2020 Melbourne City Council election

2020 Melbourne City Council election
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Leadership team
 
Candidate Sally Capp Apsara Sabaratnam Arron Wood
Deputy candidate Nicholas Reece Roxane Ingleton Lisa Teh
Party Team Sally Capp Greens Team Wood
Popular vote 27,949 14,753 13,497
Percentage 31.60% 16.68% 15.26%
2CP 53.44% 46.56%
Lord Mayor before election

Sally Capp
Team Sally Capp

Elected Lord Mayor

Sally Capp
Team Sally Capp

Councillors
All 9 seats in the Melbourne City Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Independents — 60.57 6 −1
Greens Rohan Leppert 16.00 2 0
Labor Davydd Griffiths 11.64 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2020 Melbourne City Council election was held in October 2020 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.

Incumbent lord mayor Sally Capp, who was first elected at a 2018 by-election, won a second term, defeating incumbent deputy lord mayor Arron Wood.

Key dates

Key dates in relation to the election are:[1]

  • Thursday, 28 August 2020 – Close of electoral rolls (4pm)
  • Tuesday, 22 September 2020 – Close of nominations (12 noon)
  • Tuesday, 6 October 2020 – Mail out of postal ballots commences
  • Friday, 23 October 2020 – Close of voting (6pm)
  • Friday, 30 October 2020 – Last day for receipt of postal votes (12 noon)
  • Friday, 13 November 2020 – Declaration of result

Candidates

A total of 77 candidates nominated for the election, an increase of 19 from 2016.

18 candidates ran for the Leadership Team positions of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor running on 9 tickets, up from 14 candidates on 7 tickets in 2016.

59 candidates nominated for councillor positions, up from 44 in 2016.[2]

Leadership Team

Incumbent Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Socialists Bring Back Melbourne Team Zorin Labor Greens

Kath Larkin
Daniel Nair Dadich

Nick Russian
Michael Burge

Wayne Tseng
Gricol Yang

Phil Reed
Wesa Chau

Apsara Sabaratnam
Roxane Ingleton

Team Arron Wood Team Sally Capp Back To Business Morgan-Watts Team

Arron Wood
Lisa Teh

Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece

Jennifer Yang
Sandra Gee

Gary Morgan
Mary-Lou Howie

Councillors

Incumbent councillors are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one councillor are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Labor Bring Back Melbourne Team Arron Wood Your Melbourne Team Get It Done Sustainable Australia Team Hakim
  1. Davydd Griffiths*
  2. Mary Delahunty
  3. Hamdi Ali
  1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge*
  2. Charles Pick
  3. Moti Visa
  4. Bedri Sainovski
  1. Jason Chang*
  2. Peter Clarke
  3. Beverley Frances Pinder
  4. Abdirahman I. Ali
  5. Beverley Honig
  1. Mary Poulakis
  2. Fiona Sweetman
  1. Richard Belcher
  2. Bettina Terry
  1. Jamal Hakim*
  2. Safaa Hakim
Team Sally Capp Animal Justice Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice Liberal Democrats Residents First Melbourne - We All Matter
  1. Kevin Louey*
  2. Roshena Campbell*
  3. Mark David McMillan
  4. Tania Davidge
  5. James Young
  6. Tina Kuek
  1. Rabin Bangaar
  2. Rod Whitfield
  1. Artemis Pattichi
  2. Adriana Mendieta Nino
  1. Paul Silverberg
  2. Faith Newman
  1. Janette Corcoran
  2. Mary Masters
  3. Samantha Tran
  1. Sainab Sheikh
  2. Fatuma Ali
Innovate Melbourne - Startup The City Morgan-Watts Team Bring Back Melbourne Greens Socialists It Will Be Okay Melbourne
  1. Andrew Rowse
  2. John Daniell
  1. Jackie Watts
  2. Michael Kennedy
  3. Haya Aldaghlas
  4. Dashi Zhang
  1. Philip Le Liu*
  2. Serena Lu Jiang
  3. Lauren Sherson
  4. Darin Schade
  1. Rohan Leppert*
  2. Olivia Ball*
  3. Emily Corcoran
  4. David Jeffery
  5. Nakita Thomson
  6. Charlotte George
  1. Christopher di Pasquale
  2. Jesse Lambourn
  1. Joseph Burke
  2. Michael Mach
Ungrouped

