Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections

For results of mayoral elections, see 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections § Results.

This is a list of local government area results for the 2021 New South Wales local elections. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Albury

Elected councillor		Party
	Kylie King	Team Kylie
	Steve Bowen	Team Kylie
	Stuart Baker	Stuart Baker Team
	Jessica Kellahan	Stuart Baker Team
	Alice Glachan	Alice Glachan Ticket
	Ashley Edwards	Greens
	Darren Cameron	Labor
	Daryl Betteridge	Independent (Group A)
	David Thurley	Thurley

2021 New South Wales local elections: Albury ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Kylie		6,426	22.6
	Stuart Baker Team		4,863	17.1
	Alice Glachan Ticket		3,959	14.0
	Greens		3,074	10.8
	Labor		2,714	9.5
	Independent (Group A)		2,661	9.4
	Hamilton Team		1,324	4.7
	Albury First		1,294	4.6
	Thurley		1,244	4.4
	Independent (Group E)		768	2.7
	Independent	Peter Hood	51	0.2
Total formal votes			28,374	94.2
Informal votes			1,745	5.8
Turnout				80.0

Armidale

Elected councillor		Party
	Debra O'Brien	Labor
	Susan McMichael	Labor
	Margaret O'Connor	Ind. Liberal
	Dorothy Robinson	Greens
	Sam Coupland	Independent
	Jon Galletly	Independent
	Steven Mepham	Independent
	Todd Redwood	Independent
	Paul Packham	Independent
	Bradley Widders	Independent
	Paul Gaddes	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Armidale ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		2,352	15.5	+4.5
	Independent Liberal		2,196	14.4	+3.1
	Independent	Sam Coupland	1,897	12.5
	Greens		1,664	10.9	+3.4
	Independent	Jon Galletly	1,139	7.5
	Independent	Steven Mepham	930	6.1
	Independent	Todd Redwood	852	5.6
	Independent	Paul Packham	728	4.8
	Independent	Bradley Widders	627	4.1
	Independent	Paul Gaddes	621	4.1
	Independent	Richard Robinson	598	3.9
	Independent	Callan Schaefer	466	3.1
	Independent	Kathleen Clare	416	2.7
	Independent	Peter Bailey	239	1.6
	Independent	Margaret Sims	224	1.5
	Independent	Phillip Blackmore	158	1.0
	Independent	Craig Pevitt	116	0.8
Total formal votes			28,374	94.2
Informal votes			1,745	5.8
Turnout				80.0
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Independent			7	1
	Labor			2	1
	Independent Liberal			1
	Greens			1

Ballina

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ballina ^{[8] [9]}

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		1,0195	40.4		4	1
	Sharon Cadwallader Team		7,227	28.6		3
	Greens		4,173	16.5	+16.5	2	2
	Labor		3,676	14.5	+14.5	0
Formal votes			25,271	90.94
Informal votes			2,517	9.06
Total			27,788	100.00		9
Registered voters / turnout			32,830	84.64

A Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sharon Cadwallader Team	Rod Bruem (elected)	1,395	17.6
	Independent	Steve McCarthy (elected)	1,371	17.3
	Independent	Phil Meehan (elected)	1,337	16.8
	Labor	Col Riches	1,079	13.6
	Greens	Jason Shrieves	919	11.6
	Independent	Rick Hyde	818	10.3
	Independent	Lenkunyar Roberts	335	4.2
	Sharon Cadwallader Team	Simon Kinny	327	4.1
	Independent	Kevin Loughrey	290	3.6
	Independent	John Bout	76	1.0
Total formal votes			7,947	89.5
Informal votes			933	10.5
Turnout				82.4

B Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sharon Cadwallader Team	Sharon Cadwallader	3,321	36.5
	Independent	Jeff Johnson (elected)	2,172	23.9
	Greens	Kiri Dicker (elected)	1,485	16.3
	Labor	Keith Williams	1,215	13.4	[lower-alpha 1]
	Sharon Cadwallader Team	Eva Ramsey (elected)	371	4.1
	Independent	Wendy Wishart	342	3.8
	Labor	Leonie Price	181	2.0
Total formal votes			9,087	92.4
Informal votes			747	7.6
Turnout				85.3

C Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: C Ward ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eoin Johnston (elected)	3,454	41.9
	Greens	Simon Chate (elected)	1,769	21.5
	Sharon Cadwallader Team	Nigel Buchanan (elected)	1,242	15.1
	Labor	Therese Crollick	1,201	14.6
	Sharon Cadwallader Team	Stephen Bocking	571	6.9
Total formal votes			8,237	90.8
Informal votes			837	9.2
Turnout				86.3

Bathurst

Elected councillor		Party
	Ben Fry	Balanced Bathurst
	Kirralee Burke	Balanced Bathurst
	Ian North	TEAM NORTH
	Marg Hogan	Marg Hogan Team
	Graeme Hanger	Team Hanger
	Jess Jennings	Better Bathurst
	Robert 'Stumpy' Taylor	Back Bathurst
	Andrew 'Struthy' Smith	Back Bathurst
	Warren Aubin	Bathurst First

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bathurst ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Balanced Bathurst		4,943	20.0
	Back Bathurst		4,334	17.5
	TEAM NORTH		2,475	10.0
	Marg Hogan Team		2,119	8.6
	Better Bathurst		2,057	8.3
	Team Hanger – Working Together for Bathurst		1,737	7.0
	The Restore Bathurst Team		1,458	5.9
	Nick Packham for Bathurst		1,244	5.0
	Bathurst First		1,125	4.6
	Bathurst Matters		792	3.2
	Independent	Alex Christian	733	3.0
	TEAM BOURKE	Bobby Bourke	456	1.8
	Independent (Group J)		393	1.6
	Independent	Stuart Driver	292	1.2
	Team Singleton		214	0.9
	Independent	Catherine Strods	129	0.5
	Independent	Steve Semmens	105	0.4
	TEAM BOURKE	Jeff Muir	42	0.2
	TEAM BOURKE	Steve Ellery	25	0.1
	TEAM BOURKE	Ken Hope	21	0.1
	TEAM BOURKE	Michael Forde	10	0.0
Total formal votes			24,704	92.7
Informal votes			1,939	7.3
Turnout				86.3

Bayside

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its five councillors elected in 2017. ^[11]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bayside ^[11]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		37,157	45.7	−0.3	7
	Independent		22,563	27.8	+7.8	4	1
	Independent Liberal		7,564	9.3	−17.9 [lower-alpha 2]	2	5 [lower-alpha 2]
	Peaceful Bayside		3,015	3.7		1	1
	Greens		10,969	13.5	+6.8	1	1
Formal votes			81,268

Ward 1

Elected councillor		Party
	Christina Curry	Labor
	Scott Morrissey	Labor
	Jennifer Muscat	Independent (Group A)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		10,496	60.4
	Independent (Group A)		2,807	16.2
	Independent (Group D)		2,165	12.5
	Greens		1,911	11.0
Total formal votes			17,379	94.2
Informal votes			1,070	5.8
Turnout				82.7

Ward 2

Elected councillor		Party
	Jo Jansyn	Labor
	Ann Fardell	Labor
	Michael Nagi	Ind. Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 2 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		9,164	53.4
	Independent Liberal		3,173	18.5
	Greens		3,169	18.5
	Independent (Group C)		1,662	9.7
Total formal votes			17,168	94.2
Informal votes			1,064	5.8
Turnout				80.4

Ward 3

Elected councillor		Party
	Bill Saravinovski	Labor
	Greta Werner	Greens
	Andrew Tsounis	Independent (Group D)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 3 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		6,494	42.7
	Greens		3,459	22.7
	Independent (Group D)		2,935	19.3
	Independent (Group A)		2,324	15.3
Total formal votes			15,212	92.7
Informal votes			1,202	7.3
Turnout				83.2

Ward 4

Elected councillor		Party
	Liz Barlow	Independent
	Mark Hanna	Independent
	Joe Awada	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 4 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group A)		7,412	44.9
	Labor		6,677	40.4
	Greens		2,430	14.7
Total formal votes			16,519	93.0
Informal votes			1,239	7.0
Turnout				85.8

Ward 5

Elected councillor		Party
	Edward McDougall	Labor
	Heidi Douglas	Peaceful Bayside
	Paul Sedral	Ind. Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 5 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal		4,347	29.0
	Labor		4,326	28.9
	Peaceful Bayside		3,015	20.1
	Independent (Group E)		2,487	16.1
	Independent (Group D)		771	5.1
	Independent Liberal	Ron Bezic	44	0.3
Total formal votes			14,990	91.5
Informal votes			1,398	8.5
Turnout				84.4

Bega Valley

Elected councillor		Party
	Helen O'Neil	Labor
	Cathy Griff	Greens
	Russell Fitzpatrick	Independent
	Tony Allen	Independent
	Karen Wright	Independent
	Mitch Nadin	Independent
	Joy Robin	Independent
	David Porter	Independent
	Liz Seckhold	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bega Valley ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		4,943	17.3
	Independent	Russell Fitzpatrick	2,818	13.1
	Greens		2,665	12.4
	Independent	Tony Allen	2,594	12.1
	Independent	Karen Wright	2,539	11.8
	Independent	Mitch Nadin	1,201	5.6
	Independent	Joy Robin	1,080	5.0
	Independent	David Porter	1,003	4.7
	Independent	Mike Britten	884	4.1
	Independent	Liz Seckhold	875	4.1
	Independent	Nathan O'Donnell	852	4.0
	Independent	Joshua Shoobridge	650	3.0
	Independent	Neil Bourke	568	2.6
Total formal votes			21,435	91.4
Informal votes			2,026	8.6
Turnout			23,461	87.9
Party total votes
	Independent		15,064	70.3
	Labor		4,943	17.3
	Greens		2,665	12.4

Bellingen

Elected councillor		Party
	Dominic King	Greens
	Jo Brotherton	WWI
	Ellie Tree	WWI
	Joanne Cook	Independent (Group E)
	Stephen Glyde	Stephen Glyde Group
	Jennie Fenton	Greens
	Joy Robin	Independent
	David Porter	Independent
	Liz Seckhold	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bellingen ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Waterfall Way Independents		2,800	33.9
	Greens		2,145	25.9
	Independent (Group E)		1,163	14.0
	Stephen Glyde Group		990	12.0
	Labor		838	10.1
	Independent (Group B)		334	4.0
Total formal votes			8,270	95.9
Informal votes			352	4.1
Turnout				83.8

Berrigan

2021 New South Wales local elections: Berrigan ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Matthew Hannan (elected)	833	17.6
	Independent	Carly Marriott (elected)	654	13.9
	Independent	Sarah McNaught (elected)	610	12.9
	Independent	Edward (Ted) Hatty (elected)	488	10.3
	Independent	John Taylor (elected)	347	7.4
	Independent	Roger Reynoldson (elected)	313	6.6
	Independent	Julia Cornwell McKean (elected)	302	6.4
	Independent	Renee Paine (elected)	271	5.7
	Independent	Marcus Fry	195	4.1
	Independent	Mandy Bonat	185	3.9
	Independent	Clare Allan	182	3.9
	Independent	Daryll Morris	172	3.6
	Independent	Ross Bodey	168	3.6
Total formal votes			4,720	95.0
Informal votes			249	5.0
Turnout			4,969	80.5

Blacktown

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its five councillors elected in 2016. ^{[16] [17]}

2021 New South Wales local elections: Blacktown ^[16]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		98,633	53.6	+1.8	10
	Blacktown Coalition Team		33,720	18.3	+18.3	1	1
	Independent Liberal		32,747	17.8		3	3
	Your Community Coalition		9,104	4.9	+4.9	1	1
	Greens		4,632	2.5		0
	Blacktown Matters Independents		4,335	2.4		0
	Independent		981	0.5		0
Formal votes			184,152	93.47
Informal votes			12,862	6.53
Total			197,014	100.0

