The 2016 New South Wales local elections were held on 10 September 2016 to elect the councils of 79 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) of New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.[1]
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The elections were conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission, with the exception of Fairfield, Gunnedah, Kempsey, Lake Macquarie and Penrith, who chose to conduct their own elections.[1]
The election in Tweed was deferred until 29 October 2016 due to the death of a candidate.[2]
Background
editFollowing the 2012 elections, major changes occurred as a result of the enactment of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 and as a result of a review by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) that commenced in 2013. On 12 May 2016, following a further review by the Minister for Local Government and the independent Local Government Boundaries Commission, Premier Mike Baird announced Stage 1 starting with 19 new councils, through amalgamations and mergers, with immediate effect. The Minister indicated in principle support to create a further nine new councils, subject to the decision of the courts.[3][4] On the same day, the Governor of New South Wales acted on the advice of the Minister, and proclaimed the 19 new local government areas. Another proclamation occurred a few months later with the amalgamation of City of Botany Bay and City of Rockdale.[5]
This resulted in 46 councils not being contested until 2017, before the vast majority contested together again in 2021.
Parties
editThe following registered parties contested this election. This does not include groups of independents:
In addition, a number of local government-registered parties also contested the elections.[6]
Party changes before elections
editA number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2016 elections.
In Fairfield, Labor councillor George Barcha was handed a 6-month suspension for branch stacking and ran fourth on the party's Cabravale Ward ticket at the election.[7]
Council | Ward | Councillor | Former party | New party | Date | ||
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Cessnock | Ward C | Suellen Wrightson | Liberal | Palmer United | 23 June 2013 | ||
Penrith | East | Maurice Girotto | Australia First | Independent | 31 October 2013 | ||
Hurstville | Peakhurst | Michelle Stevens | Labor | Independent | 3 April 2014 | ||
Ballina | Ward B | Jeff Johnson | Greens | Independent | 16 February 2015 | ||
Wagga Wagga | Unsubdivided | Paul Funnell | Democratic Labour | Country | 5 March 2015 | ||
Wagga Wagga | Unsubdivided | Paul Funnell | Country | Independent | 29 March 2015 | ||
Fairfield | Cabravale | George Barcha | Labor | Independent Labor | 11 November 2015 | ||
Blacktown | Ward 5 | Jacqueline Donaldson | Liberal | Independent | 2015 | ||
Penrith | East | Maurice Girotto | Independent | Christian Democrats | 16 March 2016 | ||
Fairfield | Cabravale | Dai Le | Liberal | Independent | 16 August 2016 | ||
Fairfield | Mayor | Frank Carbone | Labor | Independent | 30 August 2016 |
Results
editParty | Votes | % | Swing | Seats[b] | Change | ||
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Independents | 678,591 | 39.59 | +1.45 | 545 | |||
Labor | 429,605 | 24.60 | +5.43 | 81 | |||
Liberal | 286,013 | 16.40 | −5.45 | 48 | |||
Greens | 110,491 | 6.35 | −0.33 | 23 | |||
Clover Moore Independent Team | 45,224 | 2.60 | +1.71 | 5 | 1 | ||
Independent National | 40,896 | 2.35 | +1.36 | 15 | |||
Shoalhaven Independents | 21,510 | 1.31 | +0.98 | 5 | 2 | ||
Independent Liberal | 21,364 | 1.30 | −2.57 | 5 | |||
Independent Lake Alliance | 20,978 | 1.21 | +0.44 | 1 | 3 | ||
Lake Mac Independents | 19,036 | 1.10 | +1.10 | 3 | 3 | ||
Christian Democrats | 15,326 | 0.90 | +0.49 | 0 | |||
Liverpool Community Independents Team | 13,207 | 0.75 | +0.54 | 2 | 1 | ||
Totally Locally Committed | 7,865 | 0.45 | +0.24 | 2 | |||
Community First | 7,049 | 0.41 | +0.25 | 1 | |||
Sydney Matters | 6,051 | 0.35 | +0.35 | 1 | 1 | ||
Australia First | 4,424 | 0.27 | +0.08 | 0 | 1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 4,356 | 0.27 | −0.04 | 0 | 1 | ||
Our Sustainable Future | 4,295 | 0.26 | +0.18 | 2 | |||
Bob Thompson | 3,891 | 0.25 | +0.13 | 1 | |||
