2021 New South Wales mayoral elections

Main article: 2021 New South Wales local elections
2021 New South Wales mayoral elections
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34 of the 35 directly-elected mayors in New South Wales
(1 elected unopposed)
  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader N/A N/A
Party Independents[a] Labor
Seats won 23 mayors 4 mayors
First preference vote 344,980
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader N/A No leader
Party Liberal Greens
Seats won 4 mayors 1 mayor
First preference vote 272,164 149,971
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 128 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales. The elections were held as part of the statewide local elections.[1][2]

While most mayors in New South Wales are elected by councillors at meetings, several choose to have directly-elected (or popularly elected) mayors.[3]

Background

2017 referendums

Main article: 2017 New South Wales local elections § Referendums and polls

At the 2017 local elections, three referendum questions were put to voters about directly-elected mayors.

When asked if they supported the introduction of a directly-elected mayor in 2024 71.9% voted "Yes" in Dungog and 70.1% voted "Yes" in Shellharbour.[4][5] However, voters in North Sydney voted in favour of removing directly-elected mayoral elections. All changes came into effect in 2021.[6]

Candidates

Incumbents at the time of the elections are highlighted in bold text.

LGA Held by Labor Liberal Greens Independent Others
Ballina Independent Keith Williams Jeff Johnson
Eoin Johnston
Steve McCarthy 		Sharon Cadwallader (SCT)
Bellingen Greens Andrew Woodward Dominic King Steve Allan (WWI)
Broken Hill Labor Darriea Turley Tom Kennedy (FABBH)
Dave Gallagher (TBH)
Burwood Labor John Faker David Hull Ned Cutcher Alan Murray (MIG)
Byron Greens Asren Pugh Duncan Dey Cate Coorey
John Anderson
Chris McIlrath 		Michael Lyon (BI)
Mark Swivel (MST)
Alan Hunter (BA)
Bruce Clarke (BSAG)
Canada Bay Our Local Community Julia Little Michael Megna Charles Jago Daniela Ramondino Angelo Tsirekas (OLC)
Cessnock Labor Jay Suvaal John Moores Janet Murray Ian Olsen
Coffs Harbour Independent Tony Judge Jonathan Cassell Sally Townley
John Arkan
Donna Pike
Mike Adendorff 		Paul Amos (TM)
Rodger Price (TWFI)
Tegan Swan (Ind. Nat)
George Cecato (CCF)
Dungog Independent John Connors
Eurobodalla Independent Liberal David Grace Alison Worthington Mat Hatcher (AE)
Rob Pollock (PP)
Karyn Starmer (TMT)
Noel Harrison (ABC)
Gary Smith (ABC)
Fairfield Frank Carbone George Barcha Frank Carbone (FC)
Griffith Independent Doug Curran
Carmel La Rocca
Rina Mercuri
Dino Zappacosta 		Anne Napoli (ANG)
Hornsby Liberal Philip Ruddock Emma Heyde
Hunter's Hill Liberal Zac Miles David Guazzarotto
Richard Quinn 		Ross Williams (TR)
Kempsey Independent Arthur Bain Liz Campbell
Arthur Evans
Leo Hauville
Bruce Raeburn
Dean Saul 		Troy Irwin (Ind. SFF)
Lake Macquarie Labor Kay Fraser Jason Pauling Rosmairi Dawson Luke Cubis (LMI)
Lismore Greens Darlene Cook Vanessa Grindon-Ekins Big Rob Elly Bird (OSF)
Steve Krieg (SKFL)
Patrick Healey (IL)
Liverpool Labor Nathan Hagarty Ned Mannoun Asm Morshed Michael Andjelkovic Peter Harle (LCIT)
Maitland Labor Loretta Baker Ben Mitchell John Brown Brian Burke
Shahriar (Sean) Saffari 		Michael Cooper (CI)
Philip Penfold (PI)
Mosman Serving Mosman Libby Moline Roy Bendall (RFM)
Carolyn Corrigan (SM)
Sarah Harding (VOM)
Peter Menzies (MFM)
Nambucca Valley Independent Susan Jenvey Rhonda Hoban
Newcastle Labor Nuatali Nelmes Jenny Barrie John Mackenzie Rod Holding John Church (NI)
Steve O'Brien (SA)
Orange Independent Neil Jones Kevin Duffy
Lesley Smith
Amanda Spalding 		Jason Hamling (TH)
Tony Mileto (FOF)
Jeff Whitton (Ind. ALP)
Port Macquarie-Hastings Team Pinson Steven Gates Lisa Intemann (Ftrs)
Nik Lipovac (HF)
Peta Pinson (TP)
Rachel Sheppard (ST)
Port Stephens Independent Leah Anderson Ryan Palmer
Richmond Valley Independent Robert Hayes
Robert Mustow
Shellharbour Labor Marianne Saliba Chris Homer
Shoalhaven Greens Amanda Findley Paul Green Nina Digiglio (SCF)
Mark Kitchener (SIG)
Greg Watson (SIG)
Patricia White (SIG)
Singleton Independent Tony Jarrett Belinda Charlton
Sue Moore
Danny Thompson
Sydney Team Clover (CMIT) Linda Scott Shauna Jarrett Sylvie Ellsmore Clover Moore (CMIT)
Angela Vithoulkas (SBP)
Yvonne Weldon (UFS)
The Hills Liberal Ryan Tracey Peter Gangemi Vida Shahamat Jersy Rozyck
Ereboni Yazdani
Uralla Independent Robert Bell
Natasha Ledger
Isabel Strutt
Willoughby Independent Liberal Craig Campbell (Ind. Lib)
Angelo Rozos (Ind. Lib)
Tanya Taylor (TTCM)
Wollondilly Independent Michael Banasik
Matthew Deeth
Matt Gould
Judy Hannan
Robert Khan
Ray Law
Wollongong Wollongong Independents Tania Brown John Dorahy Mithra Cox Marie Glykis Andrew Anthony (SAP)
Gordon Bradbery (WI)

