Council Voting to Be Restricted to Elected Members

Law change will stop councils appointing iwi representatives as full voting members

The government says the change will stop councils appointing iwi representatives as full voting members, as it was "not democratic".

Council voting to be restricted to elected members

Local Government Minister Simon Watts. File photo supplied Only elected councillors will be able to vote on council committees, in a move that strengthens democratic accountability, Local Government Minister Simon Watts has announced today, June 2. “Councillors are directly accountable to voters for their decisions,” he says. “We are amending the Local Government Act 2002 so only elected members hold voting rights at council committee meetings. …

Government to remove voting rights from iwi representatives on council

“That’s not democratic, so we’re fixing it,” Local government minister Simon Watts says.

'Anti-democratic loophole': Unelected people to be banned from voting on council committees

The Government will stop unelected individuals from voting on council committees, a move an Act MP has characterised as closing an “anti-democratic...

Government moves to restrict Council committee voting to elected members

AI-generated image. The Government is changing local government laws to ensure only elected councillors can vote on council committee decisions, saying the move will ‘strengthen democratic accountability’. Local Government Minister Simon Watts announced that amendments to the Local Government Act 2002 will remove voting rights from unelected members appointed to council committees. “Councillors are directly accountable to voters for their decisi…