2021 New South Wales mayoral elections
4 December 2021
  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader N/A Dominic Perrottet
Party Independents Liberal
Seats before 20 2
Seats won 26 4
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 2
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Chris Minns No leader
Party Labor Greens
Seats before 8 4
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 3
Results by LGA

The 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections were held on 4 December 2021 to elect mayors or lord mayors to 35 of the 168 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales.[1]

While most mayors in New South Wales are elected by the councillors at meetings, several chose to have directly elected (or popularly elected) mayors. These elections took place alongside the 2021 New South Wales local elections.[2]

Elected mayors

CouncilMayorParty
Ballina Sharon Cadwallader   Independent
Bellingen Steve Allan   Independent
Broken Hill Tom Kennedy   Independent
Burwood John Faker   Labor
Byron Michael Lyon   Independent
Canada Bay Angelo Tsirekas   Our Local Community
Cessnock Jay Suvaal   Labor
Coffs Harbour Paul Amos   Independent
Dungog John Connors[lower-alpha 1]   Independent
Eurobodalla Mat Hatcher   Independent
Fairfield Frank Carbone   Independent
Griffith Doug Curran   Independent
Hornsby Phillip Ruddock   Liberal
Hunter's Hill Zac Miles   Liberal
Kempsey Leo Hauville   Independent
Lake Macquarie Kay Fraser   Labor
Lismore Steve Krieg   Independent
Liverpool Ned Mannoun   Liberal
Maitland Philip Penfold   Independent
Mosman Carolyn Corrigan   Serving Mosman
Nambucca Valley Rhonda Hoban   Independent
Newcastle Nuatali Nelmes   Labor
Orange Jason Hamling   Independent
Port Macquarie-Hastings Peta Pinson   Independent
Port Stephens Ryan Palmer   Independent
Richmond Valley Robert Mustow   Independent
Shellharbour Chris Homer   Independent
Shoalhaven Amanda Findley   Greens
Singleton Sue Moore   Independent National
Sydney Clover Moore   Clover Moore Independent Team
The Hills Peter Gangemi   Liberal
Uralla Robert Bell   Independent
Willoughby Tanya Taylor   Independent
Wollondilly Matt Gould   Independent
Wollongong Gordon Bradbery   Independent

Mayors changing hands

Mayors in italics did not recontest their positions.[2]

Council Pre-election Post-election
Party Mayor Mayor Party
Ballina   Independent Ben Smith Sharon Cadwallader Independent  
Bellingen   Greens Dominic King Steve Allan Independent  
Broken Hill   Labor Darriea Turley Tom Kennedy Independent  
Byron   Greens Simon Richardson Michael Lyon Independent  
Cessnock   Labor Bob Pynsent Jay Suvaal Labor  
Eurobodalla   Independent Liberal Liz Innes Mat Hatcher Independent  
Griffith   Independent John Dal Broi Doug Curran Independent  
Hunter's Hill   Independent Ross Williams Zac Miles Liberal  
Kempsey   Independent Liz Campbell Leo Hauville Independent  
Lismore   Greens Vanessa Grindon-Ekins Steve Krieg Independent  
Liverpool   Labor Wendy Waller Ned Mannoun Liberal  
Maitland   Labor Loretta Baker Philip Penfold Independent  
Orange   Independent Reg Kidd Jason Hamling Independent  
Shellharbour   Labor Marianne Saliba Chris Homer Independent  
The Hills   Liberal Michelle Byrne Peter Gangemi Liberal  
Uralla   Independent Michael Pearce Robert Bell Independent  
Willoughby   Independent Liberal Gail Giles-Gidney Tanya Taylor Independent  
Wollondilly   Independent Robert Khan Matt Gould Independent  

Results

Ballina

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Ballina[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sharon Cadwallader Team Sharon Cadwallader 10,217 38.0
Independent Jeff Johnson 6,714 24.9
Labor Keith Williams 4,224 15.7
Independent Eoin Johnston 3,495 13.0
Independent National Steve McCarthy 2,263 8.4
Total formal votes 26,913 96.6
Informal votes 940 3.4
Turnout 85.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Sharon Cadwallader Team Sharon Cadwallader 12,383 58.8 N/A
Independent Esther Kennedy 8,689 41.2 N/A
Sharon Cadwallader Team gain from Independent SwingN/A

Bellingen

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Bellingen[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Waterfall Way Independents Steve Allan 4,954 59.2
Greens Dominic King 2,401 28.7
Labor Andrew Woodward 1,019 12.1
Total formal votes 8,374 97.3
Informal votes 235 2.7
Turnout 83.7
Waterfall Way Independents gain from Greens SwingN/A