Ward 1

Elected councillor		Party
	Moninder Singh	Labor
	Christopher Quilkey	Labor
	Jess Diaz	Ind. Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 1 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		22,693	51.6
	Independent Liberal		12,285	27.2
	Blacktown Coalition Team		8,534	19.4
	Independent	Anil Kumar	500	1.1
Total formal votes			44,012	53.9
Informal votes			2,857	6.1
Turnout				86.6

Ward 2

Elected councillor		Party
	Julie Griffiths	Labor
	Kushpinder Kaur	Labor
	Michael Stubley	Coalition Team

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 2 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		16,589	47.6
	Blacktown Coalition Team		9,277	26.6
	Greens		4,632	13.3
	Independent Liberal		4,136	11.9
	Independent	Kittu Randhawa	220	0.6
Total formal votes			34,854	94.0
Informal votes			2,211	6.0
Turnout				85.2

Ward 3

Elected councillor		Party
	Susai Benjamin	Labor
	Kathie Collins	Labor
	Allan Green	Community Coalition

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 3 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		19,245	57.1
	Your Community Coalition		9,104	27.0
	Blacktown Coalition Team		5,332	15.8
Total formal votes			33,681	93.4
Informal votes			2,398	6.6
Turnout				83.6

Ward 4

Elected councillor		Party
	Carol Israel	Labor
	Bob Fitzgerald	Labor
	Peter Camilleri	Ind. Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 4 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		20,485	57.9
	Independent Liberal		8,905	25.2
	Blacktown Coalition Team		5,961	16.9
Total formal votes			35,351	93.5
Informal votes			2,447	6.5
Turnout				84.6

Ward 5

Elected councillor		Party
	Tony Bleasdale	Labor
	Brad Bunting	Labor
	Livingston Chettipally	Ind. Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 5 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		19,621	54.1
	Independent Liberal		7,421	20.5
	Blacktown Coalition Team		4,616	12.7
	Blacktown Matters Independents		4,335	12.0
	Independent	Ammar Khan	261	0.7
Total formal votes			36,254	92.5
Informal votes			2,949	7.5
Turnout				78.4

Bland

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bland ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Monaghan (elected)	913	28.4
	Independent	Elizabeth McGlynn (elected)	405	12.6
	Independent	Kerron Keatley (elected)	399	12.4
	Independent	Rodney Crowe (elected)	339	10.6
	Independent	Roger Moore (elected)	256	8.0
	Independent	Jill Funnell (elected)	201	6.3
	Independent	Tony Lord (elected)	201	6.3
	Independent	Bruce Baker (elected)	196	6.1
	Independent	Monica Clark (elected)	176	5.5
	Independent	Bradley Staniforth	125	3.9
Total formal votes			3,211	96.1
Informal votes			131	3.9
Turnout			3,342	80.7

Blayney

2021 New South Wales local elections: Blayney ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Scott Ferguson (elected)	1,036	22.7
	Independent	Bruce Reynolds (elected)	635	13.9
	Independent	Michelle Pryse Jones (elected)	605	13.3
	Independent	Craig Gosewisch (elected)	559	12.3
	Independent	Allan Ewin (elected)	526	11.5
	Independent	David Somervaille (elected)	443	9.7
	Independent	John Newstead (elected)	416	9.1
	Independent	Iris Dorsett	340	7.5
Total formal votes			4,560	95.3
Informal votes			224	4.7
Turnout			4,784	87.7

Blue Mountains

2021 New South Wales local elections: Blue Mountains ^[20]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		24,032	49.2	+11.4	6	1
	Liberal		11,750	24.1	−1.1	3	1
	Greens		7,296	14.9	−4.3	2
	Independent		5,755	11.8	−5.9	1
Formal votes			48,833	96.48
Informal votes			1,784	3.52
Total			50,617	100.00

Ward 1

Elected councillor		Party
	Suzie van Opdorp	Labor
	Kevin Schreiber	Liberal
	Sarah Redshaw	Greens

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 1 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		5,303	46.4
	Greens		3,267	28.6
	Liberal		2,865	25.1
Total formal votes			11,435	95.8
Informal votes			501	4.2
Turnout			11,936	82.6

Ward 2

Elected councillor		Party
	Claire West	Labor
	Romola Hollywood	Labor
	Brent Hoare	Greens

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 2 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		5,950	47.6
	Liberal		2,270	18.2
	Independent		2,145	17.2
	Greens		2,128	17.0
Total formal votes			12,493	96.3
Informal votes			474	3.7
Turnout			12,967	88.4

Ward 3

Elected councillor		Party
	Mick Fell	Labor
	Roza Sage	Liberal
	Daniel Myles	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 3 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		4,821	38.4
	Liberal		3,873	30.8
	Independent		1,972	15.7
	Greens		1,901	15.1
Total formal votes			12,567	96.7
Informal votes			425	3.3
Turnout			12,992	88.4

Ward 4

Elected councillor		Party
	Mark Greenhill	Labor
	Nyree Fisher	Labor
	Brendan Christie	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ward 4 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		7,958	64.5
	Liberal		2,742	22.2
	Independent		1,638	13.3
Total formal votes			12,338	97.0
Informal votes			384	3.0
Turnout			12,722	89.2

Bogan

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bogan ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Glen Neill (elected)	336	22.9
	Independent	Karl Bright (elected)	216	14.7
	Independent	Graham Jackson (elected)	200	13.6
	Independent	Victoria Boag (elected)	155	10.6
	Independent	Jodi Douglas (elected)	116	7.9
	Independent	Richard Milligan (elected)	99	6.7
	Independent	Douglas Menzies (elected)	97	6.6
	Independent	Michael Hoare	66	4.5
	Independent	Greg Deacon (elected)	65	4.4
	Independent	Veneta Dutton	59	4.0
	Independent	Tony Elias (elected)	58	4.0
Total formal votes			1,467	97.5
Informal votes			38	2.5
Turnout			1,505	78.4

Bourke

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bourke ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victor Bartley (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Sarah Barton (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Sally Davis (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Cec Dorrington (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Lachlan Ford (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Barry Hollman (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Samuel Rice (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Grace Ridge (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Nathan Ryan (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Bob Stutsel (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			1,775

Brewarrina

2021 New South Wales local elections: Brewarrina ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vivian Slack-Smith (elected)	148	26.9
	Independent	Thomas Stanton (elected)	102	18.5
	Independent	Angelo Pippos (elected)	64	11.6
	Independent	Gordon Douglas (elected)	49	8.9
	Greens	Trish Frail (elected)	39	7.1
	Independent	Noel Sheridan (elected)	37	6.7
	Independent	Mark Brown (elected)	36	6.5
	Independent	Donna Jefferies (elected)	28	5.1
	Independent	Lily Shearer	24	4.4
	Independent	Isaac Gordon (elected)	23	4.2
Total formal votes			550	97.0
Informal votes			17	3.0
Turnout			567	63.6
Party total votes
	Independent		511	92.9
	Greens		39	7.1
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Independent			8	1
	Greens			1	1

Broken Hill

Elected councillor		Party
	Dave Gallagher	Team Broken Hill
	Michael Boland	FABBH
	Darriea Turley	Labor
	Bob Algate	FABBH
	Ronald Page	Team Broken Hill
	Marion Browne	Labor
	Jim Hickey	FABBH
	Hayley Jewitt	FABBH
	Alan Chandler	FABBH

2021 New South Wales local elections: Broken Hill ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	For A Better Broken Hill		5,237	50.4
	Team Broken Hill		2,549	24.5
	Labor		2,263	21.8
	Independent	Gigi Barbe	346	3.3
Total formal votes			10,395	93.4
Informal votes			732	6.6
Turnout			11,127	83.4
Party total seats				Seats	±
	For A Better Broken Hill			5
	Team Broken Hill			2
	Labor			2	2

Burwood

Elected councillor		Party
	Heather Crichton	Labor
	George Mannah	Labor
	Pascale Esber	Labor
	David Hull	Liberal
	Hugo Robinson	Liberal
	Ned Cutcher	Greens

2021 New South Wales local elections: Burwood ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		9,002	52.2	+1.1
	Liberal		4,050	23.5	−2.4
	Greens		2,196	12.7	+12.7
	Independent		1,277	7.4	+7.4
	Major Independent Group		725	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			17,250	94.4
Informal votes			1,030	5.6
Turnout			18,280	87.0
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Labor			3
	Liberal			2
	Greens			1	1

Byron

Elected councillor		Party
	Duncan Dey	Greens
	Cate Coorey	Independent (Group B)
	Mark Swivel	Mark Swivel Team
	Sama Balson	Byron Independents
	Asren Pugh	Labor
	Sarah Ndiaye	Greens
	Peter Westheimer	Byron Independents
	Alan Hunter	Byron Alliance

2021 New South Wales local elections: Byron ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens		3,755	21.2	−21.7
	Byron Independents		3,627	20.5
	Mark Swivel Team		2,969	16.7
	Independent (Group B)		2,633	14.8
	Labor		2,196	12.4
	Byron Alliance		1,235	7.0
	Byron Shire Action Group		975	5.5
	Independent	John Anderson	345	1.9
Total formal votes			17,735	94.6
Informal votes			1,021	5.4
Turnout			18,756	73.8
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Independent			5	3
	Greens			2	1
	Labor			1	1

• Incumbent councillor Basil Cameron (Our Sustainable Future) did not seek re-election ^[27]

Cabonne

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cabonne ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kevin Beatty (elected)	1,859	23.7
	Independent	Marlene Nash (elected)	1,090	13.9
	Independent	Andrew Pull (elected)	726	9.3
	Independent	Kathryn O'Ryan (elected)	657	8.4
	Independent	Andrew Rawson (elected)	641	8.2
	Independent	Jamie Jones (elected)	638	8.1
	Independent	Peter Batten (elected)	511	6.5
	Independent	Libby Oldham (elected)	378	4.8
	Independent	Aaron Pearson	375	4.8
	Independent	Kevin Walker	293	3.7
	Independent	Jenny Weaver (elected)	250	3.2
	Independent	Paul Mullins	205	2.6
Total formal votes			7,836	92.7
Informal votes			618	7.3
Turnout			8,454	84.0

Camden

2021 New South Wales local elections: Camden ^[29]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal		27,148	44.0	+12.0	4
	Labor		20,351	33.0	+8.0	4
	Independent		13,913	22.5	−20.5	2
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers		314	0.5	+0.5	0
Formal votes			61,726	94.58
Informal votes			3,537	5.42
Total			65,263	100.0

Central

Elected councillor		Party
	Therese Fedeli	Liberal
	Ashleigh Cagney	Labor
	Peter McLean	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Central ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		8,708	42.0
	Labor		7,539	36.4
	Independent		4,488	21.6
Total formal votes			20,735	94.7
Informal votes			1,159	5.3
Turnout			21,894	86.7

North

Elected councillor		Party
	Lara Symkowiak	Liberal
	Cindy Cagney	Labor
	Usha Dommaraju	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: North ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		11,291	49.1
	Labor		8,119	35.3
	Independent (Group B)		2,266	9.9
	Independent (Group D)		710	3.1
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Kadeja Assaad	314	1.4
	Independent	Muhammad Farooq	275	1.2
Total formal votes			22,975	94.4
Informal votes			1,366	5.6
Turnout			24,341	86.0

