List of local government political parties in Australia

In addition to political parties registered at state and national level in, a number of political parties and groups compete solely in local government elections in Australia.

Some of these parties are officially registered with electoral commissions in their respective states. ^[1]

Non-local parties refers to parties in each state or territory that endorse candidates for local elections, but do not exclusively operate at a local level. This differs in each jurisdiction, with the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party of Australia only contesting in certain states. ^[2]

The Australian Greens have endorsed councillors in all states and territories, except South Australia. ^[3]

New South Wales

Main article: Local government in New South Wales

Parties with representation

Political party				Est.	Leader	Seats		Ref.
						LGA	Councillors [lower-alpha 1]
	CMIT	—	Clover Moore Independent Team [lower-alpha 2]	2004	Clover Moore	Sydney	5 / 10	[4]
	CC	—	Community Champions	2023	Kellie Darley	Parramatta	1 / 15
	CFT	—	Community First Team		Joshua Cotter	Campbelltown	1 / 15	[5]
	GRRRP		Georges River Residents and Ratepayers	2021		Georges River	4 / 15	[6]
	GFM	—	Good for Manly			Northern Beaches	1 / 15	[7]
	LMI	—	Lake Mac Independents	2021		Lake Macquarie	3 / 11
	LCIT		Liverpool Community Independents Team	1994		Liverpool	3 / 13	[8]
	LWI	—	Lorraine Wearne Independents		Lorraine Wearne	Parramatta	1 / 15
	NHI	—	Nella Hall Independents		Nella Hall	Strathfield	1 / 7
	OLC		Our Local Community	2013	Paul Garrard	Cumberland	4 / 15
						Parramatta	4 / 15
						Canada Bay	2 / 9
	OSF		Our Sustainable Future		Elly Bird	Lismore	1 / 11
	PB	—	Peaceful Bayside	2021	Heidi Douglas	Bayside	1 / 15
	RFW	—	Residents First Woollahra			Woollahra	5 / 15	[9]
	SM	—	Serving Mosman		Carolyn Corrigan	Mosman	4 / 7	[10]
	SIG	—	Shoalhaven Independents Group			Shoalhaven	4 / 15	[11]
	SI	—	Strathfield Independents			Strathfield	2 / 7
	TLC	—	Totally Locally Committed Party		Warren Morrison	Campbelltown	1 / 15	[5]
	YNBIT	—	Your Northern Beaches Independent Team	2017	Michael Regan	Northern Beaches	6 / 15
	YWI	—	Yvonne Weldon Independents	2023	Yvonne Weldon	Sydney	1 / 10

Parties without representation

Some parties are registered for local elections only, even though they may also contest state or federal elections. ^[12]

Political party			Est.	Leader	LGA	Ref.
	AC	Australian Christians	2011	Mike Crichton	Various	[12]
	DEM	Australian Democrats	1977	Lyn Allison	Various	[12]
	AFP	Australia First Party	1996	Jim Saleam	Various	[12]
	AFP	Australian Federation Party	2005	Glenn O'Rourke	Various	[12]
	AMU	Australia Multinational Unity INC	2023		Various	[13]
	BATT	Battler				[12]
	CCH	Central Coast Heart			Central Coast	[12]
	CVA	Community Voice of Australia				[12]
	FFP	Family First Party	2021	Lyle Shelton	Various	[12]
	KRA	Kogarah Residents' Association	2011		Georges River	[12]
	MI	Manly Independents	1980s	Barbara Aird	Northern Beaches	[14]
	SCI	Science Party NSW	2013	Andrea Leong	Various	[12]
	ART	The Arts Party NSW	2014	Barry Keldoulis	Various	[12]
	LIP	The Local Independent Party	2017		Various	[12]

Non-local parties

Both the Labor Party and Liberal Party endorse candidates for local elections in a large number of New South Wales LGAs, as do several minor parties.

