2021 New South Wales local elections

2021 New South Wales local elections

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121 of the 128 local government areas in New South Wales
Registered	4,838,137
Turnout	83.05% ( 6.45pp)
First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Independents Labor Liberal Seats won 776 188 127 Seat change 86 3 13 Popular vote 1,392,142 1,071,688 703,796 Percentage 33.73% 26.67% 17.52% Swing 2.05 1.05 7.99   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   OLC Leader No leader Paul Garrard Angela Vithoulkas Party Greens OLC Small Business Last election 4 Did not exist Seats before 5 2 Seats won 65 10 1 Seat change 11 5 1 Popular vote 355,196 72,942 12,244 Percentage 8.84% 1.81% 0.30% Swing 1.26 0.08 0.30   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   SFF AJP SAP Leader Robert Borsak No leader William Bourke Party SFF Animal Justice Sustainable Last election 2 0 Did not contest Seats before 2 0 0 Seats won 5 1 2 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 12,053 9,724 7,308 Percentage 0.30% 0.24% 0.18% Swing 0.20 0.20 0.18
Largest party in each LGA

The 2021 New South Wales local elections were held on 4 December 2021 to elect the councils of 121 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums. ^[1]

Previous referendums took three net councillors in three LGAS: Cabonne, Coonamble and Dungog.

The Liberal Party did not run in Kiama, North Sydney or Shoalhaven, however a number of party members chose to contest as independents. ^[2]

Background

Following the 2012 elections, the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 was introduced, leading to the amalgamations and mergers of a number of councils. This resulted in 79 councils being contested in 2016 and 46 2017. 2021 marked the first time in 9 years that the vast majority of councils were being contested at the same time.

The elections were scheduled to be held in September 2020, but as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia they were delayed until 4 September 2021. On 24 July 2021, it was announced the elections would again be delayed until 4 December 2021. ^[3]

Two councils − Fairfield and Penrith − opted to use the services of the Australian Election Company, while all other elections were conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission. ^[4]

The election for Norfolk Island Regional Council, which was meant to be held at the same time as New South Wales, was also postponed in 2020. It was later scheduled to be held in March 2021, however the council was suspended in February 2021 and eventually dismissed on 6 December 2021. ^[5]

Lead Greens candidate for Orange, Melanie McDonell, announced on 21 May 2021 she would leave the Greens and stand on a "McDonell Team" independent ticket. ^[6]

Political parties

The following registered parties contested the elections. This does not include unregistered groups of independents:

• Animal Justice Party
• Greens
• Labor Party
• Liberal Democrats
• Liberal Party
• Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
• Socialist Alliance
• Sustainable Australia Party
• The Small Business Party

In addition, a number of local government-registered parties also contested the elections. ^[7]

Party changes before elections

A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2021 elections.

Council	Ward	Councillor	Former party		New party		Date
Sydney	Unsubdivided	Kerryn Phelps		Clover Moore Independent Team		Independent	26 June 2017
Coolamon	Unsubdivided	Jeremy Crocker		Independent		Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	2 October 2017 [8]
Cumberland	Greystanes	Greg Cumming		Labor		Independent Labor	October 2017
Penrith	North	Marcus Cornish		Independent		One Nation	6 December 2017
Sydney	Unsubdivided	Kerryn Phelps		Independent		Kerryn Phelps Independents	15 September 2018
Upper Hunter	Unsubdivided	Lee Watts		Independent		Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	7 October 2018
Cumberland	Greystanes	Greg Cumming		Independent Labor		Independent	26 September 2018 [9]
Penrith	North	Marcus Cornish		One Nation		Independent	Late 2018
Strathfield	Unsubdivided	Nella Hall		Christian Democrats		Independent	Early 2019
Ryde	Central	Edwina Clifton		Greens		Labor	28 February 2019
Upper Hunter	Unsubdivided	Lee Watts		Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		Independent	Post-March 2019
Ku-ring-gai	Gordon	Peter Kelly		One Nation		Conservative National	25 April 2019
Fairfield	Cabravale	Dai Le		Independent		Dai Le	29 April 2019
Northern Beaches	Pittwater	Alex McTaggart		Community Alliance		Independent	22 July 2019 [10]
Cumberland	Granville	Steve Christou		Labor		Our Local Community	27 September 2019
Strathfield	Unsubdivided	Nella Hall		Independent		Nella Hall Independents	April 2020
Ku-ring-gai	Gordon	Peter Kelly		Conservative National		Independent	23 September 2020
Blue Mountains	Ward 2	Chris Van der Kley		Liberal		Independent	24 November 2020
Blue Mountains	Ward 3	Daniel Myles		Liberal		Independent	24 November 2020 [11]
Penrith	South	Brian Cartwright		Liberal		Independent	21 July 2021
Canada Bay	Mayor	Angelo Tsirekas		Labor		Our Local Community	19 October 2021
Randwick	West	Harry Stavrinos		Liberal		Our Local Community	24 October 2021
Ballina	A Ward	Stephen McCarthy		Independent National		Independent	1 November 2021
Parramatta	Rosehill	Andrew Wilson		Our Local Community		Small Business	8 November 2021
Hornsby	B Ward	Joe Nicita		Greens		Independent	Late 2023 [12]