South

Elected councillor		Party
	Russel Zammit	Liberal
	Eva Campbell	Independent
	Paul Farrow	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: South ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		7,149	39.7
	Independent (Group A)		5,849	32.5
	Labor		4,693	26.0
	Independent	Mick Jackson	256	1.4
	Independent	Valerie Tarela-Moyes	69	0.4
Total formal votes			18,016	94.7
Informal votes			1,012	5.3
Turnout			19,028	85.2

Campbelltown

Elected councillor		Party
	George Brticevic	Labor
	Meg Oates	Labor
	Darcy Lound	Labor
	Margaret Chivers	Labor
	Rey Manoto	Labor
	Masood Chowdhury	Labor
	Karen Hunt	Labor
	George Greiss	Liberal
	Marian George	Liberal
	Riley Munro	Liberal
	John Chew	Liberal
	Matt Stellino	Animal Justice
	Joshua Cotter	Community First
	Masud Khalil	Community Voice
	Warren Morrison	TLC

2021 New South Wales local elections: Campbelltown ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		39,162	43.8	+0.5
	Liberal		22,056	24.7	+8.2
	Community First Team		7,561	8.5	−0.4
	Totally Locally Committed		4,809	5.4	−4.6
	Community Voice		4,388	4.9
	Animal Justice		4,261	4.8	+4.8
	Greens		4,057	4.5	−0.4
	Campbelltown Independents		2,857	3.2
	Independent	Mukesh Chand	98	0.1
	Independent	Mick Allen	88	0.1
Total formal votes			89,337	93.7
Informal votes			6,011	6.3
Turnout			95,348	84.4
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Labor			7
	Liberal			4	1
	Community First Team			1
	Totally Locally Committed			1	1
	Community Voice			1	1
	Animal Justice			1	1
	Greens			0	1

• Incumbent councillor Bob Thompson (Bob Thompson's Independent Team) did not seek re-election ^[31]

Canada Bay

Elected councillor		Party
	Michael Megna	Liberal
	Stephanie Di Pasqua	Liberal
	Anthony Bazouni	Liberal
	Julia Little	Labor
	Andrew Ferguson	Labor
	Joseph Cordaro	OLC
	Carmela Ruggeri	OLC
	Charles Jago	Greens

2021 New South Wales local elections: Canada Bay ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		14,126	29.8	−8.8
	Labor		13,917	29.3	−6.1
	Our Local Community		12,867	27.1	+27.1
	Greens		4,653	9.8	−1.5
	Independent		1,909	4.0	−4.2
Total formal votes			47,472	95.4
Informal votes			2,312	4.6
Turnout			49,784	85.6
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Liberal			3
	Labor			2	1
	Our Local Community			2	2
	Greens			1
	Independent			0	1

Canterbury-Bankstown

2021 New South Wales local elections: Canterbury-Bankstown ^[33]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		83724	47.4	+0.0	9
	Liberal		52960	30.0	+0.6	5
	Greens		6,608	3.7	−4.8	0	1
	Independent		16,221	9.1	+4.6	0
	Barbara Coorey Independent Group		9,027	5.1	+5.1	1	1
	Our Local Community		5105	2.9	−7.2	0
	Animal Justice		2,746	8.2	+8.2	0
	Communist League		99	0.1		0
Formal votes			176,490

Bankstown

Elected councillor		Party
	Khal Asfour	Labor
	Bilal El-Hayek	Labor
	George Zakhia	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bankstown ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		19,848	58.3
	Liberal		10,412	30.6
	Independent		3,802	11.2
Total formal votes			34,062	93.5
Informal votes			2,378	6.5
Turnout			36,440	80.9

Bass Hill

Elected councillor		Party
	Rachelle Harika	Labor
	Christopher Cahill	Labor
	Charlie Ishac	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Bass Hill ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		17,194	51.9
	Liberal		9,991	30.1
	Independent		5,968	18.0
Total formal votes			33,153	92.9
Informal votes			2,547	7.1
Turnout			35,700	80.3

Canterbury

Elected councillor		Party
	Clare Raffan	Labor
	Jessie Nguyen	Liberal
	Barbara Coorey	BCIG

2021 New South Wales local elections: Canterbury ^{[33] [34]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		12,708	34.1
	Barbara Coorey Independent Group		9,027	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal		8,834	23.7
	Greens		6,608	17.7
	Communist League	Linda Harris	99	0.3
Total formal votes			37,276	94.2
Informal votes			2,310	5.8
Turnout			39,586	85.1

Revesby

Elected councillor		Party
	David Walsh	Labor
	Linda Downey	Labor
	Charbel Abouraad	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Revesby ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		16,123	41.9
	Liberal		14,031	36.5
	Our Local Community		5,105	13.3
	Independent		2,758	7.2
	Independent	Chris Brogan	429	1.1
Total formal votes			38,446	94.9
Informal votes			2,080	5.1
Turnout			40,526	86.3

Roselands

Elected councillor		Party
	Karl Saleh	Labor
	Bhadra Waida	Labor
	Sazeda Akter	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Roselands ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		17,851	53.2
	Liberal		9,692	28.9
	Independent		3,264	9.7
	Animal Justice		2,746	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			33,553	92.5
Informal votes			2,724	7.5
Turnout			36,277	80.7

Carrathool

2021 New South Wales local elections: Carrathool ^[35]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		694	100.0	+0.0	10
Formal votes			694	97.9
Informal votes			15	2.1
Total			709	100.00
Registered voters / turnout			1,792	39.56

A Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Darryl Jardine (elected)	235	33.9
	Independent	Heather Lyall (elected)	147	21.2
	Independent	Geoff Peters (elected)	73	10.5
	Independent	David Fensom (elected)	72	10.4
	Independent	Julie Potter (elected)	70	10.1
	Independent	Allan Hutchison	52	7.5
	Independent	Anne Moore	45	6.5
Total formal votes			694	97.9
Informal votes			15	2.1
Turnout			709	78.3

B Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mick Armstrong (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Leon Cashmere (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Beverley Furner (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	William Kite (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Damon Liddicoat (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			887

Cessnock

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cessnock ^[36]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		15,136	42.5	−6.2	5	2
	Independent		9,297	26.1	+4.3	4	2
	Liberal		7676	21.6	−0.9	3
	Greens		3,509	9.9	+2.8	0
Formal votes			35,618	93.99
Informal votes			2,274	6.01
Total			37,892	100.00

A Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	James Hawkins	Labor
	Jessica Jurd	Independent
	Paul Dunn	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		3,273	35.7
	Independent		2,587	28.2
	Liberal		1,939	21.2
	Greens		988	10.8
	Independent	Allan Stapleford	389	4.2
Total formal votes			9,176	92.8
Informal votes			713	7.2
Turnout				83.6

B Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Anthony Burke	Labor
	Ian Olsen	Independent
	John Moores	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		3,146	39.9
	Independent		2,512	31.8
	Liberal		1,630	20.7
	Greens		605	7.7
Total formal votes			7,893	94.1
Informal votes			495	5.9
Turnout				82.4

C Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Anne-Marie Sander	Labor
	Darren Watton	Independent
	Karen Jackson	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: C Ward ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		4,180	43.8
	Liberal		2,375	24.9
	Independent		2,047	21.4
	Greens		950	9.9
Total formal votes			9,552	94.6
Informal votes			547	5.4
Turnout				83.2

D Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Rosa Grine	Labor
	Mitchell Hill	Labor
	Paul Paynter	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: D Ward ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		4,537	50.4
	Independent		1,762	19.6
	Liberal		1,732	19.3
	Greens		966	10.7
Total formal votes			8,997	94.5
Informal votes			519	5.5
Turnout				84.5

Clarence Valley

2021 New South Wales local elections: Clarence Valley ^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeff Smith (elected)	6,022	19.6
	Independent	Debrah Novak (elected)	3,622	11.8
	Independent	Ian Tiley (elected)	2,637	8.6
	Independent National	Allison Whaites (elected)	2,403	7.8
	Independent	Bill Day (elected)	2,039	6.7
	Greens	Greg Clancy (elected)	2,592	8.5
	Independent National	Peter Johnstone (elected)	2,212	7.2
	Independent	Karen Toms (elected)	1,658	5.4
	Independent	Steve Pickering (elected)	1,536	5.0
	Independent Labor	Peter Ellem	1,494	4.9
	Independent	Ash Gibbons	1,189	3.9
	Independent	Pete Hanson	1,189	3.9
	Independent National	Donald Scott	702	2.3
	Independent	Phil Belletty	661	2.2
	Independent	Jeffrey Fuller	357	1.2
	Independent	Warren Lang	348	1.1
Total formal votes			30,661	92.9
Informal votes			2,358	7.1
Turnout				85.7
Party total votes
	Independent		23,850	77.8
	Independent National		5,317	17.3
	Independent Labor		1,494	4.9
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Independent			7
	Independent National			2	1
	Independent Labor			0	1

Coffs Harbour

Elected councillor		Party
	Scott Wolgamot	Team Moose
	George Cecato	Coffs Coast First
	Rodger Pryce	TWFI
	Tegan Swan	Ind. National
	Tony Judge	Labor
	Julie Sechi	Team Moose
	Jonathan Cassell	Greens
	Sally Townley	Independent (Group F)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Coffs Harbour ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Moose		9,838	22.6
	Together We'll Fix It		6,316	14.5
	Coffs Coast First		6,192	14.2
	Independent National		4,638	10.6
	Labor		4,623	10.6
	Independent (Group F)		4,047	9.3
	Greens		3,933	9.0
	Independent (Group E)		1,743	4.0
	Independent (Group A)		1,704	3.9
	Independent	Donna Pike	413	0.9
	Liberal Democrats		140	0.3
Total formal votes			43,587	92.7
Informal votes			3,410	7.3
Turnout			46,997	82.9

Cobar

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cobar ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Abbott (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Tony Chaplain (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Janine Lea-Barrett (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Jarrod Marsden (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Peter Maxwell (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Kain Neale (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Julie Payne (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Lillian Simpson (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Bob Sinclair (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Harley Toomey (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Kate Winders (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			2,829

2022 Cobar Shire Council by-election

2022 Cobar Shire Council by-election: 26 February 2022 ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Prince (elected)	1,537	77.28	+77.28
	Independent	Jesse Cochrane Adolfson	452	22.72	+22.72
Total formal votes			1,989	98.42
Informal votes			32	1.58
Turnout			2,021	80.0
	Independent hold		Swing

• By-election held to fill the remaining 12th seat, which was not filled at the 2021 election

Coolamon

2021 New South Wales local elections: Coolamon ^{[3] [41] [42]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bronwyn Hatty (elected)	638	24.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Jeremy Crocker (elected)	413	16.0
	Independent	Colin McKinnon (elected)	286	11.1
	Independent	David McCann (elected)	266	10.3
	Independent	Kathy Maslin (elected)	265	10.3
	Independent	Alan White (elected)	212	8.2
	Independent	Bruce Hutcheon (elected)	185	7.2
	Independent	Trevor Jose	118	4.6
	Independent National	Wayne Lewis (elected)	110	4.3
	Independent	Garth Perkin (elected)	82	3.2
Total formal votes			2,576	96.4
Informal votes			97	3.6
Turnout			2,673	82.5

Coonamble

2021 New South Wales local elections: Coonamble ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tim Horan (elected)	346	16.5
	Independent	Ahmad Karanouh (elected)	267	12.7
	Independent	Karen Churchill (elected)	184	8.8
	Independent	Adam Cohen (elected)	174	8.3
	Independent	Bill Fisher (elected)	173	8.3
	Independent	Brian Sommerville (elected)	166	7.9
	Independent	Barbara Deans (elected)	127	6.1
	Independent	Pat Cullen (elected)	107	5.1
	Independent	Steven 'Jay' Smith	107	5.1
	Independent	Robert Thomas	100	4.8
	Independent	Terry Lees (elected)	97	4.6
	Independent	Chris Newbold	73	3.5
	Independent	Narelle Mayoh	56	2.7
	Independent	Tracy Mood	46	2.2
	Independent	Robert Ryan	41	2.0
	Independent	Luke Day	18	0.9
	Independent	Karen McCusker	14	0.7
Total formal votes			2,096	97.6
Informal votes			51	2.4
Turnout			2,147	78.6