Political party			Est.	Leader	Councillors	Ref.
	AJP	Animal Justice Party	2009		1 / 1,480
	AFP	Australia First Party	1996	Jim Saleam	0 / 1,480
	GRN	Australian Greens	1992	No leader	63 / 1,480
	ALP	Australian Labor Party	1891	Chris Minns	164 / 1,480
	LIB	Liberal Party of Australia	1945	Mark Speakman	129 / 1,480
	LBT	Libertarian Party	2001		0 / 1,480
	SFF	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	1992	Robert Borsak	3 / 1,480
	SA	Socialist Alliance	2001		0 / 1,480
	SAP	Sustainable Australia Party	2010	William Bourke	2 / 1,480
	SBP	The Small Business Party	2017	Eddie Dogramaci	0 / 1,480

Northern Territory

Main article: Local government areas of the Northern Territory

Non-local parties

The Territory Labor Party and Country Liberal Party generally do not endorse local government candidates. ^[15]

Political party			Est.	Leader	Councillors	Ref.
	GRN	Australian Greens	1990	No leader	2 / 122

Queensland

Main article: Local government in Queensland

At local elections in Queensland, candidates and incumbent councillors can formally register groups (which operate similarly to parties) with the state electoral commission. These groups often contain members of other political parties, including the ALP and LNP. ^{[16] [17]}

Parties with representation

Political party			Est.	Leader	Seats		Ref.
					LGA	Councillors [lower-alpha 1]
	BBI	Better Brighter Ipswich	2024	Marnie Doyle	Ipswich	1 / 9
	UNI	Cairns Unity Team	2012	Terry James	Cairns	6 / 10	[18]
	MF	Mackay First [lower-alpha 3]	2024	Steve Jackson	Mackay	4 / 11	[19]
	MICT	Mount Isa Community Team	2020	Danielle Slade	Mount Isa	1 / 7
	TB	Team Barwick	2023	Phil Barwick	Mount Isa	1 / 7
	EDEN	Team Eden	2023	Amy Eden	Cairns	2 / 10
	TGW	Team Greg Williamson	2024	Greg Williamson	Mackay	3 / 11	[20]
	TJH	Team Jenny Hill	2012	Jenny Hill	Townsville	4 / 11
	TMR	Team MacRae	2023	Peta MacRae	Mount Isa	1 / 7
	TC	TownsvilleCHANGE [lower-alpha 4]	2023	Paul Jacob	Townsville	2 / 11
	YVOE	Your Voice of Experience	2020	Paul Tully	Ipswich	2 / 9

Parties without representation

Political party			Est.	Leader	LGA	Ref.
	CCC	Community Centred and Connected	2024		Moreton Bay
	CF	Community First	2023	Denis Wall	Cairns	[21]
	BTB	Locals United - Back to Basics	2016	David Fletcher	Mount Isa	[22]
	NQSA	North Queensland State Alliance	2018	Peter Raffles	Cairns Townsville
	SNTW	Say NO to WOKE	2023	Nathan Essex	Toowoomba
	TSI	Team Sheila Ireland	2024	Sheila Ireland	Ipswich
	WG	Westgarths	2024	Collective leadership	Toowoomba
	WFOC	Working For Our Community	2024	Steven Purcell Helen Youngberry	Ipswich

Non-local parties

The Queensland Labor Party and Liberal National Party contest Brisbane City Council elections, while several minor parties also endorse candidates across the state.