Results

Main article: Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections

Party			Votes	%	Swing [13]	Seats [lower-alpha 1]	Change
	Independents		1,392,142	33.73	–2.05	776	86
	Labor		1,071,688	26.67	+1.05	188	3
	Liberal		703,796	17.52	–7.99	127	13
	Greens		355,196	8.84	+0.21	65	11
	Independent Liberal		95,602	2.38	+1.08	8	3
	Our Local Community		72,942	1.81	+0.08	10	6
	Clover Moore Independent Team		47,877	1.19	–1.41	4
	Your Northern Beaches		46,355	1.15	–8.00	6
	Shoalhaven Independents Group		27,254	0.68	–0.63	4	1
	Lake Mac Independents		24,922	0.62	–0.48	3
	Dai Le		18,774	0.47	+0.47	3	3
	Residents and Ratepayers		16,607	0.41	+0.41	4	4
	Independent National		16,140	0.40		9
	Small Business		12,244	0.30	+0.30	1	1
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers		12,053	0.30	+0.12	5	3
	Residents First Woollahra		10,951	0.27	–0.07	5
	Liverpool Community Independents Team		10,803	0.27	–0.48	2
	Animal Justice		9,724	0.24	+0.20	1	1
	Lorraine Wearne Independents		9,423	0.24	+0.05	1
	Community First Team		7,561	0.19	–0.22	1
	Sustainable Australia		7,308	0.18	+0.18	2	2
	Serving Mosman		6,870	0.17	–0.09	4	1
	Good For Manly		6,629	0.17	–0.48	1
	Ben Shields Team		5,687	0.14	+0.01	1
	Totally Locally Committed		4,809	0.12	–0.33	1	1
	Liberal Democrats		4,376	0.11	−0.09	0	1
	Strathfield Independents		4,120	0.10	+0.03	2	1
	Nella Hall Independents		3,298	0.09	–0.07	1
	Independent Labor		2,892	0.08	–0.15	1	3
	Our Sustainable Future		2,769	0.07	–0.19	1
	Socialist Alliance		2,612	0.07	+0.05	0
	Australia First		2,549	0.06	–0.10	0
	Kogarah Residents Association		919	0.02	–0.14	0	1
	Arts		536	0.01	+0.01	0
	Science		536	0.01	+0.01	0
	Communist League		116	0.01	+0.01	0
	Independent One Nation		46	0.00	–0.16	0	1
Total			4,018,048	100.00	–	–	–
Registered voters / turnout			4,838,137	83.05	+6.45	–	–

