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2021 New South Wales local elections
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121 of the 128 local government areas in New South Wales
Registered4,838,137
Turnout83.05% (Increase 6.45pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Leader N/A N/A N/A
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Seats won 776 188 127
Seat change Decrease 86 Increase 3 Decrease 13
Popular vote 1,392,142 1,071,688 703,796
Percentage 33.73% 26.67% 17.52%
Swing Decrease 2.05 Increase 1.05 Decrease 7.99
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
OLC
Leader No leader Paul Garrard Angela Vithoulkas
Party Greens OLC Small Business
Last election 4 Did not exist
Seats before 5 2
Seats won 65 10 1
Seat change Increase 11 Increase 5 Decrease 1
Popular vote 355,196 72,942 12,244
Percentage 8.84% 1.81% 0.30%
Swing Increase 1.26 Increase 0.08 Increase 0.30
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
SFF
AJP
SAP
Leader Robert Borsak No leader William Bourke
Party SFF Animal Justice Sustainable
Last election 2 0 Did not contest
Seats before 2 0 0
Seats won 5 1 2
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 12,053 9,724 7,308
Percentage 0.30% 0.24% 0.18%
Swing Increase 0.20 Increase 0.20 Increase 0.18
Largest party in each LGA

The 2021 New South Wales local elections were held on 4 December 2021 to elect the councils of 121 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.[1]

Previous referendums took three net councillors in three LGAS: Cabonne, Coonamble and Dungog.

The Liberal Party did not run in Kiama, North Sydney or Shoalhaven, however a number of party members chose to contest as independents.[2]

Background

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Following the 2012 elections, the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 was introduced, leading to the amalgamations and mergers of a number of councils. This resulted in 79 councils being contested in 2016 and 46 2017. 2021 marked the first time in 9 years that the vast majority of councils were being contested at the same time.

The elections were scheduled to be held in September 2020, but as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia they were delayed until 4 September 2021. On 24 July 2021, it was announced the elections would again be delayed until 4 December 2021.[3]

Two councils − Fairfield and Penrith − opted to use the services of the Australian Election Company, while all other elections were conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission.[4]

The election for Norfolk Island Regional Council, which was meant to be held at the same time as New South Wales, was also postponed in 2020. It was later scheduled to be held in March 2021, however the council was suspended in February 2021 and eventually dismissed on 6 December 2021.[5]

Lead Greens candidate for Orange, Melanie McDonell, announced on 21 May 2021 she would leave the Greens and stand on a "McDonell Team" independent ticket.[6]

Political parties

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The following registered parties contested the elections. This does not include unregistered groups of independents:

In addition, a number of local government-registered parties also contested the elections.[7]

Party changes before elections

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A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2021 elections.

Council Ward Councillor Former party New party Date
Sydney Unsubdivided Kerryn Phelps   Clover Moore Independent Team   Independent 26 June 2017
Coolamon Unsubdivided Jeremy Crocker   Independent   Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 2 October 2017[8]
Cumberland Greystanes Greg Cumming   Labor   Independent Labor October 2017
Penrith North Marcus Cornish   Independent   One Nation 6 December 2017
Sydney Unsubdivided Kerryn Phelps   Independent   Kerryn Phelps Independents 15 September 2018
Upper Hunter Unsubdivided Lee Watts   Independent   Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 7 October 2018
Cumberland Greystanes Greg Cumming   Independent Labor   Independent 26 September 2018[9]
Penrith North Marcus Cornish   One Nation   Independent Late 2018
Strathfield Unsubdivided Nella Hall   Christian Democrats   Independent Early 2019
Ryde Central Edwina Clifton   Greens   Labor 28 February 2019
Upper Hunter Unsubdivided Lee Watts   Shooters, Fishers, Farmers   Independent Post-March 2019
Ku-ring-gai Gordon Peter Kelly   One Nation   Conservative National 25 April 2019
Fairfield Cabravale Dai Le   Independent   Dai Le 29 April 2019
Northern Beaches Pittwater Alex McTaggart   Community Alliance   Independent 22 July 2019[10]
Cumberland Granville Steve Christou   Labor   Our Local Community 27 September 2019
Strathfield Unsubdivided Nella Hall   Independent   Nella Hall Independents April 2020
Ku-ring-gai Gordon Peter Kelly   Conservative National   Independent 23 September 2020
Blue Mountains Ward 2 Chris Van der Kley   Liberal   Independent 24 November 2020
Blue Mountains Ward 3 Daniel Myles   Liberal   Independent 24 November 2020[11]
Penrith South Brian Cartwright   Liberal   Independent 21 July 2021
Canada Bay Mayor Angelo Tsirekas   Labor   Our Local Community 19 October 2021
Randwick West Harry Stavrinos   Liberal   Our Local Community 24 October 2021
Ballina A Ward Stephen McCarthy   Independent National   Independent 1 November 2021
Parramatta Rosehill Andrew Wilson   Our Local Community   Small Business 8 November 2021
Hornsby B Ward Joe Nicita   Greens   Independent Late 2023[12]

