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2024 Melbourne City Council election

The 2024 Melbourne City Council election was held on 26 October 2024 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.[1]

2024 Melbourne City Council election
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Leadership Team
Turnout67.73% (Increase 1.00)
 
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Candidate Nicholas Reece Roxane Ingleton Mariam Riza
Party Team Nick Reece Greens Liberal
Running mate Roshena Campbell Marley McRae McLeod Luke Martin
First preference vote 20,523 12,445 11,985
Percentage 23.36% 14.17% 13.64%
2CP 61.49% 38.51%
2CP swing Increase 8.05 Increase 38.51
 
Candidate Anthony Koutoufides Arron Wood Phil Reed
Party Team Kouta Team Wood Labor
Running mate Intaj Khan Erin Deering Virginia Wills
First preference vote 11,345 8,856 5,930
Percentage 12.91% 10.08% 6.75%
Lord Mayor before election

Nicholas Reece
Team Nick Reece

Elected Lord Mayor

Nicholas Reece
Team Nick Reece

Incumbent lord mayor Nicholas Reece, who succeeded Sally Capp after her resignation in July 2024, was re-elected with 61.5% of the two-candidate-preferred vote. Arron Wood, who was seen as a frontrunner going into the election, conceded defeat on 29 October.[2]

Background

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Party defections

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On 24 June 2022, Bring Back Melbourne councillor Philip Le Liu left the Liberal Party to join the Victorians Party and contest the 2022 Victorian state election.[3] However, the party disbanded on 13 August 2022 before the election was held.[4][5]

Rohan Leppert trans comments

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In March 2022, Greens councillor Rohan Leppert made comments in a private Facebook group about the Andrews state government's gay conversion therapy laws.[6] After the comments were leaked, some Greens members labelled him transphobic and called for him to be expelled from the party.[7]

On 6 April 2022, the Victorian Greens released a statement "in light of recent commentary by Leppert", saying the party "reject[s] any suggestion that trans rights should be up for debate".[8][9] Leppert described the party's statement as "highly tendentious and false".[10]

Leppert chose in March 2024 not to seek re-election after three terms as a councillor.[11]

Sally Capp resignation

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On 28 March 2024, then-Lord Mayor Sally Capp announced that she would resign before the re-election.[12] She resigned as Lord Mayor on 1 July 2024, and was replaced by Deputy Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece.[13][14]

Electoral system

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Like in state and federal elections, the leadership team election uses full preferential voting, meaning voters must number every candidate.[15]

For the councillor election, group voting tickets (GVT) are used − a group registers a GVT before an election, and when a voter selects a group above-the-line on the ballot paper, their vote is distributed according to the registered GVT for that group.[16] Alternatively, a voter can number all boxes for individual candidates below-the-line.[15]

Individual candidates are not able to contest both the leadership team election and the councillor election.[17] This means that even if a group's leadership team candidates are unsuccessful, members of their councillor ticket can still be elected.[17]

Business vote

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Businesses are given two votes in Melbourne City Council elections, the only LGA in Victoria where this is the case.[17] Property investors and business owners do not have to be Australian citizens to vote.[17][18]

At the 2020 election, the Melbourne City Council electoral roll was composed of 55.1% business and out-of-the-area property owners, with local residents making up the remaining 44.9%.[17]

A similar electoral system in New South Wales previously applied for Sydney City Council, where businesses also had two votes.[19] This was introduced in 2014 but abolished in 2023 ahead of the 2024 election.[20][21]

Campaign

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The Labor Party officially launched their campaign on 28 August 2024, with Phil Reed as their lord mayoral candidate for the second election in a row and Virginia Wills as the deputy candidate.[22]

Regent Theatre sale

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On 8 September 2024, Reece announced he wanted Melbourne City Council to sell its 51% share of the Regent Theatre if he was re-elected.[23] An urgent motion at a council meeting was tabled by councillor Jamal Hakim noting that council has "no intention or policy basis to sell the Regent theatre" was passed several days later with six votes in favour.[24]

The proposal to sell Regent Theatre has been opposed by Team Wood, Team Hakim and Labor.[25][26]

Candidates

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After being sworn in as Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Reece confirmed he would seek re-election, although he would not be running as an endorsed Labor Party candidate.[27] He announced incumbent councillor Roshena Campbell, a Liberal Party member, as his running mate on 28 July.[28]

The Victorian Liberal Party endorsed candidates for the first time in the party's history.[29]

In February 2024, former senator Derryn Hinch announced he would run for Lord Mayor of Melbourne. However, one month later he withdrew, citing the costs of running a campaign.[30]

First-term councillor Jamal Hakim announced his candidacy on 2 August, with Australian Republic Movement co-chair Esther Anatolitis as his running mate.