Council totals

LGA	Seats (excluding directly-elected mayors) [14]
	Labor	Liberal	Greens	Independents [lower-alpha 2]	Others
Albury	1	Did not contest	1	7	Did not contest
Armidale	2	Did not contest	1	8	Did not contest
Ballina	0	Did not contest	2	7	Did not contest
Balranald	No election
Bathurst	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Bayside	7	Did not contest	1	7	Did not contest
Bega Valley	1	Did not contest	1	7	Did not contest
Bellingen	0	Did not contest	2	4	Did not contest
Berrigan	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	8	Did not contest
Blacktown	10	Did not contest	0	5	Did not contest
Bland	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Blayney	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	7	Did not contest
Blue Mountains	3	6	2	1	Did not contest
Bogan	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Bourke	No election
Brewarrina	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	8	Did not contest
Broken Hill	2	Did not contest	Did not contest	8	Did not contest
Burwood	4	2	1	0	Did not contest
Byron	1	Did not contest	2	5	Did not contest
Cabonne	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Camden	3	4	Did not contest	2	Did not contest
Campbelltown	7	4	0	1	3
Canada Bay	2	3	1	0	3
Canterbury-Bankstown	9	5	0	1	0
Carrathool	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	10	Did not contest
Central Coast	No election [lower-alpha 3]
Central Darling	No election
Cessnock	6	3	Did not contest	4	Did not contest
Clarence Valley	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	8	Did not contest
Cobar	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	12	Did not contest
Coffs Harbour	1	Did not contest	1	6	0
Coolamon	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	8	1
Coonamble	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Cootamundra-Gundagai	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Cowra	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Cumberland	8	Did not contest	0	3	4
Dubbo	3	Did not contest	Did not contest	7	Did not contest
Dungog	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	7	Did not contest
Edward River	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Eurobodalla	1	Did not contest	1	7	Did not contest
Fairfield	3	Did not contest	0	7	3
Federation	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Forbes	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Georges River	5	5	Did not contest	1	4
Gilgandra	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Glen Innes Severn	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	8	Did not contest
Goulburn Mulwaree	1	Did not contest	0	7	1
Greater Hume	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Griffith	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	11	Did not contest
Gunnedah	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Gwydir	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Hawkesbury	2	4	1	3	2
Hay	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	8	Did not contest
Hilltops	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	11	Did not contest
Hornsby	1	6	3	0	Did not contest
Hunter's Hill	Did not contest	3	0	4	Did not contest
Inner West	8	Did not contest	5	2	0
Inverell	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Junee	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Kempsey	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	7	Did not contest
Kiama	2	Did not contest	2	5	Did not contest
Ku-ring-gai	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	10	Did not contest
Kyogle	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Lachlan	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	10	Did not contest
Lake Macquarie	7	3	0	0	3
Lane Cove	3	3	1	2	Did not contest
Leeton	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Lismore	1	Did not contest	2	6	1
Lithgow	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Liverpool	4	5	0	2	Did not contest
Liverpool Plains	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	7	Did not contest
Lockhart	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Maitland	4	4	0	5	Did not contest
Mid-Coast	1	2	1	7	Did not contest
Mid-Western	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Moree Plains	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Mosman	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	3	4
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
Muswellbrook	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	12	Did not contest
Nambucca Valley	1	Did not contest	Did not contest	8	Did not contest
Narrabri	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Narrandera	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Narromine	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Newcastle	7	3	2	1	0
North Sydney	2	Did not contest	Did not contest	6	2
Northern Beaches	Did not contest	5	2	1	7
Oberon	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Orange	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	9	1
Parkes	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	10	Did not contest
Parramatta	7	Did not contest	1	2	5
Penrith	5	6	Did not contest	4	Did not contest
Port Macquarie-Hastings	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	5	2
Port Stephens	4	1	0	4	Did not contest
Queanbeyan-Palerang	3	2	1	5	Did not contest
Randwick	5	5	4	1	Did not contest
Richmond Valley	1	Did not contest	Did not contest	5	Did not contest
Ryde	5	6	0	1	Did not contest
Shellharbour	3	Did not contest	Did not contest	4	Did not contest
Shoalhaven	3	Did not contest	4	2	4
Singleton	1	Did not contest	Did not contest	7	1
Snowy Monaro	2	Did not contest	1	8	Did not contest
Snowy Valleys	Did not contest	Did not contest	0	9	Did not contest
Strathfield	3	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	3
Sutherland	5	8	0	2	Did not contest
Sydney	1	2	1	1	4
Tamworth	1	Did not contest	Did not contest	8	Did not contest
Temora	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Tenterfield	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	10	Did not contest
The Hills	3	9	0	0	0
Tweed	1	2	1	3	Did not contest
Upper Hunter	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	8	Did not contest
Upper Lachlan	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Uralla	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Wagga Wagga	2	Did not contest	1	6	Did not contest
Walcha	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	8	Did not contest
Walgett	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Warren	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	12	Did not contest
Warrumbungle	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Waverley	4	5	3	0	Did not contest
Weddin	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Wentworth	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Willoughby	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	13	Did not contest
Wingecarribee	No election
Wollondilly	Did not contest	Did not contest	Did not contest	9	Did not contest
Wollongong	6	3	2	2	0
Woollahra	Did not contest	8	2	0	5
Yass Valley	Did not contest	Did not contest	1	8	Did not contest

