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| Registered | 2,730,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 76.60% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 New South Wales local elections were held on 9 September 2017 to elect the councils of 46 of the 168 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums. [1] [2]
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 79 councils being contested in 2016 before the vast majority contested together again in 2021.
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]
A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2017 elections.
| Council | Ward | Councillor | Former party | New party | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shellharbour | Unsubdivided | Paul Rankin | Liberal | Independent | 30 October 2013 | ||
| Strathfield | Unsubdivided | Nella Hall | Independent | Christian Democrats | 2015 | ||
| Ku-ring-gai | Gordon | Cheryl Szatow | Liberal | Independent | 19 September 2016 | ||
| Wollongong | Ward 3 | Bede Crasnich | Liberal | Independent | 26 August 2017 | ||
| Shellharbour | Unsubdivided | Kellie Marsh | Liberal | Independent | August 2017 | ||
| Ku-ring-gai | Comenarra | Jeff Pettett | Liberal Democrats | Independent | 2017 | ||
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats [lower-alpha 1] | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independents | 687,863 | 32.26 | 241 | ||||
| Labor | 535,852 | 25.62 | 105 | ||||
| Liberal | 533,377 | 25.50 | 96 | ||||
| Greens | 180,532 | 8.63 | 31 | ||||
| Northern Beaches Independents | 40,828 | 1.95 | +1.95 | 6 |  6 | ||
| Our Local Community | 36,250 | 1.73 | +1.73 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Local Independent Party | 13,631 | 0.65 | 0 |  2 | |||
| Good For Manly | 8,045 | 0.65 | +0.65 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Residents First Woollahra | 7,150 | 0.34 | +0.12 | 5 |  | ||
| Christian Democrats | 6,770 | 0.32 | 0 | | |||
| Serving Mosman | 5,402 | 0.26 | +0.14 | 3 | | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 4,177 | 0.20 | 1 | | |||
| Residents For Mosman | 4,175 | 0.20 | +0.11 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lorraine Wearne | 4,055 | 0.19 | –0.04 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | 3,821 | 0.18 | 2 | ||||
| Independent Community Voice | 3,575 | 0.17 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Kogarah Residents | 3,384 | 0.16 | +0.16 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent One Nation | 3,343 | 0.16 | +0.16 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent Christian Democrats | 3,298 | 0.16 | +0.16 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Australia First | 3,279 | 0.16 | 0 | | |||
| Residents Action Group | 3,158 | 0.15 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ben Shields Team | 2,650 | 0.13 | +0.13 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Communist | 1,595 | 0.07 | +0.00 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Strathfield Independents | 1,467 | 0.07 | +0.07 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Animal Justice | 804 | 0.04 | 0 | | |||
| Socialist Alliance | 407 | 0.02 | 0 | | |||
| Independent Greens | 236 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | | ||
| Total | 2,091,126 | 100.00 | – | – | – | ||
| Registered voters / turnout | 2,730,000 | 76.60 | – | – | |||
| Council | Seats [7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Labor | Greens | Independent | Others | |
| Armidale | Did not contest | 1 | 1 | 9 | Did not contest |
| Bathurst | Did not contest | Did not contest | 1 | 8 | Did not contest |
| Bayside | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | Did not contest |
| Blayney | Did not contest | 1 | 0 | 6 | Did not contest |
| Burwood | 2 | 4 | Did not contest | 1 | Did not contest |
| Cabonne | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 12 | Did not contest |
| Canada Bay | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Did not contest |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Did not contest |
| Central Coast | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cootamundra-Gundagai | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Cumberland | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | Did not contest |
| Dubbo | Did not contest | 1 | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Dungog | Did not contest | 1 | Did not contest | 8 | 0 |
| Edward River | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Federation | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Georges River | 5 | 6 | Did not contest | 4 | Did not contest |
| Hilltops | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 11 | Did not contest |
| Hornsby | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Did not contest |
| Hunter's Hill | 2 | Did not contest | Did not contest | 5 | Did not contest |
| Inner West | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | Did not contest |
| Ku-ring-gai | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lane Cove | 3 | 1 | Did not contest | 5 | Did not contest |
| Maitland | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Did not contest |
| Mid-Coast | 1 | 2 | Did not contest | 8 | Did not contest |
| Mosman | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 7 | Did not contest |
| Murray River | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Murrumbidgee | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Newcastle | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | Did not contest |
| North Sydney | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] |
| Northern Beaches | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | Did not contest |
| Oberon | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Orange | Did not contest | Did not contest | 1 | 8 | 2 [lower-alpha 4] |
| Parramatta | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Did not contest |
| Port Stephens | Did not contest | 1 | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Did not contest |
| Randwick | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryde | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Did not contest |
| Shellharbour | 1 | 3 | Did not contest | 3 | Did not contest |
| Snowy Monaro | Did not contest | Did not contest | 1 | 10 | Did not contest |
| Snowy Valleys | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Strathfield | 3 | 2 | Did not contest | 2 | Did not contest |
| The Hills | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waverley | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Did not contest |
| Willoughby | Did not contest | Did not contest | 1 | 12 | Did not contest |
| Wollongong | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Did not contest |
| Woollahra | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Did not contest |
In 2019, Labor Cumberland councillor Steve Christou defected to Our Local Community, as did directly-elected Canada Bay mayor Angelo Tsirekas in 2021. [10] [11] OLC councillor Andrew Wilson joined The Small Business Party in 2021. [12]
The New South Wales Electoral Commission held a number of by-elections to fill vacancies on councils following the 2017 elections up until 2021. [13]
The Central Coast Council was suspended before two by-elections in 2020 could be held.
| Council | Ward | Before | Change | Result after preference distribution | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Councillor | Party | Cause | Date | Date | Party | Candidate | % | ||||||
| Murrumbidgee | East | 10 March 2018 | Independent | Pat Brown | 52.47 | ||||||||
| Independent | Shane Fraser | 47.53 | |||||||||||
| The Hills | West | 28 July 2018 | Liberal | Jacob Jackson | 69.01 | ||||||||
| Labor | Immanuel Selvaraj | 30.99 | |||||||||||
| Ku-ring-gai | St Ives | David Citer | Independent Liberal | Resignation | 2 August 2018 | 27 October 2018 | Ind. Liberal | Christine Kay | 53.92 | ||||
| Independent | Nicholas Bakker | 46.08 | |||||||||||
| Wollongong | Ward 3 | 24 November 2018 | Labor | Ann Martin | 58.36 | ||||||||
| Independent | Ami Beck [lower-alpha 5] | 21.67 | |||||||||||
| Wollongong | Ward 3 | Vicky King | Labor | Death | 25 February 2020 | No by-election held due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| Central Coast | Gosford East | Rebecca Gale | Liberal | Resignation | 26 October 2020 | Council suspended before countback | |||||||
| Central Coast | Gosford West | Troy Marquart | Liberal | Resignation | 26 October 2020 | Council suspended before countback | |||||||
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