Terms of Service

  • 2014-2018: Councillor (Ward 14)

Voting Record

All Votes

StatisticCount
Total Votes1,618
Voted Yea1,533 (94.7%)
Voted Nay83 (5.1%)
Absent2 (0.1%)

Substantive Votes

Excludes procedural motions (minutes approval, adjournment, “be received”, etc.)

StatisticCount
Substantive Votes1,599
Voted Yea1,515 (94.8%)
Voted Nay83 (5.2%)

Dissent on Contested Votes

Only counts non-unanimous votes where the councillor participated

  • Dissent Rate: 3.5%
  • Contested Votes: 1,578

Dissent = voting against the final outcome (e.g., voting “nay” on a motion that passed)

Budget Votes

Votes on budget-related items (budget committee meetings, tax, levy, fiscal, appropriation, expenditure)

StatisticCount
Budget Votes506
Voted Yea467 (92.3%)
Voted Nay39 (7.7%)
Absent0

Attendance

  • Attendance Rate: 70.9%
  • Meetings Attended: 190 of 268
  • Meetings Missed: 78
  • Trend: Improving ^

Attendance by Year:

  • 2015: 96.4% (81/84 meetings)
  • 2016: 43.5% (37/85 meetings)
  • 2017: 50.0% (22/44 meetings)
  • 2018: 89.6% (43/48 meetings)

Committee Activity Breakdown

CommitteeVotesYeaNayParticipation
Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee71966257100.0%
Council4834612099.6%
Corporate Services Committee3493445100.0%
Community and Protective Services Committee67661100.0%

Notable Dissenting Votes

Recent split votes where Jared Zaifman voted against the final outcome:

2018-06-26: (4.1) 5th Report of the Accessibility Advisory Committee

13th Meeting of City Council

The motion to approve part e) of Item 17, relating to the 5th Report of the ACCAC is put. e)            the following recommendation of the ACCAC BE REFERRED to the next meeting of the CPSC for consid…

Voted Yea - Motion Failed (6 to 6)

2018-06-26: (2.3)  Free of Fear Services for All Policy

13th Meeting of City Council

That part d) BE APPROVED: d)            the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to implement Option #2 as outlined in the staff report date June 25, 2018; it being noted that the cost of this option will…

Voted Nay - Motion Passed (7 to 6)

2018-06-26: (3.3) London & Middlesex Housing Corporation - 2017 Annual Meeting of the Shareholder Annual Resolutions

13th Meeting of City Council

Motion to approve part e). e)      the delegation request of Ashton Forrest BE REFERRED to the Board of the London Middlesex Housing Corporation for consideration.

Voted Nay - Motion Passed (9 to 4)

2017-12-11: Financial and Other

Resources Required to Host International Plowing Match 2020

Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee

Motion Failed

Voted Yea - Motion Failed

2017-10-16: Support of Hosting

Request - International Plowing Match

Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee

Motion Passed

Voted Nay - Motion Passed

2016-05-26: Shift Rapid Transit

  • Business Case

Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee

Motion Passed

Voted Nay - Motion Passed

2016-05-26: Shift Rapid Transit

  • Business Case

Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee

Motion Passed

Voted Nay - Motion Passed

2016-05-26: Shift Rapid Transit

  • Business Case

Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee

Motion Passed

Voted Nay - Motion Passed

2016-05-26: Shift Rapid Transit

  • Business Case

Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee

Motion Passed

Voted Nay - Motion Passed

2016-04-05: Amendments to the

Traffic and Parking By-law

MINUTES NINTH MEETING

Motion Passed

Voted Nay - Motion Passed

Committees Served

Recent Meetings (142 total)