Cootamundra–Gundagai

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cootamundra–Gundagai ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Abb McAlister (elected)	1,424	20.6
	Independent	Charlie Sheahan (elected)	963	13.9
	Independent	Gil Kelly (elected)	901	13.0
	Independent	Les Boyd (elected)	753	10.9
	Independent	Leigh Bowden (elected)	605	8.7
	Independent	Penny Nicholson (elected)	451	6.5
	Independent	Logan Collins (elected)	444	6.4
	Independent	Trevor Glover (elected)	417	6.0
	Independent	David Ferguson	358	5.2
	Independent	David Graham (elected)	269	3.9
	Independent	Rosalind Wight	210	3.0
	Independent	Maxine Hayes	127	1.8
Total formal votes			6,922	95.7
Informal votes			310	4.3
Turnout			7,232	84.1

Cowra

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cowra ^{[45] [46] [47]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill West (elected)	2,132	27.5
	Independent	Erin Watt (elected)	1,138	14.7
	Independent	Sharon D'Elboux (elected)	705	9.1
	Independent	Nikki Kiss (elected)	676	8.7
	Independent	Cheryl Downing (elected)	527	6.8
	Independent	Peter Wright (elected)	428	5.5
	Independent	Paul Smith (elected)	386	5.0
	Independent National	Ruth Fagan (elected)	265	3.4
	Independent	Donna Peters	260	3.3
	Independent National	Ian Docker	235	3.0
	Independent	Rodrick Buhr	230	3.0
	Independent	Judi Smith (elected)	216	2.8
	Independent	Michael Nobes	152	2.0
	Independent	Alex Cozadinos	145	1.9
	Independent	Rebecca Morgan	143	1.8
	Independent	Simon Bray	126	1.6
Total formal votes			7,764	94.2
Informal votes			480	5.8
Turnout			8,244	85.0

Cumberland

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its five councillors elected in 2017. ^[48]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cumberland ^[48]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		47,343	48.6	+9.4	8
	Our Local Community		27,547	28.3	+14.0	4	2
	Independent Liberal		12,467	12.8	−13.4 [lower-alpha 3]	2	3 [lower-alpha 3]
	The Independents		6,388	6.5	+6.5	1	1
	Greens		2,748	2.8	+1.1	0
	Independent		968	1.0		0
Formal votes			97,461	96.48

Granville

Elected councillor		Party
	Ola Hamed	Labor
	Steve Christou	OLC
	Joseph Rahme	Ind. Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Granville ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		8,222	42.5
	Our Local Community		6,252	32.4
	Independent Liberal		4,274	22.1
	Independent	Carly Lewis	422	2.2
	Independent	Jacob Abraham	108	0.6
	Independent	Ibtisam Koreel	47	0.2
Total formal votes			19,325	93.0
Informal votes			1,447	7.0
Turnout				79.8

Greystanes

Elected councillor		Party
	Diane Colman	Labor
	Eddy Sarkis	OLC
	Greg Cummings	The Independents

2021 New South Wales local elections: Greystanes ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		6,838	32.9
	Our Local Community		7,228	34.8
	The Independents		6,388	30.7	+30.7
	Independent Liberal		325	1.6
Total formal votes			20,779	93.9
Informal votes			1,357	6.1
Turnout				85.4

Regents Park

Elected councillor		Party
	Kun Huang	Labor
	Sabrin Farooqui	Labor
	Helen Hughes	OLC

2021 New South Wales local elections: Regents Park ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		11,789	59.7
	Our Local Community		4,307	21.8
	Independent Liberal		3,262	16.5
	Independent	Khaled Sunkesula	391	2.0
Total formal votes			19,749	94.0
Informal votes			1,267	6.0
Turnout				84.9

South Granville

Elected councillor		Party
	Glenn Elmore	Labor
	Mohamad Hussein	Labor
	Paul Garrard	OLC

2021 New South Wales local elections: South Granville ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		11,291	64.9
	Our Local Community		6,106	35.1
Total formal votes			17,397	92.1
Informal votes			1,500	7.9
Turnout			18,897	76.1

Wentworthville

Elected councillor		Party
	Suman Saha	Labor
	Lisa Lake	Labor
	Michael Zaiter	Ind. Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Wentworthville ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		9,203	45.5
	Independent Liberal		4,606	22.8
	Our Local Community		3,654	18.1
	Greens		2,748	13.6
Total formal votes			20,211	94.7
Informal votes			1,134	5.3
Turnout			21,345	83.4

Dubbo

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dubbo ^[51]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		16,684	57.1		6
	Labor		6,871	23.5		3
	Ben Shields Team		5,687	19.4		1
Formal votes			29,242

Dubbo Central

Elected councillor		Party
	Mathew Dickerson	Independent
	Vicki Etheridge	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dubbo Central Ward ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mathew Dickerson	2,999	56.4
	Labor		1,457	27.4
	Ben Shields Team		864	16.2
Total formal votes			5,320	95.8
Informal votes			232	4.2
Turnout			5,552	80.9

Dubbo East

Elected councillor		Party
	Lewis Burns	Independent (Group B)
	Damien Mahon	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dubbo East Ward ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group B)		1,498	28.6
	Ben Shields Team		1,231	23.5
	Independent	Damien Mahon	1,041	19.9
	Labor	Tatum Moore	601	11.8
	Independent	Rod Fardell	648	12.4
	Independent	Ana Pateman	212	4.1
Total formal votes			5,231	94.7
Informal votes			294	5.3
Turnout				80.9

Dubbo North

Elected councillor		Party
	Matthew Wright	Independent
	Pamela Wells	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dubbo North Ward ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Matthew Wright	1,674	26.6
	Labor		1,377	21.9
	Ben Shields Team		1,101	17.5
	Independent (Group B)		930	14.8
	Independent	Matthew Smith	432	6.9
	Independent	Greg Matthews	777	12.4
Total formal votes			6,291	94.9
Informal votes			337	5.1
Turnout				80.8

Dubbo South

Elected councillor		Party
	Shibli Chowdhury	Independent
	Josh Black	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dubbo South Ward ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		2,320	33.7
	Independent	Shibli Chowdhury	1,911	27.8
	Ben Shields Team		1,360	19.8
	Independent	Kevin Parker	1,285	18.7
Total formal votes			6,876	95.5
Informal votes			324	4.5
Turnout				85.8

Wellington

Elected councillor		Party
	Richard Ivey	Independent
	Jess Gough	Ben Shields Team

2021 New South Wales local elections: Wellington Ward ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Ivey	1,275	23.1
	Ben Shields Team		1,131	20.5
	Labor		1,116	20.2
	Independent	Anne Jones	1,013	18.3
	Independent	Lizzy George	989	17.9
Total formal votes			5,524	96.3
Informal votes			212	3.7
Turnout			5,736	83.7

Dungog

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dungog ^[52]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		6,135	100.0		6
Formal votes			6,135	95.33
Informal votes			300	4.67
Total			6,435	100.0

A Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Dowling (elected)	828	41.7
	Independent	Michael Tobin (elected)	604	30.4
	Independent	Stephen "Sparrow" Farrow	291	14.6
	Independent	John Connors	264	13.3
Total formal votes			1,987	95.6
Informal votes			91	4.4
Turnout			2,078	87.4

B Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Low (elected)	946	44.9
	Independent	Jessica Clark (elected)	754	35.8
	Independent	Alan Green	407	19.3
Total formal votes			2,107	95.7
Informal votes			94	4.3
Turnout			2,201	86.7

C Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: C Ward ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Digby Rayward (elected)	965	47.3
	Independent	Bradley Bale (elected)	613	30.0
	Independent	Peter Millynn	463	22.7
Total formal votes			2,041	46.7
Informal votes			115	5.3
Turnout			2,156	85.7

Edward River

2021 New South Wales local elections: Edward River ^{[53] [54]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pat Fogarty (elected)	997	21.9
	Independent	Paul Fellows (elected)	783	17.2
	Independent National	Peta Betts (elected)	705	15.5
	Independent	Shirlee Burge (elected)	463	10.2
	Independent	Linda Fawns (elected)	398	8.7
	Independent	Harold Clapham (elected)	358	7.9
	Independent	Peter Connell (elected)	276	6.1
	Independent	Tarria Moore (elected)	211	4.6
	Independent	Marc Petersen (elected)	183	4.0
	Independent	Shannon Sampson	138	3.0
	Independent	Narelle Whitham	47	1.0
Total formal votes			4,559	94.9
Informal votes			245	5.1
Turnout			4,804	75.8

Eurobodalla

Elected councillor		Party
	Rob Pollock	Prefer Pollock
	Noel (Tubby) Harrison	A Better Council
	Anthony Mayne	The Mayne Team
	Amber Schutz	Advance Eurobodalla
	David Grace	Labor
	Alison Worthington	Greens
	Peter Diskon	Prefer Pollock
	Tanya Dannock	Advance Eurobodalla

2021 New South Wales local elections: Eurobodalla ^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Advance Eurobodalla		5,012	20.1
	Prefer Pollock		4,644	18.7
	The Mayne Team		4,196	16.9
	Labor		3,752	15.1
	A Better Council		3,486	14.0
	Greens		2,684	10.8
	Independent (Group G)		1,101	4.4
Total formal votes			24,875	93.3
Informal votes			1,780	6.7
Turnout			26,655	83.3

Fairfield

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its three councillors elected in 2016. ^[56]

The election was conducted by the Australian Election Company. ^[56]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Fairfield ^{[56] [57]}

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Frank Carbone		39,445	42.5		6
	Women's Party		18,774	20.2	+20.2	3	3
	Labor		23,081	24.9	−20.2	3	3
	The Real Local		3,468	3.7	+3.7	0
	Independent		3,007	3.2		0
	Our Local Community		2,880	3.1	+3.1	0
	Independent Liberal		2,207	2.4	−16.1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	3 [lower-alpha 4]
Formal votes			92,862

Fairfield/Cabravale

Elected councillor		Party
	Milovan Karajcic	Frank Carbone
	Charbel Saliba	Frank Carbone
	Kien Ly	Labor
	Carmen Lazar	Labor
	Dai Le	Women's Party
	Kevin Lam	Women's Party

2021 New South Wales local elections: Fairfield/Cabravale ^{[56] [59]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Frank Carbone		14,975	31.6
	Labor		12,838	27.0
	Women's Party		13,047	27.5	+27.5
	The Real Local		3,468	7.3	+7.3
	Independent (Group D)		2,988	6.3
	Independent Liberal	Lachlan Hyde	129	0.3
	Independent	Huu Tam Luong	19	0.0
Total formal votes			47,464
Turnout				70.6

Parks

Elected councillor		Party
	Reni Barkho	Frank Carbone
	Hugo Morvillo	Frank Carbone
	Marie Saliba	Frank Carbone
	Michael Mijatovic	Frank Carbone
	George Barcha	Labor
	Andrew Rohan	Women's Party

2021 New South Wales local elections: Parks ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Frank Carbone		24,470	53.9
	Labor		10,243	22.6
	Women's Party		5,727	12.6	+12.6
	Independent Liberal		2,078	4.6
	Our Local Community		2,880	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			45,398
Turnout				73.6

