Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Northern Melbourne

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2020 Victorian local elections
(Northern Melbourne)
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This is a list of results for the 2020 Victorian local elections in the Northern Melbourne region.[1]

Northern Melbourne covers the local government areas (LGAs) of Banyule, Darebin, Hume, Moreland, Nillumbik and Whittlesea.

Banyule

2020 Banyule City Council election
← 2016 24 October 2020 2024 →
All 9 seats on Banyule City Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Registered95,506
Turnout84.71%
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
IND
Party Independent Greens Ind. Labor
Last election 5 seats 1 seats 1 seats
Seats before 5 1 1
Seats won 5 2 2
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Increase 1
First preference vote 57,081 9,975 7,535
Percentage 72.41% 12.65% 9.56%
Largest party before election

Independents

 Subsequent largest party

Independents

Banyule City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. In the 2016 election, Banyule City Council had seven single-member wards.

Banyule results

2020 Victorian local elections: Banyule[2]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Independent 57,081 72.41 5 Steady
  Greens 9,975 12.65 2 Increase 1
  Independent Labor 7,535 9.56 2 Increase 1
  Independent Liberal 3,542 4.49 0 Steady
  Animal Justice 699 0.89 0 Steady
 Formal votes 78,832 97.44
 Informal votes 2,074 2.56
 Total 80,906 9

Bakewell

2020 Victorian local elections: Bakewell Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Di Pasquale 3,098 34.55
Independent Katie George 2,661 29.68
Independent Brian Grace 1,871 20.87
Independent Gary Sammartino 1,337 14.91
Total formal votes 8,967 97.49
Informal votes 231 2.51
Turnout 9,198 83.38
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Mark Di Pasquale 4,626 51.59
Independent Katie George 4,341 48.41
Independent hold Swing N/A

Beale

2020 Victorian local elections: Beale Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wayne Phillips 3,332 36.05 −15.44
Independent Labor Elizabeth Nealy 2,818 30.49
Greens Michael Copsey 975 10.55
Independent Brad Moloney 893 9.66
Independent Robert John Cricco 655 7.09
Independent Mark Dixon 298 3.22
Independent Jonah Allen 271 2.93
Total formal votes 9,242 97.82
Informal votes 206 2.18
Turnout 9,448 87.95
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Elizabeth Nealy 5,055 54.70
Independent Wayne Phillips 4,187 45.30 −6.19
Independent Labor win Swing N/A

Chelsworth

2020 Victorian local elections: Chelsworth Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Alida McKern 1,684 20.18
Independent Carl Ziebell 1,583 18.97
Independent Emma Samuel 1,098 13.16
Independent Jeremy Crocker 949 11.37
Independent Amina Liban 692 8.29
Independent Tanya Dillon 500 5.99
Independent Chris Dixon 485 5.81
Independent Emily Fenton 480 5.75
Independent Houwaida Ayoub 299 3.58
Independent Dora Bergman 227 2.72
Independent Kevin Biaggini 220 2.64
Independent Peter Mazurczuk 126 1.51
Total formal votes 8,343 96.38
Informal votes 313 3.62
Turnout 8,656 85.83
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Alida McKern 4,273 51.22
Independent Carl Ziebell 4,070 48.78
Greens win Swing N/A

Griffin

2020 Victorian local elections: Griffin Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Peter Castaldo 3,303 37.84 +4.81
Independent Liberal Jenny Mulholland 2,569 29.43 −5.18
Independent Kate Rutherford 1,013 11.61
Independent Kerry-Anne Benton 798 9.14
Animal Justice Bev Moss 699 8.01
Independent Helen Steel 346 3.96
Total formal votes 8,782 98.20
Informal votes 160 1.80
Turnout 8,888 85.00
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Peter Castaldo 4,925 56.43 −0.95
Independent Liberal Jenny Mulholland 3,803 43.57 +0.95
Greens hold Swing −0.95

Grimshaw

2020 Victorian local elections: Grimshaw Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Rick Garotti 4,717 51.30
Independent Stephen Wade 1,784 19.40
Independent Toafa McLean 1,477 16.06
Independent Raj Bhatia 1,217 13.24
Total formal votes 9,195 97.63
Informal votes 223 2.37
Turnout 9,418 86.24
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor hold Swing N/A

Hawdon

2020 Victorian local elections: Hawdon Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Fiona Mitsinikos 1,746 18.51
Greens Emily Beiber 1,732 18.36
Independent Michael Haworth 1,677 17.78
Independent Emila Williams 1,361 14.43
Independent Nola McDowell 1,226 13.00
Independent Anthony Fernandez 915 9.70
Independent Tracey Robson-Garth 776 8.23
Total formal votes 9,433 97.49
Informal votes 243 2.51
Turnout 9,676 87.45
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Fiona Mitsinikos 5,154 54.64
Independent Emila Williams 4,279 45.36
Independent hold Swing N/A

