City council
Kaupunginvaltuusto
Who sits on this body?
Party presence
Members by party up to the meeting on 16 Sep 2026, 36 in total.
- Left Alliance 2 2 people
- Social Democrats 8 8 people
- Greens 1 1 people
- Swedish People’s Party 16 16 people
- Centre Party 3 3 people
- National Coalition 6 6 people
Councillors (36)
- Anni Kulmala Left Alliance 15/16 meetings
- Ruut Luukkonen Left Alliance 13/16 meetings
- Arja Isotalo Social Democrats 16/16 meetings
- Jari Kekkonen Social Democrats 13/16 meetings
- Keijo Tähtinen Social Democrats 16/16 meetings
- Linda Frank Social Democrats 15/16 meetings
- Meri Lohenoja Social Democrats 16/16 meetings
- Pasi Laiho Social Democrats 11/16 meetings
- Pertti Lohenoja Social Democrats 15/16 meetings
- Satu Hämäläinen Social Democrats 16/16 meetings
- Denise Niemi Greens 14/16 meetings
- Agneta Alm Swedish People’s Party 16/16 meetings
- Alice Holmsten Swedish People’s Party 16/16 meetings
- Håkan Karlsson Swedish People’s Party 15/16 meetings
- Jonna Hinttaniemi Swedish People’s Party 15/16 meetings
- Kenneth Stenberg Swedish People’s Party 13/16 meetings
- Kerstin Häggblom Swedish People’s Party 15/16 meetings
- Kim Karlsson Swedish People’s Party 9/16 meetings
- Leif Skogster Swedish People’s Party 15/16 meetings
- Lotte-Marie Stenman Swedish People’s Party 14/16 meetings
- Markus Sjöholm Swedish People’s Party 12/16 meetings
- Mats Lönnfors Swedish People’s Party 15/16 meetings
- Mikael Karlsson Swedish People’s Party 15/16 meetings
- Otto Andersson Swedish People’s Party 15/16 meetings
- Pia Baumgartner Swedish People’s Party 12/16 meetings
- Rune Eriksson Swedish People’s Party 16/16 meetings
- Thomas Rosenberg Swedish People’s Party 13/16 meetings
- Daniel Thomasson Centre Party 14/16 meetings
- Jukka Penttilä Centre Party 13/16 meetings
- Teemu Peräkylä Centre Party 15/16 meetings
- Eero Mulli National Coalition 16/16 meetings
- Katri Haverinen National Coalition 12/16 meetings
- Maaria Mäntysaari National Coalition 15/16 meetings
- Mia Heijnsbroek-Wirén National Coalition 14/16 meetings
- Petri Hakasaari National Coalition 13/16 meetings
- Petri Helander National Coalition 15/16 meetings
Deputies and former councillors who have attended (7)
- Timo Raivio Greens 2/16 meetings
- Håkan Ralf Johan Karlsson Swedish People’s Party 1/16 meetings
- Nina Björkman-Nystén Swedish People’s Party 2/16 meetings
- Kari Hagfors Centre Party 5/16 meetings
- Juha Karvonen National Coalition 1/16 meetings
- Pamela Weckman National Coalition 1/16 meetings
- Petri Juhani Hakasaari National Coalition 1/16 meetings
This list is compiled from the attendance lists in the council’s minutes since 1 Jun 2025. Councillors are those who attended at least half of the meetings, and those elected in 2025 who attended one of the last three meetings. Parties come from Statistics Finland’s candidate data for the election.
Meetings by year
2026
- 14 Oct 2026 Meeting 14 Oct 2026 Agenda · 17 items
- 16 Sep 2026 Meeting 16 Sep 2026 Minutes · 16 items
- 19 Aug 2026 Meeting 19 Aug 2026 Minutes · 15 items
- 9 Jun 2026 Meeting 9 Jun 2026 Minutes · 13 items
- 13 May 2026 Meeting 13 May 2026 Minutes · 15 items
- 15 Apr 2026 Meeting 15 Apr 2026 Minutes · 13 items
- 30 Mar 2026 Meeting 30 Mar 2026 Minutes · 6 items
- 18 Mar 2026 Meeting 18 Mar 2026 Minutes · 10 items
- 18 Feb 2026 Meeting 18 Feb 2026 Minutes · 11 items
- 21 Jan 2026 Meeting 21 Jan 2026 Minutes · 11 items
2025
- 10 Dec 2025 Meeting 10 Dec 2025 Minutes · 12 items
- 12 Nov 2025 Meeting 12 Nov 2025 Minutes · 9 items
- 15 Oct 2025 Meeting 15 Oct 2025 Minutes · 18 items
- 17 Sep 2025 Meeting 17 Sep 2025 Minutes · 10 items
- 20 Aug 2025 Meeting 20 Aug 2025 Minutes · 25 items
- 25 Jun 2025 Meeting 25 Jun 2025 Minutes · 14 items
- 4 Jun 2025 Meeting 4 Jun 2025 Minutes · 21 items
- 21 May 2025 Meeting 21 May 2025 Minutes · 25 items
- 7 May 2025 Meeting 7 May 2025 Minutes · 10 items
- 26 Mar 2025 Meeting 26 Mar 2025 Minutes · 10 items
- 19 Mar 2025 Meeting 19 Mar 2025 Minutes · 13 items
- 12 Feb 2025 Meeting 12 Feb 2025 Minutes · 17 items