A mayor elected by lucky dip is facing a vote of no-confidence after a string of public gaffes.

Since his election in October last year, City of Gosnells mayor Glenn Dewhurst has apologised for sharing an inaccurate Facebook post by an anti-Islamic group, clarified that he does not have an Australian Police Medal and been condemned by council for public comments deemed to have “unnecessarily adversely reflected on council”.

Gosnells council will vote on Tuesday on a motion from Cr David Goode asking Cr Dewhurst to step down.

The former police officer and businessman was memorably elected as mayor after his name was drawn ahead of former Liberal MP Peter Abetz and Cr Ron Mitchell, with whom he had tied for the role on four votes each.

The motion at Tuesday night’s meeting is for council to express a lack of confidence in Cr Dewhurst and ask him to resign as mayor.

If Cr Dewhurst does not resign, it proposes his sitting fees and allowances should be reduced to the minimum amount allowable — a proposal that would require an absolute majority.

Justifying the motion, Cr Goode cited what he said were “frequently denigrating and inappropriate” comments made by the mayor in media articles and on Facebook.

He also accused Cr Dewurst of lying to Parliament while clarifying comments made by Southern River MLA Terry Healy about his police medals — a claim Cr Dewhurst strongly denies.

Cr Dewhurst has previously said publicly that he confused an APM with one of the four medals he did hold, which is known as the National Police Medal. Cr Dewhurst told The Weekend West he would not resign regardless of the outcome of the vote, having committed to ratepayers to serve his term. He acknowledged he had a different style to many others in local government and that some councillors’ feelings had been hurt but said he had never breached the code of conduct.

“I’ll never ever step down,” he said. “This makes me more determined to get things done in the City of Gosnells.”

In an email to councillors yesterday, Cr Dewhurst extended an olive branch, saying he would “commit to reviewing the way I operate as mayor” if the motion did not get off the ground, either because Cr Goode failed to move it or because other councillors failed to second it.

“It is hard for me to contain my passion but I promise to try while still fighting for great outcomes for Gosnells,” he wrote.

“My concerns is that this motion will not take the city forward. It will only take us backwards as we show conflict, division and disunity.”