Federation

Elected councillor		Party
	Patrick Bourke	Independent (Group A)
	David Fahey	Independent (Group A)
	Andrew Kennedy	Independent (Group C)
	Aaron Nicholls	Independent (Group E)
	Shaun Whitechurch	Independent (Group D)
	Sally Hughes	Independent (Group B)
	David Longley	Independent
	Rowena Black	Independent
	Gail Law	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Federation ^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group A)		1,616	21.8
	Independent (Group C)		1,117	15.1
	Independent (Group E)		932	12.6
	Independent	David Longley	873	11.8
	Independent (Group D)		785	10.6
	Independent (Group B)		699	9.4
	Independent	Rowena Black	497	6.7
	Independent	Gail Law	280	3.8
	Independent	David Harrison	251	3.4
	Independent	Janette Outram	249	3.4
	Independent	Mick Robson	103	1.4
Total formal votes			7,402	94.0
Informal votes			1,780	6.0
Turnout			7,877	79.6

Forbes

2021 New South Wales local elections: Forbes ^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Phyllis Miller (elected)	2,062	36.6
	Independent	Steve Karaitiana (elected)	577	10.3
	Independent	Jenny Webb (elected)	569	10.1
	Independent	Margaret Duggan (elected)	456	8.1
	Independent	Aidan Clarke (elected)	451	8.0
	Independent	Maria Willis (elected)	272	4.8
	Independent	Chris Roylance (elected)	267	4.7
	Independent	Emma Henderson	190	3.4
	Independent	Brian Mattiske (elected)	176	3.1
	Independent	Graeme Miller	164	2.9
	Independent	Thomas Dwyer	160	2.8
	Independent	Michele Herbert (elected)	142	2.5
	Independent	Jeff Nicholson	142	2.5
Total formal votes			5,628	97.1
Informal votes			170	2.9
Turnout			5,798	83.1

Georges River

2021 New South Wales local elections: Georges River ^[62]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		25,064	32.4	−5.7	5	1
	Liberal		22,459	29.0	−4.6	5
	Residents and Ratepayers		16,607	21.4	+21.4	4	4
	Independent		10,279	13.3	−5.1	0	3
	Georges River Association		2,105	2.7	+2.7	1	1
	Kogarah Residents' Association		919	1.2	−3.4	0	1
	Communist League		17	0.0	+0.0	0
Formal votes			77,450	94.56
Informal votes			4,456	5.44
Total			81,906	100.00

Blakehurst

Elected councillor		Party
	Sam Elmir	Liberal
	Natalie Mort	GRRRP
	Kathryn Landsberry	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Blakehurst Ward ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		5,109	31.7
	Residents and Ratepayers		4,276	26.5	+26.5
	Labor		3,963	24.6
	Independent (Group D)		2,218	13.7
	Independent (Group C)		576	3.6
Total formal votes			16,142	95.3
Informal votes			795	4.7
Turnout			16,937	87.7

Hurstville

Elected councillor		Party
	Colleen Symington	Labor
	Nancy Liu	Liberal
	Benjamin Wang	GRA

2021 New South Wales local elections: Hurstville Ward ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		4,468	30.2
	Liberal		3,579	24.2
	Georges River Association		2,105	14.2	+14.2
	Residents and Ratepayers		1,617	10.9	+10.9
	Independent (Group A)		1,638	11.1
	Independent (Group D)		1,349	9.1
	Communist League	Robert Aiken	17	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			14,773	93.4
Informal votes			1,039	6.6
Turnout			15,812	85.9

Kogarah Bay

Elected councillor		Party
	Nick Katris	Labor
	Elise Borg	GRRRP
	Sam Stratikopoulos	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: Kogarah Bay Ward ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		4,653	29.5
	Residents and Ratepayers		3,681	23.3	+23.3
	Liberal		3,667	23.2
	Independent		2,823	17.9
	Kogarah Residents' Association		919	5.8
	Independent	Greg McAleer	54	0.3
Total formal votes			15,797	93.9
Informal votes			1,029	6.1
Turnout			16,826	84.3

Mortdale

Elected councillor		Party
	Warren Tegg	Labor
	Nick Smerdely	Liberal
	Christina Jamieson	GRRRP

2021 New South Wales local elections: Mortdale Ward ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		5,054	35.0
	Liberal		4,908	34.0
	Residents and Ratepayers		3,044	21.1	+21.1
	Independent (Group D)		866	6.0
	Independent (Group B)		327	2.3
	Independent	David Perry	128	0.9
	Independent	Christian Stojkov	84	0.6
	Independent	Damian Cook	41	0.3
Total formal votes			14,452	94.3
Informal votes			880	5.7
Turnout			15,332	86.5

Peakhurst

Elected councillor		Party
	Kevin Greene	Labor
	Lou Konjarski	Liberal
	Peter Mahoney	GRRRP

2021 New South Wales local elections: Peakhurst Ward ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		6,926	42.5
	Liberal		5,196	31.9
	Residents and Ratepayers		3,989	24.5	+24.5
	Independent	Dina Ghazal	175	1.1
Total formal votes			16,286	95.8
Informal votes			713	4.2
Turnout			16,999	87.1

Gilgandra

2021 New South Wales local elections: Gilgandra ^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Mann (elected)	337	13.5
	Independent	Ash Walker (elected)	328	13.2
	Independent	Ian Freeth (elected)	263	10.6
	Independent	Doug Batten (elected)	262	10.5
	Independent	Gail Babbage (elected)	238	9.6
	Independent	Noel Mudford (elected)	206	8.3
	Independent	Amber Bunter (elected)	193	7.7
	Independent	Brian Mockler (elected)	188	7.5
	Independent	Gregory Peart (elected)	160	6.4
	Independent	Helen Naef	160	6.4
	Independent	Nicholas White	157	6.3
Total formal votes			2,492	97.6
Informal votes			60	2.4
Turnout			2,552	80.6

Glen Innes Severn

2021 New South Wales local elections: Glen Innes Severn ^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rob Banham (elected)	1,066	19.4
	Greens	Carol Sparks (elected)	638	11.6
	Independent	Troy Arandale (elected)	637	11.6
	Independent	Timothy Alt (elected)	612	11.1
	Independent	Jack Parry (elected)	534	9.7
	Independent	Lara Gresham (elected)	389	7.1
	Independent	Andrew Parsons (elected)	311	5.7
	Independent	Jeff Smith	298	5.4
	Independent	Benjamin Thorpe	223	4.1
	Independent	Richard Moon	207	3.8
	Independent	Dianne Newman	177	3.2
	Independent	Sheryn Nourse	177	3.2
	Independent	Rosemary Curtis	173	3.1
	Independent	David Renn	54	1.0
Total formal votes			5,496	97.2
Informal votes			161	2.8
Turnout			5,657	90.4

Goulburn Mulwaree

Elected councillor		Party
	Bob Kirk	Independent
	Jason Shephard	Labor
	Michael Prevedello	Independent
	Daniel Strickland	Independent
	Andy Wood	SFF
	James Carol	Independent
	Peter Walker	Independent
	Steven Ruddell	Independent
	Andrew Banfield	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Goulburn Mulwaree ^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Kirk	4,000	23.0
	Labor		3,017	17.3
	Independent	Michael Prevedello	1,554	8.9
	Independent	Daniel Strickland	1,425	8.2
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Andy Wood	1,268	7.3
	Independent	James Carol	1,056	6.1
	Independent	Peter Walker	1,030	5.9
	Independent	Steven Ruddell	1,003	5.8
	Independent	Andrew Banfield	878	5.0
	Greens	Leah Ferrara	816	4.7
	Independent	Margaret O'Neill	774	4.4
	Independent	Timothy Dally	382	2.2
	Independent	Adam Milani	191	1.1
Total formal votes			17,394	92.0
Informal votes			1,519	8.0
Turnout			18,913	87.8
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Independent			7	1
	Labor			1	1
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers			1	1
	Greens			0	1

Greater Hume

2021 New South Wales local elections: Greater Hume ^[66]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		4,037	100.0		9
Formal votes			4,037	95.60
Informal votes			186	4.40
Total			4,223	100.00

East

2021 New South Wales local elections: East Ward ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lea Parker (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Tony Quinn (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Heather Wilton (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			2,554

North

2021 New South Wales local elections: North Ward ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Doug Meyer (elected)	707	34.5
	Independent	Annette Schilg (elected)	601	29.3
	Independent	Ian Forrest (elected)	389	19.0
	Independent	Karen Schoff	351	17.1
Total formal votes			2,048	96.1
Informal votes			84	3.9
Turnout			2,132	78.4

West

2021 New South Wales local elections: West Ward ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jenny O'Neill (elected)	633	31.8
	Independent	Ashley Linder (elected)	542	27.2
	Independent	Matt Hicks (elected)	375	18.9
	Independent	Jonathon Howard	198	10.0
	Independent	Bradley Hore	135	6.8
	Independent	Barbara Chenoweth	106	5.3
Total formal votes			1,989	95.1
Informal votes			102	4.9
Turnout			2,091	84.9

Griffith

Elected councillor		Party
	Laurie Testoni	Independent (Group B)
	Shari Blumer	Independent (Group B)
	Chris Sutton	Chris Sutton Team
	Melissa Marin	Chris Sutton Team
	Anne Napoli	Anne Napoli Group
	Dino Zappacosta	Independent (Group D)
	Manjit Singh Lally	Independent (Group D)
	Simon Croce	Independent (Group C)
	Jenny Ellis	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Griffith ^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group B)		3,589	28.6
	Chris Sutton Team		2,580	20.5
	Anne Napoli Group		1,850	14.7
	Independent (Group D)		1,171	9.3
	Independent (Group C)		779	6.2
	Independent (Group E)		664	5.3
	Independent	Jenny Ellis	536	4.3
	Independent (Group G)		530	4.2
	Independent	Rina Mercuri	445	3.5
	Independent	Michael Crump	334	2.7
	Independent	Robert Campbell	78	0.6
Total formal votes			12,556	84.8
Informal votes			2,250	15.2
Turnout			14,806	88.1

Gunnedah

2021 New South Wales local elections: Gunnedah ^{[68] [69] [70]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jamie Chaffey (elected)	2,041	28.5
	Independent	Colleen Fuller (elected)	1,926	26.9
	Independent Labor	Kate McGrath (elected)	573	8.0
	Independent National	Murray O'Keefe (elected)	551	7.7
	Independent	David Moses (elected)	434	6.1
	Independent National	Juliana McArthur (elected)	334	4.7
	Independent	Ann Luke (elected)	330	4.4
	Independent	Robert Hoddle (elected)	235	3.3
	Independent	Robert Hooke (elected)	234	3.3
	Independent	Peter Wills	227	3.2
	Independent	Michael Silver	188	2.6
	Independent	Wendy Eriksen	91	1.3
Total formal votes			7,164	95.9
Informal votes			309	4.1
Turnout			7,473	82.5
Party total votes
	Independent		5,706	79.7
	Independent National		885	12.3
	Independent Labor		573	8.0

Gwydir

2021 New South Wales local elections: Gwydir ^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent National	John Coulton (elected)	617	21.0
	Independent	Tiffany Galvin (elected)	449	15.3
	Independent	Chris Matthews (elected)	381	13.0
	Independent	Marilyn Dixon (elected)	293	10.0
	Independent	David Coulton (elected)	262	8.9
	Independent	Lyndon Mulligan (elected)	245	8.3
	Independent	Jim (Curly) Moore (elected)	236	8.0
	Independent	Catherine Egan (elected)	200	6.8
	Independent	Geoffrey Smith (elected)	173	5.9
	Independent	Frances Young	84	2.9
Total formal votes			2,940	95.7
Informal votes			133	4.3
Turnout			3,073	81.5
Party total votes
	Independent		2,323	79.0
	Independent National		617	21.0

