This is a list of results for the 2021 New South Wales local elections in the Northern Rivers region.[1][2][3][4]
Ballina
editParty | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 1,0195 | 40.4 | 4 | 1 | |||
Sharon Cadwallader Team | 7,227 | 28.6 | 3 | ||||
Greens | 4,173 | 16.5 | +16.5 | 2 | 2 | ||
Labor | 3,676 | 14.5 | +14.5 | 0 | |||
Formal votes | 25,271 | 90.94 | |||||
Informal votes | 2,517 | 9.06 | |||||
Total | 27,788 | 100.00 | 9 | ||||
Registered voters / turnout | 32,830 | 84.64 |
A Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sharon Cadwallader Team | Rod Bruem (elected) | 1,395 | 17.6 | ||
Independent | Steve McCarthy (elected) | 1,371 | 17.3 | ||
Independent | Phil Meehan (elected) | 1,337 | 16.8 | ||
Labor | Col Riches | 1,079 | 13.6 | ||
Greens | Jason Shrieves | 919 | 11.6 | ||
Independent | Rick Hyde | 818 | 10.3 | ||
Independent | Lenkunyar Roberts | 335 | 4.2 | ||
Sharon Cadwallader Team | Simon Kinny | 327 | 4.1 | ||
Independent | Kevin Loughrey | 290 | 3.6 | ||
Independent | John Bout | 76 | 1.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,947 | 89.5 | |||
Informal votes | 933 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 82.4 |
B Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sharon Cadwallader Team | Sharon Cadwallader | 3,321 | 36.5 | ||
Independent | Jeff Johnson (elected) | 2,172 | 23.9 | ||
Greens | Kiri Dicker (elected) | 1,485 | 16.3 | ||
Labor | Keith Williams | 1,215 | 13.4 | [a] | |
Sharon Cadwallader Team | Eva Ramsey (elected) | 371 | 4.1 | ||
Independent | Wendy Wishart | 342 | 3.8 | ||
Labor | Leonie Price | 181 | 2.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,087 | 92.4 | |||
Informal votes | 747 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 85.3 |
C Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eoin Johnston (elected) | 3,454 | 41.9 | ||
Greens | Simon Chate (elected) | 1,769 | 21.5 | ||
Sharon Cadwallader Team | Nigel Buchanan (elected) | 1,242 | 15.1 | ||
Labor | Therese Crollick | 1,201 | 14.6 | ||
Sharon Cadwallader Team | Stephen Bocking | 571 | 6.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,237 | 90.8 | |||
Informal votes | 837 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 86.3 |
Byron
editElected councillor | Party | |
---|---|---|
Duncan Dey | Greens | |
Cate Coorey | Independent (Group B) | |
Mark Swivel | Mark Swivel Team | |
Sama Balson | Byron Independents | |
Asren Pugh | Labor | |
Sarah Ndiaye | Greens | |
Peter Westheimer | Byron Independents | |
Alan Hunter | Byron Alliance |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greens | 3,755 | 21.2 | −21.7 | ||
Byron Independents | 3,627 | 20.5 | |||
Mark Swivel Team | 2,969 | 16.7 | |||
Independent (Group B) | 2,633 | 14.8 | |||
Labor | 2,196 | 12.4 | |||
Byron Alliance | 1,235 | 7.0 | |||
Byron Shire Action Group | 975 | 5.5 | |||
Independent | John Anderson | 345 | 1.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,735 | 94.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,021 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 18,756 | 73.8 | |||
Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
Independent | 5 | 3 | |||
Greens | 2 | 1 | |||
Labor | 1 | 1 |
- Incumbent councillor Basil Cameron (Our Sustainable Future) did not seek re-election[8]
Clarence Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jeff Smith (elected) | 6,022 | 19.6 | ||
Independent | Debrah Novak (elected) | 3,622 | 11.8 | ||
Independent | Ian Tiley (elected) | 2,637 | 8.6 | ||
Independent National | Allison Whaites (elected) | 2,403 | 7.8 | ||
Independent | Bill Day (elected) | 2,039 | 6.7 | ||
Greens | Greg Clancy (elected) | 2,592 | 8.5 | ||
Independent National | Peter Johnstone (elected) | 2,212 | 7.2 | ||
Independent | Karen Toms (elected) | 1,658 | 5.4 | ||
Independent | Steve Pickering (elected) | 1,536 | 5.0 | ||
Independent Labor | Peter Ellem | 1,494 | 4.9 | ||
Independent | Ash Gibbons | 1,189 | 3.9 | ||
Independent | Pete Hanson | 1,189 | 3.9 | ||
Independent National | Donald Scott | 702 | 2.3 | ||
Independent | Phil Belletty | 661 | 2.2 | ||
Independent | Jeffrey Fuller | 357 | 1.2 | ||
Independent | Warren Lang | 348 | 1.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 30,661 | 92.9 | |||
