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2021 New South Wales mayoral elections

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The 2021 New South Wales mayoral elections were held on 4 December 2021 to elect mayors or lord mayors to 35 of the 168 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales.^[1]

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While most mayors in New South Wales are elected by the councillors at meetings, several chose to have directly elected (or popularly elected) mayors. These elections took place as part of the 2021 New South Wales local elections.^[2]

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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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Waterfall Way Independents	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 Independents gain from Greens		Swing	N/A

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

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

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

2021_New_South_Wales_mayoral_elections

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections

Results

Ballina

Bellingen

Broken Hill

Burwood

Byron

Canada Bay

Cessnock

Coffs Harbour

Dungog

Eurobodalla

Fairfield

Griffith

Hornsby

Hunter's Hill

Lake Macquarie

Lismore

Port Macquarie-Hastings

Port Stephens

Richmond Valley

Sydney

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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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jay Suvaal	15,629	42.8	−2.6
	Independent	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
	Independent	Ian Olsen	12,000	40.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Connors	unopposed
Registered electors			7,294
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phillip 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

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

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

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Lismore^[17]
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

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Port Macquarie-Hastings^[19]
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

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Richmond Valley^[21]
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

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Sydney^[22]
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
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

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