Ibbott

2020 Victorian local elections: Ibbott Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Melican 5,962 72.33 −3.73
Greens Matthew Goodman 2,281 27.67
Total formal votes 8,243 97.18
Informal votes 239 2.82
Turnout 8,482 85.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Melican 5,962 72.33 −3.73
Greens Matthew Goodman 2,281 27.67
Independent hold Swing −3.73

Olympia

2020 Victorian local elections: Olympia Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Craig Langdon 2,253 28.97 −37.22
Independent Peter Dimarelos 1,617 20.79
Independent Shirley Deviesseux 1,316 16.92
Independent Liberal Kevan Hill 973 12.51
Independent Martyn Wild 863 11.10
Independent Karen-Joy McColl 756 9.72
Total formal votes 7,778 97.29
Informal votes 217 2.71
Turnout 7,995 75.77
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Peter Dimarelos 4,583 58.92
Independent Craig Langdon 3,195 41.08 −25.11
Independent hold Swing N/A

Sherbourne

2024 Victorian local elections: Sherbourne Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alison Champion 3,603 40.47
Independent Leanne Townson 2,306 25.90
Independent Michelle Giovas 1,681 18.88
Independent Dani Vidler 1,313 14.75
Total formal votes 8,903 97.35
Informal votes 242 2.65
Turnout 9,145 85.48
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Alison Champion 5,344 60.02
Independent Leanne Townson 3,559 39.98
Independent hold Swing N/A

Darebin

The Labor Party did not officially endorse candidates in Darebin.[3] However, ten party members contested as part of the "Labor Members for Darebin" group (including one who was later disendorsed) and a further four contested as Independent Labor candidates, without support from the group or an official party endorsement.[3][4]

2020 Victorian local elections: Darebin[5][6][7]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Independent 26,794 29.05 3 Steady
  Greens 22,661 24.57 3 Decrease 1
  Darebin Labor 20,519 22.24 3 Increase 1
  Victorian Socialists 6,977 7.56 0 Steady
  Independent Labor 4,939 5.35 0 Steady
  Save The Planet 2,934 3.18 0 Steady
  Reason 1,913 2.07 0 Steady
  Independent Liberal 1,853 2.01 0 Steady
  Liberal Democrats 899 0.97 0 Steady

Central

2020 Victorian local elections: Central Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Esther Kennedy 2,391 25.83 +25.83
Independent Lina Messina 2,339 25.27 +13.70[a]
Darebin Labor Peter Gonis 1,249 13.50 +13.50
Independent Labor Jim Shen 1,226 13.25 +13.25
Victorian Socialists Omar Hassan 808 8.73 +8.73
Independent Craig Walters 571 6.17 +2.95[a]
Independent Brendan John Cameron 457 4.94 +4.94
Independent Labor Nalliah Suriyakumaran 214 2.31 +0.88[a]
Turnout 9,583 78.72
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Lina Messina 4,712 50.91 N/A
Greens Esther Kennedy 4,543 49.09 N/A
Independent win (new ward)

North Central

2020 Victorian local elections: North Central Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Darebin Labor Julie Williams 3,049 32.86 +21.63[a]
Greens Monique Keel 1,768 19.05 +19.05
Independent Jessica Sullivan 1,212 13.06 +13.06
Independent Benny Pascuzzi 967 10.42 +10.42
Victorian Socialists Seb Evans 740 7.97 +7.97
Independent Melanie Triantafillidis 617 6.65 +2.84[a]
Independent Labor Louise Shen-Kenney 605 6.52 +6.52
Independent Alice Maddineni 321 3.46 +2.56[b]
Turnout 9,610 78.35
Two-candidate-preferred result
Darebin Labor Julie Williams 5,441 58.64 N/A
Greens Monique Keel 3,838 41.36 N/A
Darebin Labor win (new ward)

North East

2020 Victorian local elections: North East Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Darebin Labor Tim Laurence 3,371 34.78 +18.97[b]
Independent Adam Cursio 1,917 19.78 +19.78
Save The Planet Bryony Edwards 1,438 14.84 +10.62[c]
Victorian Socialists Steven Chang 847 8.74 +8.74
Independent Greg Chiminello 737 7.60 +7.60
Greens Dave Lee 648 6.69 +6.69
Independent Kush Singh 426 4.40 +4.40
Independent Lutvi Tair 308 3.18 +2.45[c]
Turnout 10,055 81.66
Two-candidate-preferred result
Darebin Labor Tim Laurence 5,503 56.78 N/A
Independent Adam Cursio 4,189 43.22 N/A
Darebin Labor win (new ward)

