Who is on my city council?

A city council seat is the one on your ballot closest to your street. Michigan draws the wards of 12 cities, and this names the 31 people who hold their seats — the members elected by one ward, and the mayor and at-large members elected by the whole city. The map also draws Flint, Holland, Midland, Muskegon, Pontiac, Walker and Warren, whose cards name the members as each city's own council page lists them. It also draws Rochester Hills, where this app does not name the members yet, so that card gives the ward and a link to the city rather than a name.

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Opens the map with the city ward layer on. Search your address or ZIP, or tap your location.

What the lookup shows

A ward seat and an at-large seat are not the same job

A ward member is elected by the voters of one part of the city and is the person to write to about that part of it. An at-large member and the mayor are elected by everyone, so they answer for the whole city and appear against every address in it. Both are on this page, labelled as the city itself labels them.

Where the names come from

Each city's own published roster, re-read on a schedule and landing as a reviewed pull request. A seat the city reports open is shown as vacant rather than left out, because leaving it out would make the council look smaller than the city elects.

Who sits on the Detroit City Council

All 9 seats on the Detroit City Council, as this site had them on September 11, 2026. The map above reads the same roster, so a card and this table cannot disagree — but a table is a claim about a day, and this one names its day. Where the roster names nobody it says so rather than guessing. Where these names come from.

Who sits on the Grand Rapids City Commission

All 7 seats on the Grand Rapids City Commission, as this site had them on September 11, 2026. The map above reads the same roster, so a card and this table cannot disagree — but a table is a claim about a day, and this one names its day. Where the roster names nobody it says so rather than guessing. Where these names come from.

Who sits on the Battle Creek City Commission

All 9 seats on the Battle Creek City Commission, as this site had them on September 11, 2026. The map above reads the same roster, so a card and this table cannot disagree — but a table is a claim about a day, and this one names its day. Where the roster names nobody it says so rather than guessing. Where these names come from.

Who sits on the Jackson City Council

All 7 seats on the Jackson City Council, as this site had them on September 11, 2026. The map above reads the same roster, so a card and this table cannot disagree — but a table is a claim about a day, and this one names its day. Where the roster names nobody it says so rather than guessing. Where these names come from.

Related lookups

• What district am I in?Every district that covers one point in Michigan, and who represents you there.
• Who is my county commissioner?The government your city sits inside.
• MinnesotaThe same lookup, all 87 counties.