Vancouver Council Watch
How does C Hardwick actually vote?
A look at how Councillor C Hardwick has voted across every council meeting the city has published — and what those votes are about.
Pushes back on Housing & rezoning and By-laws & admin
Councillor C Hardwick most often votes against motions that still passed on Housing & rezoning, By-laws & admin and Budget & fees — 169× on housing & rezoning alone.
Housing & rezoning 169×By-laws & admin 100×Budget & fees 92×
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Colleen Hardwick
CouncillorNPAleft Oct 2022
on council since Nov 2018 · lives in Oakridge
On council in the records: 2018–2022 · 3,276 votes cast
What they care about
Colleen Hardwick: opposes densification and rezonings (169× against motions that still passed).
Their push-back has been steady across their time on council.
What they're for
No clear deviation above the council norm.
What they push back on
Housing & rezoningsteady
opposes densification and rezonings
169×
By-laws & adminsteady
challenges by-law and administrative motions
100×
Budget & feessteady
pushes back on budgets, fees and taxes
92×
Environmentsteady
resists environment and climate actions
9×
"Push back on" counts no-votes on motions that still carried; "% yes" compares their in-favour rate to the council-wide average on that issue. Full vote-by-vote record below.
1The story
In plain terms: across 3,276 recorded votes, 74% were in favour and 18% in opposition. Their disagreements cluster around Housing & rezoning, By-laws & admin and Budget & fees (510 dissents total), while they've backed carried motions on 2488 occasions. They attended 61 of the 128 full council meetings in the records (48%).
2What they vote on
462
times against a motion that still passed
1329
motions they helped carry (by issue)
48%
council attendance (61/128)
Where they push back
Issues where they voted against a motion that was still carried — their most consistent disagreements. Each motion links to the City's published agenda. Don't know what a motion type means? See Motions, explained →
Housing & rezoning169×
13. Every Neighbourhood for Everyone: Permitting Temporary Modular Housing and Low Income …
Full motion text
13. Every Neighbourhood for Everyone: Permitting Temporary Modular Housing and Low Income Housing as an Option in RS and RT Zones - A of the Motion
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Sep 11, 2019
Rental Incentives Review Phase II Report Back - J
Report Back: Staff presenting findings or progress on something. Usually no money or new policy is attached — it's information, not a decision.
Rental Incentives Review Phase II Report Back - E
Report Back: Staff presenting findings or progress on something. Usually no money or new policy is attached — it's information, not a decision.
By-laws & admin100×
RR1 A City-wide Plan for Vancouver: Report Back on General Planning and Engagement Process
Report Back: Staff presenting findings or progress on something. Usually no money or new policy is attached — it's information, not a decision.
Voted Jul 16, 2019
RR2 - Special Events Policy Framework
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
2. Amendments to the Procedure By-law No. 9756 - motion as amended
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Voted Oct 23, 2019
Budget & fees92×
2. Vancouver Development Cost Levy By-law Updates (2023-2032) - sections B, D to J
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Voted Jun 22, 2022
Quarterly Capital Budget Adjustments and Closeouts -Ab
Capital Budget / Expenditure: Money set aside for big long-term projects — roads, buildings, infrastructure — spread over several years rather than spent in one year.
2021 Property Taxation: Rating By-laws & Averaging Resolutions - Amendment D
Property Taxation: Setting or adjusting property tax rates — the amount homeowners and businesses pay based on their property's assessed value.
Environment9×
5. Climate Emergency Parking Program - Amendment to the Amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Oct 6, 2021
5. Acting on the Climate Emergency by Opposing the Tilbury LNG Phase Two Expansion Project
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Sep 22, 2021
R1. Climate Emergency: Summary of Building Emissions Reduction Reports
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Public safety7×
14. Sustaining Public Safety as a Core Service in the City of Vancouver (B.9) - amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Oct 15, 2020
Motion B3 - Standing Up to the Rise in Anti-Asian Racism & Hate Crimes
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
6. Supporting Community-Led Public Safety in Mount Pleasant - Amendment A
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jul 21, 2021
Streets & transit6×
7. Prioritizing Commercial Drive as a Pedestrian-First High Street - reconsidered
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted May 27, 2021
5. Climate Emergency Parking Program - Amendment to the Amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Oct 6, 2021
Free Parking and Other Measures to Address Public Safety and the Revitalization of Chinato…
Full motion text
Free Parking and Other Measures to Address Public Safety and the Revitalization of Chinatown (Previously Motion B6) - Amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Apr 13, 2022
What they've pushed through
Issues where they voted in favour of motions that carried — the work they backed into law.
