2024 Liverpool City Council (Australia) election
14 September 2024
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The 2024 Liverpool City Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect a mayor and twelve councillors to the Liverpool City Council.[1] The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales.[2]
Incumbent mayor Ned Mannoun was re-elected against nine candidates.[3] The Liberal Party and Labor Party both won four seats, while Our Local Community and the Liverpool Community Independents Team also won a single seat each.[4]
Background
In April 2022, South Ward councillor Karress Rhodes resigned from the Liverpool Community Independents Team.[5]
Electoral system
Like in all other New South Wales local government areas (LGAs), Liverpool City Council elections use optional preferential voting.[6] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.[7] Liverpool was one of 37 LGAs to have a direct mayoral election in 2024.[1]
All elections for councillor positions are elected using proportional representation.[8] Liverpool has an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.[9] The council is divided into two wards, each electing five councillors.[1]
Liverpool was one of two LGAs (the other being Fairfield) to use the Australian Election Company to conduct its election in 2024.[10] This was possible because of legislation implemented by the O'Farrell Liberal–National government in 2011, which allowed councils to choose private election providers instead of the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).[11] Following the 2024 local elections, the Minns Labor government introduced legislation which would see the NSWEC conduct all local elections.[12]
Retiring councillors
Liberal
Labor
- Nathan Hagarty (North) – elected to parliament in 2023[1]
- Charishma Kaliyanda (South) – elected to parliament in 2023[1]
- Ali Karnib (North)[1]
Candidates
Mayoral candidates
Candidates are listed in the order they appeared on the ballot.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Background | |
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| Libertarian | Gemma Noiosi | Candidate for Macquarie Fields at the 2023 state election | |
| Independent | Michael Tierney | ||
| Independent | Michael Andjelkovic | Candidate for Liverpool mayor in 2021 | |
| Liberal | Ned Mannoun | Mayor of Liverpool since 2021 | |
| Our Local Community | Peter Ristevski | Former Liberal councillor | |
| Labor | Betty Green | Councillor for South Ward since 2021 | |
| Community Voice | Deb Gurung | Former British Army and ADF serviceman[14] | |
| Liverpool Independents | Karress Rhodes | Councillor for South Ward since 2016 | |
| Community Independents | Peter Harle | Councillor for North Ward since 2008 | |
| Independent | Robert Aiken | ||
Ward candidates
Liberal councillor Richard Ammoun switched from South Ward to North Ward at this election, while fellow Liberal councillor Melhem Goodman contested the unwinnable fifth position on the South Ward ticket.[1]
Rhodes led the "Liverpool Independents" ticket across both wards.[15][16][17]
North
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Labor (Group B) |
LCIT (Group C) |
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Our Local Community (Group E) |
Liverpool Inds (Group F) |
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South
| Libertarian (Group A) |
Our Local Community (Group B) |
Community Voice (Group C) |
Labor (Group D) |
Independent (Group E) |
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| Liberal (Group F) |
LCIT (Group G) |
Liverpool Inds (Group H) |
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Results
Mayoral results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Ned Mannoun | 49,384 | 42.1 | +0.3 | |
| Labor | Betty Green | 30,019 | 25.6 | −12.5 | |
| Our Local Community | Peter Ristevski | 10,959 | 9.3 | +9.3 | |
| Libertarian | Gemma Noiosi | 8,809 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