Retiring mayors

Results

See also: Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections

Ballina

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Ballina[16]
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 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 Swing N/A

Bellingen

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Bellingen[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Waterfall Way Inds 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 Inds gain from Greens Swing N/A

Broken Hill

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Broken Hill[18]
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 Swing N/A

Burwood

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Burwood[19]
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
Major Independent Group Alan Murray 1,142 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 17,797 97.6 +0.6
Informal votes 435 2.4 −0.6
Turnout 18,232 86.8 +7.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Faker 11,532 72.0
Liberal David Hull 4,489 28.0
Labor hold Swing +6.1

Byron

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Byron[20]
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 Swing N/A

Canada Bay

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Canada Bay[21]
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 +1.6
Informal votes 1,140 2.3 −1.6
Turnout 49,682 85.4 +5.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Our Local Community Angelo Tsirekas 22,936 57.5 +57.5
Labor Julia Little 16,973 42.5 −12.4
Mayor changed to Our Local Community from Labor Swing N/A

Cessnock

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Cessnock[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jay Suvaal 15,629 42.8 −2.6
Olsen Independents 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
Olsen Independents Ian Olsen 12,000 40.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Coffs Harbour

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Coffs Harbour[23]
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 Swing N/A

Dungog

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Dungog[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Connors unopposed
Registered electors 7,294
Independent win Swing N/A
  • This was the first time the position of mayor of Dungog was directly-elected instead of appointed by councillors

Eurobodalla

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Eurobodalla[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Advance Eurobodalla Mat Hatcher 5,583 21.9
Prefer Pollock Rob Pollock 4,555 17.8
The Mayne Team Karyn Starmer 4,377 17.1
A Better Council Noel (Tubby) Harrison 3,716 14.6
Labor David Grace 3,715 14.6
Greens Alison Worthington 2,947 11.5
A Better Council Gary Smith 633 2.5
Total formal votes 25,526 95.9
Informal votes 1,078 4.1
Turnout 26,604 83.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Advance Eurobodalla Mat Hatcher 7,797 53.8
The Mayne Team Karyn Starmer 6,691 46.2
Advance Eurobodalla gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A

Fairfield

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Fairfield[26]
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

Griffith

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Griffith[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Doug Curran 6,367 44.9
Anne Napoli Group Anne Napoli 2,544 17.9
Independent Dino Zappacosta 2,185 15.4
Independent Rina Mercuri 2,088 14.7
Independent Carmel La Rocca 995 7.0
Total formal votes 14,179 95.8
Informal votes 625 4.2
Turnout 14,804 88.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Doug Curran 7,062 67.1
Anne Napoli Group Anne Napoli 3,456 32.9
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Hornsby

