Question: One owner in our scheme holds 6 lots and brags about their voting power. During committee meetings, how do we push for capital works spending if they keep blocking?
We have an owner who holds 6 lots and sits on our strata committee. There are 4 other owners on the committee. Does this owner get 6 votes at committee meetings, making it 10 votes total, or is it one vote per member, making it 5?
This owner brags about their voting power, continues to block spending on repairs, and refuses to get quotes. We want to put forward a motion to increase the capital works fund. Our balance is $28k, strata fees are $730 per quarter, with only a tiny portion going toward future repairs, and we are 10 years behind on maintenance.
Answer: On the strata committee, each member has one vote, regardless of the number of lots owned. At a general meeting, it’s one vote per lot.
In terms of voting at meetings, the process varies depending on the type of meeting.
At a strata committee meeting, it is one member one vote, as set out in Schedule 2 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (the Act). There can only be one person per lot elected to the committee, up to a maximum of 9 under section 30 of the Act.
At a general meeting, the voting is one vote per lot owned, as set out in Schedule 1 of the Act.
In the example below, if the owner with 6 lots is on a committee of 5, they have only 1 vote, not 6. They can easily be voted down by the other 4 committee members.
However, if the meeting is a general meeting, then they have their full 6 votes.
This post appears in the July 2026 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine.
Sean Bermingham
The Strata Collective
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