Informal votes | 2,358 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 85.7 | ||||
Party total votes | |||||
Independent | 23,850 | 77.8 | |||
Independent National | 5,317 | 17.3 | |||
Independent Labor | 1,494 | 4.9 | |||
Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
Independent | 7 | ||||
Independent National | 2 | 1 | |||
Independent Labor | 0 | 1 |
Kyogle
editParty | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 3,419 | 100.0 | +0.0 | 9 | |||
Formal votes | 3,419 | 95.2 | |||||
Informal votes | 172 | 4.8 | |||||
Total | 3,591 | 100.0 | |||||
Registered voters / turnout | 6,688 | 53.7 |
A Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hayden Doolan (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Kylie Thomas (elected) | unopposed | |||
Independent | Janet Wilson (elected) | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,251 |
B Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Cullen (elected) | 534 | 30.5 | ||
Independent | John Burley (elected) | 415 | 23.7 | ||
Independent | Maggie May (elected) | 392 | 22.4 | ||
Independent | Vickie Steward | 210 | 12.0 | ||
Independent | Bob Dwyer | 202 | 11.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,753 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 90 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,843 | 83.9 |
C Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Danielle Mulholland (elected) | 813 | 48.8 | ||
Independent | Tom Cooper (elected) | 446 | 26.8 | ||
Independent | James Murray (elected) | 322 | 19.3 | ||
Independent | Simon Dejoux | 85 | 5.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,666 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 82 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,748 | 78.0 |
Lismore
editElected councillor | Party | |
---|---|---|
Peter Colby | Steve Krieg | |
Jeri Hall | Steve Krieg | |
Andrew Gordon | Steve Krieg | |
Electra Jensen | Steve Krieg | |
Andrew Bing | Steve Krieg | |
Vanessa Grindon-Ekins | Greens | |
Adam Guise | Greens | |
Darlene Cook | Labor | |
Elly Bird | OSF | |
Big Rob | Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Krieg for Lismore | 12,766 | 49.2 | +49.2 | ||
Greens | 3,820 | 14.7 | +0.8 | ||
Labor | 3,195 | 12.3 | −10.3 | ||
Our Sustainable Future | 2,769 | 10.7 | +0.0 | ||
Independent | 1,948 | 7.5 | |||
Independent Lismore | 797 | 3.1 | |||
Animal Justice | 653 | 2.5 | +2.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 25,948 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,140 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 27,088 | 85.9 |
Richmond Valley
editElected councillor | Party | |
---|---|---|
Steve Morrissey | Independent (Group B) | |
Sam Cornish | Independent (Group B) | |
Sandra Humphrys | Independent (Group B) | |
Debra McGillan | Independent (Group B) | |
Patrick Deegan | Labor | |
Robert Hayes | Independent (Group D) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent (Robert Mustow's Group B) | 7,346 | 57.6 | |||
Labor | 1,769 | 13.9 | |||
Independent (Group D) | 1,457 | 11.4 | |||
Independent (Group A) | 1,281 | 10.0 | |||
Independent (Group C) | 776 | 6.1 | |||
Independent | Robyn Kapeen | 127 | 1.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,756 | 90.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,313 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 14,069 | 85.4 |
Notes
edit- ^ Compared to results as an Independent Labor candidate at the 2016 election.
References
edit- ^ "Registers of groups of candidates". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Local Government Register of Groups of Candidates" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Local Government Register of Candidates - in Name order" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2023.
- ^ "2021 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Ballina". ABC News.
- ^ "Ballina's new mayor 'humbled and honoured'". echo.net.au.
- ^ "Byron". ABC News.
- ^ "Farewell Byron's true Independent Basil Cameron". The Echo.
- ^ "Clarence Valley". ABC News.
- ^ "Kyogle". ABC News.
- ^ "City of Lismore". ABC News.
- ^ "Richmond Valley". ABC News.
- ^ "Richmond Valley Council Group B". Facebook. Richmond Valley Council Group B.