MLA RECORDED VOTES

Has your MLA ever voted against their party in the legislature? For the first time, you can answer that question with a dataset exclusively created for the documentary Whipped: the secret world of party discipline with the assistance of software developer Herb Lainchbury.

The dataset includes every recorded vote that has been taken in the legislature from June 2001 to April 2012, letting you see how many times your MLA has broken ranks to cast a rebellious ballot.

The dataset shows that out of the 32,328 total votes cast during that period, just 80 or 0.25 percent didn’t toe the party line.

Forty-six of those 80 dissenting votes were cast by Blair Lekstrom and the late Val Anderson, the most rebellious MLAs in those 11 years.

Dennis MacKay and Jeff Bray were the next most rebellious, having voted against their own party seven and four times respectively.

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Party MLA voting records*

Name	Party	From**	To**	Yeas	Nays	Absent***	Votes against party
Adrian Dix	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	82	124	12	0
Al Horning	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	March 24, 2026	86	21	44	0
Arnie Hamilton	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	176	33	108	0
Barry Penner	Liberal	June 19, 2026	Oct 31, 2025	335	80	107	0
Ben Stewart	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	51	15	1	0
Bill Barisoff	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	202	42	73	0
Bill Belsey	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	147	32	138	1
Bill Bennett	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	284	70	181	0
Bill Routley	NDP	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	19	44	4	0
Blair Lekstrom	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	311	101	123	26
Blair Suffredine	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	212	43	62	0
Bob Simpson	NDP****	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	50	84	84	0
Brenda Locke	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	210	39	68	0
Brian Kerr	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	201	43	73	0
Bruce Ralston	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	80	121	17	0
Carole James	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	61	85	72	0
Carole Taylor	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	Nov 27, 2025	110	26	12	0
Charlie Wyse	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	March 24, 2026	61	74	16	0
Christy Clark	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	136	26	178	0
Chuck Puchmayr	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	March 24, 2026	54	65	32	0
Claire Trevena	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	72	96	38	0
Claude Richmond	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 24, 2026	112	33	6	0
Colin Hansen	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	365	74	96	0
Corky Evans	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	March 24, 2026	53	64	34	0
Daniel Jarvis	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 24, 2026	317	81	70	5
Dave Chutter	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	163	30	124	0
Dave Hayer	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	338	86	111	0
David Chudnovsky	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	March 24, 2026	61	65	25	0
David Cubberley	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	March 24, 2026	55	69	27	0
Dawn Black	NDP	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	19	41	7	0
Dennis MacKay	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 24, 2026	297	76	95	7
Diane Thorne	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	73	106	39	0
Don McRae	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	48	12	7	0
Donna Barnett	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	45	15	7	0
Doug Donaldson	NDP	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	16	40	11	0
Doug Routley	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	76	110	32	0
Douglas Horne	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	52	15	0	0
Elayne Brenzinger	Liberal****	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	161	38	118	0
Eric Foster	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	50	14	3	0
Gary Collins	Liberal	June 19, 2026	Oct 26, 2025	178	31	97	0
Gary Coons	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	77	116	25	0
Geoff Plant	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	203	38	76	0
George Abbott	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	321	75	139	0
Gillian Trumper	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	187	37	85	1
Gordon Campbell	Liberal	June 19, 2026	June 3, 2026	100	27	384	0
Gordon Hogg	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	332	80	123	0
Graham Bruce	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	207	40	70	0
Greg Halsey-Brandt	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	195	36	86	0
Gregor Robertson	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	May 29, 2026	55	64	27	0
Gulzar Cheema	Liberal	June 19, 2026	May 20, 2026	161	31	100	0
Guy Gentner	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	80	119	19	1
Harold Long	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	144	31	70	0
Harry Bains	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	65	111	42	0
Harry Bloy	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	308	64	154	0
Harry Lali	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	56	92	70	0
Iain Black	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	June 2, 2026	145	39	17	0
Ida Chong	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	360	84	91	0
Jagrup Brar	NDP	Feb 14, 2026	April 30, 2026	79	118	32	0
Jane Thornthwaite	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	49	15	3	0
Jeff Bray	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	219	51	47	4
Jenn McGinn	NDP	Nov 26, 2025	March 24, 2026	3	2	0	0
Jenny Kwan	NDP	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	137	307	91	0
Joan McIntyre	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	167	47	4	0
John Horgan	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	86	117	15	0
John Les	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	338	85	112	0
John Nuraney	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 24, 2026	308	78	82	0
John Rustad	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	165	47	6	0
John Slater	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	52	15	0	0
John van Dongen	Liberal****	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	339	84	112	0
John Weisbeck	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	21	5	181	0
John Wilson	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	178	35	104	1
John Yap	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	167	48	3	0
Joy MacPhail	NDP	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	69	234	14	0
Joyce Murray	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	201	41	75	0
Judith Reid	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	196	36	85	0
Karn Manhas	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	193	30	94	1
Kash Heed	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	32	12	23	0
Katherine Whittred	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 24, 2026	304	59	93	0
Kathy Corrigan	NDP	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	15	35	17	0
Katrine Conroy	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	72	106	40	0
Ken Johnston	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	216	43	58	1
Ken Stewart	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	223	41	45	0
Kevin Falcon	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	336	86	113	0
Kevin Krueger	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	368	90	77	0
Lana Popham	NDP	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	17	41	9	0
Leonard Krog	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	80	117	21	0
Linda Reid	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	285	62	171	0
Lorne Mayencourt	Liberal	June 19, 2026	May 29, 2026	305	67	90	3
Lynn Stephens	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	225	48	44	0
Mable Elmore	NDP	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	16	42	9	0
Marc Dalton	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	52	15	0	0
Margaret MacDiarmid	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	46	11	10	0
Mary McNeil	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	49	13	5	0
Mary Polak	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	167	48	3	0
Maurine Karagianis	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	83	110	25	0
Michael de Jong	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	344	83	108	0
Michael Sather	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	73	112	33	2
Michelle Mungall	NDP	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	21	42	4	0
Mike Farnworth	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	83	121	14	0
Mike Hunter	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	214	41	62	1
Moira Stilwell	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	44	11	12	0
Murray Coell	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	365	90	80	0
Naomi Yamamoto	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	41	10	16	0
Nicholas Simons	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	71	106	41	0
Norm Letnick	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	51	16	0	1
Norm Macdonald	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	78	117	23	0
Olga Ilich	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	March 24, 2026	102	30	19	0
Pat Bell	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	361	83	91	0
Pat Pimm	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	52	14	1	0
Patrick Wong	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	215	43	59	0
Patty Sahota	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	165	33	119	0
Paul Nettleton	Liberal****	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	140	78	99	0
Raj Chouhan	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	75	99	44	0
Ralph Sultan	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	371	90	74	0
Randy Hawes	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	383	90	62	0
Reni Masi	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	194	36	87	0
Rich Coleman	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	357	88	90	0
Richard Lee	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	374	89	72	0
Richard Neufeld	Liberal	June 19, 2026	January 17, 2026	280	58	128	0
Richard Stewart	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	189	34	89	0
Rick Thorpe	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 24, 2026	253	56	159	0
Rob Fleming	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	79	114	25	0
Rob Howard	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	52	15	0	0
Rob Nijjar	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	189	40	88	0
Robin Austin	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	75	110	33	0
Rod Visser	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	159	34	124	0
Roger Harris	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	197	37	83	0
Ron Cantelon	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	165	48	5	0
Sandy Santori	Liberal	June 19, 2026	Oct 26, 2025	172	36	98	0
Scott Fraser	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	81	109	28	0
Shane Simpson	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	80	124	14	0
Sheila Orr	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	186	39	92	1
Shirley Bond	Liberal	June 19, 2026	April 30, 2026	350	81	104	0
Sindi Hawkins	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 24, 2026	199	38	208	0
Spencer Chandra Herbert	NDP	Nov 26, 2025	April 30, 2026	19	40	13	0
Stan Hagen	Liberal	June 19, 2026	January 17, 2026	269	63	134	0
Stephanie Cadieux	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	51	14	2	0
Steve Thomson	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	51	15	1	0
Sue Hammell	NDP	Sept 21, 2026	April 30, 2026	79	112	16	0
Susan Brice	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	191	44	82	0
Ted Nebbeling	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	164	31	122	1
Terry Lake	Liberal	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	44	12	11	0
Tom Christensen	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 24, 2026	308	70	82	2
Tony Bhullar	Liberal****	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	159	34	124	0
Val Anderson	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	195	60	62	20
Valerie Roddick	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	161	31	125	0
Vicki Huntington	Independent	Sept 17, 2026	April 30, 2026	25	37	5	0
Wally Oppal	Liberal	Sept 21, 2026	March 24, 2026	103	32	16	0
Walt Cobb	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	206	46	65	1
Wendy McMahon	Liberal	June 19, 2026	March 9, 2026	189	36	92	0
Grand Total				23367	8961	9283	80