Results

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Main article: Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections
Party Votes % Swing[13] Seats[a] Change
  Independents 1,392,142 33.73 –2.05 776 Decrease 86
  Labor 1,071,688 26.67 +1.05 188 Increase 3
  Liberal 703,796 17.52 –7.99 127 Decrease 13
  Greens 355,196 8.84 +0.21 65 Increase 11
  Independent Liberal 95,602 2.38 +1.08 8 Increase 3
  Our Local Community 72,942 1.81 +0.08 10 Increase 6
  Clover Moore Independent Team 47,877 1.19 –1.41 4 Steady
  Your Northern Beaches 46,355 1.15 –8.00 6 Steady
  Shoalhaven Independents Group 27,254 0.68 –0.63 4 Decrease 1
  Lake Mac Independents 24,922 0.62 –0.48 3 Steady
  Dai Le 18,774 0.47 +0.47 3 Increase 3
  Residents and Ratepayers 16,607 0.41 +0.41 4 Increase 4
  Independent National 16,140 0.40 9
  Small Business 12,244 0.30 +0.30 1 Increase 1
  Shooters, Fishers and Farmers 12,053 0.30 +0.12 5 Increase 3
  Residents First Woollahra 10,951 0.27 –0.07 5 Steady
  Liverpool Community Independents Team 10,803 0.27 –0.48 2 Steady
  Animal Justice 9,724 0.24 +0.20 1 Increase 1
  Lorraine Wearne Independents 9,423 0.24 +0.05 1 Steady
  Community First Team 7,561 0.19 –0.22 1 Steady
  Sustainable Australia 7,308 0.18 +0.18 2 Increase 2
  Serving Mosman 6,870 0.17 –0.09 4 Increase 1
  Good For Manly 6,629 0.17 –0.48 1 Steady
  Ben Shields Team 5,687 0.14 +0.01 1 Steady
  Totally Locally Committed 4,809 0.12 –0.33 1 Decrease 1
  Liberal Democrats 4,376 0.11 −0.09 0 Decrease 1
  Strathfield Independents 4,120 0.10 +0.03 2 Increase 1
  Nella Hall Independents 3,298 0.09 –0.07 1 Steady
  Independent Labor 2,892 0.08 –0.15 1 Decrease 3
  Our Sustainable Future 2,769 0.07 –0.19 1 Steady
  Socialist Alliance 2,612 0.07 +0.05 0 Steady
  Australia First 2,549 0.06 –0.10 0 Steady
  Kogarah Residents Association 919 0.02 –0.14 0 Decrease 1
  Arts 536 0.01 +0.01 0 Steady
  Science 536 0.01 +0.01 0 Steady
  Communist League 116 0.01 +0.01 0 Steady
  Independent One Nation 46 0.00 –0.16 0 Decrease 1
 Total 4,018,048 100.00 – – –
 Registered voters / turnout 4,838,137 83.05 +6.45 – –