| Independent | Michael Andjelkovic | 4,819 | 4.1 | −4.4 | |
| Community Independents | Peter Harle | 4,280 | 3.6 | −3.6 | |
| Community Voice | Deb Gurung | 3,203 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Liverpool Independents | Karress Rhodes | 2,664 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | Michael Tierney | 2,472 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Robert Aiken | 773 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 117,382 | 91.5 | −4.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 9,931 | 8.5 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 127,313 | ||||
| After distribution of preferences | |||||
| Liberal | Ned Mannoun | 52,369 | 53.4 | ||
| Labor | Betty Green | 32,235 | 32.9 | ||
| Our Local Community | Peter Ristevski | 13,469 | 13.7 | ||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Ward results
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| Liberal | 45,796 | 41.2 | +2.8 | 4 | |||
| Labor | 34,772 | 31.3 | −6.8 | 4 | |||
| Our Local Community | 9,563 | 8.6 | +8.6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Community Independents | 7,529 | 6.8 | −3.1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Libertarian | 7,291 | 6.6 | +6.6 | 0 | |||
| Liverpool Independents | 3,262 | 2.9 | +2.9 | 0 | |||
| Community Voice | 2,055 | 1.8 | +1.8 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 708 | 0.6 | −6.2 | 0 | |||
| Formal votes | 110,976 | 87.1 | |||||
| Informal votes | 16,461 | 12.9 | |||||
| Total | 127,437 | 100.0 | 10 | ||||
| Registered voters / turnout | |||||||
North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | 1. Richard Ammoun (elected 1) 2. Matthew Harte (elected 3) 3. Milica Alavanja 4. Jane Colley 5. Wael Manoun |
22,152 | 42.4 | ||
| Labor | 1. Sam Karnib (elected 2) 2. Mira Ibrahim (elected 4) 3. Chris Stanley 4. Francis Mawule 5. Kamellah Miankhel |
17,049 | 32.7 | ||
| Community Independents | 1. Peter Harle (elected 5) 2. Daniel Francis Kneipp 3. Mikaela Conners 4. Rayman Solagna 5. Marc Connors |
4,499 | 8.6 | ||
| Our Local Community | 1. Florina Nero 2. Jay Matthews 3. Dejana Miric 4. Bruce Missen 5. Charlie Ristevski |
4,041 | 7.7 | ||
| Libertarian | 1. Gemma Noiosi 2. Caleb Cochrane 3. Adam Osman 4. Donald Brooke 5. Jennilee Cochrane |
2,780 | 5.3 | ||
| Liverpool Independents | 1. Tony Estephen 2. Lela Panich 3. Christopher Sparrow 4. Eric North 5. Diane Wills |
1,674 | 3.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 52,195 | 87.0 | −3.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,804 | 13.0 | +3.3 | ||
| Turnout | 59,999 | ||||
South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | 1. Ned Mannoun 2. Fiona Macnaught (elected 1) 3. Emmanuel Adjei (elected 3) 4. Sid Shaheed 5. Melhem Goodman |
23,644 | 40.2 | ||
| Labor | 1. Betty Green (elected 2) 2. Ethan Monaghan (elected 4) 3. Mohan Dev Bhatt 4. Alaa Ahmad 5. Rajesh Kumar |
17,723 | 30.1 | ||
| Our Local Community | 1. Peter Ristevski (elected 5) 2. Dhurgham Al-Sulaimawi 3. Shalini Nadan 4. Sonia Hussein 5. Mary Ristevski |
5,522 | 9.4 | ||
| Libertarian | 1. Victor Tey 2. Peter Runge 3. Anthony Noiosi 4. Carmel Corigliano 5. John Breakspear |
4,511 | 7.7 | ||
| Community Independents | 1. Criss Moore 2. Susie Kneipp 3. June Young 4. Michael Russell 5. Kevin James Moore |
3,030 | 5.1 | ||
| Community Voice | 1. Deb Gurung 2. Fia Pesa 3. Afzal Chowdhury 4. Bhabana Parajuli Bastakoti 5. Bijay Shrestha |
2,055 | 3.5 | ||
| Liverpool Independents | 1. Karress Rhodes 2. Tarkan Fahri 3. Carla Filipakis 4. Robert Kadir 5. Jody Reeks |
1,588 | 2.7 | ||
| Independent | Michael Andjelkovic | 497 | 0.8 | ||
| Independent | 1. Michael Tierney 2. Alice Tierney 3. Emily-Claire Khemananta |
196 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | Margarida Boa Morte | 15 | 0.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 58,781 | 87.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 8,657 | 12.8 | |||
| Turnout | 67,438 | ||||
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