2024 Camden Council election

2024 Camden Council election

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All 9 seats on Camden Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Registered	87,311 [1]
Turnout	85.6%
First party Second party   IND Party Labor Independents Last election 3 seats 2 seats Seats before 2 2 Seats won 3 3 Seat change 1 1 Primary  vote 20,054 18,491 Percentage 29.7% 27.3% Swing 3.3 4.8   Third party Fourth party   Party Libertarian Liberal Last election Did not contest 4 seats Seats before 0 4 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 3 Primary  vote 16,448 8,378 Percentage 24.3% 12.4% Swing 24.3 31.6

The 2024 Camden Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect nine councillors to Camden Council. ^[2] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales. ^[3]

The Labor Party and independents won three seats each, while the Libertarian Party gained two. ^[4] The Liberal Party lost three of the four seats it held prior to the election, owing to a missed candidate nomination deadline which prevented some of its councillors from recontesting. ^[5]

Background

North Ward councillor Cindy Cagney resigned from the Labor Party in August 2024. ^{[6] [7]}

Electoral system

Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Camden Council elections use optional preferential voting. ^[8] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates. ^[9]

All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation. ^[10] Camden has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting. ^[11] The council is divided into three wards, each electing three councillors. ^[2]

The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC). ^{[12] [13]}

Retiring councillors

Labor

• Paul Farrow (South) ^[2]

Candidates

On 14 August 2024, the day that candidates nominations closed, the Liberal Party revealed they had missed the deadline to nominate 164 candidates in 16 different LGAs. ^{[14] [15]} This included all Liberal candidates in North Ward and South Ward. ^{[16] [17]}

North Ward councillor Cindy Cagney switched to South Ward. ^[18]

Central

Independent (Group A)	Labor (Group B)	Liberal (Group C)	Ungrouped
Peter McLean Juliane Scuteri David Nethercote	Ashleigh Cagney Koady Williams Tahia Khair	Therese Fedeli Diana Zammit Salvatore Barone	Ewelina Ellsmore (SFF) [19]

North

Independent (Group A)	Labor (Group B)	Libertarian (Group C)
Abha Suri Manish Tripathi Harsha Chopra	Eliza Rahman Molly Quinnell	Vince Ferreri Domenico Gattellari Stefanie Ferreri

South

Labor (Group A)	Camden Community First (Group B)	Libertarian (Group C)	Independent (Group D)	Ungrouped
Damien Quinnell Deniz Sabuncuoglu Brian Calcutt	Cindy Cagney Con Diomis Domenic Zappia	Rose Sicari Amanda Wihare Maria Cartisano	Eva Campbell Jill Leemen Keith Hart	Renee Sillato (Ind)

Withdrawn candidates

Party		Candidate	Ward	Details
	Liberal	Usha Dommaraju	North	Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline. [20]
	Liberal	Lara Symkowiak	North	Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline. [20]
	Liberal	Russell Zammit	South	Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline. [20]

Results

Ward results

2024 Camden Council election: Ward results

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		20,054	29.7	−3.3	3
	Independents		18,491	27.3	+4.8	3	1
	Libertarian		16,448	24.3	+24.3	2	2
	Liberal		8,378	12.4	−31.6	1	3
	Camden Community First		3,677	5.4	+5.4	0
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers		568	0.8	+0.3	0
Formal votes			67,616	90.5
Informal votes			7,115	9.5
Total			74,731	100.0		9
Registered voters / turnout			87,311	85.6

Central

2024 Camden Council election: Central Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	1. Ashleigh Cagney (elected 2) 2. Koady Williams 3. Tahia Khair	8,923	36.9	+0.5
	Liberal	1. Therese Fedeli (elected 3) 2. Diana Zammit 3. Salvatore Barone	8,378	34.7	−9.3
	Independent	1. Peter McLean (elected 1) 2. Juliane Scuteri 3. David Nethercote	6,295	26.1	+4.5
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Ewelina Ellsmore	568	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			24,164	92.5	−2.2
Informal votes			1,970	7.5	+2.2
Turnout			26,134	87.2	+0.5

North

2024 Camden Council election: North Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Libertarian	1. Vince Ferreri (elected 2) 2. Domenico Gattellari 3. Stefanie Ferreri	10,378	46.3	+46.3
	Independent	1. Abha Suri (elected 1) 2. Manish Tripathi 3. Harsha Chopra	6,511	29.0	+29.0
	Labor	1. Eliza Rahman (elected 3) 2. Molly Quinnell	5,551	24.7	−10.6
Total formal votes			22,440	88.0	−6.4
Informal votes			3,062	12.0	+6.4
Turnout			25,502	84.1	−1.1

South

2024 Camden Council election: West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Libertarian	1. Rose Sicari (elected 2) 2. Amanda Wihare 3. Maria Cartisano	6,070	28.9	+28.9
	Labor	1. Damien Quinnell (elected 1) 2. Deniz Sabuncuoglu 3. Brian Calcutt	5,580	26.6	+0.6
	Independent	1. Eva Campbell (elected 3) 2. Jill Leemen 3. Keith Hart	4,145	19.7	−12.8
	Camden Community First	1. Cindy Cagney 2. Con Diomis 3. Domenic Zappia	3,677	17.5	+17.5
	Independent	Renee Sillato	1,540	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			21,012	91.0	−3.7
Informal votes			2,083	9.0	+3.7
Turnout			23,095	85.4	+0.2

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