Results of the 2023 Western Australian local elections

This is a list of local government area results for the 2023 Western Australian local elections.^[1]^[2]

Albany

2023 Western Australian local elections: Albany^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Terry (elected)	1,582	14.18
	Independent	Mario Lionetti (elected)	1,422	12.74
	Independent	Craig McKinley (elected)	1,268	11.36
	Independent	Chris Thomson	1,108	9.93
	Independent National	Rod Pfeiffer	1,101	9.87
	Independent Greens	Lynn MacLaren (elected)	1,099	9.85
	Independent Labor	Matt Benson-Lidholm	999	8.95
	Independent	Jennifer McRae	970	8.69
	Independent	Lindsay Dean	598	5.36
	Independent	John Shanhun	552	4.95
	Independent	Jon Doust	460	4.12
Total formal votes			11,159	99.20
Informal votes			90	0.80
Turnout			11,249	38.65

Mayoral election

2023 Western Australian mayoral elections: Albany^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Greg Stocks	3,878	34.51
	Independent	Scott Leary	2,263	20.13
	Independent Greens	Lynn MacLaren	1,765	15.71
	Independent	Chris Thomson	1,402	12.48
	Independent	Ken Kelly	862	7.67
	Independent Labor	Matt Benson-Lidholm	836	7.44
	Independent	Cheryl Kneebone	231	2.06
Total formal votes			11,237	99.47
Informal votes			60	0.53
Turnout			11,297	38.81
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Greg Stocks	4,889	58.71
	Independent	Scott Leary	3,438	41.29
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Augusta–Margaret River

2023 Western Australian local elections: Augusta–Margaret River^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kylie Kennaugh (elected)	1,137	26.04
	Independent	Nikki Jones (elected)	858	19.65
	Independent	Paula Cristoffanini (elected)	732	16.76
	Independent	Greg Boland	672	15.39
	Independent	Melissa Rose D'Ath	580	13.28
	Independent	Reg Gillard	275	6.30
	Independent	Diane Fisher	113	2.59
Total formal votes			4,367	99.57
Informal votes			19	0.43
Turnout			4,386	34.69

Mayoral election

2023 Western Australian presidential elections: Augusta–Margaret River^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Julia Meldrum	1,713	38.83	+38.83
	Independent	Kylie Kennaugh	1,619	36.70	+36.70
	Independent	Paula Cristoffanini	1,079	24.46	+24.46
Total formal votes			4,411	99.60	N/A
Informal votes			18	0.40	N/A
Turnout			4,429	35.03	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Julia Meldrum	2,092	52.41	+52.41
	Independent	Kylie Kennaugh	1,900	47.59	+47.59
	Independent win		Swing	N/A

This was the first time the position of president of Augusta–Margaret River was directly elected instead of appointed by councillors^[7]

Bassendean

2023 Western Australian local elections: Bassendean^[2]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tallan Ames (elected)	813	23.40
	Independent	Jamayne Burke (elected)	624	17.96
	Independent Labor	Ken John (elected)	600	17.27
	Independent	Hilary MacWilliam	530	15.26
	Independent	Bill Busby	515	14.82
	Independent	Jess McCarthy	202	5.81
	Independent	Patrick Eijkenboom	190	5.47
Total formal votes			3,474	99.03
Informal votes			34	0.97
Turnout			3,508	29.88

Beverley

2023 Western Australian local elections: Beverley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dee Ridgway (elected)	484	72.89
	Independent	Darryl Brown (elected)	79	11.90
	Independent	Chris Lawlor (elected)	68	10.24
	Independent	Barry Shardlow	33	4.97
Total formal votes			664	99.25
Informal votes			5	0.75
Turnout			669	47.28

Boddington

Three vacancies were not filled and a by-election was held in 2024.