Referendums and polls

In addition to the local elections, eight LGAs held referendums on questions relating to electoral structures. An advisory poll on de-amalgamation was also held for Inner West.

The closest result was in Wagga Wagga, where 50.6% voted "No" to directly-electing the mayor.

LGA	Question	YES		NO		Informal		Turnout		Ref
		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total	%
Armidale	"Do you support a reduction in the number of councillors for Armidale Regional Council from eleven to nine?"	10,891	68.9	4,913	31.1	272	1.2	16,076	83.7	[15]
Bega Valley	"Should the Bega Valley Shire have a popularly elected Mayor from 2024?"	16,507	72.7	6,192	27.3	559	2.4	23,258	87.1	[16]
Dubbo	"Currently Dubbo Regional Council is divided into five wards that elect 10 councillors in total; do you favour abolishing this ward system in favour of a single area consisting of all voters that elects 11 councillors?"	22,087	74.6	7,524	25.4	957	3.1	30,568	82.3	[17]
Griffith	"Do you agree that the number of Councillors elected to Griffith City Council be reduced from 12 to 9?"	10,010	71.4	4,017	28.6	531	3.6	14,558	86.7	[18]
	"Do you agree that the election of the Mayor to Griffith City Council be changed from popularly elected to elected by Councillors?"	3,889	28.2	9,888	71.8	729	5.0	14,506	86.4
Inner West (poll)	"In May 2016, Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville councils were amalgamated into one local government area by the State Government. Do you support the Inner West local government area being de-amalgamated, so as to restore the former local government areas of Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville?"	65,126	62.5	39,093	37.5	2,731	2.6	106,950	80.7	[19]
Murray River	"Do you wish to remove the three wards currently in place (Moama, Greater Wakool and Greater Murray with three Councillors elected within each ward), within Murray River Council to become an undivided Local Government Area?"	2,139	34.5	4,067	65.5	66	1.1	6,272	71.3	[20]
Ryde	"Do you support a popularly elected Mayor where the voters of the City of Ryde elect the Mayor for a four (4) year term, thereby adopting a thirteen (13) Councillor model (including the Mayor)?"	49,392	76.2	15,442	23.8	1,927	2.9	66,761	87.2	[21]
Wagga Wagga	"The Mayor of Wagga Wagga is currently elected every two (2) years by the nine (9) Councillors. Do you approve of the direct election of the Mayor by the voters of Wagga Wagga, for a four (4) year term, noting this will result in increased election costs each and every election?"	18,330	49.4	18,786	50.6	1,290	3.4	38,406	83.0	[22]
Walcha	"Do you favour the removal of the current ward based system so that all voters select all eight (8) Councillors that represent the Walcha Council area?"	1,142	61.2	723	38.8	19	1.0	1,884	83.0	[23]

Aftermath

Elected councillors

Logan Collins was elected to Cootamundra–Gundagai Regional Council at the age of 18, becoming the youngest local councillor in New South Wales history. ^{[24] [25]}

iVote crash and re-runs

Main article: 2022 New South Wales local elections

Analysis commissioned by the NSWEC found 55 voters in Singleton, 54 in Shellharbour and 34 voters in Kempsey who attempted to use iVote were prevented from casting their vote. ^[26] As a result, re-runs were ordered by the Supreme Court of NSW which were held on 30 July 2022 and iVote was not used for the 2023 state election.

