Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne

2020 Yarra City Council election
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All 9 seats on Yarra City Council; 5 seats needed for a majority
Largest party before election; Independents;	Subsequent largest party ; Greens;

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

Inner Melbourne covers three local government areas (LGAs) − Melbourne City Council, Port Phillip City Council, and Yarra City Council.

Melbourne

Leadership Team

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Sally Capp	Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	27,949	31.60	+31.60
	Greens	Apsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton	14,753	16.68	−4.59
	Team Arron Wood	Arron Wood Lisa Teh	13,497	15.26	+15.26
	Bring Back Melbourne	Nick Russian Michael Burge	8,975	10.15	+10.15
	Labor	Phil Reed Wesa Chau	8,355	9.45	+9.45
	Back To Business	Jennifer Yang Sandra Gee	8,219	9.29	+9.29
	Victorian Socialists	Kath Larkin Daniel Nair Dadich	2,911	3.29	+3.29
	Morgan-Watts Team	Gary Morgan Mary-Lou Howie	2,446	2.77	−4.02
	Team Zorin	Wayne Tseng Gricol Yang	1,329	1.50	+1.50
Total formal votes			88,434	96.62	+0.22
Informal votes			3,096	3.38	−0.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Team Sally Capp	Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	47,256	53.44	+53.44
	Team Arron Wood	Arron Wood Lisa Teh	41,178	46.56	+46.56
	Team Sally Capp hold		Swing	N/A

Councillors

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Sally Capp	1. Kevin Louey (elected 1) 2. Roshena Campbell (elected 5) 3. Mark David McMillan 4. Tania Davidge 5. James Young 6. Tina Kuek	24,395	26.73	+26.73
	Greens	1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2) 2. Olivia Ball (elected 6) 3. Emily Corcoran 4. David Jeffery 5. Nakita Thomson 6. Charlotte George	14,602	16.00	−4.16
	Team Arron Wood	1. Jason Chang (elected 3) 2. Peter Clarke 3. Beverley Frances Pinder 4. Abdirahman I. Ali 5. Beverley Honig	12,187	13.35	+13.35
	Labor	1. Davydd Griffiths (elected 4) 2. Mary Delahunty 3. Hamdi Ali	10,626	11.64	+11.64
	Bring Back Melbourne	1. Philip Le Liu (elected 7) 2. Serena Lu Jiang 3. Lauren Sherson 4. Darin Schade	6,683	7.32	−1.77
	Back To Business	1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge (elected 9) 2. Charles Pick 3. Moti Visa 4. Bedri Sainovski	6,572	7.18	+7.18
	Liberal Democrats	1. Paul Silverberg 2. Faith Newman	5,064	5.55	+5.55
	Morgan-Watts Team	1. Jackie Watts 2. Michael Kennedy 3. Haya Aldaghlas 4. Dashi Zhang	1,541	1.69	−3.22
	Victorian Socialists	1. Christopher di Pasquale 2. Jesse Lambourn	1,441	1.58	+1.58
	Sustainable Australia	1. Richard Belcher 2. Bettina Terry	1,361	1.49	+1.49
	Animal Justice	1. Rabin Bangaar 2. Rod Whitfield	1,251	1.37	−1.07
	Residents First	1. Janette Corcoran 2. Mary Masters 3. Samantha Tran	1,110	1.21	+1.21
	Innovate Melbourne	1. Andrew Rowse 2. John Daniell	817	0.89	+0.89
	Team Hakim	1. Jamal Hakim (elected 8) 2. Safaa Hakim	379	0.41	+0.41
	Melbourne - We All Matter	1. Sainab Sheikh 2. Fatuma Ali	374	0.41	+0.41
	Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice	1. Artemis Pattichi 2. Adriana Mendieta Nino	351	0.38	+0.38
	Ungrouped	Scott Robson Luke Downing Philip Jonathan Bateman Andrew Ward	332	0.36	+0.10
	Your Melbourne Team Get It Done	1. Mary Poulakis 2. Fiona Sweetman	291	0.32	+0.32
	It Will Be Okay Melbourne	1. Joseph Burke 2. Michael Mach	203	0.22	+0.22
Total formal votes			88,434	96.62	−1.42
Informal votes			1,686	3.38	+1.42
Turnout			91,531	66.73	+11.54