Leadership Team

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Party Candidates Background
  Labor Phil Reed 2020 Labor lord mayoral candidate
Virginia Wills
  Liberal Mariam Riza
Luke Martin
  Greens Roxane Ingleton [31]
Marley McRae McLeod
  Animal Justice Eylem Kim Researcher and PhD candidate
Bruce Poon Animal Justice Party president
  Team Hakim Jamal Hakim Councillor since 2020
Esther Anatolitis Co-chair of the Australian Republic Movement[32]
  Team Kouta Anthony Koutoufides Former Carlton AFL player
Intaj Khan Developer
  Team Morgan Gary Morgan Pollster and perennial candidate[33]
Liz Ge
  Team Nick Reece Nicholas Reece Lord Mayor since 2024
Roshena Campbell Councillor since 2020
  Rip Up the Bike Lanes! Anthony van der Craats
David Keith Cragg
  Voices for Melbourne Greg Bisinella
Megan Stevenson
  Team Wood Arron Wood 2020 lord mayoral candidate
Erin Deering Entrepreneur and fashion designer[34]

Councillors

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Incumbent councillors are highlighted in bold text.[3]

Greens
  1. Olivia Ball[35]
  2. Karl Hessian[11]

Retiring councillors

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  • Rohan Leppert (Greens)[11]
  • Elizabeth O'Sullivan-Myles
  • Jason Chang

Results

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Leadership Team

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Leadership Team.[edit]
2024 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Nick Reece Nick Reece[a]
Roshena Campbell[b] 		20,523 23.36 −8.24[c]
Greens Roxane Ingleton
Marley McRae McLeod 		12,445 14.17 −2.51
Liberal Mariam Riza
Luke Martin 		11,985 13.64 +13.64
Team Kouta Anthony Koutoufides
Intaj Khan[b] 		11,345 12.91 +12.91
Team Wood Arron Wood
Erin Deering 		8,856 10.08 −5.18
Labor Phil Reed
Virginia Wills 		5,930 6.75 −2.70
Team Morgan Gary Morgan
Liz Ge 		4,281 4.87 +2.10
Team Hakim Jamal Hakim
Esther Anatolitis 		3,766 4.29 +4.29
Rip Up the Bike Lanes! Anthony van der Craats[a]
David Keith Cragg 		3,706 4.22 +4.22
Voices for Melbourne Greg Bisinella
Megan Stevenson 		3,079 3.50 +3.50
Animal Justice Eylem Kim
Bruce Poon 		1,936 2.20 +2.20
Total formal votes 87,852 95.02 −1.60
Informal votes 4,603 4.98 +1.60
Turnout 92,455 67.73 +1.00
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Nick Reece Nick Reece[a]
Roshena Campbell[b] 		54,018 61.49 +8.05[d]
Greens Roxane Ingleton
Marley McRae McLeod 		33,834 38.51 +38.51
Team Nick Reece hold Swing N/A

