2024 Parramatta City Council election

2024 Parramatta City Council election
14 September 2024
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 5[a] 1 1
Primary vote 41,777 36,344 11,045
Percentage 35.7% 31.1% 12.1%
Swing 30.0[a] 10.4 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 3
Primary vote 11,902 7,499 3,772
Percentage 10.2% 6.4% 3.2%
Swing 10.2 3.7 5.3
Results by ward

The 2024 Parramatta City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to the City of Parramatta.[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]

Background

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

Ward results

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Ward results[24][25]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 41,777 35.7 +30.0[a] 6 5[a]
  Labor 36,344 31.1 −10.4 6 1
  Community Champions 12,735 10.9 −6.7 1
  Our Local Community 11,902 10.2 −9.2 0 4
  Greens 7,499 6.4 −3.7 1
  Lorraine Wearne Independents 3,772 3.2 −5.3 1
  Paul Noack Independents 1,471 1.3 +1.3 0
  Libertarian 1,355 1.2 −0.8 0
  Independents 27 0.0 0
 Formal votes 116,882 95.3
 Informal votes 5,809 4.7
 Total 122,691 100.0 15
 Registered voters / turnout 145,578 84.3

Dundas

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Dundas Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1. Tanya Raffoul (elected 1)
2. William Olive
3. Brian Park 		7,678 33.6
Labor 1. Anthony Ellard (elected 2)
2. Sam Daher
3. Siok Eng Chen 		6,442 28.2 −9.3
Community Champions 1. Kellie Darley (elected 3)
2. Liz Wheeler
3. Tania Suapopo 		5,049 22.1 +1.1
Our Local Community 1. Michelle Garrard
2. Wayne Butcher
3. Kevin Wu 		3,665 16.1 −9.6
Total formal votes 22,834 94.5 +0.2
Informal votes 1,337 5.5 −0.2
Turnout 24,171 83.5 −0.1

Epping

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Epping Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1. Sreeni Pillamarri (elected 1)
2. Taj Mawass
3. Violet Jima 		8,107 33.5
Labor 1. Cameron Maclean (elected 2)
2. Roushan Mahmud
3. Josh Hendry 		6,412 26.5 −25.3
Lorraine Wearne Independents 1. Charles Chen (elected 3)
2. Matthew King
3. Min Chen 		3,772 15.6 −24.6
Greens 1. Sophie Edington
2. Astrid O'Neill
3. Adam Braun 		3,396 14.0
Community Champions 1. Natalie Ng
2. Penelope Perry
3. Korinda Turnbull 		2,494 10.3
Total formal votes 24,181 96.0 +0.5
Informal votes 1,020 4.0 −0.5
Turnout 25,201 88.2 +0.7

North Rocks

2024 Parramatta City Council election: North Rocks Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 1. Georgina Valjak (elected 1)
2. Manning Jeffrey (elected 3)
3. Ian Gilbertson 		11,518 45.9 +17.9
Labor 1. Hayley French (elected 2)
2. Heba Kassoua
3. Nick Nikolaidis 		6,779 27.0 −6.5
Our Local Community 1. Donna Wang
2. Robyn Walkom
3. Otto Metzger 		3,587 14.3 −10.2
Community Champions 1. Justin Mulder
2. Florencia Milinkovic
3. Stephanie Keane 		3,232 12.9
Total formal votes 25,116 96.0 0.0
Informal votes 1,057 4.0 0.0
Turnout 26,173 87.6 +0.1

Parramatta

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Parramatta Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor 1. Sameer Pandey (elected 1)
2. Prabir Maitra
3. Nazira Sowaid 		7,594 33.9 −7.3
Liberal 1. Martin Zaiter (elected 2)
2. Simon Chhoeu
3. Peter Romanos 		7,163 32.0
Greens 1. Judy Greenwood (elected 3)
2. Phil Bradley
3. Stewart Jackson 		4,103 18.3 −1.8
Our Local Community 1. Henry Green
2. Alan Sexton
3. Jason Garrard 		2,709 12.1 −16.0
Libertarian 1. Charles Rios
2. Anthony Rebase
3. Janette Juarez 		826 3.7 −6.9
Total formal votes 22,395 95.0 +0.3
Informal votes 1,176 5.0 −0.3
Turnout 23,571 82.7 +1.7

Rosehill

2024 Parramatta City Council election: Rosehill Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor 1. Patricia Prociv (elected 1)
2. Michael Ng (elected 3)
3. Mithun Chakraborty 		9,117 40.8 −2.4
Liberal 1. Steven Issa (elected 2)
2. Vijay Sharma
3. Nayden Tarabay 		7,311 32.7
Community Champions 1. Jayne Christian
2. Margie Lim
3. Karlene Hindmarsh 		1,960 8.8
Our Local Community 1. Lee Malkoun
2. Dan Siviero
3. Kelly Xiao 		1,941 8.7 −11.6
Paul Noack Independents 1. Paul Noack
2. Heba Aly
3. Jaspreet Singh 		1,471 6.6
Libertarian 1. Mark Antony Guest
2. Xu Li
3. Elsa Rios 		529 2.4
Independent Harry Giann 27 0.1
Total formal votes 22,356 94.8 −0.8
Informal votes 1,219 5.2 +0.8
Turnout 23,575 82.7 +1.7

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Compared with Independent Liberals in 2021.

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