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Hornsby[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Philip Ruddock 49,065 57.3 +9.5
Greens Emma Heyde 36,591 42.7 +24.3
Total formal votes 85,656 97.6 +0.6
Informal votes 2,136 2.4 −0.6
Turnout 87,792 88.2 +2.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Hunter's Hill

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Hunter's Hill[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Zac Miles 3,331 39.9 −0.3
Team Ross Ross Williams 2,313 27.7 −0.7
Independent Richard Quinn 2,015 24.1 +24.1
Independent David Guazzarotto 697 8.3 +8.3
Total formal votes 8,356 97.5 +1.0
Informal votes 216 2.5 −1.0
Turnout 8,572 86.3 +2.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Zac Miles 3,821 52.7 +7.1
Team Ross Ross Williams 3,437 47.3 −7.1
Liberal gain from Team Ross Swing +7.1

Kempsey

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Kempsey[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liz Campbell 5,432 30.9 −33.8
Independent Leo Hauville 4,906 27.9 +27.9
Greens Arthur Bain 2,576 14.6 +14.6
Independent Dean Saul 1,502 8.5 −26.8
Independent SFF Troy Irwin 1,269 7.2 +7.2
Independent Arthur Evans 1,009 5.7 +5.7
Independent Bruce Raeburn 891 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 17,585 95.2
Informal votes 886 4.8
Turnout 18,471 81.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Leo Hauville 6,471 51.5 +51.5
Independent Liz Campbell 6,084 48.5
Independent gain from Independent Swing N/A

Lake Macquarie

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Lake Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kay Fraser 69,105 53.0 +8.3
Liberal Jason Pauling 28,824 22.1 +1.6
Lake Mac Independents Luke Cubis 16,206 12.4 +7.7
Independent Rosmairi Dawson 16,201 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 130,336 96.1
Informal votes 5,265 3.9
Turnout 135,601 84.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kay Fraser 75,575 69.2
Liberal Jason Pauling 33,685 30.8
Labor hold Swing

Lismore

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Lismore[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Steve Krieg for Lismore Steve Krieg 14,432 54.5 +54.5
Greens Vanessa Grindon-Ekins 3,962 15.0 −0.7
Labor Darlene Cook 2,453 9.3 −20.1
Our Sustainable Future Elly Bird 3,165 12.0 +12.0
Independent Big Rob 1,468 5.5 +2.4
Independent Lismore Patrick Healey 994 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 26,474 97.9
Informal votes 570 2.1
Turnout 27,044 85.8
Steve Krieg for Lismore gain from Labor Swing N/A
  • Incumbent mayor Isaac Smith (Labor) resigned on 31 January 2021, with Vanessa Grindon-Ekins (Greens) serving the remainder of his term from 9 February 2021[32]

Liverpool

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Liverpool[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ned Mannoun 48,112 41.8 +9.1
Labor Nathan Hagarty 43,870 38.1 +0.0
Independent Michael Andjelkovic 9,770 8.5 +8.5
Community Independents Peter Harle 8,254 7.2 −2.7
Greens Asm Morshed 5,171 4.5 +0.4
Total formal votes 115,177 95.5
Informal votes 5,479 4.5
Turnout 120,656 84.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ned Mannoun 51,277 51.3
Labor Nathan Hagarty 48,741 48.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Maitland

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Penfold Independents Philip Penfold 18,569 34.3 +6.1
Labor Loretta Baker 17,133 31.6 +0.2
Liberal Ben Mitchell 7,888 14.6 −2.7
Greens John Brown 3,715 6.9 +2.1
Cooper Independents Michael Cooper 3,427 6.3 +6.3
Independent Brian Burke 2,096 3.9 −4.9
Independent Shahriar (Sean) Saffari 1,353 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 54,181 96.7 +0.8
Informal votes 1,875 3.3 −0.8
Turnout 56,056 87.6 +3.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Penfold Independents Philip Penfold 22,127 51.3 +6.1
Labor Loretta Baker 20,976 48.7 −6.1
Penfold Independents gain from Labor Swing +6.1