Political party			Est.	Leader	Councillors	Mayors	Ref.
	AJP	Animal Justice Party	2009		0 / 562	0 / 77
	GRN	Australian Greens	1991	No leader	2 / 562	0 / 77
	ALP	Australian Labor Party	1892	Jared Cassidy (on Brisbane City Council)	5 / 562	0 / 77	[23]
	LCP	Legalise Cannabis	2020		0 / 562	0 / 77
	LNP	Liberal National Party	2008	Adrian Schrinner (on Brisbane City Council)	18 / 562	1 / 77
	LBT	Libertarian Party	2001		0 / 562	0 / 77

Tasmania

Main article: Local government areas of Tasmania

According to psephologist Kevin Bonham, tickets formed for Tasmanian local elections are "alliances of convenience that may have an ideological basis," not necessarily parties. ^[24]

Parties with representation

Political party			Est.	Leader	Seats		Ref.
					LGA	Councillors
	BC	Better Clarence	2022	Brendan Blomeley	Clarence	2 / 12	[25]
	KT	Kingborough Thrives	2020	Clare Glade-Wright	Kingborough	1 / 10	[26]
	YHI	Your Hobart Independents	2022	Anna Reynolds	Hobart	3 / 12	[27]

Non-local parties

The Tasmanian Liberal Party and Tasmanian Labor Party generally do not endorse local government candidates. ^[28]

Political party			Est.	Leader	Councillors	Ref.
	GRN	Australian Greens	1992	Rosalie Woodruff	11 / 258

Victoria

Main article: Local government in Victoria

Parties with representation

Political party			Est.	Leader	Seats		Ref.
					LGA	Councillors
	BTB	Back To Business	2020	Elizabeth Mary Doidge	Melbourne	1 / 10	[29]
	BBM	Bring Back Melbourne	2020	Philip Le Liu	Melbourne	1 / 10	[29]
	ALP	Labor Members for Darebin	2020	None	Darebin	3 / 9	[30]
	PCF	Put Climate First	2020	None	Greater Geelong	2 / 11
	RoPP	Ratepayers of Port Phillip	2020	None	Port Phillip	2 / 9
	HAK	Team Hakim	2020	Jamal Hakim	Melbourne	1 / 10	[29]
	TSC	Team Sally Capp	2020	Sally Capp	Melbourne	3 / 10	[29]

Non-local parties

The Victorian Labor Party contests multiple LGAs with endorsed candidates, as do several minor parties.

Political party			Est.	Leader	Councillors	Ref.
	AJP	Animal Justice Party	2009		1 / 645	[31]
	AFP	Australia First Party	1996	Jim Saleam	0 / 645	[32]
	GRN	Australian Greens	1992	Samantha Ratnam	35 / 645	[33]
	ALP	Australian Labor Party	1891	Jacinta Allan	67 / 645	[34]
	LBT	Libertarian Party	2001		2 / 645	[35]
	SA	Socialist Alliance	2001		3 / 645	[36]
	SAP	Sustainable Australia Party	2010	William Bourke	0 / 645	[37]
	VS	Victorian Socialists	2018		1 / 645	[38]

Western Australia

Main article: Local government areas of Western Australia

Local elections in Western Australia are officially non-partisan, and the vast majority of candidates and councillors are not members of any political party. ^[39]

Non-local parties

Political party			Est.	Leader	Councillors	Ref.
	GRN	Australian Greens	1990		2 / 1,200	[40]

