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2024 New South Wales local elections (Illawarra)
This is a list of results for the 2024 New South Wales local elections in the Illawarra region.[ 1] [ 2]
Illawarra covers five local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Wollongong .[ 3]
Kiama
2024 Kiama Council election
Kiama Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward .
Kiama results
Shellharbour
2024 Shellharbour City Council election
Largest party before election
Independents
Subsequent largest party
TBD
Shellharbour is composed of four two-member wards and a directly elected mayor .
Shellharbour results
2024 New South Wales local elections : Shellharbour
Party
Votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
Labor
18,870
40.2
−21.6
3
1
Kellie Marsh Independents
8,705
18.6
−6.9
2
1
Chris Homer Independents
6,958
14.8
1
Kane Murphy Independents
4,784
10.2
1
1
Independents
7,586
16.2
−0.1
1
1
Formal votes
46,903
92.3
Informal votes
3,940
7.7
Total
50,843
8
Registered voters / turnout
A Ward
B Ward
C Ward
D Ward
Shoalhaven
2024 Shoalhaven City Council election
First party
Second party
SIG
Leader
Patricia White
Kaye Gartner
Party
SIG
Greens
Leader since
16 May 2024
3 June 2024
Leader's seat
Ward 3
None (contesting mayor )
Last election
4 seats
3 seats
Seats before
4
3
Third party
Fourth party
TT
Leader
N/A
Jemma Tribe
Party
Labor
Team Tribe
Leader since
N/A
30 April 2024
Leader's seat
N/A
None (contesting Ward 2 )
Last election
3 seats
Did not exist
Seats before
3
0
Largest party before election
Liberal
Subsequent largest party
TBD
Shoalhaven City Council is composed of three wards electing four councillors each, as well as a directly elected mayor .
Independent Liberal councillors Serena Copley (Ward 1) and Paul Ell (Ward 2) were endorsed by the Liberal Party for the 2024 election, but the party missed the candidate nomination deadline and none of its candidates (including Copley and Ell) were able to contest.[ 13] [ 14]
Incumbent mayor Amanda Findley did not seek re-election, with Kaye Gartner chosen as the Greens mayoral candidate.[ 15] Gartner is not contesting a ward.[ 16]
Ward 3 councillor Patricia White led the Shoalhaven Independents Group (SIG).[ 17] Ward 2 SIG councillor Greg Watson did not seek re-election after 50 years as a councillor.[ 18]
Former councillor Jemma Tribe announced on 30 April 2024 that she would contest the election leading "Team Tribe".[ 19] She resigned as a member of the Liberal Party on 1 August after claiming was "told to go on a crash diet and to make way for male candidates".[ 20]
Shoalhaven results
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Wingecarribee
2024 Wingecarribee Shire Council election
Largest party before election
N/A
Subsequent largest party
TBD
Wingecarribee Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward .
In March 2021, the council was suspended following the breakdown of relationships between councillors and senior staff.[ 21] As a result, no election was held for Wingecarribee in December 2021 , with the council eventually dismissed in July 2022.[ 22]
Labor, the Greens and the Libertarian Party contested the election with endorsed party tickets.[ 23]
The National Party does not endorse candidates in local elections, but the party's Southern Highlands branch supposed the "Wingecarribee First" ticket, which included two Independent Nationals and was led by former Nationals member Sara Moylan.[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Additionally, although the Liberal Party is not endorsing candidates, a group composed entirely of Liberal members contested.[ 33]
Wingecarribee results
Wollongong
Wollongong City Council is composed of three four-member wards, totalling 12 councillors, as well as a directly elected mayor . At the 2021 election, Labor won six seats.
Wollongong results
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Notes
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