Mosman

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Mosman[34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Serving Mosman Carolyn Corrigan 7,062 43.0 +0.6
Menzies For Mayor Peter Menzies 3,501 21.3 +1.6
Residents For Mosman Roy Bendall 2,741 16.7 −11.6
Independent Libby Moline 2,319 14.1 +1.0
Voice of Mosman Sarah Harding 802 4.9 +4.9
Total formal votes 16,425 97.0
Informal votes 501 3.0
Turnout 16,926 82.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Serving Mosman Carolyn Corrigan 8,000 64.8 +7.9
Menzies For Mayor Peter Menzies 4,349 35.2 +35.2
Serving Mosman hold Swing N/A

Nambucca Valley

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Nambucca Valley[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rhonda Hoban 8,522 68.3 −6.4
Labor Susan Jenvey 3,960 31.7 +31.7
Total formal votes 12,464 97.4
Informal votes 334 2.6
Turnout 12,130 80.2
Independent hold Swing −6.4

Newcastle

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Nuatali Nelmes 42,052 41.9 −0.6
Newcastle Independents John Church 27,329 27.3 +27.3
Greens John Mackenzie 14,256 14.2 +0.9
Liberal Jenny Barrie 11,683 11.7 −1.3
Independent Rod Holding 3,015 3.0 −1.5
Socialist Alliance Steve O'Brien 1,940 1.9 −0.2
Total formal votes 100,275 97.3
Informal votes 2,768 2.7
Turnout 103,043 83.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Nuatali Nelmes 50,776 60.0
Newcastle Independents John Church 33,819 40.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Orange

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Orange[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Hamling Jason Hamling 5,082 20.9 +20.9
For Our Future Tony Mileto 4,698 19.3 +7.7
Independent Kevin Duffy 3,940 16.2 +3.9
Greens Neil Jones 3,775 15.5 +7.6
Independent Amanda Spalding 3,369 13.8 +13.8
Independent Labor Jeff Whitton 2,349 9.6 +2.4
Independent Lesley Smith 192 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 24,355 95.9 +0.5
Informal votes 1,054 4.1 −0.5
Turnout 25,409 84.4 −1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Hamling Jason Hamling 7,089 51.8 +51.8
For Our Future Tony Mileto 6,602 48.2 +48.2
Team Hamling gain from Independent Swing N/A

Port Macquarie-Hastings

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Port Macquarie-Hastings[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Pinson Peta Pinson 29,928 54.9 +18.8
Sheppard Team Rachel Sheppard 10,212 18.7 +18.7
Fighters Lisa Intemann 6,576 12.1 −9.4
Independent Steven Gates 4,663 8.6 +8.6
Hastings First Nik Lipovac 3,120 5.7 +5.7
Total formal votes 54,499 95.9 +0.1
Informal votes 2,328 4.1 −0.1
Turnout 56,827 85.5
Team Pinson hold Swing +18.83

Port Stephens

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Port Stephens[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ryan Palmer 24,187 50.6 +15.5
Labor Leah Anderson 23,620 49.4 +36.4
Total formal votes 47,807 96.5 +2.0
Informal votes 1,721 3.5 −2.0
Turnout 49,528 86.8 +1.8
Independent hold Swing −12.5

Richmond Valley

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Richmond Valley[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Mustow 9,613 71.7 +14.2
Independent Robert Hayes 3,792 28.3 +28.3
Total formal votes 13,405 95.3
Informal votes 659 4.7
Turnout 14,064 85.4
Independent hold Swing +14.2

Shellharbour

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Shellharbour[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Homer 24,434 52.8 +52.8
Labor Marianne Saliba 21,839 47.2 +47.2
Total formal votes 46,273 96.9 +96.9
Informal votes 1,486 3.1 +3.1
Turnout 47,759 85.8 +85.8
Independent win Swing N/A

Shoalhaven

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Shoalhaven[43][44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Amanda Findley 22,951 34.2 +2.1
Independent Paul Green 17,082 25.5 +25.5
Shoalhaven Independents Greg Watson 9,191 13.7 −16.8
Shoalhaven Independents Patricia White 6,606 9.9 +9.9
Shoalhaven Independents Mark Kitchener 6,552 9.8 +9.8
Community First Nina Digiglio 4,648 6.9 +6.9
Total formal votes 67,030 95.6
Informal votes 3,100 4.4
Turnout 70,130 84.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Amanda Findley 25,040 51.7 +0.3
Independent Paul Green 23,426 48.3 +48.3
Greens hold Swing N/A

