Council Voting Data

data.winnipeg.ca | Last Updated 30 May 2024

On September 21st, 2020, the City of Winnipeg began using the Voting Information System to record votes at Executive Policy Committee meetings as part of an ongoing commitment to greater openness and transparency. Please visit https://winnipeg.ca/council/VIS for more information.

Tags: voting, council, councillors, vote, motion, meeting, dmis, committee

This dataset has the following 27 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Meeting Idmeeting_idnumberInternal ID for each meeting
Meeting Datemeeting_datecalendar_date
Agenda Idagenda_idnumberWhich Agenda meeting is based off of
Agenda Linkagenda_linktextLink to DMIS Agenda
Motion Numbermotion_numbertext
Headingheadingtext
Titletitletext
Bylawbylawtext
Minutes Section IDminutes_section_idtextInternal ID for Minutes Section
Vote Idvote_idnumberInternal ID for Vote
VotevotetextCouncillor Vote
CommitteecommitteetextAbbreviated version of the Committee
Committee Namecommittee_nametextLong form name of Committee
Member Typemember_typetextCouncillor or Mayor
MembermembertextName of Council Member
ResultresulttextResult of the Vote
Vote Rulevote_ruletextType of Vote
YeasyeasnumberCount of Votes for the Yeas
NaysnaysnumberCount of Votes for Nays
Yea Percentyea_percentnumberPercent voted for Yea
Attendance Statusattendance_statustext
DMIS Iddmis_idnumberInternal Id
MotionGroupIdmotiongroupidnumberused for voting on groups of motions
Minutes Doc IDminutes_doc_idnumberInternal Id for Minutes Document
Vote Descriptionvote_descriptiontext
Motion IDmotion_idnumberInternal Id for Motion
Is Recorded Voteis_recorded_votecheckbox