2024 North Sydney Council election

2024 North Sydney Council election

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All 10 seats on North Sydney Council 6 seats needed for a majority
Registered	49,176 [1]
Turnout	79.8%
First party Second party Third party   REAL Leader Zoë Baker & MaryAnn Beregi Jessica Keen N/A Party Real Independents Liberal Labor Leader's seat St Leonards & Cammeraygal Cammeraygal (won seat) N/A Last election 2 seats Did not contest 2 seats Seats won 4 2 2 Seat change 2 2 Primary  vote 11,825 6,084 5,981 Percentage 32.2% 16.5% 16.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   IND Leader N/A William Bourke Angus Hoy Party Independents Sustainable Greens Leader's seat N/A St Leonards (lost seat) Cammeraygal (won seat) Last election 1 seat 2 seats Did not contest Seats won 1 0 1 Seat change 2 1 Primary  vote 4,708 3,308 2,304 Percentage 12.8% 9.0% 6.3%
Results by ward

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

The Real Independents doubled its seats to four, while the Liberal Party and the Labor Party won two seats each. ^{[4] [5]}

Electoral system

Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), North Sydney Council elections use optional preferential voting. ^[6] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates. ^[7]

All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation. ^[8] North Sydney has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting. ^[9] The council is divided into two wards, each electing five councillors. ^[2]

The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC). ^{[10] [11]}

Retiring councillors

Team Jilly

• Jilly Gibson – announced 14 August 2024 ^[12]

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. ^{[13] [14]} This included all Liberal candidates in St Leonards Ward. ^{[15] [16]}

The Liberals were endorsing candidates for North Sydney Council for the first time at this election and remained on the ballot in Cammeraygal Ward, where its ticket was led by former CommUnity 1st councillor Jessica Keen. ^{[17] [18]}

Councillors Zoë Baker and MaryAnn Beregi led "The Real Independents" group. ^[19] Sustainable Australia councillor William Bourke contested the election in the second position on the party's St Leonards Ward ticket. ^{[20] [21]}

Cammeraygal

Sustainable Australia (Group A)	Real Independents (Group B)	Greens (Group C)	Labor (Group D)
Sarah Kok Bob Eggleton Peter Moor Mark Marsi Anne Lytle	MaryAnn Beregi Katie Richmond Ian Grey Estelle Blair Jillian Christie	Angus Hoy Christopher Eddleston Andrew Assaee Graham Healy Fuchsia Sims	Shannon Welch Travis Velingos Christopher Lake Merilyn Alt Mathew Campbell
CommUnity 1st (Group E)	Liberal (Group F)	Team Jilly (Group G)
Peter Noble Ian Mutton Joan Street Julie Lee Conway Restom	Jessica Keen Efi Carr Bryson Constable Andrew Skinner Hunter Wardman	Pallavi Sinha Strephon Billinghurst Leonie Rothwell Craig Black Harshita Jyoti Rajeswari Swaminathan

St Leonards

Real Independents (Group A)	Independent (Group B)	Sustainable Australia (Group C)	Labor (Group D)
Zoë Baker Christopher Holding Nicole Antonini Diana Davidson Rebecca McDonald	James Spenceley Daniel Whitford Felicity Gardner Deon Ludick Christopher Neville	Michael Want William Bourke Susan Kitchener John Heathers Enzo Smith	Godfrey Santer Jade Tyrrell Rayna Brown Julie Anne Newton Olivia Lee

Withdrawn candidates

Party		Candidate	Ward	Details
	Liberal	Sophie Lambert	St Leonards	Candidate unable to contest because of missed candidacy deadline. [22]
	Team Jilly	Jilly Gibson	Cammeraygal	Initially announced plan to recontest but withdrew citing move to Mosman. [12]

Results

Ward results

2024 North Sydney Council election: Ward results

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	The Real Independents		11,825	32.2		4	2
	Liberal		6,084	16.5		2	2
	Labor		5,981	16.3		2
	Independents		4,708	12.8		1
	Sustainable Australia		3,308	9.0		0	2
	Greens		2,304	6.3		1	1
	CommUnity 1st		1,670	4.5		0	1
	Team Jilly		1,355	3.7		0	2
Formal votes			36,762	93.7
Informal votes			1,731	6.3
Total			39,246	100.0		10
Registered voters / turnout			49,176	79.8

Cammeraygal

2024 North Sydney Council election: Cammeraygal Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1. Jessica Keen (elected 1) 2. Efi Carr (elected 4) 3. Bryson Constable 4. Andrew Skinner 5. Hunter Wardman	6,084	31.8	+31.8
	The Real Independents	1. MaryAnn Beregi (elected 2) 2. Katie Richmond 3. Ian Grey 4. Estelle Blair 5. Jillian Christie	3,361	17.6	+2.2
	Labor	1. Shannon Welch (elected 3) 2. Travis Velingos 3. Christopher Lake 4. Merilyn Alt 5. Mathew Campbell	2,961	15.5	+0.0
	Greens	1. Angus Hoy (elected 5) 2. Christopher Eddleston 3. Andrew Assaee 4. Graham Healy 5. Fuchsia Sims	2,304	12.0	+12.0
	CommUnity 1st	1. Peter Noble 2. Ian Mutton 3. Joan Street 4. Julie Lee 5. Conway Restom	1,670	8.7	+8.7
	Sustainable Australia	1. Sarah Kok 2. Bob Eggleton 3. Peter Moor 4. Mark Marsi 5. Anne Lytle	1,399	7.3	−3.4
	Team Jilly	1. Pallavi Sinha 2. Strephon Billinghurst 3. Leonie Rothwell 4. Craig Black 5. Harshita Jyoti 6. Rajeswari Swaminathan	1,355	7.1	−18.2
Total formal votes			18,381	96.6
Informal votes			677	3.4
Turnout			19,811	78.3

St Leonards

2024 North Sydney Council election: St Leonards Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	The Real Independents	1. Zoë Baker (elected 1) 2. Christopher Holding (elected 4) 3. Nicole Antonini (elected 5) 4. Diana Davidson 5. Rebecca McDonald	8,464	46.1	+20.4
	Independent	1. James Spenceley (elected 2) 2. Daniel Whitford 3. Felicity Gardner 4. Deon Ludick 5. Christopher Neville	4,708	25.6	+6.9
	Labor	1. Godfrey Santer (elected 3) 2. Jade Tyrrell 3. Rayna Brown 4. Julie Anne Newton 5. Olivia Lee	3,290	17.9	+0.0
	Sustainable Australia	1. Michael Want 2. William Bourke 3. Susan Kitchener 4. John Heathers 5. Enzo Smith	1,919	10.4	−2.7
Total formal votes			18,381	94.6
Informal votes			1,054	5.4
Turnout			19,435	81.4

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