Housing & rezoning586×
9. Exploring Amendments to Short-Term Rental Policy and an Affordable Rental Housing Fund …
Full motion text
9. Exploring Amendments to Short-Term Rental Policy and an Affordable Rental Housing Fund at the City of Vancouver
Rental Incentive: A payment or tax break to a developer in exchange for building or keeping affordable rental units.
Voted Jul 10, 2019
6b. REZONING: 1008 West 47th Avenue and 6335-6363 Oak Street
CD-1 Rezoning: A request to change the zoning rules for specific properties so they can be built taller or denser than current rules allow. If approved, new buildings at those addresses become legal.
Voted Jul 11, 2019
6a. REZONING: 749-815 West 49th Avenue
CD-1 Rezoning: A request to change the zoning rules for specific properties so they can be built taller or denser than current rules allow. If approved, new buildings at those addresses become legal.
Voted Jul 11, 2019
By-laws & admin305×
9. Exploring Amendments to Short-Term Rental Policy and an Affordable Rental Housing Fund …
Full motion text
9. Exploring Amendments to Short-Term Rental Policy and an Affordable Rental Housing Fund at the City of Vancouver
Rental Incentive: A payment or tax break to a developer in exchange for building or keeping affordable rental units.
Voted Jul 10, 2019
RR1 A City-wide Plan for Vancouver: Report Back on General Planning and Engagement Process…
Full motion text
RR1 A City-wide Plan for Vancouver: Report Back on General Planning and Engagement Process - Amendment
Report Back: Staff presenting findings or progress on something. Usually no money or new policy is attached — it's information, not a decision.
Voted Jul 16, 2019
4. Amendments to the Procedure By-law No. 9756 - amendment to postponement motion
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Voted Jul 24, 2019
Budget & fees265×
2. 2020-2024 Budget Outlook
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jul 10, 2019
Fire Permits and Services Fees and Fire Related Ticket Offenses
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
7. Increasing the Empty Homes Tax to Five Percent and Improving Compliance (Member's Motio…
Full motion text
7. Increasing the Empty Homes Tax to Five Percent and Improving Compliance (Member's Motion B.3) - amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Apr 27, 2022
Environment83×
15. City Support for the September 2019 Global General Strike for Climate Amendment to the…
Full motion text
15. City Support for the September 2019 Global General Strike for Climate Amendment to the Amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Sep 11, 2019
15. City Support for the September 2019 Global General Strike for Climate - Amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Sep 11, 2019
R1b Climate Emergency – By-law Updates Applicable to Existing Detached Homes (B)
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Streets & transit56×
Honouring Our Veterans and Those Who Serve With Free Year-Round Parking in the City of Van…
Full motion text
Honouring Our Veterans and Those Who Serve With Free Year-Round Parking in the City of Vancouver
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
1. TEXT AMENDMENTS: Regulation Redesign - Amendments to Zoning & Development and Parking B…
Full motion text
1. TEXT AMENDMENTS: Regulation Redesign - Amendments to Zoning & Development and Parking By-laws
Text Amendment: A small edit to an existing city bylaw or document — often procedural, but sometimes it changes a rule in a meaningful way. The detail is in the wording.
Voted Jun 25, 2020
RR5. CD-1 Rezoning: 949 West 41st Avenue and 5469-5507 Willow Street (Oakridge Transit Cen…
Full motion text
RR5. CD-1 Rezoning: 949 West 41st Avenue and 5469-5507 Willow Street (Oakridge Transit Centre) - Amendment to the Referral
CD-1 Rezoning: A request to change the zoning rules for specific properties so they can be built taller or denser than current rules allow. If approved, new buildings at those addresses become legal.
Voted Jul 23, 2020
Public safety34×
14. Sustaining Public Safety as a Core Service in the City of Vancouver (B.9)
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Oct 15, 2020
Administering Vancouver’s COVID-19 State of Emergency By-law
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
B.3 Deterring and Preventing Money Laundering and the Business of Organized Crime in the C…
Full motion text
B.3 Deterring and Preventing Money Laundering and the Business of Organized Crime in the City of Vancouver - referral motion
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
How they split all their votes
In Favour 74%In Opposition 18%Abstain 8%
3The fine print
Affiliation: NPA. NPA (2018–2021); Independent (2021–2022). Party affiliation is sourced from Wikipedia's council roster; the City of Vancouver's own pages are deliberately party-neutral. Councillors are elected at-large (Vancouver has no wards).
How we calculated this
We pulled every council vote the City of Vancouver has published (over 80,000 records) and counted this member's. 'Dissent' means they voted In Opposition to a motion that was still carried — i.e. they went against the final outcome. Attendance is measured against full Council meetings (not committee meetings). Issue categories are assigned by matching keywords in the official agenda text (e.g. 'rezoning', 'housing', 'budget') — a transparent, auditable rule set, not AI. This is our own tally of public records.