2023 Western Australian local elections: Boddington^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eugene Smalberger (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			1,247

Boyup Brook

2023 Western Australian local elections: Boyup Brook^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Inglis (elected)	270	43.13
	Independent	Darren King (elected)	169	27.00
	Independent	Michael King (elected)	120	19.17
	Independent	Lachlan Chilwell	67	10.70
Total formal votes			626	99.84
Informal votes			1	0.16
Turnout			627	47.75

Bridgetown–Greenbushes

2023 Western Australian local elections: Bridgetown–Greenbushes^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jenny Mountford (elected)	467	27.12
	Independent	Mike Fletcher (elected)	335	19.45
	Independent	Tony Pratico (elected)	286	16.61
	Independent	Lyndon Pearce (elected)	280	16.26
	Independent	Trevor Stallard	130	7.55
	Independent	Rebecca Redman (elected)	117	6.79
	Independent	Elke Browne	57	3.31
	Independent	Leigh Carroll	50	2.90
Total formal votes			1,722	99.42
Informal votes			10	0.58
Turnout			1,732	44.55

Brookton

Two vacancies were not filled and a by-election was held in 2024.

2023 Western Australian local elections: Brookton^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Tamara Lilly (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	Lachlan McCabe (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			684

Broome

2023 Western Australian local elections: Broome^[2]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Melanie Virgo (elected)	389	21.43
	Labor	Ellen Smith (elected)	288	15.87
	Independent	Jan Lewis (elected)	200	11.02
	Independent	Elsta Foy	162	8.93
	Independent	Edward Fleming	155	8.54
	Independent	James Carpenter	134	7.38
	Independent	Gwen Knox	131	7.22
	Independent	Johani Mamid (elected)	127	7.00
	Independent	Brendan Renkin	118	6.50
	Independent	Mala Haji-Ali	81	4.46
	Independent	Jerome Herveux	30	1.65
Total formal votes			1,815	98.64
Informal votes			25	1.36
Turnout			1,840	20.48

Cambridge

Coast

2023 Western Australian local elections: Coast Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Georgie Randklev (elected)	819	27.98
	Independent	Michael Thomas Le Page (elected)	785	26.82
	Independent	Meg Anklesaria	499	17.05
	Independent	Anita McSweeney	499	17.05
	Western Australia	Anthony Fels	325	11.10
Total formal votes			2,927	97.37
Informal votes			79	2.63
Turnout			3,006	29.36

Wembley

2023 Western Australian local elections: Wembley Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Susan Kennerly (elected)	1,126	49.96
	Independent	Kate Barlow (elected)	707	31.37
	Independent	Gavin Foley	421	18.68
Total formal votes			2,254	97.66
Informal votes			54	2.34
Turnout			2,308	22.29

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

2023 Western Australian local elections: Cocos (Keeling) Islands^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mohammed Isa Minkom (elected)	66	44.00
	Independent	Azah Badlu (elected)	49	32.67
	Independent	Osman Sloan (elected)	13	8.67
	Independent	Chloe Sykes	9	6.00
	Independent	Singa Knight (elected)	8	5.33
	Independent	Lofty Raptikan	5	3.33
Total formal votes			150	93.17
Informal votes			11	6.83
Turnout			161	40.55

Perth

2023 Western Australian local elections: Perth^[2]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Catherine Lezer (elected)	911	16.57
	Liberal	Bruce Reynolds (elected)	827	15.04
	Labor	David Goncalves (elected)	547	9.95
	Independent	Crawford Yorke	519	9.44
	Independent	Raj Doshi (elected)	442	8.04
	Independent	Glennys Marsdon	420	7.64
	Independent	Bronte Macmillan	365	6.64
	Independent	Will Leyland	361	6.57
	Independent	Naijiao (Jason) Bo	330	6.00
	Greens	Isabella Tripp	304	5.53
	Independent	Dave Lee	244	4.44
	Independent	Shirley Vine	227	4.13
Total formal votes			5,497	98.76
Informal votes			69	1.24
Turnout			5,566	33.00

Mayoral election

2023 Western Australian mayoral elections: Perth^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Basil Zempilas	3,264	56.50	+27.06
	Independent	Sandy Anghie	2,108	36.49	+26.92
	Independent	Will Leyland	405	7.01	+7.01
Total formal votes			5,777	99.26
Informal votes			43	0.74
Turnout			5,820	34.51	−6.78
	Independent hold		Swing	+27.06

