2024 Cumberland City Council election

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Registered133,113[1]
Turnout81.4%
2024 Cumberland City Council election
← 2021
14 September 2024
2028 →
All 15 seats on Cumberland City Council
8 seats needed for a majority
Registered133,113[1]
Turnout81.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
OLC
Leader N/A N/A Paul Garrard
Party Labor Liberal OLC
Last election 8 seats Did not contest 4 seats
Seats before 8 2 3
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Steady
Primary vote 31,340 23,959 15,001
Percentage 31.7% 24.2% 15.2%
Swing Decrease 31.7 Increase 11.4[a] Decrease 15.2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
IND
PNP
Leader N/A Eddy Sarkis Sujan Selven
Party Independents People Not Politics Greens
Last election 0 seats Did not exist 0 seats
Seats before 0 1 0
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Increase 1
Primary vote 10,922 8,044 3,952
Percentage 11.0% 8.1% 4.0%
Swing Increase 10.0 Increase 8.1 Increase 1.2

The 2024 Cumberland City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to Cumberland City Council.[2] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales.[3]

The Labor Party lost its majority but remained the largest party on the council, winning five seats.[4] The Liberal Party gained four seats after returning to endorsing candidates, while Our Local Community won three.[5] Additionally, the Greens won a seat in Cumberland for the first time.[5]

At the 2017 election, the Liberal Party won four seats and 26.2% of the council-wide vote.[2] In 2021, the party chose not to endorse any candidates in Cumberland, with two Independent Liberals – Joseph Rahme (Granville Ward) and Michael Zaiter (Wentworthville Ward) – elected.[6][7]

Greystanes Ward councillor Eddy Sarkis resigned from Our Local Community in February 2024 after losing preselection.[8]

Electoral system

Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Cumberland City Council elections use optional preferential voting.[9] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[10]

All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation.[11] Cumberland has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[12] The council is divided into five wards, each electing three councillors.[2]

The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[13][14]

Retiring councillors

Labor

Candidates

Former Auburn mayor Ronney Oueik contested South Granville Ward.[16][17] Tony Oldfield, who was elected to Auburn City Council in 2012 as a member of the Communist Party of Australia, ran in Regents Park Ward as a Battler candidate.[18][19]

Eddy Sarkis and Zac Alameh both contested as "People Not Party Politics" candidates.[20][21][22][23]

Granville

Greystanes

Regents Park

South Granville

Wentworthville

Results

Notes

References

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