Hawkesbury

Elected councillor		Party
	Sarah McMahon	Liberal
	Patrick Conolly	Liberal
	Paul Veigel	Liberal
	Jill Reardon	Liberal
	Barry Calvert	Labor
	Amanda Kotlash	Labor
	Mary Lyons-Buckett	People Not Parties
	Nathan Zamprogno	Ind. Liberal
	Les Sheather	Les and The Doc
	Shane Djuric	SFF
	Danielle Wheeler	Greens
	Eddie Dogramaci	Small Business

2021 New South Wales local elections: Hawkesbury ^{[72] [73]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		13,577	34.3	+6.0
	Labor		4,783	12.1	−4.3
	People Not Parties		3,846	9.7
	Independent Liberal		3,357	8.5
	Les and The Doc		2,916	7.4
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		2,821	7.1	+7.1
	Greens		2,795	7.1	−0.8
	Small Business		1,899	4.8	+4.8
	Andrew Cadman Group		1,070	2.7
	Independent		947	2.4
	Hawkesbury Alliance		944	2.4
	The Locals		448	1.1
	Independent	John Ross	85	0.2
Total formal votes			39,488	94.9
Informal votes			2,135	5.1
Turnout			41,623	86.1

Hay

2021 New South Wales local elections: Hay ^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jenny Dwyer (elected)	491	28.1
	Independent	Martyn Quinn (elected)	264	15.1
	Independent	Peter Handford (elected)	198	11.3
	Independent	Peter Dwyer (elected)	190	10.9
	Independent	Carol Oataway (elected)	117	6.7
	Independent	Lionel Garner (elected)	103	5.9
	Independent	Geoff Chapman (elected)	90	5.2
	Independent	John Perry	64	3.7
	Independent	Darren Clarke	62	3.5
	Independent	Paul Porter (elected)	57	3.3
	Independent	Beverley McRae	48	2.7
	Independent	David Townsend	33	1.9
	Independent	Megan Ruska	30	1.7
Total formal votes			1,747	97.4
Informal votes			47	2.6
Turnout			1,794	83.6

Hilltops

2021 New South Wales local elections: Hilltops ^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alison Foreman (elected)	1,769	16.1
	Independent	Margaret Roles (elected)	1,450	13.2
	Independent	Matthew Stadtmiller (elected)	1,436	13.0
	Independent	Brian Ingram (elected)	999	9.1
	Independent	John Piper (elected)	952	8.6
	Independent	Joanne Mackay (elected)	869	7.9
	Independent	Tony Flanery (elected)	798	7.2
	Independent	Mary Dodd (elected)	567	5.1
	Independent	Tony Hewson (elected)	482	4.4
	Independent	Greg Armstrong (elected)	462	4.2
	Independent	Patrick Fitzgerald (elected)	452	4.1
	Independent	John Horton	413	3.7
	Independent	John Niven	372	3.4
Total formal votes			11,021	93.3
Informal votes			788	6.7
Turnout			11,809	82.5

Hornsby

2021 New South Wales local elections: Hornsby ^[76]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal		42,748	50.2	+6.3	6	4
	Greens		23,904	28.1	+9.1	3	1
	Labor		11,755	13.0	−3.8	0	2
	Independent		6,664	7.8	−12.3	0	1
Formal votes			85,071	96.89
Informal votes			2,732	3.11
Total			87,803	100.00

A Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Nathan Tilbury	Liberal
	Warren Waddell	Liberal
	Tania Salitra	Greens

2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		14,496	50.4
	Greens		6,368	22.2
	Labor		5,145	17.9
	Independent		2,725	9.5
Total formal votes			28,734	96.3
Informal votes			1,111	3.7
Turnout			29,845	88.8

B Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Sallianne McClelland	Liberal
	Monika Ball	Greens
	Janelle McIntosh	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		13,733	48.6
	Greens		7,930	28.0
	Labor		6,610	23.4
Total formal votes			28,273	97.2
Informal votes			817	2.8
Turnout			29,090	86.5

• Incumbent councillor Joe Nicita (Greens) moved from B Ward to C Ward to contest as the second candidate on independent councillor Vince del Gallego's ticket ^[77]

C Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Verity Greenwood	Liberal
	Sreeni Pillamarri	Liberal
	Emma Heyde	Greens

2021 New South Wales local elections: C Ward ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		14,519	51.7
	Greens		9,606	34.2
	Independent		3,939	14.0
Total formal votes			28,064	97.2
Informal votes			804	2.8
Turnout			28,868	89.6

Hunter's Hill

2021 New South Wales local elections: Hunter's Hill ^[78]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		3,372	41.0		3
	Liberal		3,171	38.5	+2.1	3
	Team Ross		1,260	15.3		1
	Greens		431	5.2	+5.2	0
Formal votes			8,234	96.33
Informal votes			314	3.67
Total			8,548	100.00

North

Elected councillor		Party
	Julia Prieston	Liberal
	Ross Williams	Team Ross
	Elizabeth Krassoi	Independent (Group A)

2021 New South Wales local elections: North Ward ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		1,576	37.8
	Team Ross		1,260	30.2
	Independent (Group A)		960	23.0
	Independent (Group B)		376	9.0
Total formal votes			4,172	95.6
Informal votes			193	4.4
Turnout			4,365	85.9

South

Elected councillor		Party
	Tatyana Virgara	Liberal
	Richard Quinn	Independent (Group F)
	Jim Sanderson	Independent (Group B)

2021 New South Wales local elections: South Ward ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		1,595	39.3
	Independent (Group F)		859	21.1
	Independent (Group B)		848	20.9
	Greens		431	10.6	+10.6
	Independent (Group D)		263	6.5
	Independent (Group C)		66	1.6
Total formal votes			4,062	97.1
Informal votes			121	2.9
Turnout			4,183	86.5

Inner West

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its two councillors elected in 2017. ^[79]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Inner West ^{[79] [80] [81]}

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		40,113	38.6	+4.7	8	3
	Greens		37,499	36.0	+7.2	5
	Independent		15,967	15.3	−2.7	2	1
	Independent Liberal		6,738	6.5	−11.1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	2 [lower-alpha 5]
	Community Independents		1,195	1.1		0
	Community Independent		898	0.9		0
	Animal Justice		876	0.8	+0.8	0
	Socialist Alliance		749	0.8	–0.2	0
Formal votes			104,035	96.49
Informal votes			3,795	3.51
Total			107,830	100.00

Ashfield–Djarrawunang

Elected councillor		Party
	Mark Drury	Labor
	Dylan Griffiths	Greens
	Jessica D'Arienzo	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Ashfield–Djarrawunang (Magpie) Ward ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		8,294	38.9
	Greens		7,726	36.3
	Independent		2,243	20.5
	Independent Liberal		1,852	8.7
	Community Independents		1,195	5.6
Total formal votes			21,310	95.9
Informal votes			904	4.1
Turnout			22,214	83.7

Balmain–Baludarri

Elected councillor		Party
	Darcy Byrne	Labor
	Kobi Shetty	Greens
	John Stamolis	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Balmain–Baludarri (Leather Jacket) Ward ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		7,751	36.5
	Greens		7,220	34.0
	Independent		3,814	18.0
	Independent Liberal		1,557	7.3
	Community Independent		898	4.2
Total formal votes			21,240	97.5
Informal votes			555	2.5
Turnout			21,795	81.2

Leichhardt–Gulgadya

Elected councillor		Party
	Philippa Scott	Labor
	Marghanita Da Cruz	Greens
	Tim Stephens	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Leichhardt–Gulgadya (Grass Tree) Ward ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		8,200	39.5
	Greens		7,508	36.1
	Independent Liberal		3,329	16.0
	Animal Justice		876	+4.2	+4.2
	Independent		870	4.2
Total formal votes			20,783	95.8
Informal votes			900	4.2
Turnout			21,683	83.2

Marrickville–Midjuburi

Elected councillor		Party
	Mat Howard	Labor
	Justine Langford	Greens
	Zoi Tsardoulias	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Marrickville–Midjuburi (Lillypilly) Ward ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		8,905	43.8
	Greens		7,293	35.8
	Independent		4,149	20.4
Total formal votes			20,347	96.5
Informal votes			731	3.5
Turnout			21,078	80.4

Stanmore–Damun

Elected councillor		Party
	Liz Atkins	Greens
	Chloe Smith	Labor
	Pauline Lockie	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Stanmore–Damun (Port Jackson Fig) Ward ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens		7,752	38.1
	Labor		6,963	34.2
	Independent		4,634	22.8
	Socialist Alliance		749	3.7
	Independent	Daniel Ribarovski	257	1.3
Total formal votes			20,355	96.7
Informal votes			705	3.3
Turnout			21,060	78.9

Inverell

2021 New South Wales local elections: Inverell ^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group B)	1. Paul Harmon (elected) 2. Kate Dight (elected)	3,271	33.1
	Di Baker & Jo Williams	1. Di Baker (elected) 2. Jo Williams (elected)	2,947	29.8
	Independent (Group C)	1. Paul King (elected) 2. Wendy Wilks (elected)	1,264	12.8
	Independent	Nicky Lavender (elected)	665	6.7
	Independent	Stewart Berryman (elected)	592	6.0
	Independent	John (Jacko) Ross (elected)	481	4.9
	Independent	Phil Girle	347	3.5
	Independent	Jacki Watts	320	3.2
Total formal votes			9,887	93.3
Informal votes			705	6.7
Turnout			10,592	82.3

Junee

2021 New South Wales local elections: Junee ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neil Smith (elected)	795	24.4
	Independent	Pam Halliburton (elected)	476	14.6
	Independent	Matt Austin (elected)	433	13.3
	Independent	David Carter (elected)	303	9.3
	Independent	Andrew Clinton (elected)	253	7.8
	Independent	Robin Asmus (elected)	180	5.5
	Independent	Mark Cook (elected)	179	5.5
	Independent	Marie Knight (elected)	160	4.9
	Independent	Anna Lashbrook	158	4.8
	Independent	Maggie Salisbury	108	3.3
	Independent	Bob Callow (elected)	107	3.3
	Independent	Linda Calis	57	1.7
	Independent	Robert Minister	53	1.3
Total formal votes			3,262	95.9
Informal votes			138	4.1
Turnout			3,400	85.1

Kempsey

Elected councillor		Party
	Simon Fergusson	Independent (Group A)
	Joshua Freeman	Independent (Group A)
	Liz Campbell	Independent
	Vijay Craigie	Independent (Group B)
	Arthur Bain	Greens
	Alexandra Wyatt	Independent
	Kerri Riddington	Independent
	Anthony Patterson	Independent

This election was re-run in July 2022 after the New South Wales Electoral Commission's online voting system crashed. ^[84]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Kempsey ^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group A)		3,440	21.2
	Independent	Liz Campbell	1,912	11.8
	Independent (Group B)		1,886	11.6
	Greens	Arthur Bain	1,649	10.2
	Independent	Alexandra Wyatt	1,299	8.0
	Independent	Kerri Riddington	934	5.8
	Independent	Kinne Ring	704	4.3
	Independent	Dean Saul	685	4.2
	Independent	Mark Baxter	618	3.8
	Independent	Anthony Patterson	558	3.4
	Independent SFF	Troy Irwin	537	3.3
	Independent	Sue McGinn	509	3.1
	Independent	Byron Fegan	416	2.6
	Independent	Bruce Raeburn	397	2.5
	Independent	Andrew Evans	331	2.0
	Independent	Noel Selby	329	2.0
Total formal votes			16,204	87.6
Informal votes			2,289	12.4
Turnout			18,493	81.3