North West

2020 Victorian local elections: North West Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gaetano Greco 4,014 39.84 +18.43[b]
Reason Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins 1,913 18.99 +18.99
Independent Labor Sofia Kotanidis[d] 1,917 18.69 +13.41[c]
Independent Labor Douglas Leitch 977 9.70 +9.70
Greens Alec Wilmot 719 7.14 +7.14
Victorian Socialists Adam Bottomley 570 5.66 +5.66
Turnout 10,459 82.35
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Gaetano Greco 6,091 60.45 N/A
Reason Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins 3,985 39.55 N/A
Independent win (new ward)

South

2020 Victorian local elections: South Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Tom Hannan 4,063 37.73 +35.96[c]
Darebin Labor Chiara Lawry 2,960 27.49 +27.49
Independent Zac Galbally 1,717 15.94 +15.94
Independent Hugh Morris-Dalton 1,546 14.36 +14.36
Victorian Socialists Liam Ward 483 4.49 +4.49
Turnout 10,975 81.34
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Tom Hannan 5,883 54.63 N/A
Darebin Labor Chiara Lawry 4,886 45.37 N/A
Greens win (new ward)

South Central

2020 Victorian local elections: South Central Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Susan Rennie 3,564 35.54 +21.30[c]
Greens Harriet De Kok 1,992 19.87 +19.87
Darebin Labor Peter Willis 1,506 15.02 +15.02
Independent Kathy Zisiadis 883 8.81 +8.81
Victorian Socialists Roz Ward 774 7.72 +7.72
Darebin Labor Ash Verma 643 6.41 +1.98[c]
Independent Agapi Pashos 480 4.79 +4.79
Independent Ross Dabscheck 185 1.85 +0.20[c]
Turnout 10,337 78.85
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Susan Rennie 6,110 60.94 N/A
Greens Harriet De Kok 3,917 39.06 N/A
Independent win (new ward)

South East

2020 Victorian local elections: South East Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Darebin Labor Emily Dimitriades 4,626 43.91 +43.91
Greens Julie O'Brien 2,641 25.07 +25.07
Independent Liberal Oliver Walsh 1,853 17.59 +17.59
Save The Planet Philip David Sutton 711 6.75 +6.75
Victorian Socialists Jess Lenehan 703 6.67 +6.67
Turnout 10,827 82.13
Two-candidate-preferred result
Darebin Labor Emily Dimitriades 6,185 58.71 N/A
Greens Julie O'Brien 4,349 41.29 N/A
Darebin Labor win (new ward)

South West

2020 Victorian local elections: South West Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Trent McCarthy 4,138 43.91 +24.88[c]
Darebin Labor Nick McCubbin 2,036 22.03 +18.82[c]
Liberal Democrats Archibald Maclean 899 9.73 +9.73
Save The Planet Adrian Whitehead 785 8.49 +6.44[a]
Victorian Socialists Ali Hogg 714 7.72 +7.72
Independent Brian Sangahan 671 7.26 +7.26
Turnout 9,493 82.29
After distribution of preferences
Greens Trent McCarthy 4,645 50.25 N/A
Darebin Labor Nick McCubbin 2,409 26.06 N/A
Liberal Democrats Archibald Maclean 1,158 12.53 N/A
Save The Planet Adrian Whitehead 1,031 11.15 N/A
Greens win (new ward)

West

2020 Victorian local elections: West Ward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Susanne Newton 4,304 40.67 +26.31[b]
Independent Vasilios Tsalkos 1,411 13.33 +13.33
Victorian Socialists George Kanjere 1,338 12.64 +12.64
Independent Samuel Fontana 1,324 12.51 +12.51
Independent John Mercuri 1,127 10.65 +6.84[b]
Darebin Labor Isabel Jackson 1,079 10.20 +7.41[a]
Turnout 10,886 81.66
After distribution of preferences
Greens Susanne Newton 5,783 54.64 N/A
Independent Vasilios Tsalkos 2,698 25.49 N/A
Independent Vasilios Tsalkos 2,102 19.86 N/A
Greens win (new ward)

Moreland

2020 Victorian local elections: Moreland[9]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Independent 41,866 44.60 +4.16 3 Decrease 1
  Labor 20,901 20.30 −8.30 3 Increase 1
  Greens 16,396 15.92 −13.92 4 Steady
  Sue Bolton Moreland Team 5,062 4.92 +0.21 1 Steady
  Reason 4,637 4.50 +4.50 0 Steady
  Victorian Socialists 4,068 3.95 +3.95 0 Steady
  Animal Justice 935 0.91 +0.91 0 Steady