*The votes of individual MLAs are only recorded if called for in the legislature. Most motions are just listed as having been passed or negatived.
**The from/to field does not show how long a MLA has been in office for. Instead, it shows the date range of the voting record. In the case of Christy Clark, be advised she was out of office between March 9, 2026 and May 26, 2011.
***MLAs may be absent from a vote for a variety of reasons, including being out of the house on ministerial or constituency-related business.
****Does not include votes cast as an independent or third party MLA.

Independent and third party MLA voting records

Name	Yeas	Nays	Absent	Voted with both parties	Voted with Liberals only	Voted with NDP only	Voted against both parties
Bob Simpson	6	12	6	2	4	11	1
Elayne Brenzinger	6	11	30	0	3	13	1
John van Dongen	1	0	3	0	1	0	0
Paul Nettleton	20	58	82	6	8	59	5
Tony Bhullar*	114	25	116	11	128	0	0
Vicki Huntington	25	37	5	4	13	44	1
Grand Total	172	143	242	23	157	127	8

*Bhullar, a lawyer and former federal Crown prosecutor, quit the Liberal caucus following a dispute with Vancouver police department members on October 29, 2002. the Vancouver Sun paraphrased the MLA as saying he “became upset after the officers refused to arrest some people who had tried to break into his mother’s home at the climax of a long- running neighbourhood argument.” Criminal charges were filed against Bhullar but he received an absolute discharge and rejoined caucus.

Summary

Number of recorded yeas	23367
Number of recorded nays	8961
Number of absenses for recorded votes	9283
Number of recorded divisions	535
Number of recorded divisions where at least one party MLA voted against their own party	56
Number of recorded yeas and nays cast by party MLAs voting against their own party	80
Percent of recorded yeas and nays cast by party MLAs voting against their own party	0.25%