Kiama

Elected councillor		Party
	Kathy Rice	Greens
	Imogen Draisma	Labor
	Mark Croxford	YCC
	Karen Renkema-Lang	S.A.F.E.
	Neil Reilly	Team Reilly
	Matt Brown	WLKGJ
	Jodi Keast	Greens
	Stuart Larkins	Labor
	Warren Steel	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Kiama ^{[86] [87] [88]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens		4,070	27.1	+3.3
	Labor		2,553	17.0	+17.0
	Your Community Candidates		2,030	13.5
	You're in S.A.F.E. Hands		1,963	13.1
	We Love Kiama Gerringong Jamberoo		1,706	11.4
	Team Reilly		1,675	11.2
	Independent		1,019	6.8
Total formal votes			15,016	96.0
Informal votes			628	4.0
Turnout			15,644	86.9

Lachlan

2021 New South Wales local elections: Lachlan ^[89]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		649	100.0	+0.0	10
Formal votes			649	98.2
Informal votes			12	1.8
Total			661	100.0
Registered voters / turnout			4,366	15.14

A Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Medcalf (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Megan Mortimer (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			859

B Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Melissa Blewitt (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Melissa Rees (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			846

C Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: C Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dave Carter (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Peter Harris (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			839

D Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: D Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elaine Bendall (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Dennis Brady (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			906

E Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: E Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Judith Bartholomew (elected)	281	43.3
	Independent	Paul Phillips (elected)	239	36.8
	Independent	Allan Johnston	73	11.2
	Independent	Mark Hall	56	8.6
Total formal votes			649	98.2
Informal votes			12	1.8
Turnout			661	72.2

Lake Macquarie

2021 New South Wales local elections: Lake Macquarie ^[90]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		50,340	39.2		6	1
	Liberal		33,078	25.7		3
	Lake Mac Independents		24,922	19.4		3
	Greens		12,571	9.8		0
	Independent		4,661	3.6		0
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		29,80	2.3		0
Formal votes			128,552

East Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Adam Shultz	Labor
	Nick Jones	Liberal
	Kate Warner	LMI
	Christine Buckley	Labor

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		17,397	41.8
	Liberal		10,997	26.4
	Lake Mac Independents		6,884	16.6
	Greens		3,675	8.8
	Independent (Group A)		2,438	5.9
	Independent	Alan Ellis	202	0.5
Total formal votes			41,593	94.7
Informal votes			2,311	5.3
Turnout			43,904	85.2

North Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Brian Adamthwaite	Labor
	Jack Antcliff	Liberal
	Colin Grigg	LMI
	Keara Conroy	Labor

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: North Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		18,014	42.6
	Liberal		9,237	21.8
	Lake Mac Independents		6,485	15.3
	Greens		5,007	11.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		2,980	7.0
	Independent	Bryce Ham	593	1.4
Total formal votes			42,316	95.2
Informal votes			2,147	4.8
Turnout			44,463	85.5

West Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	David Belcher	Labor
	Jason Pauling	Liberal
	Luke Cubis	LMI
	Madeline Bishop	Labor

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		14,929	33.4
	Liberal		12,844	28.8
	Lake Mac Independents		11,553	25.9
	Greens		3,889	8.7
	Independent	Rosmairi Dawson	1,428	3.2
Total formal votes			44,643	94.4
Informal votes			2,665	5.6
Turnout			47,308	82.0

• Incumbent councillor Wendy Harrison (Independent Lake Alliance) did not recontest

Lismore

Elected councillor		Party
	Peter Colby	Steve Krieg
	Jeri Hall	Steve Krieg
	Andrew Gordon	Steve Krieg
	Electra Jensen	Steve Krieg
	Andrew Bing	Steve Krieg
	Vanessa Grindon-Ekins	Greens
	Adam Guise	Greens
	Darlene Cook	Labor
	Elly Bird	OSF
	Big Rob	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Lismore ^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Steve Krieg for Lismore		12,766	49.2	+49.2
	Greens		3,820	14.7	+0.8
	Labor		3,195	12.3	−10.3
	Our Sustainable Future		2,769	10.7	+0.0
	Independent		1,948	7.5
	Independent Lismore		797	3.1
	Animal Justice		653	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			25,948	95.8
Informal votes			1,140	4.2
Turnout			27,088	85.9

Lithgow

Elected councillor		Party
	Maree Stratham	Team Maree
	Col O'Connor	Team Maree
	Stuart McGhie	Team Maree
	Almudena Bryce	Team Maree
	Darryl Goodwin	Good for Council
	Deanna Goodsell	Good for Council
	Cass Coleman	Cass Coleman
	Eric Mahony	Cass Coleman
	Stephen Lesslie	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: Lithgow ^{[92] [93]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Maree		5,502	42.1
	Good for Council		2,496	19.1
	Cass Coleman Community Team		2,147	16.4
	Independent		1,665	12.7
	Ring's Independent Lithgow		633	4.8
	Lithgow First		618	4.7
Total formal votes			13,061	95.4
Informal votes			636	4.6
Turnout			13,697	86.4

Nambucca Valley

2021 New South Wales local elections: Nambucca Valley ^[94]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rhonda Hoban	5,161	42.9
	Labor	Susan Jenvey (elected)	1,984	16.5
	Independent	James Angel (elected)	828	6.9
	Independent	Ricky Buchanan (elected)	602	5.0
	Independent	Trevor Ballangarry (elected)	524	4.4
	Independent	David Hall	498	4.1
	Independent	David Jones (elected)	415	3.4
	Independent	Martin Ballangarry (elected)	414	3.4
	Independent	Barry Clow	365	3.0
	Independent	Peter Sobey	352	2.9
	Independent	Michael Scafidi	345	2.9
	Independent	Troy Vance (elected)	342	2.8
	Independent	John Wilson (elected)	213	1.8
Total formal votes			12,043	93.9
Informal votes			783	6.1
Turnout			12,826	80.4

Oberon

2021 New South Wales local elections: Oberon ^[95]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Kellam (elected)	570	17.7
	Independent	Clive McCarthy (elected)	435	13.5
	Independent	Ian Tucker (elected)	352	10.9
	Independent	Katy Graham (elected)	301	9.4
	Independent	Mick McKechnie (elected)	252	7.8
	Independent	Andrew McKibbin (elected)	249	7.7
	Independent	Lauren Trembath (elected)	220	6.8
	Independent	Bruce Watt (elected)	213	6.6
	Independent	Helen Hayden (elected)	155	4.8
	Independent	Sig Sovik	143	4.4
	Independent	Neil Francis	121	3.8
	Independent	Gregory Bourne	113	3.5
	Independent	Margaret Kilby	91	2.8
Total formal votes			3,215	95.5
Informal votes			153	4.5
Turnout			3,368	84.4

Orange

Elected councillor		Party
	Tony Mileto	For Our Future
	Jack Evans	For Our Future
	Tammy Greenhalgh	Team Hamling
	Glenn Floyd	SFF
	Steven Peterson	Refresh Orange
	Kevin Duffy	Independent (Group F)
	David Mallard	Greens
	Melanie McDonell	McDonell Team
	Jeffery Whitton	Ind. Labor
	Frances Kinghorne	ORRAP
	Gerald Power	Independent (Group I)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Orange ^{[96] [97] [98] [99]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	For Our Future		3,786	15.9
	Team Hamling		3,155	13.3
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		2,928	12.3
	Refresh Orange		2,469	10.4
	Independent (Group F)		2,351	9.9
	Greens		2,185	9.2
	McDonell Team		1,870	7.9
	Independent Labor		1,786	7.5
	Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association		1,408	5.9
	Independent (Group I)		846	3.6
	Independent	Amanda Spalding	347	1.5
	Independent	Geoff Naughton	266	1.1
	Independent	Lesley Smith	192	0.8
	Independent	Scott Munro	105	0.4
	Independent	Josh Girle-Bennett	46	0.2
Total formal votes			23,740	93.4
Informal votes			1,684	6.6
Turnout			25,424	84.4

Parkes

Elected councillor		Party
	Glenn Wilson	Independent (Group A)
	Ken Keith	Independent
	Louise O'Leary	Independent
	Neil Westcott	Independent
	Bill Jayet	Independent
	Jacob Cass	Independent
	Marg Applebee	Independent
	Kenny McGrath	Independent
	George Pratt	Independent
	Daniel Weber	Independent (Group A)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Parkes ^{[3] [100]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	independent (Group A)		1,596	19.9
	Independent	Ken Keith	1,172	14.6
	Independent	Louise O'Leary	786	9.8
	Independent	Neil Westcott	708	8.8
	Independent	Bill Jayet	707	8.8
	Independent	Jacob Cass	650	8.1
	Independent	Marg Applebee	573	7.1
	Independent	Kenny McGrath	496	6.2
	Independent	George Pratt	431	5.4
	Independent National	John Southon	332	4.1
	Independent	Johanne Burke	213	2.7
	Independent	Cathy Francis	160	2.0
	Independent	John Coulston	156	1.9
	Independent	Sean White	47	0.6
Total formal votes			8,027	91.0
Informal votes			797	9.0
Turnout			8,824	83.8
Party total votes
	Independent		7,695	95.9
	Independent National		332	4.1
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Independent			10

Parramatta

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its six councillors elected in 2017. ^[101]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Parramatta ^[101]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		46,022	41.5	+10.3	7	2
	Our Local Community		21,476	19.4	+12.3	4	2
	Greens		11,233	10.1	+2.7	1
	Lorraine Wearne Independents		9,423	8.5	+4.4	1
	Independent Liberal		6,310	5.7	−30.8 [lower-alpha 6]	1	5 [lower-alpha 6]
	Kellie Darley Independents		4,637	4.2	+4.2	1	1
	Lee Malkoun Independents		3,489	3.1	−5.9 [lower-alpha 7]	0	[lower-alpha 7]
	Small Business		3,126	2.8	+2.8	0
	Liberal Democrats		2,161	2.0	+2.0	0
	Independent		1,882	1.7		0
	Community Need Not Corporate Greed		1,026	0.9	+0.9	0
Formal votes			110,785	95.23
Informal votes			5,547	4.77
Total			116,332	100.0

Dundas

Elected councillor		Party
	Pierre Esber	Labor
	Michelle Garrard	OLC
	Kellie Darley	Kellie Darley Inds

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dundas ^[101]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		8,278	37.5
	Our Local Community		5,672	25.7
	Kellie Darley Independents		4,637	21.0	+21.0
	Lee Malkoun Independents		3,489	15.8	+1.9 [lower-alpha 7]
Total formal votes			22,076	94.33
Informal votes			1,327	5.67
Turnout			23,403	83.55

Epping

Elected councillor		Party
	Donna Davis	Labor
	Lorraine Wearne	Lorraine Wearne Inds
	Cameron Maclean	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Epping ^[101]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		12,156	51.8
	Lorraine Wearne Independents		9,423	40.2
	Independent	Jean Pierre Abood	1,882	8.0
Total formal votes			23,461	95.49
Informal votes			1,108	4.51
Turnout			24,569	87.93

North Rocks

Elected councillor		Party
	Angela Humphries	Labor
	Georgina Valjak	Ind. Liberal
	Donna Wang	OLC

2021 New South Wales local elections: North Rocks ^[101]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		7,541	33.5
	Independent Liberal		6,310	28.0	−20.2 [lower-alpha 6]
	Our Local Community		5,528	24.5
	Greens		3,146	14.0
Total formal votes			22,525	95.95
Informal votes			949	4.04
Turnout			23,474	87.52