North-East

2020 Victorian local elections: North-East Ward[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Annalivia Hannan 5,983 16.19 +4.94
Greens Adam Pulford 5,618 15.20 −7.42
Sue Bolton Moreland Team Sue Bolton 4,079 11.04 −1.99
Independent Paul Failla 2,307 6.14 −2.40
Independent Helen Pavlidis-Mihalakos 2,271 6.14 +1.65
Independent Jason Clarke 1,979 5.35 +5.35
Labor Ismene Thiveos 1,736 4.70 +4.70
Independent Anthony Helou 1,420 3.84 −1.80
Independent Hamza Dhedy 1,278 3.46 +3.46
Labor Rebekah Hogan 1,197 3.24 +3.24
Independent Francesco Timpano 1,149 3.11 −0.26
Reason Margee Glover 1,039 2.81 +2.81
Independent Dean O'Callaghan 652 1.76 +1.76
Independent Haissam Naim 622 1.68 +1.68
Greens Muhammad Ul Murrtaza 531 1.44 +0.24
Independent Rasheed Elachkar 500 1.35 +1.35
Independent Gloria Farah 391 1.06 +1.06
Sue Bolton Moreland Team Meghan Street 153 0.41 +0.41
Turnout 36,957 79.41
Greens hold Swing −7.42
Labor hold Swing +4.94
Sue Bolton Moreland Team hold Swing −1.99
Independent gain from Independent Swing

North-West

2020 Victorian local elections: North-West Ward[9][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Oscar Yildiz 12,884 36.38 +7.94
Independent Helen Davidson 5,155 14.56 +3.70
Greens Angelica Panopoulos 3,361 9.49 −6.20
Labor Milad El-Halabi 2,109 5.95 +2.17
Labor Praveen Kumar 1,826 5.16 +5.16
Victorian Socialists Daniel Taylor 1,490 4.21 +4.21
Independent Shaun Minehan 1,326 3.74 +0.34
Sue Bolton Moreland Team Monica Harte 1,286 3.63 +3.63
Independent Lou Tenace 1,058 2.99 +2.99
Animal Justice Chris Miles 935 2.64 +2.64
Independent Shanaka T. Perera 932 2.63 +2.63
Independent Mohamad Elmustapha 779 2.20 +2.20
Independent Georgios Karantzalis 586 1.65 +1.65
Independent Alesio Mulipola 499 1.41 +1.41
Independent Baris Duzova 438 1.24 +1.24
Independent Darren Grindrod 427 1.21 +1.21
Independent Catherine Bonacci-Rocca 326 0.92 +0.92
Turnout 38,451 80.81
Independent hold Swing +7.94
Independent hold Swing +3.70
Greens hold Swing −6.20
Labor hold Swing +2.17

South

2020 Victorian local elections: South Ward[9][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lambros Tapinos 4,924 19.11 +4.88
Greens Mark Riley 4,621 17.93 +15.86
Victorian Socialists Nahui Jimenez 2,578 10.00 +10.00
Greens James Conlan 2,265 8.79 +8.79
Reason Rachel Payne 2,247 8.72 +8.72
Independent John Durrant 2,018 7.83 +7.83
Labor Helen Breier 1,532 5.94 +5.94
Independent Shea Evans 1,351 5.24 +5.24
Labor Shirley Jackson 1,095 4.25 +4.25
Independent Melissa Yuan 1,037 4.02 +1.60
Independent George Georgiou 788 3.06 +3.06
Independent Pauline Galvin 649 2.52 +2.52
Independent Sultan Taraby 424 1.65 +1.65
Sue Bolton Moreland Team Jacob Andrewartha 181 0.70 +0.70
Independent Robert Durkacz 60 0.23 +0.23
Turnout 27,568 73.50
Labor hold Swing +4.88
Greens hold Swing +15.86
Greens hold Swing +8.79

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Compared with results in the former Cazaly Ward at the 2016 election.[8]
  2. ^ a b c d e Compared with results in the former La Trobe Ward at the 2016 election.[8]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Compared with results in the former Rucker Ward at the 2016 election.[8]
  4. ^ Disendorsed by Labor Members for Darebin.[3]

References

  1. ^ "2020 council election results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Banyule City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Booker, Chloe (8 October 2020). "Labor distances itself from 'Islamophobic' Darebin council candidate". The Age. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  4. ^ "This is the list of Labor Member candidates running in your area". Facebook. Darebin Labor. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 3 November 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Darebin City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  6. ^ "The Liberal Democrats have a strong team of candidates standing for local councils around the state this year". Facebook. Tim Quilty - Libertarian - Northern Victoria. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Darebin Council 2020". Vote Adrian.
  8. ^ a b c "Darebin City Council election results 2016". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  9. ^ a b c d "Moreland City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  10. ^ "How to Vote Labor North East". Moreland Labor. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Praveen Kumar - North West". Moreland Labor. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024.
  12. ^ "How to Vote Labor South Ward". Moreland Labor. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024.