2024 Campbelltown City Council election

2024 Campbelltown City Council election

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All 15 seats on Campbelltown City Council 8 seats needed for a majority
Registered	119,951 [1]
Turnout	84.8%
First party Second party Third party   CFTIP Leader Darcy Lound Joshua Cotter Masud Khalil Party Labor CFTIP Community Voice Last election 7 seats Did not exist Did not exist Seats before 5 2 1 Seats won 6 3 2 Seat change 1 1 1 Primary  vote 36,072 17,494 11,045 Percentage 39.6% 19.2% 12.1% Swing 4.2 5.3 7.2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jayden Rivera Cameron McEwan Adam Zahra Party Greens Sustainable IFC Last election 0 seats Did not contest Did not exist Seats before 0 0 0 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Primary  vote 9,801 9,475 5,480 Percentage 10.8% 10.4% 6.0% Swing 6.3 10.4 6.0

The 2024 Campbelltown City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to the Campbelltown City Council. ^[2] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales. ^[3]

The Labor Party won six seats, two short of a majority. ^[4] The Liberal Party lost all four seats it held prior to the election, owing to a missed candidate nomination deadline which prevented its councillors from recontesting. ^[5]

Background

In January 2022, councillors George Brticevic and Margaret Chivers both left the Labor Party to sit as independents. ^[6]

On 11 July 2024, the Community First Team and the Totally Locally Committed Party merged to form the Community First Totally Independent Party. ^[7] Both parties had one councillor elected each in 2021 (Josh Cotter and Warren Morrison respectively). ^[7]

Electoral system

Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Campbelltown City 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] Campbelltown has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting. ^[11] The council is composed of a single ward. ^[2]

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

Retiring councillors

Labor

• Rey Manoto ^[2]

Liberal

• George Greiss – announced 16 April 2024 ^[14]

Independents

• George Brticevic ^[2]
• Margaret Chivers ^[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. ^{[15] [16]} This included all Liberal councillors seeking re-election to Campbelltown City Council. ^{[17] [18]}

One Nation member Adam Zahra led the conservative "Independents for Campbelltown" group. ^{[19] [20]}

Sustainable Australia (Group A)	Animal Justice (Group B)	Community Voice (Group C)	Inds for Campbelltown (Group D)	Greens (Group E)
Cameron McEwan Timothy Longford Deeban Jayaseelan Anne Crighton Trevor Hooper Amy McEwan Stephen Macris Gregory Bran	Matthew Stellino Stephanie Poole Benjamin Bank Lisa Bicknell Joanne Callaghan Hailey Tiernan David Ward	Masud Khalil Khaled Halabi Sajjan Karki Bellal Jaber John Becerra Morsheda Khan Khurshida Hossain Farzana Khan Penisimani Fonua Md Siddiqui Abul Iqbal Tanveer Howladar Md Ataur Rahman	Adam Zahra Annika Thompson Lawson Hagan Evan Harris Tatum Zahra Matthew Zahra Robert Byers Angus Van Der Schyff Marie Zahra	Jayden Rivera Tao Triebels Penelope Hlavaty Jaydn Pye Victoria Waldron Hahn Coral Ison Stephen Bailey Melanie Cotton
CFTIP (Group F)	Labor (Group G)	Independent (Group H)	Ungrouped
Joshua Cotter Warren Morrison Seta Berbari Patrick Zarzour Ian Kelly Tammy Hatch Teresita Alivio Mark Keaton George Boustani Stanley Abnes	Darcy Lound Meg Oates Masood Chowdhury Karen Hunt Isabella Wisniewska Ash Rahman David Weblin Parvez Khan Mina Skandari	Mukesh Chand Rohit Gupta Asiful Islam Faiyaz Hussain Jawad El Asman Francis Singh Manish Chand Shival Chand	Lisa Riordan (AJP)

Withdrawn candidates

Party		Candidate	Details
	Liberal	John Chew	Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline. [21]
	Liberal	Marian George	Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline. [21]
	Liberal	Riley Munro	Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline. [21]

Results

2024 Campbelltown City Council election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	1. Darcy Lound (elected 1) 2. Meg Oates (elected 6) 3. Masood Chowdhury (elected 8) 4. Karen Hunt (elected 9) 5. Isabella Wisniewska (elected 10) 6. Ash Rahman (elected 11) 7. David Weblin 8. Parvez Khan 9. Mina Skandari	36,072	39.6	−4.2
	Community First Totally Independent	1. Joshua Cotter (elected 2) 2. Warren Morrison (elected 7) 3. Seta Berbari (elected 12) 4. Patrick Zarzour 5. Ian Kelly 6. Tammy Hatch 7. Teresita Alivio 8. Mark Keaton 9. George Boustani 10. Stanley Abnes	17,494	19.2	+5.3
	Community Voice	1. Masud Khalil (elected 3) 2. Khaled Halabi (elected 14) 3. Sajjan Karki 4. Bellal Jaber 5. John Becerra 6. Morsheda Khan 7. Khurshida Hossain 8. Farzana Khan 9. Penisimani Fonua 10. Md Siddiqui 11. Abul Iqbal 12. Tanveer Howladar 13. Md Ataur Rahman	11,045	12.1	+7.2
	Greens	1. Jayden Rivera (elected 4) 2. Tao Triebels (elected 15) 3. Penelope Hlavaty 4. Jaydn Pye 5. Victoria Waldron Hahn 6. Coral Ison 7. Stephen Bailey 8. Melanie Cotton	9,801	10.8	+6.3
	Sustainable Australia	1. Cameron McEwan (elected 5) 2. Timothy Longford 3. Deeban Jayaseelan 4. Anne Crighton 5. Trevor Hooper 6. Amy McEwan 7. Stephen Macris 8. Gregory Bran	9,475	10.4	+10.4
	Independents for Campbelltown	1. Adam Zahra (elected 13) 2. Annika Thompson 3. Lawson Hagan 4. Evan Harris 5. Tatum Zahra 6. Matthew Zahra 7. Robert Byers 8. Angus Van Der Schyff 9. Marie Zahra	5,480	6.0	+6.0
	Independent	1. Mukesh Chand 2. Rohit Gupta 3. Asiful Islam 4. Faiyaz Hussain 5. Jawad El Asman 6. Francis Singh 7. Manish Chand 8. Shival Chand	1,005	1.1	+1.0
	Animal Justice	1. Matthew Stellino 2. Stephanie Poole 3. Benjamin Bank 4. Lisa Bicknell 5. Joanne Callaghan 6. Hailey Tiernan 7. David Ward	465	0.5	−4.3
	Animal Justice	Lisa Riordan	180	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			91,017	89.5
Informal votes			10,650	10.5
Turnout			101,667	84.8

Results summary

2024 Campbelltown City Council election: Results summary

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		36,072	39.6	−4.2	6	1
	Community First Totally Independent		17,494	19.2	+5.3	3	3
	Community Voice of Australia		11,045	12.1	+7.2	2	1
	Greens		9,801	10.8	+6.3	2	2
	Sustainable Australia		9,475	10.4	+10.4	1	1
	Independents for Campbelltown		5,480	6.0	+6.0	1	1
	Independent		1,005	1.1	+1.0	0
	Animal Justice		645	0.7	−4.1	0	1
Formal votes			91,017	89.5
Informal votes			10,650	10.5
Total			101,667	100.0		15
Registered voters / turnout			119,951	84.8

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