2021 New South Wales local elections
The 2021 New South Wales local elections were held on 4 December 2021[1] to elect the councils of 161 of the 168 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales.
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| Registered | 4,838,137 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 83.56% ( 3.22pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Largest party in each LGA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All but seven LGAs in New South Wales held council elections. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.
Parties
The following registered parties contested this election. This does not include groups of independents:
Results
Votes
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independents | 1,888,260 | 46.67 | |
| Labor | 1,067,756 | 26.39 | |
| Liberal | 703,796 | 17.40 | |
| Greens | 339,144 | 8.38 | |
| Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | 11,739 | 0.29 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 10,077 | 0.25 | |
| Animal Justice | 9,724 | 0.24 | |
| Small Business | 9,118 | 0.23 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 2,612 | 0.06 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,536 | 0.06 | |
| Science | 536 | 0.01 | |
| Arts | 484 | 0.01 | |
| Total | 4,045,782 | 100.00 | |
Seat totals
| Council | Seats[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Labor | Greens | Independent | Others | |
| Albury | Did not contest | 1 | 1 | 7 | Did not contest |
| Armidale | Did not contest | 2 | 1 | 8 | Did not contest |
| Ballina | Did not contest | 0 | 2 | 7 | Did not contest |
| Balranald | No election | ||||
| Bathurst | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Bayside Council | Did not contest | 7 | 1 | 7 | Did not contest |
| Bega Valley | Did not contest | 1 | 1 | 7 | Did not contest |
| Bellingen | Did not contest | 0 | 2 | 4 | Did not contest |
| Berrigan | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 8 | Did not contest |
| Blacktown | Did not contest | 10 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 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 | Did not contest | 2 | Did not contest | 8 | Did not contest |
| Burwood | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Did not contest |
| Byron | Did not contest | 1 | 2 | 5 | Did not contest |
| Cabonne | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Camden | 4 | 3 | Did not contest | 2 | Did not contest |
| Campbelltown | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Canada Bay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Did not contest |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carrathool | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 10 | Did not contest |
| Central Coast | No election | ||||
| Central Darling | No election | ||||
| Cessnock | 3 | 6 | Did not contest | 4 | Did not contest |
| Clarence Valley Council | 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 | Did not contest | 1 | 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 | Did not contest | 8 | 7 | 0 | Did not contest |
| Dubbo | Did not contest | 3 | 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 | Did not contest | 1 | 1 | 7 | Did not contest |
| Fairfield | Did not contest | 3 | 0 | 10 | Did not contest |
| 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 | 5 | Did not contest |
| 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 | Did not contest | 1 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Hay | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 8 | Did not contest |
| Hilltops Council | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 11 | Did not contest |
| Hornsby | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Did not contest |
| Hunter's Hill | 3 | Did not contest | 0 | 4 | Did not contest |
| Inner West | Did not contest | 8 | 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 | Did not contest | 2 | 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 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lane Cove | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Did not contest |
| Leeton | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Lismore | Did not contest | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Lithgow | Did not contest | Did not contest | Did not contest | 9 | Did not contest |
| Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 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 |
| 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 | Did not contest | 1 | 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 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Norfolk Island | No election | ||||
| North Sydney | Did not contest | 2 | Did not contest | 6 | 2 |
| Northern Beaches | 5 | Did not contest | 2 | 8 | Did not contest |
| 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 | Did not contest | 7 | 1 | 7 | Did not contest |
| Penrith | 6 | 5 | Did not contest | 4 | Did not contest |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | Did not contest | Did not contest | 1 | 7 | Did not contest |
| Port Stephens | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Did not contest |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Did not contest |
| Randwick | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Did not contest |
| Richmond Valley | Did not contest | 1 | Did not contest | 5 | Did not contest |
| Ryde | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Did not contest |
| Shellharbour | Did not contest | 3 | Did not contest | 4 | Did not contest |
| Shoalhaven | Did not contest | 3 | 4 | 6 | Did not contest |
| Singleton | Did not contest | 1 | Did not contest | 7 | 1 |
| Snowy Monaro | Did not contest | 2 | 1 | 8 | Did not contest |
| Snowy Valleys | Did not contest | Did not contest | 0 | 9 | Did not contest |
| Strathfield | Did not contest | 3 | Did not contest | 4 | Did not contest |
| Sutherland | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Did not contest |
| Sydney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Tamworth | Did not contest | 1 | 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 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tweed | 2 | 1 | 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 | Did not contest | 2 | 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 | 5 | 4 | 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 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Woollahra | 8 | Did not contest | 2 | 5 | Did not contest |
| Yass Valley | Did not contest | Did not contest | 1 | 8 | Did not contest |
Aftermath
Independents joining political parties
In the lead-up to the 2023 state election, several incumbent independent mayors joined political parties to contest the state election.
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Mayor Peta Pinson joined the Nationals and announced her candidacy for Port Macquarie in the election,[3] challenging incumbent National-turned-Liberal MP Leslie Williams. Pinson stated that if she was elected, she would remain Mayor.[3] Williams was re-elected.
Bega Valley Shire Mayor Russell Fitzpatrick joined the Liberal Party to contest the seat of Bega.[4] Bega was formerly held by Liberal MP Andrew Constance until he resigned to contest the federal seat of Gilmore at the 2022 federal election (when he was unsuccessful, but did almost win the seat), causing a by-election which saw the Labor candidate (Michael Holland) won the seat from the Liberals. Fitzpatrick was unsuccessful and Holland retained the seat with an increased margin.
References
Notes
- Not including independent Liberals (i.e Liberals who contested as independents).
- Including independent Liberals (i.e Liberals who contested as independents).
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