Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Hunter

This is a list of results for the 2021 New South Wales local elections in the Hunter Region.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cessnock

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cessnock^[5]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	15,136	42.5	−6.2	5	2
	Independent	9,297	26.1	+4.3	4	2
	Liberal	7676	21.6	−0.9	3
	Greens	3,509	9.9	+2.8	0
Formal votes		35,618	93.99
Informal votes		2,274	6.01
Total		37,892	100.00

A Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	James Hawkins	Labor
	Jessica Jurd	Independent
	Paul Dunn	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor		3,273	35.7
	Independent		2,587	28.2
	Liberal		1,939	21.2
	Greens		988	10.8
	Independent	Allan Stapleford	389	4.2
Total formal votes			9,176	92.8
Informal votes			713	7.2
Turnout				83.6

B Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Anthony Burke	Labor
	Ian Olsen	Independent
	John Moores	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward^[5]
Party		Votes	%
	Labor	3,146	39.9
	Independent	2,512	31.8
	Liberal	1,630	20.7
	Greens	605	7.7
Total formal votes		7,893	94.1
Informal votes		495	5.9
Turnout			82.4

C Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Anne-Marie Sander	Labor
	Darren Watton	Independent
	Karen Jackson	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: C Ward^[5]
Party		Votes	%
	Labor	4,180	43.8
	Liberal	2,375	24.9
	Independent	2,047	21.4
	Greens	950	9.9
Total formal votes		9,552	94.6
Informal votes		547	5.4
Turnout			83.2

D Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Rosa Grine	Labor
	Mitchell Hill	Labor
	Paul Paynter	Independent

2021 New South Wales local elections: D Ward^[5]
Party		Votes	%
	Labor	4,537	50.4
	Independent	1,762	19.6
	Liberal	1,732	19.3
	Greens	966	10.7
Total formal votes		8,997	94.5
Informal votes		519	5.5
Turnout			84.5

Dungog

2021 New South Wales local elections: Dungog^[6]
Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independent	6,135	100.0	6
Formal votes		6,135	95.33
Informal votes		300	4.67
Total		6,435	100.0

A Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: A Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Dowling (elected)	828	41.7
	Independent	Michael Tobin (elected)	604	30.4
	Independent	Stephen "Sparrow" Farrow	291	14.6
	Independent	John Connors	264	13.3
Total formal votes			1,987	95.6
Informal votes			91	4.4
Turnout			2,078	87.4

B Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: B Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stephen Low (elected)	946	44.9
	Independent	Jessica Clark (elected)	754	35.8
	Independent	Alan Green	407	19.3
Total formal votes			2,107	95.7
Informal votes			94	4.3
Turnout			2,201	86.7

C Ward

2021 New South Wales local elections: C Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Digby Rayward (elected)	965	47.3
	Independent	Bradley Bale (elected)	613	30.0
	Independent	Peter Millynn	463	22.7
Total formal votes			2,041	46.7
Informal votes			115	5.3
Turnout			2,156	85.7

Lake Macquarie

2021 New South Wales local elections: Lake Macquarie^[7]
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Labor	50,340	39.2	6	1
	Liberal	33,078	25.7	3
	Lake Mac Independents	24,922	19.4	3
	Greens	12,571	9.8	0
	Independent	4,661	3.6	0
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	29,80	2.3	0
Formal votes		128,552

East Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Adam Shultz	Labor
	Nick Jones	Liberal
	Kate Warner	LMI
	Christine Buckley	Labor

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: East Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor		17,397	41.8
	Liberal		10,997	26.4
	Lake Mac Independents		6,884	16.6
	Greens		3,675	8.8
	Independent (Group A)		2,438	5.9
	Independent	Alan Ellis	202	0.5
Total formal votes			41,593	94.7
Informal votes			2,311	5.3
Turnout			43,904	85.2

North Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	Brian Adamthwaite	Labor
	Jack Antcliff	Liberal
	Colin Grigg	LMI
	Keara Conroy	Labor

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: North Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor		18,014	42.6
	Liberal		9,237	21.8
	Lake Mac Independents		6,485	15.3
	Greens		5,007	11.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		2,980	7.0
	Independent	Bryce Ham	593	1.4
Total formal votes			42,316	95.2
Informal votes			2,147	4.8
Turnout			44,463	85.5

