2022 New South Wales local elections

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2022 New South Wales local elections
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  2021 30 July 2022 2024  
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
IND
Labor Placeholder.png ArthurBain.png
LeaderN/AN/AArthur Bain
Party Independents Labor Greens
Seats won1431
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg

The 2022 New South Wales local elections were held on 30 July 2022 to elect councillors in three local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, Australia. The elections were held as a re-run after the New South Wales Electoral Commission's online voting system crashed at the 2021 local elections. [1]

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Background

At the 2021 elections, the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) used an online voting system, iVote, in a number of LGAs. [1] 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. [1]

On 5 April 2022, the Supreme Court of NSW ordered new elections in all three councils. The mayoral elections in were not affected, nor were the results in Shellharbour's B Ward, C Ward and D Ward. [1]

Analysis showed there was a 60% chance that the wrong candidate had been selected by voters in the affected areas. [2]

Results

Kempsey

2022 New South Wales local elections: Kempsey [a]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 1,890
Independent 1. Dean Saul (elected 3)
2. Scott Butterfield (elected 5)
3. Michael Vella
4. George Thring
3,84322.60+18.40
Greens 1. Arthur Bain (elected 1)
2. Dianne Nolan
3. Caroline George
4. Graeme Carrad
3,24619.90+9.70
Independent 1. Simon Fergusson (elected 2)
2. Joshua Freeman
3. Daniel Freeman
4. Margaret Moir
2,09912.35−8.85
Independent Anthony Patterson (elected 4)1,90911.23+7.83
Independent Kerri Riddington (elected 7)1,5629.19+3.39
Independent Alexandra Wyatt (elected 6)1,5379.04+1.04
Independent Kinne Ring (elected 8)1,2347.26+2.96
Independent Noel Selby7534.43+1.43
Independent SFF Troy Irwin5072.98−0.32
Independent Bruce Raeburn1190.70−1.80
Independent Andrew Evans1020.60+1.40
Independent Stephen McNamara910.54+0.54
Total formal votes17,00292.82+5.22
Informal votes1,3157.18−5.22
Turnout 18,31778.50−2.80

Shellharbour (A Ward)

2022 New South Wales local elections: Shellharbour (A Ward) [a]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,204
Independent 1. Kellie Marsh (elected 1)
2. Shane Bitschkat
7,18556.98−9.62
Labor 1. Maree Edwards (elected 2)
2. Aarron Vann
3,57928.38−5.02
  Independent Labor 1. Marianne Saliba
2. Liz Kemp
1,84514.63+14.63
Total formal votes12,60995.19−0.21
Informal votes6374.81+0.21
Turnout 13,24681.11−6.89

Singleton

2022 Singleton Council election
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  2021 14 September 2024 2024  

All 9 seats on Singleton Council [b]
6 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
IND
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SFF
Party Independents Labor Shooters
Seats won621
First preference  vote7,8642,4432,168
Percentage63.04%19.58%17.38%

Largest party before election

Independents

Largest party after election

Independents

2022 New South Wales local elections: Singleton [a]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Danny Thompson (elected 3)2,20817.70+0.00
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Mel McLachlan (elected 1)2,16817.38+6.98
Labor Tony Jarrett (elected 4)1,55712.48+0.08
Independent Godfrey Adamthwaite (elected 1)1,27010.18+3.08
Labor Sarah Johnstone (elected 5)8867.10+3.60
Independent Hollee Jenkins (elected 8)8536.84+2.57
Independent Val Scott (elected 7)8476.79+3.99
Independent Sue George (elected 6)7826.27+3.97
Independent Tony McNamara (elected 9)4943.96+1.46
Independent Belinda Charlton4803.85−2.15
Independent Kay Sullivan4063.25+0.95
Independent Shane Feeney3302.65+2.65
Independent Wayne Riley1941.56+1.56
Total formal votes12,47594.09+5.19
Informal votes7845.91−5.19
Turnout 13,25976.70−7.30

Aftermath

In Kempsey, the highest placed non-elected candidate from 2021, Dean Saul, was instead one the first councillors elected.

All councillors in Singleton were re-elected with the exception of independent Belinda Charlton, who was defeated by Labor's Sarah Johnstone.

As a result of the re-runs, the New South Wales Electoral Commission opted not to use iVote for the 2023 state election as was initially proposed.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Changes compared with the results at the 2021 elections.
  2. Excluding the mayor, who is directly-elected.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Drewitt-Smith, Ainslie; Fernandez, Tim (17 March 2022). "Supreme Court orders re-vote after iVote crash in NSW local government elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. "iVote failure election re-runs in Kempsey, Singleton, Shellharbour to be held July 30 despite efforts to postpone". Australia: ABC News. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.