Council totals

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LGA Seats (excluding directly-elected mayors)[14]
Labor Liberal Greens Independents[b] Others
Albury 1 Did not contest 1 7 Did not contest
Armidale 2 Did not contest 1 8 Did not contest
Ballina 0 Did not contest 2 7 Did not contest
Balranald No election
Bathurst Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Bayside 7 Did not contest 1 7 Did not contest
Bega Valley 1 Did not contest 1 7 Did not contest
Bellingen 0 Did not contest 2 4 Did not contest
Berrigan Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 8 Did not contest
Blacktown 10 Did not contest 0 5 Did not contest
Bland Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Blayney Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 7 Did not contest
Blue Mountains 3 6 2 1 Did not contest
Bogan Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Bourke No election
Brewarrina Did not contest Did not contest 1 8 Did not contest
Broken Hill 2 Did not contest Did not contest 8 Did not contest
Burwood 4 2 1 0 Did not contest
Byron 1 Did not contest 2 5 Did not contest
Cabonne Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Camden 3 4 Did not contest 2 Did not contest
Campbelltown 7 4 0 1 3
Canada Bay 2 3 1 0 3
Canterbury-Bankstown 9 5 0 1 0
Carrathool Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 10 Did not contest
Central Coast No election[c]
Central Darling No election
Cessnock 6 3 Did not contest 4 Did not contest
Clarence Valley Did not contest Did not contest 1 8 Did not contest
Cobar Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 12 Did not contest
Coffs Harbour 1 Did not contest 1 6 0
Coolamon Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 8 1
Coonamble Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Cootamundra-Gundagai Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Cowra Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Cumberland 8 Did not contest 0 3 4
Dubbo 3 Did not contest Did not contest 7 Did not contest
Dungog Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 7 Did not contest
Edward River Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Eurobodalla 1 Did not contest 1 7 Did not contest
Fairfield 3 Did not contest 0 7 3
Federation Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Forbes Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Georges River 5 5 Did not contest 1 4
Gilgandra Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Glen Innes Severn Did not contest Did not contest 1 8 Did not contest
Goulburn Mulwaree 1 Did not contest 0 7 1
Greater Hume Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Griffith Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 11 Did not contest
Gunnedah Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Gwydir Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Hawkesbury 2 4 1 3 2
Hay Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 8 Did not contest
Hilltops Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 11 Did not contest
Hornsby 1 6 3 0 Did not contest
Hunter's Hill Did not contest 3 0 4 Did not contest
Inner West 8 Did not contest 5 2 0
Inverell Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Junee Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Kempsey Did not contest Did not contest 1 7 Did not contest
Kiama 2 Did not contest 2 5 Did not contest
Ku-ring-gai Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 10 Did not contest
Kyogle Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Lachlan Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 10 Did not contest
Lake Macquarie 7 3 0 0 3
Lane Cove 3 3 1 2 Did not contest
Leeton Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Lismore 1 Did not contest 2 6 1
Lithgow Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Liverpool 4 5 0 2 Did not contest
Liverpool Plains Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 7 Did not contest
Lockhart Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Maitland 4 4 0 5 Did not contest
Mid-Coast 1 2 1 7 Did not contest
Mid-Western Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Moree Plains Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Mosman Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 3 4
Murray River Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Murrumbidgee Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Muswellbrook Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 12 Did not contest
Nambucca Valley 1 Did not contest Did not contest 8 Did not contest
Narrabri Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Narrandera Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Narromine Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Newcastle 7 3 2 1 0
North Sydney 2 Did not contest Did not contest 6 2
Northern Beaches Did not contest 5 2 1 7
Oberon Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Orange Did not contest Did not contest 1 9 1
Parkes Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 10 Did not contest
Parramatta 7 Did not contest 1 2 5
Penrith 5 6 Did not contest 4 Did not contest
Port Macquarie-Hastings Did not contest Did not contest 1 5 2
Port Stephens 4 1 0 4 Did not contest
Queanbeyan-Palerang 3 2 1 5 Did not contest
Randwick 5 5 4 1 Did not contest
Richmond Valley 1 Did not contest Did not contest 5 Did not contest
Ryde 5 6 0 1 Did not contest
Shellharbour 3 Did not contest Did not contest 4 Did not contest
Shoalhaven 3 Did not contest 4 2 4
Singleton 1 Did not contest Did not contest 7 1
Snowy Monaro 2 Did not contest 1 8 Did not contest
Snowy Valleys Did not contest Did not contest 0 9 Did not contest
Strathfield 3 Did not contest Did not contest 1 3
Sutherland 5 8 0 2 Did not contest
Sydney 1 2 1 1 4
Tamworth 1 Did not contest Did not contest 8 Did not contest
Temora Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Tenterfield Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 10 Did not contest
The Hills 3 9 0 0 0
Tweed 1 2 1 3 Did not contest
Upper Hunter Did not contest Did not contest 1 8 Did not contest
Upper Lachlan Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Uralla Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Wagga Wagga 2 Did not contest 1 6 Did not contest
Walcha Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 8 Did not contest
Walgett Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Warren Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 12 Did not contest
Warrumbungle Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Waverley 4 5 3 0 Did not contest
Weddin Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Wentworth Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Willoughby Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 13 Did not contest
Wingecarribee No election
Wollondilly Did not contest Did not contest Did not contest 9 Did not contest
Wollongong 6 3 2 2 0
Woollahra Did not contest 8 2 0 5
Yass Valley Did not contest Did not contest 1 8 Did not contest

