Noosa Council Watch

An independent, unofficial record of Noosa Shire Council — what council decided, what they closed the doors on, and why it matters. About this site

Every decision in council's minutes since 2016, and how each councillor voted where council recorded it.

Who votes with whom

When council divides, which councillors end up on the same side? Each square below counts the contested votes two councillors both took part in, and how many of those they voted the same way. Every number opens onto the decisions behind it.

Only contested votes are counted — the decisions where councillors did not all agree, which council has always had to minute by name. Unanimous decisions are left out: most of what council decides is not in dispute, and counting it would make every pair look almost identical.

Voting together is not a pact. Two councillors can reach the same side for different reasons, and a single issue that divided the chamber a dozen times weighs a dozen times. Read the decisions, not only the percentage. A pair with fewer than 10 shared contested votes is shown as a count, unshaded, because a percentage of a handful says more about chance than about the two of them.

The council elected in March 2024

183 contested votes with names recorded.

FinzelLorentsonPhillipsStockwellWegenerWilkieWilson
Finzel 55%93/170 53%87/163 62%101/162 64%103/162 72%114/159 70%118/169
Lorentson 55%93/170 84%138/165 27%45/166 33%54/166 41%67/162 54%93/171
Phillips 53%87/163 84%138/165 24%39/163 35%57/163 42%67/160 61%104/170
Stockwell 62%101/162 27%45/166 24%39/163 71%117/164 76%121/160 47%79/169
Wegener 64%103/162 33%54/166 35%57/163 71%117/164 76%122/160 51%86/169
Wilkie 72%114/159 41%67/162 42%67/160 76%121/160 76%122/160 55%92/166
Wilson 70%118/169 54%93/171 61%104/170 47%79/169 51%86/169 55%92/166

The council elected in March 2020

197 contested votes with names recorded.

FinzelJurisevicLorentsonStewartStockwellWegenerWilkie
Finzel 55%87/158 72%113/156 80%131/163 45%74/163 39%65/167 52%83/160
Jurisevic 55%87/158 50%80/160 50%89/179 77%133/173 54%100/184 77%135/175
Lorentson 72%113/156 50%80/160 85%137/162 41%65/160 29%49/167 46%75/162
Stewart 80%131/163 50%89/179 85%137/162 44%77/176 36%67/186 50%89/177
Stockwell 45%74/163 77%133/173 41%65/160 44%77/176 56%102/182 71%124/174
Wegener 39%65/167 54%100/184 29%49/167 36%67/186 56%102/182 64%116/182
Wilkie 52%83/160 77%135/175 46%75/162 50%89/177 71%124/174 64%116/182

The council elected in March 2016

82 contested votes with names recorded. Before 12 September 2019 council minuted most decisions as a bare “Carried”, but contested votes were always named, so this term’s contested record is as complete as the others.

GlasgowJacksonJurisevicPardonStockwellWellingtonWilkie
Glasgow 52%32/62 57%31/54 76%25/33 50%30/60 55%30/55 57%31/54
Jackson 52%32/62 31%23/74 35%16/46 16%13/80 13%10/75 22%16/74
Jurisevic 57%31/54 31%23/74 87%33/38 67%48/72 73%49/67 71%47/66
Pardon 76%25/33 35%16/46 87%33/38 67%30/45 74%29/39 74%29/39
Stockwell 50%30/60 16%13/80 67%48/72 67%30/45 90%66/73 83%60/72
Wellington 55%30/55 13%10/75 73%49/67 74%29/39 90%66/73 88%63/72
Wilkie 57%31/54 22%16/74 71%47/66 74%29/39 83%60/72 88%63/72

Where this comes from. The same register as every contested vote: council’s published minutes, one decision block at a time. A pair is counted on a decision only when both of them voted on it; a councillor who was absent or declared a conflict is on neither side. A council is counted from its first meeting after the election, so the votes of one council are never mixed with the next.

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