diff --git a/packages/page-council/src/Motions/Motion.tsx b/packages/page-council/src/Motions/Motion.tsx
index 8f448b7c49..92d40322d9 100644
--- a/packages/page-council/src/Motions/Motion.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-council/src/Motions/Motion.tsx
@@ -2,20 +2,19 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { AccountId, BlockNumber, Votes } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
+import { AccountId } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
 import { DeriveCollectiveProposal } from '@polkadot/api-derive/types';
 
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { ApiPromise } from '@polkadot/api';
+import React from 'react';
 import ProposalCell from '@polkadot/app-democracy/Overview/ProposalCell';
 import { LinkExternal } from '@polkadot/react-components';
-import { useApi, useCall } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 import { BlockToTime } from '@polkadot/react-query';
 import { formatNumber } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import Close from './Close';
 import Voters from './Votes';
 import Voting from './Voting';
+import useVotingStatus from './useVotingStatus';
 
 interface Props {
   className?: string;
@@ -25,44 +24,8 @@ interface Props {
   prime: AccountId | null;
 }
 
-interface Status {
-  isCloseable: boolean;
-  isVotable: boolean;
-}
-
-function getStatus (api: ApiPromise, bestNumber: BlockNumber, votes: Votes): Status {
-  if (!votes.end) {
-    return {
-      isCloseable: false,
-      isVotable: true
-    };
-  }
-
-  const isEnd = bestNumber.gte(votes.end);
-
-  if (api.tx.council.close.meta.args.length === 2) {
-    return {
-      isCloseable: isEnd,
-      isVotable: !isEnd
-    };
-  }
-
-  return {
-    isCloseable: isEnd || votes.threshold.eq(votes.ayes.length),
-    isVotable: !isEnd
-  };
-}
-
 function Motion ({ className = '', isMember, members, motion: { hash, proposal, votes }, prime }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> | null {
-  const { api } = useApi();
-  const bestNumber = useCall<BlockNumber>(api.derive.chain.bestNumber, []);
-  const [{ isCloseable, isVotable }, setStatus] = useState<Status>({ isCloseable: false, isVotable: false });
-
-  useEffect((): void => {
-    bestNumber && votes && setStatus(
-      getStatus(api, bestNumber, votes)
-    );
-  }, [api, bestNumber, votes]);
+  const { isCloseable, isVoteable, remainingBlocks } = useVotingStatus(votes, members.length);
 
   if (!votes) {
     return null;
@@ -81,9 +44,9 @@ function Motion ({ className = '', isMember, members, motion: { hash, proposal,
         {formatNumber(ayes.length)}/{formatNumber(threshold)}
       </td>
       <td className='number together'>
-        {bestNumber && end && (
+        {remainingBlocks && end && (
           <>
-            <BlockToTime blocks={end.sub(bestNumber)} />
+            <BlockToTime blocks={remainingBlocks} />
             #{formatNumber(end)}
           </>
         )}
@@ -91,7 +54,7 @@ function Motion ({ className = '', isMember, members, motion: { hash, proposal,
       <Voters votes={ayes} />
       <Voters votes={nays} />
       <td className='button'>
-        {isVotable && (
+        {isVoteable && (
           <Voting
             hash={hash}
             idNumber={index}
diff --git a/packages/page-council/src/Motions/useVotingStatus.ts b/packages/page-council/src/Motions/useVotingStatus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a88ab873a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/page-council/src/Motions/useVotingStatus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2020 @polkadot/app-democracy authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import { BlockNumber, Votes } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
+
+import BN from 'bn.js';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { ApiPromise } from '@polkadot/api';
+import { useApi, useCall } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
+
+interface State {
+  isCloseable: boolean;
+  isVoteable: boolean;
+  remainingBlocks: BN | null;
+}
+
+function getStatus (api: ApiPromise, bestNumber: BlockNumber, votes: Votes, numMembers: number): State {
+  if (!votes.end) {
+    return {
+      isCloseable: false,
+      isVoteable: true,
+      remainingBlocks: null
+    };
+  }
+
+  const isEnd = bestNumber.gte(votes.end);
+  const isPassing = votes.threshold.lten(votes.ayes.length);
+  const isFailing = votes.threshold.gtn(Math.abs(numMembers - votes.nays.length));
+
+  return {
+    isCloseable: api.tx.council.close.meta.args.length === 2
+      ? isEnd
+      : isEnd || isPassing || isFailing,
+    isVoteable: !isEnd,
+    remainingBlocks: isEnd
+      ? null
+      : votes.end.sub(bestNumber)
+  };
+}
+
+export default function useVotingStatus (votes: Votes | null, numMembers: number): State {
+  const { api } = useApi();
+  const bestNumber = useCall<BlockNumber>(api.derive.chain.bestNumber, []);
+  const [state, setState] = useState<State>({ isCloseable: false, isVoteable: false, remainingBlocks: null });
+
+  useEffect((): void => {
+    bestNumber && votes && setState(
+      getStatus(api, bestNumber, votes, numMembers)
+    );
+  }, [api, bestNumber, numMembers, votes]);
+
+  return state;
+}
diff --git a/packages/page-tech-comm/src/Proposals/Proposal.tsx b/packages/page-tech-comm/src/Proposals/Proposal.tsx
index 26449044f6..04f2e3afe6 100644
--- a/packages/page-tech-comm/src/Proposals/Proposal.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-tech-comm/src/Proposals/Proposal.tsx
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ interface Props {
 function Proposal ({ className = '', imageHash, prime }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> | null {
   const { api } = useApi();
   const optProposal = useCall<Option<ProposalType>>(api.query.technicalCommittee.proposalOf, [imageHash]);
-  const votes = useCall<Option<Votes>>(api.query.technicalCommittee.voting, [imageHash]);
+  const votes = useCall<Votes | null>(api.query.technicalCommittee.voting, [imageHash], {
+    transform: (optVotes: Option<Votes>) => optVotes.unwrapOr(null)
+  });
 
-  if (!optProposal?.isSome || !votes?.isSome) {
+  if (!optProposal?.isSome || !votes) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const proposal = optProposal.unwrap();
-  const { ayes, index, nays, threshold } = votes.unwrap();
+  const { ayes, index, nays, threshold } = votes;
 
   return (
     <tr className={className}>