Singleton

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Singleton[45][46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sue Moore 5,142 37.4
Independent Danny Thompson 3,811 27.7
Labor Tony Jarrett 3,085 22.4
Independent Belinda Charlton 1,717 12.5
Total formal votes 13,755 95.9
Informal votes 582 4.1
Turnout 14,337 83.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Sue Moore 5,856 55.4
Independent Danny Thompson 4,721 44.6
Independent hold Swing

Sydney

Main article: 2021 Sydney City Council election
2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Sydney[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Clover Clover Moore 50,896 42.9 −14.9
Liberal Shauna Jarrett 17,891 15.1 −3.9
Labor Linda Scott 17,367 14.7 +4.2
Unite for Sydney Yvonne Weldon 14,368 12.1 +12.1
Greens Sylvie Ellsmore 9,812 8.3 +3.2
Small Business Angela Vithoulkas 8,177 8.9 −0.8
Total formal votes 118,511 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 1,675 1.4 −0.2
Turnout 120,186 68.7 +8.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Clover Clover Moore 60,926 67.9
Labor Linda Scott 28,786 32.1
Team Clover hold Swing

The Hills

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: The Hills[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Gangemi 56,266 53.4 −8.4
Labor Ryan Tracey 25,204 23.9 +2.4
Greens Vida Shahamat 12,586 11.9 +11.9
Independent Ereboni (Alexia) Yazdani 7,653 7.3 +7.3
Independent Jerzy (George) Rozyck 3,675 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 105,384 97.2
Informal votes 3,015 2.8
Turnout 108,399 89.3
Liberal hold Swing

Uralla

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Uralla[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Bell 2,823 74.7
Independent Isabel Strutt 493 13.0
Independent Natasha Ledger 465 12.3
Total formal votes 3,781 96.8
Informal votes 125 3.2
Turnout 3,906 86.0
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Willoughby

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Willoughby[50][51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Matters Tanya Taylor 14,903 39.3 +39.3
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos 13,303 35.1 +4.6
Independent Liberal Craig Campbell 9,736 25.7 +25.7
Total formal votes 37,942 96.2 +1.2
Informal votes 1,511 3.8 −1.2
Turnout 39,453 85.0 +4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Community Matters Tanya Taylor 17,207 54.0 +54.0
Independent Liberal Angelo Rozos 14,676 46.0 +15.5
Community Matters gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A

Wollondilly

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Wollondilly[52][53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Matt Gould 7,355 23.5 +23.5
Independent Judy Hannan 6,260 20.0 +20.0
Independent Ray Law 5,326 17.0 +17.0
Independent Matthew Deeth 5,190 16.6 +16.6
Independent Michael Banasik 3,621 11.5 +11.5
Independent Robert Khan 3,603 11.5 +11.5
Total formal votes 31,355 95.0 +95.0
Informal votes 1,650 5.0 +5.0
Turnout 33,005 90.9 +90.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Matt Gould 9,886 53.5 +53.5
Independent Judy Hannan 8,601 46.5 +46.5
Independent win Swing N/A
  • This was the first time the position of mayor of Wollondilly was directly-elected instead of appointed by councillors
  • Robert Khan (Independent) was the incumbent mayor, having been appointed on 16 September 2020[54]

Wollongong

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Wollongong[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wollongong Independents Gordon Bradbery 38,741 30.4 −4.7
Labor Tania Brown 36,430 28.6 +1.2
Liberal John Dorahy 24,434 19.2 +2.6
Greens Mithra Cox 16,539 13.0 +2.6
Sustainable Australia Andrew Anthony 6,454 5.1 +3.6
Independent Marie Glykis 4,642 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 127,240 96.6
Informal votes 4,500 3.4
Turnout 131,740 85.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Wollongong Independents Gordon Bradbery 49,760 51.4 −2.8
Labor Tania Brown 47,094 48.6 +2.8
Wollongong Independents hold Swing −2.8

Notes

  1. ^ Including local groups (not to be confused with locally-registered political parties).

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