2016 New South Wales local elections

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2016 New South Wales local elections
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  2012 10 September 2016 [lower-alpha 1] 2017  
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
IND
Labor Placeholder.png Liberal Placeholder.png
LeaderN/AN/AN/A
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 2]
Seats won5458148
Popular vote678,591429,605286,013
Percentage39.59%24.60%16.40%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.45Increase2.svg 5.43Decrease2.svg 5.45

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Greens placeholder-01.png CDP Placeholder.png
AFP
LeaderNo leader Fred Nile Jim Saleam
Party Greens Christian Democrats Australia First
Last election [lower-alpha 2] 01
Seats before10
Seats won2300
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote110,49115,3264,424
Percentage6.35%0.90%0.27%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.33Increase2.svg 0.49Increase2.svg 0.08

 Seventh partyEighth party
 
LDP
AJP
LeaderJohn HumphreysNo leader
Party Liberal Democrats Animal Justice
Last election1 [lower-alpha 2] Did not contest
Seats before10
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote4,356193
Percentage0.27%0.02%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.04Increase2.svg 0.02

The 2016 New South Wales local elections were held on 10 September 2016 to elect the councils of 79 of the 168 local government areas (LGAs) of New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums. [1]

Contents

The elections were conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission, with the exception of Fairfield, Gunnedah, Kempsey, Lake Macquarie and Penrith, who chose to conduct their own elections. [1]

The election in Tweed was deferred until 29 October 2016 due to the death of a candidate. [2]

Background

Following the 2012 elections, major changes occurred as a result of the enactment of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 and as a result of a review by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) that commenced in 2013. On 12 May 2016, following a further review by the Minister for Local Government and the independent Local Government Boundaries Commission, Premier Mike Baird announced Stage 1 starting with 19 new councils, through amalgamations and mergers, with immediate effect. The Minister indicated in principle support to create a further nine new councils, subject to the decision of the courts. [3] [4] On the same day, the Governor of New South Wales acted on the advice of the Minister, and proclaimed the 19 new local government areas. Another proclamation occurred a few months later with the amalgamation of City of Botany Bay and City of Rockdale. [5]

This resulted in 46 councils not being contested until 2017, before the vast majority contested together again in 2021.

Parties

The following registered parties contested this election. This does not include groups of independents:

In addition, a number of local government-registered parties also contested the elections. [6]

Party changes before elections

A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2016 elections.

In Fairfield, Labor councillor George Barcha was handed a 6-month suspension for branch stacking and ran fourth on the party's Cabravale Ward ticket at the election. [7]

CouncilWardCouncillorFormer partyNew partyDate
Cessnock Ward C Suellen Wrightson  Liberal   Palmer United 23 June 2013
Penrith East Maurice Girotto  Australia First   Independent 31 October 2013
Hurstville Peakhurst Michelle Stevens  Labor   Independent 3 April 2014
Ballina Ward B Jeff Johnson  Greens   Independent 16 February 2015
Wagga Wagga UnsubdividedPaul Funnell  Democratic Labour   Country 5 March 2015
Wagga Wagga UnsubdividedPaul Funnell  Country   Independent 29 March 2015
Fairfield Cabravale George Barcha  Labor   Independent Labor 11 November 2015
Blacktown Ward 5 Jacqueline Donaldson  Liberal   Independent 2015
Penrith East Maurice Girotto  Independent   Christian Democrats 16 March 2016
Fairfield Cabravale Dai Le   Liberal   Independent 16 August 2016
Fairfield Mayor Frank Carbone   Labor   Independent 30 August 2016

