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City CouncilCouncillors ▸ Paul F. Toner

Paul F. Toner

2 terms, 2022-25.

1,122papers filed186vs their councils100 = the median member6,509roll calls on record6,200roll-call events while seated731.2% of 6,200 rolls that name who was missingrecorded absent6,509votes recorded123of 6,509 votes on rolls that name each sideagainst the majority

Counts are what the record holds, not what happened: coverage thins the further back you look, and a term with little recovered will show small numbers for everyone who sat in it. The index is the figure to compare between people. It measures this councillor against the others on their own council, so the same gaps sit in the numerator and the denominator and largely cancel. Where this comes from.

Term by term

TermRolePapersIndexRoll callsVotesAgainst
2022–23Councillor5491652,1842,18480
2024–25Councillor5732074,3254,32543

Who they voted with

Rated on contested roll calls only, the votes with at least one nay: the council adopts most business unanimously, and agreeing on a unanimous vote says nothing about affinity. Pairs sharing fewer than 10 contested votes are not rated. Agreement across all shared votes, unanimous included, is shown for context.

Most often

CouncillorContestedAgreementOverall
Joan Pickett30 of 3586%100% of 1,588 votes
E. Denise Simmons335 of 39585%99% of 5,947 votes
Alanna Mallon195 of 27272%96% of 2,089 votes

Least often

CouncillorContestedAgreementOverall
Quinton Zondervan72 of 28126%90% of 2,154 votes
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler69 of 13750%98% of 3,871 votes
Catherine Zusy52 of 10151%98% of 2,166 votes