Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Eastern Melbourne

This is a list of results for the 2020 Victorian local elections in the Eastern Melbourne region.^[1]

Eastern Melbourne covers the local government areas (LGAs) of Boroondara, Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges.

Boroondara

2020 Victorian local elections: Boroondara^[2]^[3]
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Independent	60,052	57.36	5
	Burwood Liberals	31,700	30.28	5
	Greens	5,999	5.43	1	1
	Independent Liberal	2,745	2.32	0
	Animal Justice	2,122	2.03	0
	Independent Labor	1,929	1.68	0	1
	Independent Greens	990	0.90	0
Formal votes		104,695	97.85
Informal votes		2,295	2.15
Total		106,990	100.00	11	1

2020 Victorian local elections: Bellevue Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jim Parke	4,431	44.73
	Independent	Greg Ball	1,994	18.33
	Greens	Astrid Judge	1,796	16.51
	Animal Justice	Sienna Watson	1,280	11.77
	Independent	Austin King	1,043	9.59
	Independent	Alex Sawyer	335	3.08
Turnout			11,083	87.42
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Jim Parke	6,095	56.03
	Independent	Greg Ball	4,784	43.97
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Cotham Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Burwood Liberals	Felicity Sinfield	4,952	49.10
	Independent	Bill Young	3,900	38.67
	Independent Liberal	Keiron Long	1,233	12.23
Turnout			10,293	86.99
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Burwood Liberals	Felicity Sinfield	5,807	57.58
	Independent	Bill Young	4,278	42.42
	Burwood Liberals hold		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Gardiner Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Victor Franco	3,724	36.19
	Burwood Liberals	Catherine Diggins	2,830	27.51
	Independent	Simon James Denton	1,670	16.23
	Independent	Terence Guthridge	1,078	10.48
	Independent	Greg Selkirk	987	9.59
Turnout			10,497	86.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Victor Franco	5,478	53.24
	Burwood Liberals	Catherine Diggins	4,811	46.76
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Glenferrie Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Greens	Wes Gault	2,608	31.14
	Independent Labor	Steve Hurd	1,929	23.03
	Burwood Liberals	Henry Kerr	1,829	21.84
	Independent	Florence Edwards	1,273	15.20
	Independent	Luke Balasingam	604	7.21
	Independent	Lindon Brian Parbery	132	1.58
Turnout			8,587	77.07
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Wes Gault	4,654	55.57
	Burwood Liberals	Henry Kerr	3,721	44.03
	Greens gain from Independent Labor		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Junction Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Di Gillies	4,311	52.05
	Independent	Greg Deakin	1,527	18.44
	Independent	Rowan Story	1,323	15.97
	Burwood Liberals	Ralph Krien	1,122	13.55
Turnout			8,434	79.10
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Lynden Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Burwood Liberals	Lisa Hollingsworth	5,651	56.36
	Independent	Charlotte Wang	2,349	23.43
	Independent	Carl Le	2,027	20.22
Turnout			10,220	86.95
	Burwood Liberals hold		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Maling Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jane Addis	3,298	35.44
	Independent	Kristy Joy McIlvenna	1,303	14.00
	Independent	Richard Wilson	1,126	12.10
	Independent	Peter Campbell	938	10.08
	Independent	Peter Barclay	921	9.90
	Burwood Liberals	James Danches	706	7.59
	Independent	Robert Dennis	687	7.38
	Independent	Anthony Robert Deicmanis	326	3.50
Turnout			9,521	87.59
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Jane Addis	5,420	58.25
	Independent	Kristy Joy McIlvenna	3,885	41.75
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Maranoa Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Burwood Liberals	Cynthia Watson	3,458	35.91
	Independent	Yolanda Torrisi	1,374	14.27
	Independent	Chris Pattas	1,299	13.49
	Independent	Helen Grace Tsoutsouvas	1,160	12.05
	Independent Liberal	Bonnie Brown	1,136	11.80
	Independent	Mark Newlan	673	6.99
	Independent	Dennis Whelan	530	5.50
Turnout			9,900	86.55
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Burwood Liberals	Cynthia Watson	5,759	59.80
	Independent	Yolanda Torrisi	3,871	40.20
	Burwood Liberals hold		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Riversdale Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Susan Biggar	2,997	36.66
	Burwood Liberals	Paul Dipnall	1,656	20.26
	Independent	Rob Baillieu	1,345	16.45
	Independent Greens	Nicholas Bieber	990	12.11
	Burwood Liberals	Sali Miftari	811	9.92
	Independent Liberal	Emily Kusay	376	4.60
Turnout			8,378	79.32
After distribution of preferences
	Independent	Susan Biggar	4,253	52.02
	Burwood Liberals	Paul Dipnall	1,980	24.22
	Independent	Rob Baillieu	1,942	23.76
	Independent win		(new ward)

2020 Victorian local elections: Solway Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Burwood Liberals	Garry Thompson	4,028	41.65
	Independent	Alan Jane	3,251	33.61
	Independent	Sam Fitchett	2,393	24.74
Turnout			9,866	88.11
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Burwood Liberals	Garry Thompson	5,475	56.61
	Independent	Alan Jane	4,197	43.39
	Burwood Liberals hold		Swing	N/A

2020 Victorian local elections: Studley Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Burwood Liberals	Ander Peterson	2,018	20.23
	Burwood Liberals	Nick Stavrou	1,675	16.79
	Greens	Qiqi Chen	1,595	15.99
	Independent	Annabel Yates	1,449	14.53
	Independent	Michele Agustin-Guarino	1,395	13.98
	Independent	Kym Sullivan	924	9.26
	Independent	Amelia Clark	919	9.29
Turnout			10,211	83.09
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Burwood Liberals	Nick Stavrou	5,083	50.96
	Independent	Annabel Yates	4,892	49.04
	Burwood Liberals hold		Swing	N/A

^ "2020 council election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Boroondara City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
^ "Boroondara City Council". Burwood Liberals. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2023.