Former parties

Parties with representation

Political party			Period	Leader	State	Seats [lower-alpha 5]		Ref.
						LGA	Councillors [lower-alpha 1]
	ACRM	Albury Citizens and Ratepayers Movement	20??–2019	Various	NSW	Albury	1 / 9
	AWP	Australian Women's Party	2019–2023	Dai Le	NSW	Fairfield	3 / 13
	BTIT	Bob Thompson's Independent Team	20??–2020	Bob Thompson	NSW	Campbelltown	1 / 15	[41]
	BCP	Brisbane Civic Party	1973–1976	John Andrews	QLD	Brisbane	1 / 21	[42]
	BHF	Broken Hill First Team	2004–2007	Ron Page	NSW	Broken Hill	2 / 10	[43]
	UNI	Cairns Unity Team	1994–2008	Kevin Byrne	QLD	Cairns City		[18]
	CRPL	Camberwell Ratepayers' Protection League	1921–1922	A. A. Williams	VIC	Camberwell	2 / 9
	CMO	Citizens' Municipal Organisation	1935–1976	Various	QLD	Brisbane		[44]
	CUP	Citizens' United Party	19??–19??	Daniel Connolly	QLD	Warwick		[45]
	CRA	Civic Reform Association [lower-alpha 6]	1920–1991	Various	NSW	Sydney	12 / 20	[46]
	CSESCK	Community Service Environment Save Campbelltown Koalas	2012–2018	Sue Dobson	NSW	Campbelltown	1 / 15	[47]
	GIP	Glen Iris Progress Association	1920s–1940s		VIC	Camberwell	1 / 9
	GWA	Greg Williamson Alliance	2016–2024	Greg Williamson	QLD	Mackay	7 / 11	[48]
	ICV	Independent Community Voice [lower-alpha 7]	1997–2023	Lesley Furneaux-Cook	NSW	Burwood	1 / 7	[49]
	ILA	Independent Lake Alliance	????–2021	Greg Piper	NSW	Lake Macquarie	6 / 13	[50]
	IRP	Independent Reform Party	1933–19??	John Allman	QLD	Warwick		[45]
	JAT	Jayne Arlett's Team [lower-alpha 8]	2015–2016	Jayne Arlett	QLD	Townsville	5 / 11	[52]
	KPI	Kerryn Phelps Independents	2018–2021	Kerryn Phelps	NSW	Sydney	1 / 10	[41]
	LSI	Living Sydney Independents [lower-alpha 9]	1994–2004	Various	NSW	Sydney		[53]
	MPP	Municipal Progressive Party	1920s–1930s	Various	NSW	Auburn	7 / 12	[54]
	NBCA	Northern Beaches Community Alliance	2017–2019	Alex McTaggart	NSW	Northern Beaches	1 / 15	[55]
	PBLG	Parramatta Better Local Government Party	2008–2012	Michael McDermott	NSW	Parramatta	1 / 15	[56]
	PMLP	Progressive Municipal Labor Party	19??–1944		NSW	Cessnock Municipality	5 / 9	[57]
	PP	Progressive Party	19??–19??		QLD	Townsville		[58]
	RAGAA	Residents Action Group for Auburn Area	2004–2016		NSW	Auburn	2 / 10	[59]
	SCPA	South Camberwell Progress Association	1930–1933		VIC	Camberwell	1 / 9
	SA	Sydney Alliance	1999–2003	Kathryn Greiner	NSW	Sydney		[60]
	SMIT	Sydney Matters Independent Team	2016–2017	Angela Vithoulkas	NSW	Sydney	1 / 10
	SI	Sydney Independents	2003–2004	Dixie Coulton (2003) John Fowler (2004)	NSW	Sydney	1 / 10	[61]
	TA	Team Adelaide	2018–2022	Alexander Hyde	SA	Adelaide	7 / 12	[62]
	TAW	Team Arron Wood	2020–2021	Arron Wood	VIC	Melbourne	1 / 10
	TD	Team Doyle	2008–2018	Robert Doyle	VIC	Melbourne	6 / 11	[63]
	TJW	Team Josh Weazel	2020–2020	Josh Weazel	QLD	Woorabinda	3 / 5
	TT	Team Tyrell	2008–2012	Les Tyrell	QLD	Townsville	12 / 13	[64]
	BST	The Ben Shields Team	2020–2022	Ben Shields	NSW	Dubbo	1 / 10	[65]
	LST	The Living Sydney Team	2012–2016	Angela Vithoulkas (until 2014)	NSW	Sydney	1 / 10
	TF	Townsville First	2012–2016	Dale Last	QLD	Townsville	7 / 11	[66]
	WI	Woodville Independents	2012–2013	Paul Garrard	NSW	Parramatta	1 / 15	[56]
	YWP	Your Warringah Party [lower-alpha 10]	2008–2016	Michael Regan	NSW	Warringah	6 / 10