Independent Labor | 3,700 | 0.23 | −0.24 | 4 | |||
Community Service Environment | 2,152 | 0.14 | +0.02 | 0 | 1 | ||
For A Better Shoalhaven | 1,394 | 0.10 | +0.10 | 0 | |||
Albury Citizens and Ratepayers | 301 | 0.03 | −0.05 | 0 | 1 | ||
Animal Justice | 193 | 0.02 | +0.02 | 0 | |||
Total | 1,747,912 | 100.00 | – | – | – |
By-elections
editThe New South Wales Electoral Commission held a number of by-elections to fill vacancies on councils after the 2016 elections up until 2021.[8]
Council | Ward | Before | Change | Result after preference distribution | |||||||||
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Councillor | Party | Cause | Date | Date | Party | Candidate | % | ||||||
Campbelltown | Unsubdivided | Fred Borg | Totally Locally Committed | Death | 20 December 2016 | 18 March 2017 | Labor | Ben Gilholme | 56.47 | ||||
Community First | Josh Cotter | 43.53 | |||||||||||
Lithgow | Unsubdivided | 8 April 2017 | Independent | Darryl Goodwin[c] | 39.83 | ||||||||
Independent | Deanna Goodsell[c] | 21.04 | |||||||||||
Port Macquarie-Hastings | Unsubdivided | 29 July 2017 | Independent | Peta Pinson | 51.07 | ||||||||
Independent | Robert Turner | 48.93 | |||||||||||
Brewarrina | Unsubdivided | 19 August 2017 | Independent | Michael Hertslet | N/A | ||||||||
Elected unopposed | |||||||||||||
Narromine | Unsubdivided | 19 August 2017 | Independent | Trudy Everingham | 56.52 | ||||||||
Independent | Ruth Carney | 43.48 | |||||||||||
Tenterfield | Ward D | 19 August 2017 | Independent | Bob Rogan | 54.43 | ||||||||
Independent | Brian Brown | 45.57 | |||||||||||
Wollondilly | Unsubdivided | 28 October 2017 | Independent | Matt Smith | 56.62 | ||||||||
Independent | Laura Egan-Burt | 43.38 | |||||||||||
Coonamble | Unsubdivided | 26 March 2018 | Independent | Robert Thomas | 54.61 | ||||||||
Independent | Pat Cullen | 45.39 | |||||||||||
Berrigan | Unsubdivided | 14 July 2018 | Independent | Roger Reynoldson | 68.39 | ||||||||
Independent | Ruth Silvester | 31.61 | |||||||||||
Greater Hume | East | 24 November 2018 | Independent | Lea Parker | 52.34 | ||||||||
Independent | Greg Mason[d] | 24.67 | |||||||||||
Cobar | Unsubdivided | 8 December 2018 | Independent | Kate Winders | 51.53 | ||||||||
Independent | Benny Hewlett | 48.47 | |||||||||||
Griffith | Ward A | 16 February 2019 | Ind. National | Glen Andreazza | 55.25 | ||||||||
Independent | Damien Marcus | 44.75 | |||||||||||
Lachlan | Ward D | 16 February 2019 | Independent | Elaine Bendall[c] | 63.52 | ||||||||
Independent | Dennis Brady[c] | 16.01 | |||||||||||
Uralla | Ward A | 16 February 2019 | Independent | Tom O'Connor | 66.91 | ||||||||
Independent | Charlotte Field-Sampson | 33.09 | |||||||||||
Coonamble | Unsubdivided | 29 June 2019 | Independent | Pat Cullen[c] | 33.11 | ||||||||
Independent | Barbara Deans[c] | 24.64 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The election in Tweed was held on 29 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f This does not include seats in 46 LGAs that were won in 2012 but not up for re-election until the 2017 local elections.
- ^ a b c d e f Two vacancies on council, meaning two candidates were elected - this shows their primary vote before preference distribution.
- ^ Second-placed out of three candidate after initial preference distribution.
References
edit- ^ a b "Results by Local Government Area". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023.
- ^ Anthony, Bob. "New Tweed election date opens door for more potential candidates". Gold Coast Bulletin.
- ^ "Introduction". Stronger Councils. Government of New South Wales. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "New councils for NSW". Family & Community Services (Press release). Government of New South Wales. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016" (PDF). Stronger Councils. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Local government register of political parties". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
- ^ McClymont, Kate (11 November 2015). "Fairfield councillor and ALP staffer George Barcha cops six months suspension for branch-stacking". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Local government election results". New South Wales Electoral Commission.