2021 Sydney City Council election

2021 Sydney City Council election
← 2016 4 December 2021 2024 →
Turnout118,511 (68.7%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Clover Moore speaks at the media (cropped).jpg
Candidate Clover Moore Shauna Jarrett Linda Scott
Party Team Clover Liberal Labor
Popular vote 50,896 17,891 17,367
Percentage 42.9% 15.1% 14.7%
Swing Decrease 14.9 Decrease 3.9 Increase 4.2
2CP 67.9% 32.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Candidate Yvonne Weldon Sylvie Ellsmore Angela Vithoulkas
Party Unite for Sydney Greens Small Business
Popular vote 14,368 9,812 8,177
Percentage 12.1% 8.3% 6.9%
Swing Increase 12.1 Increase 3.2 Decrease 0.8
Lord Mayor before election

Clover Moore
Team Clover

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Clover Moore
Team Clover

The 2021 Sydney City Council election was held on 4 December 2021 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.[1]

Clover Moore was re-elected Lord Mayor of Sydney.[2]

Candidates

Incumbent councillors are highlighted in bold text.

Team Clover Liberal Unite for Sydney Small Business
  1. Clover Moore
  2. Jess Scully
  3. Robert Kok
  4. Emelda Davis
  5. William Chan
  6. Adam Worling
  7. Mike Galvin
  8. Elaine Czulkowski
  9. Philip Thalis
  10. Jess Miller
  1. Shauna Jarrett
  2. Lyndon Gannon
  3. Sam Danieli
  4. Phyllisse Stanton
  5. Richard Hicklin
  6. Ricky Lee
  1. Yvonne Weldon
  2. Karen Freyer
  3. Stephen Conlon
  4. Meead Saberi Kalaee
  5. Kiran De Silva
  6. Mark Hodge
  1. Angela Vithoulkas
  2. Paul Crossin
  3. Tatiana Coulter
  4. Phillip Joel
  5. Allan Sudale
  6. Lisa Jayne
  7. Nicole Santer
Greens Labor Ungrouped
  1. Sylvie Ellsmore
  2. Dejay Toborek
  3. Caroline Alcorso
  4. Chetan Sahai
  5. Mark Smith
  1. Linda Scott
  2. Damien Minton
  3. Norma Ingram
  4. Tamira Stevensen
  5. Tony Pooley
  6. Meagan Lawson
  7. Ian Roberts
  8. Frier Bentley

John McFadden (Ind)
Wen Zhou (Ind)

Retiring councillors

Results

Lord Mayor

This section is an excerpt from 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections § Sydney.[edit]
2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Sydney[7]
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

Councillors

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Inner Sydney § Sydney results.[edit]
2021 New South Wales local elections: Sydney[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Clover 1. Clover Moore
2. Jess Scully (elected 1)
3. Robert Kok (elected 5)
4. Emelda Davis (elected 6)
5. William Chan (elected 7)
6. Adam Worling
7. Mike Galvin
8. Elaine Czulkowski
9. Philip Thalis
10. Jess Miller 		47,877 40.8 −14.13
Liberal 1. Shauna Jarrett (elected 2)
2. Lyndon Gannon (elected 8)
3. Sam Danieli
4. Phyllisse Stanton
5. Richard Hicklin
6. Ricky Lee 		20,432 17.4 −2.3
Labor 1. Linda Scott (elected 4)
2. Damien Minton
3. Norma Ingram
4. Tamira Stevensen
5. Tony Pooley
6. Meagan Lawson
7. Ian Roberts
8. Frier Bentley 		18,077 14.7 +3.07
Greens 1. Sylvie Ellsmore (elected 3)
2. Dejay Toborek
3. Caroline Alcorso
4. Chetan Sahai
5. Mark Smith 		12,972 11.1 +5.12
Unite for Sydney 1. Yvonne Weldon (elected 9)
2. Karen Freyer
3. Stephen Conlon
4. Meead Saberi Kalaee
5. Kiran De Silva
6. Mark Hodge 		10,577 9.0 +9.0
Small Business 1. Angela Vithoulkas
2. Paul Crossin
3. Tatiana Coulter
4. Phillip Joel
5. Allan Sudale
5. Lisa Jayne
7. Nicole Santer 		7,219 6.2 −1.15[a]
Independent Wen Zhou 133 0.1
Independent John McFadden 75 0.1
Total formal votes 118,511 98.6
Informal votes 1,675 1.4
Turnout 120,186 68.7
Party total seats Seats ±
Team Clover 4 Decrease 1
Liberal 2 Steady
Labor 1 Steady
Greens 1 Increase 1
Independent 1 Increase 1
Small Business 0 Decrease 1

Notes

  1. ^ Compared with the Sydney Matters result at the 2016 election.

References

  1. ^ "Sydney council election, 2021". The Tally Room.
  2. ^ "2021 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Christine Forster to retire as City of Sydney councillor". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Kerryn Phelps drops out of Sydney mayoral race: 'My priority must be my family'". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 May 2021. [Phelps] said she would continue to serve as an independent councillor at the City of Sydney until local government elections in September.
  5. ^ "'Too little too late': Government's political donations bill criticised from within". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 2021. Liberal councillor Craig Chung has also announced he is not contesting the September elections in favour of other political opportunities
  6. ^ Raue, Ben. "Sydney council election, 2021". The Tally Room. Retrieved 28 April 2024. Jess Miller is retiring by running in tenth spot on their ticket.
  7. ^ "City of Sydney". ABC News.
  8. ^ "City of Sydney". ABC News.