Parties without representation

Political party			Period	Leader	State	LGA	Ref.
	ILV	Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice	2020–2020	Artemis Pattichi	VIC	Melbourne	[29]
	CBC	Campaign for a Better City	2004–2004	Paul Mees	VIC	Yarra	[67]
	CFP	Christian Freedom Party	2023–2024	Milan Maksimovic	NSW	None [lower-alpha 11]	[68]
	CV	Community Voice [lower-alpha 12]	2007–2008	Jenny Stirling	QLD	Townsville	[70]
	CI	Cumberland Independents	2018–2018		NSW	Cumberland	[55]
	IM	Innovate Melbourne	2020–2020	Andrew Rowse	VIC	Melbourne	[29]
	IWBOM	It Will Be Okay Melbourne	2020–2020	Joseph Burke	VIC	Melbourne	[29]
	TFT	It's Time for Townsville	2020–2020	Greg Dowling	QLD	Townsville	[71]
	LI	Leading Independents	20??–2020		NSW		[55]
	LCP	Liberal Civic Party	1967–1967	Des Neylan	QLD	Brisbane	[72]
	LTL	Listening To Locals	2016–2016	Richard Foster	VIC	Melbourne	[73]
	MWAM	Melbourne - We All Matter	2020–2020	Sainab Sheikh	VIC	Melbourne	[29]
	MV	Melburnian Voice	2016–2016	Joseph Sarraf	VIC	Melbourne	[73]
	OHCT	Our Hobart Community Team	2022–2022	Marcus Bai	TAS	Hobart	[74]
	PCMB	Phil Cleary Means Business	2016–2016	Phil Cleary	VIC	Melbourne	[73]
	RF	Residents First	2020–2020	Janette Corcoran	VIC	Melbourne	[29]
	RF	Richmond First	2020–2021	David Horseman	VIC	Yarra	[75]
	STL	Save Tuggerah Lakes	20??–2020		NSW		[41]
	SMWI	Serving Melbourne With Integrity	2016–2016	Marcus Fielding	VIC	Melbourne	[73]
	TIAE	Stephen Mayne T.I.A.E.	2016–2016	Stephen Mayne	VIC	Melbourne	[73]
	SM	Strengthening Melbourne	2016–2016	Ron Hunt	VIC	Melbourne	[73]
	TZ	Team Zorin	2020–2020	Wayne Tseng	VIC	Melbourne	[29]
	THA	The Heritage Agenda	2016–2016	Adam Munro Ford	VIC	Melbourne	[73]
	LOTH	The Light On The Hill Team	2016–2016	Jim Ward	VIC	Melbourne	[73]
	PI	The Parramatta Independents	2008–2012	Paul Dillon	NSW	Parramatta	[56]
	UGC	Unite GC	2007–2008	Rob Molhoek	QLD	Gold Coast	[76]
	YMTGID	Your Melbourne Team Get It Done	2020–2020	Mary Poulakis	VIC	Melbourne	[29]

See also

• Independent Labor (Australia)
• Independent Liberal (Australia)
• Independent National (Australia)

Notes

1. Including directly-elected mayors (if applicable).
2. Also known as Team Clover.
3. Appeared on ballot as "Jacko's Team - Mackay First".
4. Appeared on ballot as "Change".
5. The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.
6. Known officially as the Citizens' Reform Association until 1960.
7. Known as Burwood Community Voice until 2016.
8. Also known as Team Arlett; appeared on ballot as "Vote 1 Jayne Arlett's Team". ^[51]
9. Also known as Living City Independents.
10. Known as Wake Up Warringah until 2012, later became Your Northern Beaches.
11. Party deregistered in January 2024 and did not contest any elections. ^[55]
12. Although the ticket was led by the Greens, only three out of eight candidates (including mayoral candidate Jenny Stirling) were Greens members. ^[69]

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