Parramatta

Elected councillor		Party
	Sameer Pandey	Labor
	Henry Green	OLC
	Phil Bradley	Greens

2021 New South Wales local elections: Parramatta ^[101]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		8,412	41.2
	Our Local Community		5,749	28.1
	Greens		4,118	20.1
	Liberal Democrats		2,161	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			20,440	94.71
Informal votes			1,141	5.29
Turnout			21,581	80.98

Rosehill

Elected councillor		Party
	Patricia Prociv	Labor
	Dan Siviero	OLC
	Paul Noack	Labor

2021 New South Wales local elections: Rosehill ^[101]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		9,635	43.2
	Our Local Community		4,527	20.3
	Greens		3,969	17.8
	Small Business		3,126	14.0	+14.0
	Community Need Not Corporate Greed		1,026	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			22,283	95.61
Informal votes			1,022	4.39
Turnout			23,305	78.53

Penrith

The election was conducted by the Australian Election Company. ^[104]

2021 New South Wales local elections: Penrith ^[104]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		36,376	34.5	–6.2	5
	Liberal		35,081	33.3	+2.9	6
	Independent		10,336	9.8
	Sue Day - Independent		6,859	6.5		1
	The North Ward Independents		5,820	5.5		1
	MARCUS CORNISH		3,868	3.7
	WE DESERVE BETTER		3,073	2.9		1
	Australia First		2,549	2.4	+2.4
	People Before Politics		1,534	1.5
Formal votes			105,496

East

Elected councillor		Party
	Bernard Bratusa	Liberal
	Tricia Hitchen	Liberal
	Todd Carney	Labor
	Robin Cook	Labor
	Marlene Shipley	WE DESERVE BETTER

2021 New South Wales local elections: East Ward ^[104]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		13,227	39.9
	Liberal		10,456	31.5
	WE DESERVE BETTER		3,073	9.3
	Australia First		2,549	7.7
	Independent		2,330	7.0
	People Before Politics		1,534	4.6
Total formal votes			33,169

North

Elected councillor		Party
	Ross Fowler	Liberal
	Glenn Gardiner	Liberal
	John Thain	Labor
	Jonathan Pullen	Labor
	Kevin Crameri	North Ward Inds

2021 New South Wales local elections: North Ward ^[104]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		12,455	33.8
	Liberal		12,207	33.2
	The North Ward Independents		5,820	15.8
	MARCUS CORNISH		3,868	10.5
	Independent		2,455	6.7
Total formal votes			36,805	72.7

South

Elected councillor		Party
	Mark Davies	Liberal
	Mark Rusev	Liberal
	Karen McKeown	Labor
	Sue Day	Sue Day
	Jim Aitken	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: South Ward ^[104]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		12,418	35.0
	Labor		10,694	30.1
	Sue Day - Independent		6,859	19.3
	Independent		5,441	15.3
	Independent	Abigail Nash	110	0.3
Total formal votes			35,522	74.8

Port Macquarie-Hastings

Elected councillor		Party
	Peta Pinson	Team Pinson
	Adam Roberts	Team Pinson
	Danielle Maltman	Team Pinson
	Josh Slade	Team Pinson
	Sharon Griffiths	Team Pinson
	Lisa Intemann	Fighters
	Rachel Sheppard	Sheppard Team
	Lauren Edwards	Greens
	Nik Lipovac	Hastings First

2021 New South Wales local elections: Port Macquarie-Hastings ^[105]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Pinson		24,571	46.8
	Fighters For Our Region		9,077	17.3
	The Sheppard Team for Sensible, Sustainable Progress		8,046	15.3
	Greens		4,704	9.0
	Hastings First		4,398	8.4
	Independent	Jon Bailey	1,721	3.3
Total formal votes			52,517	92.3
Informal votes			4,402	7.7
Turnout			56,919	85.6

Port Stephens

2021 New South Wales local elections: Port Stephens ^[106]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		21,335	45.9	−36.7	4
	Labor		19,372	41.6	+24.2	4	3
	Liberal		4,255	9.1	+3.6 [lower-alpha 8]	1	1
	Greens		1,565	3.4	+3.4	0
Formal votes			46,527	93.8
Informal votes			3,073	6.2
Turnout			49,600	86.1

Central

Elected councillor		Party
	Jason Wells	Labor
	Chris Doohan	Independent (Group B)
	Steve Tucker	Independent (Group A)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Central Ward ^[106]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group B)		4,686	28.8
	Independent (Group A)		4,226	25.9
	Labor		5,618	34.5	+19.6
	Greens		1,565	9.6	+9.6
	Independent	Bill Doran	194	1.2
Total formal votes			16,289	92.7	+2.4
Informal votes			1,286	7.3	−2.4
Turnout			17,575	86.9	+1.6

East

Elected councillor		Party
	Leah Anderson	Labor
	Glen Dunkley	Independent
	Matthew Bailey	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: East Ward ^[106]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		5,850	39.5	+31.6
	Independent		4,708	31.8
	Liberal		4,255	28.7	+12.0
Total formal votes			14,813	95.7	+2.5
Informal votes			669	4.3	−2.5
Turnout			15,482	84.8	+0.9

West

Elected councillor		Party
	Arnott Giacomo	Labor
	Peter Francis	Labor
	Peter Kafer	Independent (Group A)

2021 New South Wales local elections: West Ward ^[106]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		7,904	51.2	+22.7
	Independent (Group A)		6,608	42.8
	Independent	Danielle Le Mottee	266	1.7
	Independent	Monique Malone	239	1.5
	Independent	Christopher Baguley	209	1.4
	Independent	Andrew Dole	199	1.3
Total formal votes			15,425	93.4	+0.2
Informal votes			1,088	6.6	−0.2
Turnout			16,513	86.1	+2.2

• Incumbent councillor Paul Le Mottee (Independent Liberal) was unable to recontest due to a clerical error ^{[107] [108]}

Queanbeyan–Palerang

Elected councillor		Party
	Bryce Wilson	Labor
	Esma Livermore	Labor
	John Preston	Labor
	Kenrick Winchester	Ind. Labor (Group F)
	Edwina Webster	Independent (Group F)
	Louise Burton	Liberal
	Jacqueline Ternouth	Liberal
	Katrina Willis	Greens
	Mareeta Grundy	Independent (Group B)
	Steve Taskovski	Independent (Group D)
	Michele Biscotti	Independent (Group G)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Queanbeyan–Palerang ^{[109] [110]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		7,398	21.9	+8.2
	Independent Labor/Independent joint ticket (Group F)		5,847	17.3
	Liberal		5,829	17.2	+8.0
	Greens		3,389	10.0	+3.5
	Independent (Group B)		3,168	9.4
	Independent (Group D)		2,518	7.4
	Independent (Group G)		2,205	6.5
	Independent	Bill Waterhouse	1,181	3.5
	Independent (Group H)		1,021	3.0
	Independent (Group C)		1,004	3.0
	Independent	Ginevra Peisley	93	0.3
	Independent (Group E)		87	0.3
	Independent	James Holgate	43	0.1
	Independent	Kyol Booth-Hunt	31	0.1
Total formal votes			33,813	95.3	+1.1
Informal votes			1,684	4.7	−1.1
Turnout			35,497	86.1	+7.8

Richmond Valley

Elected councillor		Party
	Steve Morrissey	Independent (Group B)
	Sam Cornish	Independent (Group B)
	Sandra Humphrys	Independent (Group B)
	Debra McGillan	Independent (Group B)
	Patrick Deegan	Labor
	Robert Hayes	Independent (Group D)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Richmond Valley ^{[111] [112]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Robert Mustow's Group B)		7,346	57.6
	Labor		1,769	13.9
	Independent (Group D)		1,457	11.4
	Independent (Group A)		1,281	10.0
	Independent (Group C)		776	6.1
	Independent	Robyn Kapeen	127	1.0
Total formal votes			12,756	90.7
Informal votes			1,313	9.3
Turnout			14,069	85.4

Sydney

Main article: 2021 Sydney City Council election

2021 New South Wales local elections: Sydney ^[113]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Clover	1. Clover Moore 2. Jess Scully (elected 1) 3. Robert Kok (elected 5) 4. Emelda Davis (elected 6) 5. William Chan (elected 7) 6. Adam Worling 7. Mike Galvin 8. Elaine Czulkowski 9. Philip Thalis 10. Jess Miller	47,877	40.8	−14.13
	Liberal	1. Shauna Jarrett (elected 2) 2. Lyndon Gannon (elected 8) 3. Sam Danieli 4. Phyllisse Stanton 5. Richard Hicklin 6. Ricky Lee	20,432	17.4	−2.3
	Labor	1. Linda Scott (elected 4) 2. Damien Minton 3. Norma Ingram 4. Tamira Stevensen 5. Tony Pooley 6. Meagan Lawson 7. Ian Roberts 8. Frier Bentley	18,077	14.7	+3.07
	Greens	1. Sylvie Ellsmore (elected 3) 2. Dejay Toborek 3. Caroline Alcorso 4. Chetan Sahai 5. Mark Smith	12,972	11.1	+5.12
	Unite for Sydney	1. Yvonne Weldon (elected 9) 2. Karen Freyer 3. Stephen Conlon 4. Meead Saberi Kalaee 5. Kiran De Silva 6. Mark Hodge	10,577	9.0	+9.0
	Small Business	1. Angela Vithoulkas 2. Paul Crossin 3. Tatiana Coulter 4. Phillip Joel 5. Allan Sudale 5. Lisa Jayne 7. Nicole Santer	7,219	6.2	−1.15 [lower-alpha 9]
	Independent	Wen Zhou	133	0.1
	Independent	John McFadden	75	0.1
Total formal votes			118,511	98.6
Informal votes			1,675	1.4
Turnout			120,186	68.7
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Team Clover			4	1
	Liberal			2
	Labor			2
	Greens			1	1
	Independent			1	1
	Small Business			0	1

Wagga Wagga

Elected councillor		Party
	Michael Henderson	Clean Out Council
	Richard Foley	Clean Out Council
	Dan Hayes	Labor
	Amelia Parkins	Labor
	Rod Kendall	Independent (Group D)
	Dallas Tout	Community First
	Jenny McKinnon	Greens
	Tim Koschel	Here For You
	Georgie Davis	Getting It Done

2021 New South Wales local elections: Wagga Wagga ^{[114] [115] [116]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Clean Out Council		9,201	25.6
	Labor		8,279	23.1	+6.1
	Independent (Group D)		4,416	12.3
	Community First		3,576	10.0
	Greens		3,347	9.3	+5.0
	Here For You		2,808	7.8
	Getting It Done		2,291	6.4
	Independent (Group F)		837	2.3	+2.3
	Independent Liberal	Robert Sinclair	572	1.6
	Independent Liberal	Rosina Gordon	287	0.8
	Independent	Richard Salcole	235	0.7
	Independent Liberal	Robin Dennis	20	0.1
	Independent Liberal	Daniel Vieria	16	0.0
Total formal votes			35,885	93.2
Informal votes			2,634	6.8
Turnout			38,519	83.3

Notes

1. Compared to results as an Independent Labor candidate at the 2016 election.
2. Compared with the Liberal Party result at the 2017 election. ^{[11] [12]}
3. Compared with the Liberal Party result at the 2017 election. ^{[49] [50]}
4. Compared with the Liberal Party result at the 2016 election. ^[58]
5. Compared with the Liberal Party result at the 2017 election. ^[79]
6. Compared with the Liberal Party result at the 2017 election. ^{[102] [103]}
7. Compared with The Local Independent Party result at the 2017 election. ^[102]
8. Compared with the Independent Liberal result at the 2017 election.
9. Compared with the Sydney Matters result at the 2016 election.

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