Rockingham

Baldivis

2023 Western Australian local elections: Baldivis Ward^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Christians	Mike Crichton (elected)	1,777	24.43	+24.43
	Independent	Kelly Middlecoat (elected)	1,770	24.33
	Labor	Lucas Martin	1,058	14.54
	Independent	Dylan Mbano	819	11.26
	Independent	Sally Davies	680	9.35
	Independent	Rebecca Privilege	674	9.26
Turnout			7,362	30.57
	Christians gain from Independent		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Comet Bay

2023 Western Australian local elections: Comet Bay Ward^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lorna Buchan (elected)	3,333	64.68
	Independent	David Rudman	1,051	20.40
	Independent	Nic Nolan	769	14.92
Turnout			5,198	32.18
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Rockingham/Safety Bay

2023 Western Australian local elections: Rockingham/Safety Bay Ward^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Liberal	Mark Jones (elected)	3,048	19.48
	Independent Liberal	Peter Hudson (elected)	2,815	18.00
	Legalise Cannabis	Craig Buchanan (elected)	1,924	12.30
	Legalise Cannabis	Rae Cottam	1,714	10.96
	Independent	Adelle Hemingway	1,450	9.27
	Independent	Kingsley Klau	1,170	7.48
	Independent	Jason Davies	976	6.24
	Independent	Davina Reid	754	4.82
	Independent	Dawn Palmer	655	4.19
	Independent	Dean Bradley	627	4.01
	Independent	Brett Garner	510	3.26
Turnout			15,643	29.98
	Independent Liberal win		Swing	N/A
	Independent Liberal gain from Legalise Cannabis		Swing	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis hold		Swing	N/A

South Perth

Como

2023 Western Australian local elections: Como Ward^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Bronwyn Waugh (elected)	unopposed
Registered electors			7,436
	Independent Liberal hold		Swing

Manning

2023 Western Australian local elections: Manning Ward^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	André Brender-A-Brandis (elected)	1,415	51.59
	Independent	George Watts	1,127	41.09
	Independent	Warren Thorne	201	7.33
Total formal votes			2,743	99.17
Informal votes			23	0.83
Turnout			2,766	35.35
	Independent win		Swing

Mill Point

2023 Western Australian local elections: Mill Point Ward^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Liberal	Nic Coveney (elected)	1,820	63.70
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Cam Tinley	1,037	36.30
Total formal votes			2,857	99.24
Informal votes			22	0.76
Turnout			2,879	37.18
	Independent Liberal win		Swing

Moresby

2023 Western Australian local elections: Moresby Ward^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hayley Prendiville (elected)	1,272	51.39
	Independent	Stephen Russell	1,094	44.20
	Independent	Krissy McGavin	109	4.40
Total formal votes			2,475	99.32
Informal votes			17	0.68
Turnout			2,492	33.40
	Independent win		Swing

References

^ "Local Government Elections". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Candidates for Local Government Elections". WA Labor. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Albany". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Albany". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Augusta-Margaret River". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Augusta-Margaret River". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "Julia Meldrum Elected Shire President and New Council Members Announced". Shire of Augusta–Margaret River.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Bassendean". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Beverley". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Boddington". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Boyup Brook". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Bridgetown-Greenbushes". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Brookton". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Broome". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Cocos (Keeling) Islands". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "2023 Ordinary Election - Perth". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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^ ^a ^b ^c "2023 Ordinary Election - Rockingham". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2023 Ordinary Election - South Perth". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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[13] "2023 Ordinary Election - Brookton". Western Australian Electoral Commission.

[14] "2023 Ordinary Election - Broome". Western Australian Electoral Commission.

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[perth-16] "2023 Ordinary Election - Perth". Western Australian Electoral Commission.

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[rockingham-18] "2023 Ordinary Election - Rockingham". Western Australian Electoral Commission.

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