2017 Central Coast Council election

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2017 Central Coast Council election

 2012 (Gosford)
2012 (Wyong)
9 September 2017 2024 

All 15 seats on Central Coast Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Party Labor Liberal Independents
Last election 5 seats 6 seats 6 seats
Seats won 6 4 3
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Decrease 3
Popular vote 57,265 46,751 32,279
Percentage 30.2% 24.7% 17.0%
Swing Increase 7.0 Decrease 6.5 Decrease 12.6

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
NEW
STL
Party NEW Inds. Greens STL
Last election Did not exist 1 seat 2 seats
Seats won 2 0 0
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 19,774 14,834 10,986
Percentage 10.4% 7.8% 5.8%
Swing Increase 10.4 Decrease 1.6 Decrease 0.8

Results by ward

Largest party before election

N/A

Subsequent largest party

Labor

The 2017 Central Coast Council election was held on 9 September 2017 to elect 15 councillors to Central Coast Council. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.[1]

This was the first election for the council after it was formed in 2016 from a merger of the City of Gosford and Wyong Shire.

The Labor Party won the most seats out of any party, winning six out of 15.[2]

Central Coast Council covers the entire Central Coast region, which has a population of 327,736 as of 2021. This makes it the third-most-populated LGA in New South Wales, behind only Blacktown and Canterbury-Bankstown.[3]

The council was formed on 12 May 2016 as a "super council" after the state government merged the City of Gosford and Wyong Shire.[4] It is composed of five wards, each electing three councillors, totalling 15 councillors for the entire LGA.

Candidates

A total of 93 candidates contested the election.[5]

Central Coast NEW Independents endorsed candidates in three wards (Gosford East, Gosford West and Wyong), while Next Generation Independents ran a ticket in one ward (Gosford East).[6][7]

Results

Aftermath

References

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