2020 City of Melbourne election

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2020 City of Melbourne election
Coat of Arms of Melbourne.svg
  2018 24 October 2020 (2020-10-24)2024 
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Sally Capp Arron Wood
Deputy candidate Nicholas Reece Lisa Teh
Voting ticket Team Sally Capp Team Arron Wood
First round27,94913,497
First round (%)31.60%15.26%
Final round47,25641,178
Final round (%)53.44%46.56%

Lord Mayor of Melbourne before election

Sally Capp
Independent

Elected Lord Mayor

Sally Capp
Team Sally Capp

Council election

All 9 seats in the Melbourne City Council
5 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Independents 60.576−1
Greens Rohan Leppert16.0020
Labor Davydd Griffiths11.641+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2020 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Sally Capp, who was first elected in a 2018 by-election, won a second term defeating incumbent Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood.

Contents

The election was held in concurrent with the 2020 Victorian local elections.

Results

Leadership Team

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece
27,94931.60+31.60
Greens Apsara Sabaratnam
Roxane Ingleton
14,75316.68−4.59
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh
13,49715.26+15.26
Bring Back Melbourne Nick Russian
Michael Burge
8,97510.15+10.15
Labor Phil Reed
Wesa Chau
8,3559.45+9.45
Back To Business Jennifer Yang
Sandra Gee
8,2199.29+9.29
Victorian Socialists Kath Larkin
Daniel Nair Dadich
2,9113.29+3.29
Morgan-Watts Team Gary Morgan
Mary-Lou Howie
2,4462.77−4.02
Team Zorin Wayne Tseng
Gricol Yang
1,3291.50+1.50
Total formal votes88,43496.62+0.22
Informal votes3,0963.38−0.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece
47,25653.44+53.44
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh
41,17846.56+46.56
Team Sally Capp hold Swing N/A

Councillor election

#CouncillorParty
1Kevin Louey Team Sally Capp
2Rohan Leppert Greens
3Jason Chang Team Arron Wood
4Davydd Griffiths Labor
5 Roshena Campbell  Team Sally Capp
6 Olivia Ball  Greens
7Philip Le Liu Bring Back Melbourne
8Jamal Hakim Team Hakim
9Elizabeth Mary Doidge Back To Business
2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Council) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Team Sally Capp 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2. Roshena Campbell (elected 5)
3. Mark David McMillan
4. Tania Davidge
5. James Young
6. Tina Kuek
24,39526.73−10.72
Greens 1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2)
2. Olivia Ball (elected 6)
3. Emily Corcoran
4. David Jeffery
5. Nakita Thomson
6. Charlotte George
14,60216.00−4.16
Team Arron Wood 1. Jason Chang (elected 3)
2. Peter Clarke
3. Beverley Frances Pinder
4. Abdirahman I. Ali
5. Beverley Honig
12,18713.35+13.35
Labor 1. Davydd Griffiths (elected 4)
2. Mary Delahunty
3. Hamdi Ali
10,62611.64+11.64
Bring Back Melbourne 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 7)
2. Serena Lu Jiang
3. Lauren Sherson
4. Darin Schade
6,6837.32−1.77
Back To Business 1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge (elected 9)
2. Charles Pick
3. Moti Visa
4. Bedri Sainovski
6,5727.18+7.18
Liberal Democrats 1. Paul Silverberg
2. Faith Newman
5,0645.55+5.55
Morgan-Watts Team 1. Jackie Watts
2. Michael Kennedy
3. Haya Aldaghlas
4. Dashi Zhang
1,5411.69−3.22
Victorian Socialists 1. Christopher di Pasquale
2. Jesse Lambourn
1,4411.58+1.58
Sustainable Australia 1. Richard Belcher
2. Bettina Terry
1,3611.49+1.49
Animal Justice 1. Rabin Bangaar
2. Rod Whitfield
1,2511.37−1.07
Residents First 1. Janette Corcoran
2. Mary Masters
3. Samantha Tran
1,1101.21+1.21
Innovate Melbourne 1. Andrew Rowse
2. John Daniell
8170.89+0.89
Team Hakim 1. Jamal Hakim (elected 8)
2. Safaa Hakim
3790.41+0.41
Melbourne - We All Matter 1. Sainab Sheikh
2. Fatuma Ali
3740.41+0.41
Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice 1. Artemis Pattichi
2. Adriana Mendieta Nino
3510.38+0.38
UngroupedScott Robson
Luke Downing
Philip Jonathan Bateman
Andrew Ward
3320.36+0.10
Your Melbourne Team Get It Done 1. Mary K. Poulakis
2. Fiona Sweetman
2910.32+0.32
It Will Be Okay Melbourne 1. Joseph Burke
2. Michael Mach
2030.22+0.22
Total formal votes88,43496.62−1.42
Informal votes1,6863.38+1.42
Turnout 91,53166.73+11.54