Councillors

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Councillors.[edit]
2024 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Nick Reece 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2. Mark Scott (elected 6)
3. Lisa Teh
4. Jannine Pattison
5. Hamdi Ali
6. Suzanne Stanley
7. Simone Hartley-Keane 		18,558 20.71 –6.02[e]
Liberal 1. Owen Guest (elected 2)
2. You Li Liston 		12,841 14.33 +14.33
Greens 1. Olivia Ball (elected 3)
2. Aaron Moon
3. Barry Berih 		12,692 14.16 –1.84
Team Kouta 1. Gladys Liu[b] (elected 4)
2. Zaim Ramani
3. Emma Elizabeth Carney
4. Olivia Tjandramulia 		10,588 11.82 +11.82
Team Wood 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 5)
2. Cathy Oke
3. Nicolas Paul Zervos
4. Hala Nur
5. Michael-Lee Caiafa
6. Hope Lai Wei
7. Steve Michelson 		9,366 10.45 –2.90
Labor 1. Davydd Griffiths (elected 9)
2. Sainab Abdi Sheikh
3. Michael Aleisi 		6,494 7.25 –4.39
Team Morgan 1. Rafael Camillo (elected 7)
2. William Caldwell 		3,654 4.08 +2.39
Rip Up the Bike Lanes! 1. Sandra Gee
2. Pratap Singh 		2,878 3.21 +3.21
Team Hakim 1. Michael Smith
2. Lawrence Lam
3. Judy Gao 		2,813 3.14 +2.73
Voices for Melbourne 1. Mary Masters
2. James Vasilev-Robertson 		2,689 3.00 +3.00
Animal Justice 1. Aashna Katyal
2. Rabin Bangaar 		1,688 1.88 +0.19
Innovate Melbourne 1. Andrew Rowse (elected 8)
2. Jesse Greenwood 		1,547 1.73 +0.84
Your Voice Matters to Me 1. Krystle Mitchell[f]
2. Jayden Durbin 		1,134 1.27 +1.27
Team Elvis Martin 1. Elvis Martin
2. Sophy Galbally
3. Mavi Mujral
4. Jing Lin
5. Paul James Moore
6. Melissa Rymer
7. James Cullen
8. Carole Kenny-Sarasa 		1,000 1.12 +1.12
Victorian Socialists 1. Daniel Nair Dadich
2. Ben Fok 		500 0.56 –1.02
Team Participate 1. Asako Saito
2. Sam Janda 		461 0.51 +0.51
Ungrouped E. Send
Jake Land
Aishwarya Kansakar
Mohamed Yusuf
Callum John French 		703 0.78 +0.42
Total formal votes 89,606 97.67 –0.48
Informal votes 2,139 2.33 +0.48
Turnout 91,745 67.21 +0.67

Debates and forums

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P Participant
A Absent
N Non-invitee
U Unknown if attended

List of debates and forums

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Date Host Participants
RIP AJP HAK NICK MOR KOU LIB WOO GRN VFM ALP
23 September 2024 Community3008[44] U U U U U U U U U U U
25 September 2024 Future Forte[45] A A P P A A A P P P P
30 September 2024 YIMBY Melbourne/Housing All Australians/6 News[46][47][48] A A P P A P P P P P P
3 October 2024 Residents 3000[49] P P P P P P P P P P P
6 October 2024 Melbourne South Yarra Residents Group[50] P P P P P P P P P P P
9 October 2024 Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry[51][52] A N P P P P N P N A P
10 October 2024 ABC Radio Melbourne[53] N N N P N P N P P N N
10 October 2024 Southbank Residents Association[54][55] P P P P P P P P P P P
15 October 2024 Carlton Residents Association[56] U U U U U U U U U U U
16 October 2024 Chinatown Precinct Association[57] A A P P A P P P A P P
22 October 2024 Nine News Melbourne[58][59][60] N N N P N P N P P N N

Endorsements

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Group Endorsement
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry   Team Wood[61]
The Age   No endorsement[62]

How-to-vote cards

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For the leadership team election, candidates can provide how-to-vote cards with recommendations for voters on preferences. Unlike for the councillor election, which uses group voting tickets, the preference recommendations are non-binding.

Leadership Team

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Party How-to-vote card (read column from top down for order)
RIP AJP HAK NICK MOR KOU LIB WOO GRN VFM ALP
  Rip Up the Bike Lanes![63] 1 10 11 11 5 5 6 9 11 11 11
  Animal Justice 2 1 3 10 9 7 10 6 3 6 4
  Team Hakim[64] 3 2 1 7 10 8 7 4 2 2 3
  Team Nick Reece[65] 4 7 10 1 3 3 3 10 7 9 7
  Team Morgan 5 9 8 2 1 2 4 11 9 7 10
  Team Kouta[66] 6 8 9 3 2 1 2 8 10 10 9
  Liberal 7 11 7 5 4 4 1 5 8 8 8
  Team Wood[67] 8 4 6 9 6 10 8 1 6 5 5
  Greens[68] 9 3 4 6 11 11 11 7 1 3 6
  Voices for Melbourne 10 6 2 8 7 6 5 2 4 1 2
  Labor[69][70] 11 5 5 4 8 9 9 3 5 4 1

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Also a Labor Party member.[37][38][39][40][41]
  2. ^ a b c d Also a Liberal Party member.[37]
  3. ^ Compared with Team Sally Capp at the 2020 election.[42]
  4. ^ Compared with Team Sally Capp at the 2020 election.[42]
  5. ^ Compared with Team Sally Capp at the 2020 election.[42]
  6. ^ Also a Libertarian Party member.[37]

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