West Ward

Elected councillor		Party
	David Belcher	Labor
	Jason Pauling	Liberal
	Luke Cubis	LMI
	Madeline Bishop	Labor

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: West Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor		14,929	33.4
	Liberal		12,844	28.8
	Lake Mac Independents		11,553	25.9
	Greens		3,889	8.7
	Independent	Rosmairi Dawson	1,428	3.2
Total formal votes			44,643	94.4
Informal votes			2,665	5.6
Turnout			47,308	82.0

Incumbent councillor Wendy Harrison (Independent Lake Alliance) did not recontest

Port Stephens

2021 New South Wales local elections: Port Stephens^[8]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent	21,335	45.9	−36.7	4
	Labor	19,372	41.6	+24.2	4	3
	Liberal	4,255	9.1	+3.6^[a]	1	1
	Greens	1,565	3.4	+3.4	0
Formal votes		46,527	93.8
Informal votes		3,073	6.2
Turnout		49,600	86.1

Central

Elected councillor		Party
	Jason Wells	Labor
	Chris Doohan	Independent (Group B)
	Steve Tucker	Independent (Group A)

2021 New South Wales local elections: Central Ward^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (Group B)		4,686	28.8
	Independent (Group A)		4,226	25.9
	Labor		5,618	34.5	+19.6
	Greens		1,565	9.6	+9.6
	Independent	Bill Doran	194	1.2
Total formal votes			16,289	92.7	+2.4
Informal votes			1,286	7.3	−2.4
Turnout			17,575	86.9	+1.6

East

Elected councillor		Party
	Leah Anderson	Labor
	Glen Dunkley	Independent
	Matthew Bailey	Liberal

2021 New South Wales local elections: East Ward^[8]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labor	5,850	39.5	+31.6
	Independent	4,708	31.8
	Liberal	4,255	28.7	+12.0
Total formal votes		14,813	95.7	+2.5
Informal votes		669	4.3	−2.5
Turnout		15,482	84.8	+0.9

West

Elected councillor		Party
	Arnott Giacomo	Labor
	Peter Francis	Labor
	Peter Kafer	Independent (Group A)

2021 New South Wales local elections: West Ward^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		7,904	51.2	+22.7
	Independent (Group A)		6,608	42.8
	Independent	Danielle Le Mottee	266	1.7
	Independent	Monique Malone	239	1.5
	Independent	Christopher Baguley	209	1.4
	Independent	Andrew Dole	199	1.3
Total formal votes			15,425	93.4	+0.2
Informal votes			1,088	6.6	−0.2
Turnout			16,513	86.1	+2.2

Incumbent councillor Paul Le Mottee (Independent Liberal) was unable to recontest due to a clerical error^[9]^[10]

Notes

^ Compared with the Independent Liberal result at the 2017 election.

References

^ "Registers of groups of candidates". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
^ "Local Government Register of Groups of Candidates" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2023.
^ "Local Government Register of Candidates - in Name order" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2023.
^ "2021 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "City of Cessnock". ABC News.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Dungog". ABC News.
^ "City of Lake Macquarie". ABC News.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Port Stephens". ABC News.
^ "Port Stephens west ward councillor Paul Le Mottee ruled out of local government election due to clerical error". Port Stephens Examiner.
^ "Bruce MacKenzie's 31 running mates". The Standard.

[9] Compared with the Independent Liberal result at the 2017 election.

[1] "Registers of groups of candidates". New South Wales Electoral Commission.

[2] "Local Government Register of Groups of Candidates" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2023.

[nameorder-3] "Local Government Register of Candidates - in Name order" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2023.

[4] "2021 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.

[cessnock-5] "City of Cessnock". ABC News.

[dungog-6] "Dungog". ABC News.

[7] "City of Lake Macquarie". ABC News.

[portstephens-8] "Port Stephens". ABC News.

[10] "Port Stephens west ward councillor Paul Le Mottee ruled out of local government election due to clerical error". Port Stephens Examiner.

[11] "Bruce MacKenzie's 31 running mates". The Standard.

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