The 2021 Sydney City Council election was held on 4 December 2021 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.[1]
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Clover Moore was re-elected Lord Mayor of Sydney.[2]
Candidates
editIncumbent councillors are highlighted in bold text.
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Retiring councillors
edit- Christine Forster (Liberal) − announced 10 February 2021[3]
- Kerryn Phelps (Independent) − announced 2 May 2021[4]
- Craig Chung (Liberal) − announced 22 June 2021[5]
- Jess Miller (Team Clover) − announced 2021, remained on ticket[6]
Results
editLord Mayor
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Team Clover | Clover Moore | 50,896 | 42.9 | −14.9 | |
| Liberal | Shauna Jarrett | 17,891 | 15.1 | −3.9 | |
| Labor | Linda Scott | 17,367 | 14.7 | +4.2 | |
| Unite for Sydney | Yvonne Weldon | 14,368 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
| Greens | Sylvie Ellsmore | 9,812 | 8.3 | +3.2 | |
| Small Business | Angela Vithoulkas | 8,177 | 8.9 | −0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 118,511 | 98.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,675 | 1.4 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 120,186 | 68.7 | +8.9 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Team Clover | Clover Moore | 60,926 | 67.9 | ||
| Labor | Linda Scott | 28,786 | 32.1 | ||
| Team Clover hold | Swing | ||||
Councillors
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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[a] | |
| 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
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| Liberal | 2 | 
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| Labor | 1 |
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| Greens | 1 |  1
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| Independent | 1 | 1
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| Small Business | 0 | 1
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Notes
edit- ^ Compared with the Sydney Matters result at the 2016 election.
References
edit- ^ "Sydney council election, 2021". The Tally Room.
- ^ "2021 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Christine Forster to retire as City of Sydney councillor". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Kerryn Phelps drops out of Sydney mayoral race: 'My priority must be my family'". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 2021.
[Phelps] said she would continue to serve as an independent councillor at the City of Sydney until local government elections in September.
- ^ "'Too little too late': Government's political donations bill criticised from within". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 2021.
Liberal councillor Craig Chung has also announced he is not contesting the September elections in favour of other political opportunities
- ^ Raue, Ben. "Sydney council election, 2021". The Tally Room. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
Jess Miller is retiring by running in tenth spot on their ticket.
- ^ "City of Sydney". ABC News.
- ^ "City of Sydney". ABC News.