Port Phillip

Port Phillip results

2020 Victorian local elections: Port Phillip^[3]
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Labor	13,228	23.72	2
	Greens	11,881	21.31	2
	Independent Liberal	11,353	20.36	2
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip	8,279	14.85	2	2
	Independent	8,068	14.47	1
	Sustainable Australia	1,559	2.79	0
	Independent Ratepayers of Port Phillip	482	0.86	0
Formal votes		55,752

Canal

2020 Victorian local elections: Canal Ward^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Louise Crawford	4,637	23.30	+10.54
	Labor	Dick Gross	3,001	15.08	+0.09
	Greens	Tim Baxter	2,733	13.73	−12.14
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip	Rhonda Clark	2,144	10.77	+10.77
	Independent Liberal	Jo McDonald	1,834	9.22	+9.22
	Independent Liberal	Warwick Cahir	1,527	7.67	+7.67
	Greens	Maddy Blay	1,444	7.26	+7.26
	Independent	Lesley G. Pianella	1,023	5.14	+5.14
	Sustainable Australia	Dennis Bilic	798	4.01	+4.01
	Sustainable Australia	Steven Armstrong	761	3.82	+0.02
Turnout			20,803	69.85
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.54
	Greens hold		Swing	−12.14
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Gateway

2020 Victorian local elections: Gateway Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Marcus Pearl	4,134	21.81	+1.07
	Independent	Heather Cunsolo	3,858	20.36	+20.36
	Labor	Peter Martin	2,716	14.33	+14.33
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip	Sami Maher	2,442	12.89	+12.89
	Greens	Earl James	2,285	12.06	+9.73
	Independent	Stan Gyles	1,219	6.43	+6.43
	Independent	Trina Lewis	1,168	6.16	+6.16
	Independent	Cleo Papageorgiou	1,130	5.96	+5.96
Turnout			19,636	69.68
	Independent Liberal hold		Swing	+1.07
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing	N/A
	Labor gain from Greens		Swing	N/A

Lake

2020 Victorian local elections: Lake Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Katherine Copsey	5,419	26.77	+0.18
	Independent Liberal	Andrew Bond	3,858	20.36	+3.03
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip	Christina Sirakoff	3,693	18.25	+18.25
	Labor	Robbie Nyaguy	2,874	14.20	+14.20
	Independent	Geoffrey Conaghan	1,436	7.09	+7.09
	Independent	Bernard Mandile	1,322	6.53	+6.53
	Independent	Roger Ward	770	3.80	+3.80
	Ind. Ratepayers	Adrian Jackson	482	2.38	+2.38
Turnout			20,943	68.83
	Greens hold		Swing	+0.18
	Independent Liberal hold		Swing	+3.03
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip gain from Community Alliance		Swing	N/A

Yarra

Yarra results

2020 Victorian local elections: Yarra^[5]^[6]
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Greens	14,359	27.40	5	1
	Independent	9,795	18.69	2
	Labor	7,501	14.31	0	2
	Independent Socialist	7,380	14.08	2	2
	Reason	2,609	4.98	0
	Independent Liberal	2,217	4.23	0
	Richmond First	1,897	3.62	0
	Liberal Democrats	1,282	2.45	0
	Animal Justice	524	1.00	0
Total formal votes		52,400
Turnout			70.15

Langridge

2020 Victorian local elections: Langridge Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Socialist	Stephen Jolly (elected)	4,836	26.07	−4.99^[a]
	Greens	Anab Mohamud (elected)	3,216	17.34	+17.34
	Greens	Gabrielle de Vietri (elected)	2,206	11.89	+11.89
	Labor	Karen Douglas	1,823	9.83	+9.83
	Independent Liberal	James Bae	1,725	9.30	+9.30
	Independent	Michael Glynatsis	1,503	8.10	+8.10
	Reason	Jeremy Cowen	1,311	7.07	+7.07
	Independent	Hai Tran	781	4.21	−3.28
	Independent	Matoc Mordecai Achol	450	2.43	−4.11^[b]
	Independent	Peter Hude	432	2.33	+2.33
	Labor	Rowan Payne	267	2.33	+2.33
Turnout			19,367	68.96
	Independent Socialist hold		Swing	−4.99
	Greens hold		Swing	N/A
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Melba