Referendums and polls

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In addition to the local elections, eight LGAs held referendums on questions relating to electoral structures. An advisory poll on de-amalgamation was also held for Inner West.

The closest result was in Wagga Wagga, where 50.6% voted "No" to directly-electing the mayor.

LGA Question YES NO Informal Turnout Ref
Votes % Votes % Votes % Total %
Armidale "Do you support a reduction in the number of councillors for Armidale Regional Council from eleven to nine?" 10,891 68.9 4,913 31.1 272 1.2 16,076 83.7 [15]
Bega Valley "Should the Bega Valley Shire have a popularly elected Mayor from 2024?" 16,507 72.7 6,192 27.3 559 2.4 23,258 87.1 [16]
Dubbo "Currently Dubbo Regional Council is divided into five wards that elect 10 councillors in total; do you favour abolishing this ward system in favour of a single area consisting of all voters that elects 11 councillors?" 22,087 74.6 7,524 25.4 957 3.1 30,568 82.3 [17]
Griffith "Do you agree that the number of Councillors elected to Griffith City Council be reduced from 12 to 9?" 10,010 71.4 4,017 28.6 531 3.6 14,558 86.7 [18]
"Do you agree that the election of the Mayor to Griffith City Council be changed from popularly elected to elected by Councillors?" 3,889 28.2 9,888 71.8 729 5.0 14,506 86.4
Inner West
(poll) 		"In May 2016, Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville councils were amalgamated into one local government area by the State Government. Do you support the Inner West local government area being de-amalgamated, so as to restore the former local government areas of Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville?" 65,126 62.5 39,093 37.5 2,731 2.6 106,950 80.7 [19]
Murray River "Do you wish to remove the three wards currently in place (Moama, Greater Wakool and Greater Murray with three Councillors elected within each ward), within Murray River Council to become an undivided Local Government Area?" 2,139 34.5 4,067 65.5 66 1.1 6,272 71.3 [20]
Ryde "Do you support a popularly elected Mayor where the voters of the City of Ryde elect the Mayor for a four (4) year term, thereby adopting a thirteen (13) Councillor model (including the Mayor)?" 49,392 76.2 15,442 23.8 1,927 2.9 66,761 87.2 [21]
Wagga Wagga "The Mayor of Wagga Wagga is currently elected every two (2) years by the nine (9) Councillors. Do you approve of the direct election of the Mayor by the voters of Wagga Wagga, for a four (4) year term, noting this will result in increased election costs each and every election?" 18,330 49.4 18,786 50.6 1,290 3.4 38,406 83.0 [22]
Walcha "Do you favour the removal of the current ward based system so that all voters select all eight (8) Councillors that represent the Walcha Council area?" 1,142 61.2 723 38.8 19 1.0 1,884 83.0 [23]

Aftermath

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Elected councillors

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Logan Collins was elected to Cootamundra–Gundagai Regional Council at the age of 18, becoming the youngest local councillor in New South Wales history.[24][25]

iVote crash and re-runs

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Main article: 2022 New South Wales local elections

Analysis commissioned by the NSWEC found 55 voters in Singleton, 54 in Shellharbour and 34 voters in Kempsey who attempted to use iVote were prevented from casting their vote.[26] As a result, re-runs were ordered by the Supreme Court of NSW which were held on 30 July 2022 and iVote was not used for the 2023 state election.