By-elections and countbacks

The New South Wales Electoral Commission has held a number of by-elections and countbacks to fill vacancies on councils since the 2021 elections. ^[27]

Countbacks were introduced in January 2022 for council vacancies across the state, although by-elections are still used for some councils. ^[28]

By-elections

Council	Ward	Before			Change		After
		Councillor	Party		Cause	Date	Date	Councillor	Party		More
Murray River	Greater Murray	N/A		N/A	Only two out of three vacancies filled in 2021	4 December 2021	26 February 2022	Geoff Wise		Independent	Full results
Murray River	Greater Wakool	N/A		N/A	Only two out of three vacancies filled in 2021	4 December 2021	26 February 2022	Dennis Gleeson		Independent	Full results
Tenterfield	E Ward	N/A		N/A	Only two out of three vacancies filled in 2021	4 December 2021	26 February 2022	Geoffrey Nye		Independent	Full results
Cobar	Unsubdivided	N/A		N/A	Only 11 out of 12 vacancies filled in 2021	4 December 2021	26 February 2022	Michael Prince		Independent	Full results
Ryde	West	Jerome Laxale		Labor	Elected to Australian Parliament	22 July 2022	5 October 2022	Justin Li		Liberal	Full results
Lachlan	D Ward	Elaine Bendall		Independent	Death	4 December 2022	20 May 2023	Robyn Turner		Independent	Full results

Countbacks

Council	Ward	Before			Change		After
		Councillor	Party		Cause	Date	Date	Councillor	Party
Upper Lachlan	Unsubdivided	John Stafford		Independent	Resignation	13 January 2022	23 February 2022	Nathan McDonald		Independent
Weddin	Unsubdivided	Chad White		Independent	Resignation	15 March 2022	20 April 2022	Glenda Howell		Independent
Weddin	Unsubdivided	Mark Liebich		Independent	Resignation	15 March 2022	20 April 2022	Jason Kenah		Independent
Weddin	Unsubdivided	Geoff McClelland		Independent	Resignation	15 March 2022	20 April 2022	Warwick Frame		Independent
Weddin	Unsubdivided	Carly Brown		Independent	Resignation	15 March 2022	20 April 2022	Jan Parlett		Independent
Edward River	Unsubdivided	Peter Connell		Independent	Death	1 April 2022	17 May 2022	Shannon Sampson		Independent
Hay	Unsubdivided	Peter Dwyer		Independent	Resignation	July 2022	26 August 2022	Darren Clarke		Independent
Snowy Monaro	Unsubdivided	John Last		Independent	Resignation	20 July 2022	26 August 2022	Luke Williamson		Independent
Georges River	Mortdale	Warren Tegg		Labor	Resignation	22 August 2022	21 September 2022	Ashvini Ambihaipahar		Labor
Snowy Monaro	Unsubdivided	John Castellari		Greens	Resignation	25 September 2022	26 October 2022	Craig Mitchell		Independent
Georges River	Peakhurst	Kevin Greene		Labor	Resignation	31 October 2022	16 November 2022	Veronica Ficarra		Labor
Upper Hunter	Unsubdivided	Sue Abbott		Greens	Resignation	2 November 2022	6 December 2022	Belinda McKenzie		Independent
Queanbeyan-Palerang	Unsubdivided	Jacqueline Ternouth		Liberal	Resignation	21 December 2022	7 February 2023	Ross Macdonald		Liberal
North Sydney	St Leonards	Alanya Drummond		Independent	Resignation	11 January 2023	21 February 2023	John Lepouris		Independent
Sydney	Unsubdivided	Jess Scully		Clover Moore Independent Team	Resignation	31 March 2023	9 May 2023	Adam Worling		Clover Moore Independent Team
Lithgow	Unsubdivided	Deanna Goodsell		Good for Council	Resignation	18 May 2023	21 June 2023	Steve Ring		Ring's Independent Lithgow
Parramatta	Epping	Donna Davis		Labor	Resignation	25 January 2024	TBC	TBC		TBC
Wentworth	Unsubdivided	Steve Heywood		Independent	Death	7 January 2024 [29]	TBC	TBC		TBC

Notes

1. Excluding directly-elected mayors.
2. Including local groups (not to be confused with locally-registered political parties, which are counted here in the "Others" column).
3. Before being dissolved the council was composed of six Labor, five Independents, two Liberals and two vacancies

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