2024 Penrith City Council election
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14 September 2024
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| Registered | 151,015[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 83.7%[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Penrith City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to the City of Penrith.[2] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales.[3]
The Labor Party gained a majority, winning nine seats (including five in an uncontested ward).[4] The Liberal Party lost four of its six seats, owing to a missed candidate nomination deadline which prevented some of its councillors from recontesting.[5]
North Ward councillor Jonathan Pullen resigned from the Labor Party on 27 June 2022.[6] In August 2024, East Ward councillor Marlene Shipley joined the Liberal Party, while North Ward councillor Glenn Gardiner resigned from the Liberals to sit as an independent.[7]
South Ward councillor Jim Aitken resigned on 21 July 2023, with his seat left vacant until the election.[8]
Electoral system
Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Penrith 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] Penrith has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[12] The council is divided into three wards, each electing five councillors.[2]
The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[13][14]
Retiring councillors
Candidates
On 14 August 2024, the day that candidates nominations closed, the Liberal Party revealed they had missed the deadline to nominate 164 candidates in 16 different LGAs.[17][18] This included all Liberal candidates in East Ward and South Ward.[19][20] With no other parties nominating, all five Labor Party candidates in East Ward were elected unopposed.[21][22]
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Independent (Group B) |
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Liberal (Group D) |
Greens (Group E) |
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Withdrawn candidates
| Party | Candidate | Ward | Details | |
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| Liberal | Bernard Bratusa | East | Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[7] | |
| Liberal | Marlene Shipley | East | Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[7] | |
| Liberal | Mark Davies | South | Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[7] | |
| Liberal | Mark Rusev | South | Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[7] | |
