2024 Parramatta City Council election

2024 Parramatta City Council election

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All 15 seats on Parramatta City Council 8 seats needed for a majority
Registered	145,578 [1]
Turnout	84.3%
First party Second party Third party   Leader N/A N/A Kellie Darley Party Liberal Labor Champions Leader's seat N/A N/A Dundas Last election Did not contest 7 seats Did not exist Seats before 1 5 1 Seats won 6 6 2 Seat change 5 [a] 1 1 Primary  vote 41,777 36,344 11,045 Percentage 35.7% 31.1% 12.1% Swing 30.0 [a] 10.4 7.2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   OLC LWI Leader Michelle Garrard [2] N/A Charles Chen Party OLC Greens Lorraine Wearne Leader's seat Dundas (lost seat) N/A Epping (won seat) Last election 4 seats 1 seat 1 seat Seats before 3 1 1 Seats won 0 1 1 Seat change 3 Primary  vote 11,902 7,499 3,772 Percentage 10.2% 6.4% 3.2% Swing 10.2 3.7 5.3
Results by ward

The 2024 Parramatta City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to the City of Parramatta. ^[3] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales. ^[4]

The Liberal Party and the Labor Party won six seats each. ^[5] The gains for the Liberals largely came at the expense of Our Local Community, which lost all four seats it had won in 2021. ^[6]

Background

At the 2017 election, the Liberal Party won six seats and 36.5% of the council-wide vote. ^[3] In 2021, the party chose not to endorse any candidates in Parramatta, with only one Independent Liberal candidate – Georgina Valjak – elected across the entire council. ^{[7] [8]}

In 2023, Dundas Ward councillor Kellie Darley formed the "Community Champions" party. ^{[9] [10]}

Labor councillor Donna Davis was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Parramatta at the 2023 state election. ^[11] She resigned as a councillor for Epping Ward in January 2024. ^[12]

On 14 June 2024, Our Local Community's Dan Siviero resigned as a councillor for Rosehill Ward. ^[13] In August 2024, Rosehill Ward councillor Paul Noack lost Labor preselection and resigned from the party. ^[14]

Electoral system

Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Parramatta City Council elections use optional preferential voting. ^[15] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates. ^[16]

All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation. ^[17] Parramatta has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting. ^[18] The council is divided into five wards, each electing three councillors. ^[3]

The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC). ^{[19] [20]}

Retiring councillors

Labor

• Pierre Esber (Dundas) – announced retirement on 17 June 2024 ^[21]
• Ange Humphries (North Rocks) ^[3]

Lorraine Wearne Independents

• Lorraine Wearne (Epping) – announced retirement on 13 August 2024 ^[14]

Candidates

Greens councillor Phil Bradley contested the election in the second position on the party's Parramatta Ward ticket, saying he did not intend to be re-elected. ^[22]

Dundas

Labor (Group A)	Our Local Community (Group B)	Liberal (Group C)	Community Champions (Group D)
Anthony Ellard Sam Daher Siok Eng Chen	Michelle Garrard Wayne Butcher Kevin Wu	Tanya Raffoul William Olive Brian Park	Kellie Darley Liz Wheeler Tania Suapopo

Epping

Liberal (Group A)	Greens (Group B)	Labor (Group C)	Community Champions (Group D)	Lorraine Wearne Inds (Group E)
Sreeni Pillamarri Taj Mawass Violet Jima	Sophie Edington Astrid O'Neill Adam Braun	Cameron Maclean Roushan Mahmud John Hendry	Natalie Ng Penelope Perry Korinda Turnbull	Charles Chen Matthew King Min Chen

North Rocks

Labor (Group A)	Liberal (Group B)	Our Local Community (Group C)	Community Champions (Group D)
Hayley French Heba Kassoua Nick Nikolaidis	Georgina Valjak Manning Jeffrey Ian Gilbertson	Donna Wang Robyn Walkom Otto Metzger	Justin Mulder Florencia Milinkovic Stephanie Keane

Parramatta

Our Local Community (Group A)	Greens (Group B)	Libertarian (Group C)	Labor (Group D)	Liberal (Group E)
Henry Green Alan Sexton Jason Garrard	Judy Greenwood Phil Bradley Stewart Jackson	Charles Rios Anthony Rebase Janette Juarez	Sameer Pandey Prabir Maitra Nazira Sowaid	Martin Zaiter Simon Chhoeu Peter Romanos

Rosehill

Labor (Group A)	Community Champions (Group B)	Liberal (Group C)	Libertarian (Group D)
Patricia Prociv Michael Ng Mithun Chakraborty	Jayne Christian Margie Lim Karlene Hindmarsh	Steven Issa Vijay Sharma Nayden Tarabay	Mark Antony Guest Xu Li Elsa Rios
Paul Noack Inds (Group E)	Our Local Community (Group F)	Ungrouped
Paul Noack Heba Aly Jaspreet Singh	Lee Malkoun Dan Siviero Kelly Xiao	Harry Giann (Ind)