Key dates

Key dates in relation to the election are: [2]

Candidates

A total of 77 candidates nominated for the election, an increase of 19 from the 2016 election. There are 18 candidates for the Leadership Team positions of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor running on 9 tickets, up from 14 candidates on 7 tickets in 2016. 59 candidates have nominated for councillor positions, up from 44 in 2016. [3]

Leadership Team

Incumbent Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Socialists candidatesBring Back Melbourne candidatesTeam Zorin candidates Labor candidates Greens candidates Team Arron Wood candidates
 
  1. Kath Larkin
  2. Daniel Nair Dadich
  1. Nick Russian
  2. Michael Burge
  1. Wayne Tseng
  2. Gricol Yang
  1. Phil Reed
  2. Wesa Chau
  1. Apsara Sabaratnam
  2. Roxane Ingleton
  1. Arron Wood
  2. Lisa Teh
Team Sally Capp candidatesBack To Business candidatesMorgan-Watts Team
 
  1. Sally Capp
  2. Nicholas Reece
  1. Jennifer Yang
  2. Sandra Gee
  1. Gary Morgan
  2. Mary-Lou Howie

Councillors

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one councillor are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Labor candidatesBack to Business candidates Team Arron Wood candidatesYour Melbourne Team Get It Done candidates Sustainable candidatesTeam Hakim candidates
 
  1. Davydd Griffiths*
  2. Mary Delahunty
  3. Hamdi Ali
  1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge*
  2. Charles Pick
  3. Moti Visa
  4. Bedri Sainovski
  1. Jason Chang*
  2. Peter Clarke
  3. Beverley Frances Pinder
  4. Abdirahman I. Ali
  5. Beverley Honig
  1. Mary K. Poulakis
  2. Fiona Sweetman
  1. Richard Belcher
  2. Bettina Terry
  1. Jamal Hakim*
  2. Safaa Hakim
Team Sally Capp candidates AJP candidatesArtemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice candidates LDP candidatesResidents First candidatesMelbourne - We All Matter candidates
 
  1. Kevin Louey*
  2. Roshena Campbell*
  3. Mark David McMillan
  4. Tania Davidge
  5. James Young
  6. Tina Kuek
  1. Rabin Bangaar
  2. Rod Whitfield
  1. Artemis Pattichi
  2. Adriana Mendieta Nino
  1. Paul Silverberg
  2. Faith Newman
  1. Janette Corcoran
  2. Mary Masters
  3. Samantha Tran
  1. Sainab Sheikh
  2. Fatuma Ali
Innovate Melbourne - Startup The City candidatesMorgan-Watts Team candidatesBring Back Melbourne candidates Greens candidates Socialists candidatesIt Will Be Okay Melbourne candidates
 
  1. Andrew Rowse
  2. John Daniell
  1. Jackie Watts
  2. Michael Kennedy
  3. Haya Aldaghlas
  4. Dashi Zhang
  1. Philip Le Liu*
  2. Serena Lu Jiang
  3. Lauren Sherson
  4. Darin Schade
  1. Rohan Leppert*
  2. Olivia Ball*
  3. Emily Corcoran
  4. David Jeffery
  5. Nakita Thomson
  6. Charlotte George
  1. Christopher di Pasquale
  2. Jesse Lambourn
  1. Joseph Burke
  2. Michael Mach
Ungrouped candidates
 

Scott Robson (Ind)
Luke Downing (Ind)
Philip Jonathan Bateman (Ind)
Andrew Ward (Ind)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  2. "Key dates for prospective candidates". Melbourne City Council. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. "Melbourne City Council / Nominations". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.