2020 Victorian local elections: Melba Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Edward Crossland (elected)	2,866	16.82	−7.67^[c]
	Independent	Claudia Nguyen (elected)	2,094	12.29	+12.29
	Labor	Sandeep Sarathy	1,825	10.71	−8.44^[d]
	Independent	Herschel Landes (elected)	1,437	8.43	−2.36
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Ford	1,282	7.52	+7.52
	Independent	Meca Ho	1,207	7.08	+7.08
	Independent	Sarah Witty	1,066	6.26	+6.26
	Richmond First	Dora Tsipouras	968	5.68	+5.68
	Richmond First	David Horseman	929	5.45	+5.45
	Independent	Katarina Radonic	788	4.62	+4.62
	Independent	Mitchell Price	562	3.30	+3.30
	Labor	Julie Bignell	556	3.26	+3.26
	Reason	Penelope Drummond	523	3.07	+3.07
	Independent Liberal	Kate Drake	492	2.89	−1.02
	Independent	Don Ash	444	2.61	+2.61
Turnout			18,262	69.79
	Greens hold		Swing	−7.67^[c]
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Nicholls

2020 Victorian local elections: Nicholls Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Amanda Stone (elected)	2,937	17.47	−5.82^[e]
	Greens	Sophie Wade (elected)	2,684	15.97	−2.01^[f]
	Independent Socialist	Bridgid O'Brien (elected)	2,684	15.97	+11.06^[a]
	Labor	Annabelle Wilson	1,958	11.65	+11.65
	Independent	Gerald Fisher	1,072	9.19	+9.19
	Independent	Sasha Beitner	1,356	8.07	+8.07
	Labor	Debra Thorpe	1,072	6.38	+6.38
	Independent	Catherine Noone	944	5.62	+5.62
	Reason	Guy Ewan Barker	775	4.61	+4.61
	Animal Justice	Amber Anderson	524	3.12	+3.12
	Independent	Em Sage	472	2.81	+2.81
Turnout			17,643	71.89
	Greens hold		Swing	−5.82^[e]
	Greens hold		Swing	−2.01^[f]
	Independent Socialist gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Notes

^ ^a ^b Compared to results as a candidate for The Socialists in 2016.^[7]
^ Compared to results as a candidate for the Greens in 2016.
^ ^a ^b Compared to the results of Greens candidate James Searle in 2016.
^ Compared to the results of Labor candidate Mi-Lin Chen Yi Mei in 2016.
^ ^a ^b Compared to results of Greens candidate Mike McEvoy in 2016.
^ ^a ^b Compared to the results of Greens candidate Misha Coleman in 2016.

References

^ "2020 council election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Port Phillip City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
^ "If you want to host one, let me know". Facebook. Louise Crawford - Canal Ward. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024.
^ "The Liberal Democrats have a strong team of candidates standing for local councils around the state this year". Facebook. Tim Quilty - Libertarian - Northern Victoria. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Yarra City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
^ "Vote Socialist for Yarra on October 22!". The Socialist.

[thesoc-8] Compared to results as a candidate for The Socialists in 2016.^[7]

[9] Compared to results as a candidate for the Greens in 2016.

[searle-10] Compared to the results of Greens candidate James Searle in 2016.

[11] Compared to the results of Labor candidate Mi-Lin Chen Yi Mei in 2016.

[mcevoy-12] Compared to results of Greens candidate Mike McEvoy in 2016.

[coleman-13] Compared to the results of Greens candidate Misha Coleman in 2016.

[VEC2020-1] "2020 council election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.

[Melb2020-2] "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.

[portphillip2020-3] "Port Phillip City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.

[4] "If you want to host one, let me know". Facebook. Louise Crawford - Canal Ward. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024.

[ldp-5] "The Liberal Democrats have a strong team of candidates standing for local councils around the state this year". Facebook. Tim Quilty - Libertarian - Northern Victoria. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[Yarra2020-6] "Yarra City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.

[7] "Vote Socialist for Yarra on October 22!". The Socialist.

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