Withdrawn candidates

Party		Candidate	Ward	Details
	Labor	Ange Humphries	North Rocks	Initially announced plan to recontest but withdrew for unknown reasons. [23]
	Lorraine Wearne Inds	Lorraine Wearne	Epping	Initially announced plan to recontest but withdrew citing health reasons. [14]

Results

Ward results

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Ward results ^{[24] [25]}

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal		41,777	35.7	+30.0 [a]	6	5 [a]
	Labor		36,344	31.1	−10.4	6	1
	Community Champions		12,735	10.9	−6.7	1
	Our Local Community		11,902	10.2	−9.2	0	4
	Greens		7,499	6.4	−3.7	1
	Lorraine Wearne Independents		3,772	3.2	−5.3	1
	Paul Noack Independents		1,471	1.3	+1.3	0
	Libertarian		1,355	1.2	−0.8	0
	Independents		27	0.0		0
Formal votes			116,882	95.3
Informal votes			5,809	4.7
Total			122,691	100.0		15
Registered voters / turnout			145,578	84.3

Dundas

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Dundas Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1. Tanya Raffoul (elected 1) 2. William Olive 3. Brian Park	7,678	33.6
	Labor	1. Anthony Ellard (elected 2) 2. Sam Daher 3. Siok Eng Chen	6,442	28.2	−9.3
	Community Champions	1. Kellie Darley (elected 3) 2. Liz Wheeler 3. Tania Suapopo	5,049	22.1	+1.1
	Our Local Community	1. Michelle Garrard 2. Wayne Butcher 3. Kevin Wu	3,665	16.1	−9.6
Total formal votes			22,834	94.5	+0.2
Informal votes			1,337	5.5	−0.2
Turnout			24,171	83.5	−0.1

Epping

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Epping Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1. Sreeni Pillamarri (elected 1) 2. Taj Mawass 3. Violet Jima	8,107	33.5
	Labor	1. Cameron Maclean (elected 2) 2. Roushan Mahmud 3. Josh Hendry	6,412	26.5	−25.3
	Lorraine Wearne Independents	1. Charles Chen (elected 3) 2. Matthew King 3. Min Chen	3,772	15.6	−24.6
	Greens	1. Sophie Edington 2. Astrid O'Neill 3. Adam Braun	3,396	14.0
	Community Champions	1. Natalie Ng 2. Penelope Perry 3. Korinda Turnbull	2,494	10.3
Total formal votes			24,181	96.0	+0.5
Informal votes			1,020	4.0	−0.5
Turnout			25,201	88.2	+0.7

North Rocks

2024 Parramatta City Council election: North Rocks Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1. Georgina Valjak (elected 1) 2. Manning Jeffrey (elected 3) 3. Ian Gilbertson	11,518	45.9	+17.9
	Labor	1. Hayley French (elected 2) 2. Heba Kassoua 3. Nick Nikolaidis	6,779	27.0	−6.5
	Our Local Community	1. Donna Wang 2. Robyn Walkom 3. Otto Metzger	3,587	14.3	−10.2
	Community Champions	1. Justin Mulder 2. Florencia Milinkovic 3. Stephanie Keane	3,232	12.9
Total formal votes			25,116	96.0	0.0
Informal votes			1,057	4.0	0.0
Turnout			26,173	87.6	+0.1

Parramatta

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Parramatta Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	1. Sameer Pandey (elected 1) 2. Prabir Maitra 3. Nazira Sowaid	7,594	33.9	−7.3
	Liberal	1. Martin Zaiter (elected 2) 2. Simon Chhoeu 3. Peter Romanos	7,163	32.0
	Greens	1. Judy Greenwood (elected 3) 2. Phil Bradley 3. Stewart Jackson	4,103	18.3	−1.8
	Our Local Community	1. Henry Green 2. Alan Sexton 3. Jason Garrard	2,709	12.1	−16.0
	Libertarian	1. Charles Rios 2. Anthony Rebase 3. Janette Juarez	826	3.7	−6.9
Total formal votes			22,395	95.0	+0.3
Informal votes			1,176	5.0	−0.3
Turnout			23,571	82.7	+1.7

Rosehill

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Rosehill Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	1. Patricia Prociv (elected 1) 2. Michael Ng (elected 3) 3. Mithun Chakraborty	9,117	40.8	−2.4
	Liberal	1. Steven Issa (elected 2) 2. Vijay Sharma 3. Nayden Tarabay	7,311	32.7
	Community Champions	1. Jayne Christian 2. Margie Lim 3. Karlene Hindmarsh	1,960	8.8
	Our Local Community	1. Lee Malkoun 2. Dan Siviero 3. Kelly Xiao	1,941	8.7	−11.6
	Paul Noack Independents	1. Paul Noack 2. Heba Aly 3. Jaspreet Singh	1,471	6.6
	Libertarian	1. Mark Antony Guest 2. Xu Li 3. Elsa Rios	529	2.4
	Independent	Harry Giann	27	0.1
Total formal votes			22,356	94.8	−0.8
Informal votes			1,219	5.2	+0.8
Turnout			23,575	82.7	+1.7

Notes

1. Compared with Independent Liberals in 2021.

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