Scott Robson (Ind)
Luke Downing (Ind)
Philip Jonathan Bateman (Ind)
Andrew Ward (Ind)

Results

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Leadership Team

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Leadership Team.[edit]
2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece 		27,949 31.60 +6.22
Greens Apsara Sabaratnam
Roxane Ingleton 		14,753 16.68 −4.59
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh 		13,497 15.26 +15.26
Bring Back Melbourne Nick Russian
Michael Burge 		8,975 10.15 +10.15
Labor Phil Reed
Wesa Chau 		8,355 9.45 +9.45
Back To Business Jennifer Yang
Sandra Gee 		8,219 9.29 +9.29
Victorian Socialists Kath Larkin
Daniel Nair Dadich 		2,911 3.29 +3.29
Morgan-Watts Team Gary Morgan
Mary-Lou Howie 		2,446 2.77 −4.02
Team Zorin Wayne Tseng
Gricol Yang 		1,329 1.50 +1.50
Total formal votes 88,434 96.62 +0.22
Informal votes 3,096 3.38 −0.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece 		47,256 53.44 +0.39
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh 		41,178 46.56 +46.56
Team Sally Capp hold Swing N/A

Councillor election

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Councillors.[edit]
2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Sally Capp 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2. Roshena Campbell (elected 5)
3. Mark David McMillan
4. Tania Davidge
5. James Young
6. Tina Kuek 		24,395 26.73 +26.73
Greens 1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2)
2. Olivia Ball (elected 6)
3. Emily Corcoran
4. David Jeffery
5. Nakita Thomson
6. Charlotte George 		14,602 16.00 −4.16
Team Arron Wood 1. Jason Chang (elected 3)
2. Peter Clarke
3. Beverley Frances Pinder
4. Abdirahman I. Ali
5. Beverley Honig 		12,187 13.35 +13.35
Labor 1. Davydd Griffiths (elected 4)
2. Mary Delahunty
3. Hamdi Ali 		10,626 11.64 +11.64
Bring Back Melbourne 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 7)
2. Serena Lu Jiang
3. Lauren Sherson
4. Darin Schade 		6,683 7.32 −1.77
Back To Business 1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge (elected 9)
2. Charles Pick
3. Moti Visa
4. Bedri Sainovski 		6,572 7.18 +7.18
Liberal Democrats 1. Paul Silverberg
2. Faith Newman 		5,064 5.55 +5.55
Morgan-Watts Team 1. Jackie Watts
2. Michael Kennedy
3. Haya Aldaghlas
4. Dashi Zhang 		1,541 1.69 −3.22
Victorian Socialists 1. Christopher di Pasquale
2. Jesse Lambourn 		1,441 1.58 +1.58
Sustainable Australia 1. Richard Belcher
2. Bettina Terry 		1,361 1.49 +1.49
Animal Justice 1. Rabin Bangaar
2. Rod Whitfield 		1,251 1.37 −1.07
Residents First 1. Janette Corcoran
2. Mary Masters
3. Samantha Tran 		1,110 1.21 +1.21
Innovate Melbourne 1. Andrew Rowse
2. John Daniell 		817 0.89 +0.89
Team Hakim 1. Jamal Hakim (elected 8)
2. Safaa Hakim 		379 0.41 +0.41
Melbourne - We All Matter 1. Sainab Sheikh
2. Fatuma Ali 		374 0.41 +0.41
Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice 1. Artemis Pattichi
2. Adriana Mendieta Nino 		351 0.38 +0.38
Ungrouped Scott Robson
Luke Downing
Philip Jonathan Bateman
Andrew Ward 		332 0.36 +0.10
Your Melbourne Team Get It Done 1. Mary Poulakis
2. Fiona Sweetman 		291 0.32 +0.32
It Will Be Okay Melbourne 1. Joseph Burke
2. Michael Mach 		203 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 88,434 96.62 −1.42
Informal votes 1,686 3.38 +1.42
Turnout 91,531 66.73 +11.54

References

  1. ^ "Key dates for prospective candidates". Melbourne City Council. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Melbourne City Council / Nominations". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. 4 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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