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The 2012 Sydney City Council election was held on 8 September 2012 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia. [1]
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The 2012 Sydney City Council election was held on 8 September 2012 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Moore | Clover Moore | 34,903 | 51.1 | −5.4 | |
| Liberal | Edward Mandla | 11,031 | 16.1 | +2.1 | |
| Labor | Linda Scott | 7,124 | 10.4 | −4.6 | |
| Living Sydney Team | Angela Vithoulkas | 6,722 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
| Greens | Irene Doutney | 4,462 | 6.5 | −6.9 | |
| Sex Party | Zahra Stardust | 2,241 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Independent | Dixie Coulton | 1,303 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Housing Action Team | Denis Doherty | 557 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 68,343 | 97.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 2.6 | ||||
| Turnout | 69.2 | ||||
| Clover Moore hold | Swing | −5.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Moore | 1. Clover Moore 2. Robert Kok (elected 1) 3. Robyn Kemmis (elected 4) 4. John Mont (elected 5) 5. Jenny Green (elected 6) 6. Nell Schofield 7. Claudia McIntosh 8. Alex Greenwich 9. John Hutchinson | 30,352 | 46.0 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal | 1. Edward Mandla (elected 2) 2. Christine Forster (elected 9) 3. Sean O'Connor 4. Joe Alvaro 5. Lisa Fenwick 6. Tony Eriksen 7. Rebecca Lau | 12,067 | 18.3 | +3.3 | |
| Labor | 1. Linda Scott (elected 3) 2. Damian Spruce 3. Jo Holder 4. Robyn Fortescue 5. Hilary Mortlock 6. Collin Lyon 7. Jade Tyrrell 8. Graham Brecht 9. Peter McNally 10. Gregory Lovekin | 8,093 | 12.3 | −4.4 | |
| Greens | 1. Irene Doutney (elected 7) 2. De Brierley Newton 3. Mark Smith 4. Caroline Alcorso 5. Christopher Brentin 6. Dejay Toborek 7. Roman Deauna 8. Armen Aghazarian 9. Isabel McIntosh | 6,197 | 9.4 | −8.8 | |
| Living Sydney Team | 1. Angela Vithoulkas (elected 8) 2. Margaret Harvie 3. Stephan Gyory 4. Angelo Tsirbas 5. Linda Wang 6. Jill Yates 7. Andrew Duckmanton 8. Fabian Marsden | 5,524 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
| Sex Party | 1. Andrew Patterson 2. Zahra Stardust 3. Geoffrey Thomas 4. Robyn Trigg 5. Graeme Dunne | 2,149 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Independent | 1. Dixie Coulton 2. Robbie Hall 3. Maddalen Panuccio 4. Rebecca Goldsworthy 5. Virginia Buckworth 6. Andrew Male | 819 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Housing Action Team | 1. Denis Doherty 2. Ray Jackson 3. Jay Fletcher 4. Raul Bassi 5. Andrew Chuter | 764 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Stuart Baanstra | 16 | 0.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 65,981 | 93.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 6.2 | ||||
| Turnout | 69.4 | ||||
| Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
| Clover Moore Independent Team | 4 |  1 | |||
| Liberal | 2 |  1 | |||
| Labor | 1 |  | |||
| Greens | 1 | 1 | |||
| Living Sydney Team | 1 | 1 | |||
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