By-elections and countbacks

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The New South Wales Electoral Commission has held a number of by-elections and countbacks to fill vacancies on councils since the 2021 elections.[27]

Countbacks were introduced in January 2022 for council vacancies across the state, although by-elections are still used for some councils.[28]

By-elections

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Council Ward Before Change After
Councillor Party Cause Date Date Councillor Party More
Murray River Greater Murray N/A N/A Only two out of three vacancies filled in 2021 4 December 2021 26 February 2022 Geoff Wise Independent Full results
Murray River Greater Wakool N/A N/A Only two out of three vacancies filled in 2021 4 December 2021 26 February 2022 Dennis Gleeson Independent Full results
Tenterfield E Ward N/A N/A Only two out of three vacancies filled in 2021 4 December 2021 26 February 2022 Geoffrey Nye Independent Full results
Cobar Unsubdivided N/A N/A Only 11 out of 12 vacancies filled in 2021 4 December 2021 26 February 2022 Michael Prince Independent Full results
Ryde West Jerome Laxale Labor Elected to Australian Parliament 22 July 2022 5 October 2022 Justin Li Liberal Full results
Lachlan D Ward Elaine Bendall Independent Death 4 December 2022 20 May 2023 Robyn Turner Independent Full results

Countbacks

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Council Ward Before Change After
Councillor Party Cause Date Date Councillor Party
Upper Lachlan Unsubdivided John Stafford   Independent Resignation 13 January 2022 23 February 2022 Nathan McDonald   Independent
Weddin Unsubdivided Chad White   Independent Resignation 15 March 2022 20 April 2022 Glenda Howell   Independent
Weddin Unsubdivided Mark Liebich   Independent Resignation 15 March 2022 20 April 2022 Jason Kenah   Independent
Weddin Unsubdivided Geoff McClelland   Independent Resignation 15 March 2022 20 April 2022 Warwick Frame   Independent
Weddin Unsubdivided Carly Brown   Independent Resignation 15 March 2022 20 April 2022 Jan Parlett   Independent
Edward River Unsubdivided Peter Connell   Independent Death 1 April 2022 17 May 2022 Shannon Sampson   Independent
Hay Unsubdivided Peter Dwyer   Independent Resignation July 2022 26 August 2022 Darren Clarke   Independent
Snowy Monaro Unsubdivided John Last   Independent Resignation 20 July 2022 26 August 2022 Luke Williamson   Independent
Georges River Mortdale Warren Tegg   Labor Resignation 22 August 2022 21 September 2022 Ashvini Ambihaipahar   Labor
Snowy Monaro Unsubdivided John Castellari   Greens Resignation 25 September 2022 26 October 2022 Craig Mitchell   Independent
Georges River Peakhurst Kevin Greene   Labor Resignation 31 October 2022 16 November 2022 Veronica Ficarra   Labor
Upper Hunter Unsubdivided Sue Abbott   Greens Resignation 2 November 2022 6 December 2022 Belinda McKenzie   Independent
Queanbeyan-Palerang Unsubdivided Jacqueline Ternouth   Liberal Resignation 21 December 2022 7 February 2023 Ross Macdonald   Liberal
North Sydney St Leonards Alanya Drummond   Independent Resignation 11 January 2023 21 February 2023 John Lepouris   Independent
Sydney Unsubdivided Jess Scully   Clover Moore Independent Team Resignation 31 March 2023 9 May 2023 Adam Worling   Clover Moore Independent Team
Lithgow Unsubdivided Deanna Goodsell   Good for Council Resignation 18 May 2023 21 June 2023 Steve Ring   Ring's Independent Lithgow
Parramatta Epping Donna Davis   Labor Resignation 25 January 2024 TBC TBC   TBC
Wentworth Unsubdivided Steve Heywood   Independent Death 7 January 2024[29] TBC TBC   TBC

Notes

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  1. ^ Excluding directly-elected mayors.
  2. ^ Including local groups (not to be confused with locally-registered political parties, which are counted here in the "Others" column).
  3. ^ Before being dissolved the council was composed of six Labor, five Independents, two Liberals and two vacancies

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