	12
1st quarter of 2013	26	4	15.4%	1	3.8%	19.2%	16
2nd quarter of 2013	14	4	28.6%	0	0.0%	28.6%	10
3rd quarter of 2013	21	0	0.0%	5	23.8%	23.8%	7
4th quarter of 2013	17	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	29.4%	6
1st quarter of 2014	15	0	0.0%	2	13.3%	13.3%	5
2nd quarter of 2014	17	1	5.9%	3	17.6%	23.5%	6
3rd quarter of 2014	30	8	26.7%	2	6.7%	33.3%	19
4th quarter of 2014	23	1	4.3%	2	8.7%	13.0%	7
1st quarter of 2015	27	6	22.2%	1	3.7%	25.9%	8
2nd quarter of 2015	21	0	0.0%	3	14.3%	14.3%	4
3rd quarter of 2015	22	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	8
4th quarter of 2015	32	6	18.8%	0	0.0%	18.8%	15
1st quarter of 2016	18	1	5.6%	3	16.7%	22.2%	5
2nd quarter of 2016	24	2	8.3%	4	16.7%	25.0%	3
3rd quarter of 2016	26	1	3.8%	2	7.7%	11.5%	3
4th quarter of 2016	53	13	24.5%	2	3.8%	28.3%	11
1st quarter of 2017	26	2	7.7%	4	15.4%	23.1%	6
2nd quarter of 2017	15	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	7
3rd quarter of 2017	11	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	8
4th quarter of 2017	10	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10.0%	2
1st quarter of 2018	18	1	5.6%	2	11.1%	16.7%	10
2nd quarter of 2018	14	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	11
3rd quarter of 2018	10	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	20.0%	5
4th quarter of 2018	7	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	4
1st quarter of 2019	1	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2nd quarter of 2019	26	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	5
3rd quarter of 2019	53	0	0.0%	3	5.7%	5.7%	1
4th quarter of 2019	61	0	0.0%	5	8.2%	8.2%	0
1st quarter of 2020	52	1	1.9%	3	5.8%	7.7%	1
2nd quarter of 2020	56	0	0.0%	3	5.4%	5.4%	0
3rd quarter of 2020	75	1	1.3%	3	4.0%	5.3%	0
4th quarter of 2020	78	8	10.3%	4	5.1%	15.4%	0
1st quarter of 2021	80	7	8.8%	3	3.8%	12.5%	0
2nd quarter of 2021	67	4	6.0%	3	4.5%	10.4%	1
3rd quarter of 2021	65	0	0.0%	6	9.2%	9.2%	2
4th quarter of 2021	63	2	3.2%	2	3.2%	6.3%	1
1st quarter of 2022	74	11	14.9%	3	4.1%	18.9%	1
2nd quarter of 2022	52	2	3.8%	1	1.9%	5.8%	0
3rd quarter of 2022	59	3	5.1%	4	6.8%	11.9%	2
4th quarter of 2022	63	2	3.2%	2	3.2%	6.3%	0
1st quarter of 2023	55	3	5.5%	3	5.5%	10.9%	6
2nd quarter of 2023	58	0	0.0%	3	5.2%	5.2%	4
3rd quarter of 2023	43	2	4.7%	2	4.7%	9.3%	0
4th quarter of 2023	71	1	1.4%	4	5.6%	7.0%	7
1st quarter of 2024	37	1	2.7%	3	8.1%	10.8%	1
2nd quarter of 2024	59	1	1.7%	0	0.0%	1.7%	1
3rd quarter of 2024	45	0	0.0%	3	6.7%	6.7%	0
4th quarter of 2024	57	1	1.8%	1	1.8%	3.5%	0
1st quarter of 2025	37	0	0.0%	1	2.7%	2.7%	0
2nd quarter of 2025	72	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	3
3rd quarter of 2025	59	1	1.7%	2	3.4%	5.1%	4
4th quarter of 2025	75	0	0.0%	1	1.3%	1.3%	2
1st quarter of 2026	37	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2nd quarter of 2026	78	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0.0%	4
3rd quarter of 2026 (observed through 11 August 2026)	38	0	0.0%	2	5.3%	5.3%	0

Percentage of votes that were unanimous

The observed share of complete, enumerated votes on substantive Council motions and amendments that were unanimous.

Coverage: Complete, internally consistent enumerated substantive divisions from 21 October 2008 to 11 August 2026; the yearly denominator is displayed below the chart.

Unanimous complete, enumerated votes on substantive motions and amendments
Year	Unanimous votes	Evaluable votes	Percentage
2007	0	0	Not available
2008	9	21	42.9%
2009	18	48	37.5%
2010	20	30	66.7%
2011	21	37	56.8%
2012	16	32	50.0%
2013	7	36	19.4%
2014	17	46	37.0%
2015	13	67	19.4%
2016	16	99	16.2%
2017	9	39	23.1%
2018	11	19	57.9%
2019	92	135	68.1%
2020	157	259	60.6%
2021	171	270	63.3%
2022	148	244	60.7%
2023	123	206	59.7%
2024	147	189	77.8%
2025	168	222	75.7%
2026 observed YTD ratio	115	145	79.3%

Substantive motions voted on

The number of non-procedural Council motions with a terminal voting outcome in each year.

Coverage: Substantive Council Motions with a terminal outcome from 13 February 2007 to 11 August 2026.

Projection based on YTD. Current-year additive totals are annualised at 1.48x from the observed year-to-date count. Data observed to 2026-09-04.

Substantive Council motions with a terminal voting outcome
Year	Substantive motions voted on
2007	24
2008	31
2009	44
2010	39
2011	44
2012	37
2013	39
2014	61
2015	73
2016	99
2017	40
2018	34
2019	132
2020	243
2021	254
2022	224
2023	188
2024	177
2025	208
2026 projected from YTD	205 (projected) 139 observed YTD

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