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Vote Vancouver · Vancouver 2026
# A centrist party built around Rebecca Bligh, with a 40-page policy document
Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates behind mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh, a sitting city councillor. It publishes a Policy Priorities document covering housing, transport, public services and the economy.
[Read the platform ](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform) [See all 12 candidates](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/candidates)
[**12**Candidates](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/candidates) [**5/10**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform) [**6**Sources on file](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/money)
**9**Questions answered
WHO THEY ARE
## About Vote Vancouver
Vote Vancouver is running 12 candidates: Rebecca Bligh for mayor at ballot number 52, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.
Rebecca Bligh is a sitting Vancouver city councillor and a former president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The party site describes her as having created Vote Vancouver.
The party describes itself as "proudly centrist and pragmatic" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology.
Its published Policy Priorities document runs to roughly 6,400 words and is organised into four sections: Housing and Belonging, Transportation Choice, Public Services and Economic Drivers.
THE TEN ISSUES
## Where Vote Vancouver stands
Every party on this site is covered on the same ten issues, so nothing is hidden by leaving a subject out. 5 of 10 have published policy behind them.
Published policy by issue
| Issue | Published position | Commitments |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Housing](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/housing) | Vote Vancouver would name five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing within one month of taking office, target rents at no more than 30% of household income, and reverse the ban on new supportive housing. | 9 |
| [Homelessness and drugs](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/homelessness) | *Not yet researched* | — |
| [Public safety](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/public-safety) | *Not yet researched* | — |
| [Transport](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/transport) | Vote Vancouver publishes a Transportation Choice section running from page 13 to page 19 of its Policy Priorities document. | 1 |
| [Parks](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/parks) | Vote Vancouver lists improving access to parks, pools and recreation among the issues it is focused on. Detailed commitments sit in the Public Services section of its policy document. | 1 |
| [Schools](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/schools) | *Not yet researched* | — |
| [Taxes and budget](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/taxes-and-budget) | Vote Vancouver publishes a decision test it says it applies to every policy: does it improve service, strengthen the long-term future, build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. | 1 |
| [Climate](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/climate) | *Not yet researched* | — |
| [Culture](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/culture) | *Not yet researched* | — |
| [Child care](https://voche.me/parties/vote-vancouver/platform/child-care) | Vote Vancouver would include child care, schools and public spaces in new public housing developments, describing this as building complete communities rather than buildings. | 1 |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
## 9 questions about Vote Vancouver
Who leads Vote Vancouver?
Rebecca Bligh, a sitting Vancouver city councillor, is its mayoral candidate at ballot number 52. The party’s own document says she created Vote Vancouver.
Vote VancouverCity of Vancouver
How many candidates is Vote Vancouver running?
12: Rebecca Bligh for mayor, 6 for City Council, 2 for Park Board and 3 for School Board.
City of Vancouver
What is the Vancouver Test?
Four questions the party says it applies to every policy: does it improve service or meet an urgent need, does it strengthen the long-term future, does it build public trust, and can residents measure whether it worked. A policy that fails is not prioritised.
Vote Vancouver
What is Vote Vancouver’s fastest housing commitment?
Naming five parcels of city-owned land for affordable housing, with a timeline, within one month of taking office. That is the tightest deadline any party has published in this election.
Vote Vancouver
What does the party mean by affordable?
No more than 30% of household income for new public housing built under its policy. Most parties do not put a number on the word.
Vote Vancouver
Where does Vote Vancouver sit politically?
It describes itself as "proudly centrist and pragmatic" and says it does not believe City Hall should be driven by left or right ideology or by political polarization.
Vote Vancouver
Does the party have a position on supportive housing?
Yes. It would reverse what it describes as a ban on building new supportive housing, arguing the ban stops single room occupancy hotels being replaced with better options.
Vote Vancouver
Does it publish a property tax commitment?
No. It publishes the Vancouver Test and describes itself as fiscally responsible, but we found no property tax rate commitment in the document, checked September 22, 2026.
Vote Vancouver
Where can I see Vote Vancouver’s campaign finances?
Search the Elections BC local elections disclosure system for Vancouver. The 2026 filing is due by about mid-January 2027.
Elections BCElections BC
## Sources
A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true.
1. [Vote Vancouver home page ](https://www.votevancouver.ca/)SAYS SO ITSELFVote Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026
2. [Vote Vancouver Policy Priorities ](https://votevancouver.ca/s/VV-PolicyPriorities_260915.pdf)SAYS SO ITSELFVote Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026
3. [Who is running: official 2026 candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidate-information.aspx)City of Vancouver · checked September 22, 2026
4. [Local elections disclosure statement search ](https://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/LESearch.aspx)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026
5. [Elector organizations: registration and financial reporting duties ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/elector-organizations/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026
6. [Making a campaign contribution ](https://elections.bc.ca/local-elections/making-a-campaign-contribution/)Elections BC · checked September 22, 2026
## Compare Vote Vancouver with the other ten parties
Every party is covered on the same ten issues. The comparison pages put them side by side, one issue at a time, with the source next to each position.
[Open the comparison table ](https://voche.me/parties/compare) [All parties](https://voche.me/parties)
## Sitemap
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