Results

PartyVotes %SwingSeats [lower-alpha 2] Change
  Independents 678,59139.59+1.45545
  Labor 429,60524.60+5.4381
  Liberal 286,01316.40−5.4548
  Greens 110,4916.35−0.3323
  Clover Moore Independent Team 45,2242.60+1.715Increase2.svg 1
  Independent National 40,8962.35+1.3615
  Shoalhaven Independents 21,5101.31+0.985Increase2.svg 2
  Independent Liberal 21,3641.30−2.575
  Independent Lake Alliance 20,9781.21+0.441Decrease2.svg 3
  Lake Mac Independents 19,0361.10+1.103Increase2.svg 3
  Christian Democrats 15,3260.90+0.490Steady2.svg
  Liverpool Community Independents 13,2070.75+0.542Increase2.svg 1
  Totally Locally Committed 7,8650.45+0.242Steady2.svg
  Community First 7,0490.41+0.251Steady2.svg
  Sydney Matters 6,0510.35+0.351Increase2.svg 1
  Australia First 4,4240.27+0.080Decrease2.svg 1
  Liberal Democrats 4,3560.27−0.040Decrease2.svg 1
  Our Sustainable Future 4,2950.26+0.182
  Bob Thompson 3,8910.25+0.131Steady2.svg
  Independent Labor 3,7000.23−0.244
  Community Service Environment 2,1520.14+0.020Decrease2.svg 1
  For A Better Shoalhaven 1,3940.10+0.100Steady2.svg
  Albury Citizens and Ratepayers 3010.03−0.050Decrease2.svg 1
  Animal Justice 1930.02+0.020Steady2.svg
 Total1,747,912100.00

By-elections

The New South Wales Electoral Commission held a number of by-elections to fill vacancies on councils after the 2016 elections up until 2021. [8]

CouncilWardBeforeChangeResult after preference distribution
CouncillorPartyCauseDateDatePartyCandidate%
Campbelltown UnsubdividedFred Borg Totally Locally Committed Death20 December 201618 March 2017 Labor Ben Gilholme56.47
Community First Josh Cotter43.53
Lithgow Unsubdivided8 April 2017 Independent Darryl Goodwin [lower-alpha 3] 39.83
Independent Deanna Goodsell [lower-alpha 3] 21.04
Port Macquarie-Hastings Unsubdivided29 July 2017 Independent Peta Pinson51.07
Independent Robert Turner48.93
Brewarrina Unsubdivided19 August 2017 Independent Michael HertsletN/A
Elected unopposed
Narromine Unsubdivided19 August 2017 Independent Trudy Everingham56.52
Independent Ruth Carney43.48
Tenterfield Ward D 19 August 2017 Independent Bob Rogan54.43
Independent Brian Brown45.57
Wollondilly Unsubdivided28 October 2017 Independent Matt Smith56.62
Independent Laura Egan-Burt43.38
Coonamble Unsubdivided26 March 2018 Independent Robert Thomas54.61
Independent Pat Cullen45.39
Berrigan Unsubdivided14 July 2018 Independent Roger Reynoldson68.39
Independent Ruth Silvester31.61
Greater Hume East 24 November 2018 Independent Lea Parker52.34
Independent Greg Mason [lower-alpha 4] 24.67
Cobar Unsubdivided8 December 2018 Independent Kate Winders51.53
Independent Benny Hewlett48.47
Griffith Ward A 16 February 2019 Ind. National Glen Andreazza55.25
Independent Damien Marcus44.75
Lachlan Ward D 16 February 2019 Independent Elaine Bendall [lower-alpha 3] 63.52
Independent Dennis Brady [lower-alpha 3] 16.01
Uralla Ward A 16 February 2019 Independent Tom O'Connor66.91
Independent Charlotte Field-Sampson33.09
Coonamble Unsubdivided29 June 2019 Independent Pat Cullen [lower-alpha 3] 33.11
Independent Barbara Deans [lower-alpha 3] 24.64

Notes

  1. The election in Tweed was held on 29 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 This does not include seats in 46 LGAs that were won in 2012 but not up for re-election until the 2017 local elections.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Two vacancies on council, meaning two candidates were elected - this shows their primary vote before preference distribution.
  4. Second-placed out of three candidate after initial preference distribution.

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