Broken Hill

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Broken Hill[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
For A Better Broken Hill Tom Kennedy 5,868 54.3 +30.1
Labor Darriea Turley 2,533 23.4 −5.8
Team Broken Hill Dave Gallagher 2,411 22.3 −6.3
Total formal votes 10,812 97.5
Informal votes 272 2.5
Turnout 11,084 83.1
For A Better Broken Hill gain from Labor SwingN/A

Burwood

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Burwood[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Faker 10,458 58.8 +6.1
Liberal David Hull 4,041 22.7 −1.7
Greens Ned Cutcher 2,156 12.1 +12.1
Group B Independents Alan Murray 1,142 +6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 17,797 97.6
Informal votes 435 2.4
Turnout 18,232 86.8
Labor hold SwingN/A

Byron

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Byron[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Byron Independents Michael Lyon 4,312 23.7 +23.7
Mark Swivel Team Mark Swivel 3,286 18.1 +18.1
Greens Duncan Dey 2,673 14.7 −34.3
Independent Cate Coorey 2,599 14.3 +14.3
Labor Asren Pugh 2,105 11.6 −8.6
Byron Alliance Alan Hunter 1,296 7.1 −4.2
Byron Shire Action Group Bruce Clarke 1,017 5.6 +5.6
Independent John Anderson 592 3.3 +3.3
Independent Chris McIlrath 285 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 18,165 97.0
Informal votes 567 3.0
Turnout 18,732 73.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Byron Independents Michael Lyon 6,663 54.3 +54.3
Mark Swivel Team Mark Swivel 5,603 45.7 +45.7
Byron Independents gain from Greens SwingN/A

Canada Bay

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Canada Bay[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Our Local Community Angelo Tsirekas 18,014 37.1 +37.1
Labor Julia Little 13,510 27.8 −11.9
Liberal Michael Megna 10,810 22.3 −15.0
Greens Charles Jago 3,854 7.9 −1.3
Independent Daniela Ramondino 2,354 4.8 −8.9
Total formal votes 48,542 97.7
Informal votes 1,140 2.3
Turnout 49,682 85.4
Mayor changed to Our Local Community from Labor SwingN/A

Cessnock

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Cessnock[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jay Suvaal 15,629 42.8 −2.6
Independent Ian Olsen 9,946 27.3 +16.0
Liberal John Moores 6,916 18.9 −0.4
Greens Janet Murray 4,006 11.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 36,497 96.2
Informal votes 1,447 3.8
Turnout 37,944 84.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Jay Suvaal 17,644 59.5
Independent Ian Olsen 12,000 40.5
Labor hold SwingN/A

Coffs Harbour

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Coffs Harbour[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Moose Paul Amos 11,035 24.4
Together We'll Fix It Rodger Price 7,131 15.8
Independent National Tegan Swan 5,609 12.4
Coffs Coast First George Cecato 5,439 12.0
Independent Sally Townley 4,926 10.9
Labor Tony Judge 3,747 8.3
Greens Jonathan Cassell 2,903 6.4
Independent John Arkan 1,877 4.2
Independent Donna Pike 1,501 3.3
Independent Mike Adendorff 987 2.2
Total formal votes 45,155 96.2
Informal votes 1,774 3.8
Turnout 46,929 82.8
Team Moose Paul Amos 15,115 62.2
Together We'll Fix It Rodger Price 9,180 37.8
Team Moose gain from Independent SwingN/A

Dungog

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dungog[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Connors unopposed
Registered electors 7,294
Independent hold SwingN/A

Fairfield

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Fairfield[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frank Carbone Frank Carbone 66,455 73.5 +23.3
Labor George Barcha 23,974 26.5 −23.3
Total formal votes 90,429 95.1
Informal votes 4,688 4.9
Turnout 95,117 73.3
Frank Carbone hold Swing+23.3

Notes

  1. ↑ Elected unopposed.

References

  1. ↑ https://lgnsw.org.au/Public/Public/NSW-Councils/Council-Elections.aspx
  2. 1 2 "2021 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News.
  3. ↑ "Ballina". ABC News.
  4. ↑ "Bellingen". ABC News.
  5. ↑ "Broken Hill". ABC News.
  6. ↑ "Burwood". ABC News.
  7. ↑ "Byron". ABC News.
  8. ↑ "Canada Bay". ABC News.
  9. ↑ "City of Cessnock". ABC News.
  10. ↑ "City of Coffs Harbour". ABC News.
  11. ↑ "Dungog". ABC News.
  12. ↑ "City of Fairfield". ABC News.
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