2024 Parramatta City Council election

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Registered145,578[1]
Turnout84.3%
2024 Parramatta City Council election
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14 September 2024
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All 15 seats on Parramatta City Council
8 seats needed for a majority
Registered145,578[1]
Turnout84.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader N/A N/A Kellie Darley
Party Liberal Labor Champions
Leader's seat N/A N/A Dundas
Last election Did not contest 7 seats Did not exist
Seats before 1 5 1
Seats won 6 6 2
Seat change Increase 5[a] Increase 1 Increase 1
Primary vote 41,777 36,344 11,045
Percentage 35.7% 31.1% 12.1%
Swing Increase 30.0[a] Decrease 10.4 Increase 7.2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
OLC
LWI
Leader Michelle Garrard[2] N/A Charles Chen
Party OLC Greens Lorraine Wearne
Leader's seat Dundas
(lost seat)		 N/A Epping
(won seat)
Last election 4 seats 1 seat 1 seat
Seats before 3 1 1
Seats won 0 1 1
Seat change Decrease 3 Steady Steady
Primary vote 11,902 7,499 3,772
Percentage 10.2% 6.4% 3.2%
Swing Decrease 10.2 Decrease 3.7 Decrease 5.3
Results by ward

An election for the City of Parramatta council was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors.[3] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales.[4]

The Liberal Party and the Labor Party won six seats each.[5] The gains for the Liberals largely came at the expense of Our Local Community, which lost all four seats it had won in 2021.[6]

At the 2017 election, the Liberal Party won six seats and 36.5% of the council-wide vote.[3] In 2021, the party chose not to endorse any candidates in Parramatta, with only one Independent Liberal candidate – Georgina Valjak – elected across the entire council.[7][8]

In 2023, Dundas Ward councillor Kellie Darley formed the "Community Champions" party.[9][10]

Labor councillor Donna Davis was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Parramatta at the 2023 state election.[11] She resigned as a councillor for Epping Ward in January 2024.[12]

On 14 June 2024, Our Local Community's Dan Siviero resigned as a councillor for Rosehill Ward.[13] In August 2024, Rosehill Ward councillor Paul Noack lost Labor preselection and resigned from the party.[14]

Electoral system

Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Parramatta City Council elections use optional preferential voting.[15] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[16]

All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation.[17] Parramatta has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[18] The council is divided into five wards, each electing three councillors.[3]

The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[19][20]

Retiring councillors

Labor

Lorraine Wearne Independents

  • Lorraine Wearne (Epping) – announced retirement on 13 August 2024[14]

Candidates

Greens councillor Phil Bradley contested the election in the second position on the party's Parramatta Ward ticket, saying he did not intend to be re-elected.[22]

Dundas

Epping

North Rocks

Parramatta

Rosehill

Withdrawn candidates

Party Candidate Ward Details
Labor Ange Humphries North Rocks Initially announced plan to recontest but withdrew for unknown reasons.[23]
Lorraine Wearne Inds Lorraine Wearne Epping Initially announced plan to recontest but withdrew citing health reasons.[14]

Results

Notes

References

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