2024 Camden Council election

2024 Camden Council election
14 September 2024
All 9 seats on Camden Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Registered87,311[1]
Turnout85.6%
  First party Second party
 
IND
Party Labor Independents
Last election 3 seats 2 seats
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 3 3
Seat change 1 1
Primary vote 20,054 18,491
Percentage 29.7% 27.3%
Swing 3.3 4.8
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Libertarian Liberal
Last election Did not contest 4 seats
Seats before 0 4
Seats won 2 1
Seat change 2 3
Primary vote 16,448 8,378
Percentage 24.3% 12.4%
Swing 24.3 31.6

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

The Labor Party and independents won three seats each, while the Libertarian Party gained two.[4] The Liberal Party lost three of the four seats it held prior to the election, owing to a missed candidate nomination deadline which prevented some of its councillors from recontesting.[5]

Background

North Ward councillor Cindy Cagney resigned from the Labor Party in August 2024.[6][7]

Electoral system

Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Camden Council elections use optional preferential voting.[8] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[9]

All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation.[10] Camden has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[11] The council is divided into three wards, each electing three councillors.[2]

The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[12][13]

Retiring councillors

Labor

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.[14][15] This included all Liberal candidates in North Ward and South Ward.[16][17]

North Ward councillor Cindy Cagney switched to South Ward.[18]

Central

North

South

Withdrawn candidates

Party Candidate Ward Details
Liberal Usha Dommaraju North Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[20]
Liberal Lara Symkowiak North Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[20]
Liberal Russell Zammit South Incumbent councillor unable to recontest because of missed candidacy deadline.[20]

Results

Ward results

2024 Camden Council election: Ward results
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 20,054 29.7 −3.3 3
  Independents 18,491 27.3 +4.8 3 1
  Libertarian 16,448 24.3 +24.3 2 2
  Liberal 8,378 12.4 −31.6 1 3
  Camden Community First 3,677 5.4 +5.4 0
  Shooters, Fishers and Farmers 568 0.8 +0.3 0
Formal votes 67,616 90.5
Informal votes 7,115 9.5
Total 74,731 100.0 9
Registered voters / turnout 87,311 85.6

Central

2024 Camden Council election: Central Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor 1. Ashleigh Cagney (elected 2)
2. Koady Williams
3. Tahia Khair 		8,923 36.9 +0.5
Liberal 1. Therese Fedeli (elected 3)
2. Diana Zammit
3. Salvatore Barone 		8,378 34.7 −9.3
Independent 1. Peter McLean (elected 1)
2. Juliane Scuteri
3. David Nethercote 		6,295 26.1 +4.5
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Ewelina Ellsmore 568 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 24,164 92.5 −2.2
Informal votes 1,970 7.5 +2.2
Turnout 26,134 87.2 +0.5

North

2024 Camden Council election: North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Libertarian 1. Vince Ferreri (elected 2)
2. Domenico Gattellari
3. Stefanie Ferreri 		10,378 46.3 +46.3
Independent 1. Abha Suri (elected 1)
2. Manish Tripathi
3. Harsha Chopra 		6,511 29.0 +29.0
Labor 1. Eliza Rahman (elected 3)
2. Molly Quinnell 		5,551 24.7 −10.6
Total formal votes 22,440 88.0 −6.4
Informal votes 3,062 12.0 +6.4
Turnout 25,502 84.1 −1.1

South

2024 Camden Council election: West Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Libertarian 1. Rose Sicari (elected 2)
2. Amanda Wihare
3. Maria Cartisano 		6,070 28.9 +28.9
Labor 1. Damien Quinnell (elected 1)
2. Deniz Sabuncuoglu
3. Brian Calcutt 		5,580 26.6 +0.6
Independent 1. Eva Campbell (elected 3)
2. Jill Leemen
3. Keith Hart 		4,145 19.7 −12.8
Camden Community First 1. Cindy Cagney
2. Con Diomis
3. Domenic Zappia 		3,677 17.5 +17.5
Independent Renee Sillato 1,540 7.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 21,012 91.0 −3.7
Informal votes 2,083 9.0 +3.7
Turnout 23,095 85.4 +0.2

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